SAQA With the Golden Triangle Quilters

I have enjoyed showing SAQA’s Trunk B at different venues in Mississippi.

 

The Golden Triangle Quilters in Starkville took turns sharing their thoughts about these pieces.

 

 

 

Quilting – Down By the River

Barbara Cline
and
Julia Graber

are going to their home place along the banks of North River in Bridgewater, VA.

Won’t you join them for fiber art and quilting? You will enjoy gorgeous scenery, food, fun and fellowship.

Quilting -- Down By the River
3063 Hill Gap Road, Bridgewater, VA 22812

Teachers

Barbara Cline
Bridgewater, VA
www.delightfulpiecing.com
tbcline7@gmail.com
Home 540-828-6815
Cell 540-383-5496

Julia Graber
Brooksville, MS
www.juliagraberblogspot.com
pjgraber@juno.com
Home 662-738-5666
Cell 662-788-1927

About Barbara
Barbara is a quilt designer, author and teacher who loves to share her techniques with others. Barbara started creating quilts in her teens. She has over 31 years of experience in quilting and teaching classes. Her whole family has shared a passion and reverence for the tradition of quilt making through the generations. She has 3 books published by C&T Publishing and is in the process of having her forth book released.

Twirling Swirling Dance - 48” x 48”

In this class you will learn how simple it is to piece in a lone star block layout. Strip piecing and cutting diamonds are a few techniques you will learn in this class. Step out of your box and learn how easy it is to create an inset seam. This all day class will have you well on your way to a finished project.

The Elegance of Overlapping Diamonds
18” x 62”

Learn to make the one block which will be featured in Barbara’s new book Amazingly Simple Triangle Stars. This triangle block is easy to sew, but can transform using countless intricate designs when you experiment with color and value. Stunning triangle-star quilts are perfect for adventurous beginners looking to try something new or intermediate quilters who’d like to put their skills to use in a creative way. This table runner class features how to work with a triangle block layout and an “easy way” method for template cutting.

About Julia
Julia loves the challenge of taking an image, whether from a photograph, nature, or in her mind, and creating it with fabric and thread. Her work is representational and often minimizes detail. Julia enjoys and appreciates art quilts with a new twist to the old and traditional.
Julia is encouraged when viewers study her work and discover with delight that it is not just another quilt but an expressive and compelling piece of fiber art.

Lily – 9” x 12”

During this workshop, students will learn how to fuse fabric patches to a background grid. After the background is quilted, a modified version of the silhouette lily pattern will be appliquéd to the top and finished with quilting. Kits are available for $25.00

The Lone Pine – 9” x 12”

This workshop walks students through the steps of improvisational cutting, piecing, and linear quilting small quilts. Varying hues give the quilt depth. Fast students can finish this project in class.
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Pick and choose your dates and classes to suit your schedule.

Receive a 20% discount by taking all four classes. You will spend half the time piecing and learning color with Barbara and half the time exploring fiber art and design with Julia.

Lunch is included with the workshops.

Mail payment by May 30, 2015 to

Barbara Cline
6234 Gardner Lane
Bridgewater, VA 22812

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Friday, June 5, 9:00-3:00
*Twirling Swirling Dance by Barbara - $65.00
*Lily by Julia - $65.00

Lecture/Trunk Show, 7:00pm by Julia and Barbara - $10.00

Saturday, June 6, 9:00-3:00 

*The Elegance of Overlapping Diamonds by Barbara - $65.00
*The Lone Pine by Julia - $65.00

Friday, June 12, 9:00-3:00
*The Elegance of Overlapping Diamonds by Barbara - $65.00
*The Lone Pine by Julia - $65.00

Saturday, June 13, 9:00-3:00
*Twirling Swirling Dance by Barbara - $65.00
*Lily by Julia Graber - $65.00

Life and Guests

We are glad to have Nevin here from Idaho for a couple weeks while he works for Joel on his airplane. He jumped right in to help carve the ham for Sunday dinner guests.

Craig teaches our young grand's how to to make water balloons.

Our Sunday dinner guests were from all over the country, Wisconsin, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee and Manitoba, Canada.

They are with Christian Aid Ministries Disaster Relief Services helping to rebuild in Louisville, MS since the tornado of 2014.

Magnolia II Quilt

Life …

Ashton can beat me in putting these puzzles together.

… as a Quilter

I cut out the petals from a fabric made of soft pastel colors.

I thought at first that I would quilt all the background +/- 1/8” apart so I started in the middle and was working my way out to the top and bottom. And then I changed my mind. I decided to quilt approximately 2” apart and then fuse my magnolia to the quilt. Why waste all that beautiful thread under the magnolia?

I highlighted the pastel petals with Inktense pencils and love the darkening effect.

And now it’s on to the quilting.

  

     

Life and Quilts

Life …

I enjoyed lunch with quite a few of our church ladies at a local Mexican restaurant celebrating Chrystal’s 40th birthday.

One day I visited Ashton’s kindergarten class.

Miss Claudia keeps the children’s attention.

… as a Quilter

I am thrilled that my piece “A Glimpse Through the Lattice” …

… has been chosen to be included in the “Southern Accents” exhibit in Melbourne, FL at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts.

Paul and I recently had a trip to Florida for the Son Light Missions board meeting.

Caleb Stauffer retired after serving on the board for many years.

Then we too like to take in the FL Haiti Benefit Auction. I especially like to check out the quilts.

  

Life and “Amazing Grace”

Life …

We had our family all together when Dustin & Gina arrived from Los Angeles. Here are all my girls with an antique meat fork or pie crust cutter. I’m trying to pass out some of the things I have accumulated over the years.

The boys each got an awl that I had purchased at my folks sale. Father turned the handles on the lathe to his liking.

We gave the grandchildren each a puzzle or game.

… as a Quilter

I finished a challenge to use this symbol in an art quilt.

It reminded me of the sol in shaped note music. So, I took a picture of a song...

...and printed it out on fabric and layered it with the batting and backing.

Then I machine quilted it +/- 1/8” apart over the whole surface.

I machine stitched over all the music and lettering. I’m calling it “Amazing Grace.” It measures 8”X10” and is finished with a narrow binding and ready to hang.

And now I have started on my second Magnolia which is to be 36” square. You can see my first Magnolia here.

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