The Adventure Quilt I class made 3-D star quilts, a design adapted from Ami Simms. The students picked their block centers from a large stash of novelty prints and had them cut by Bethany or the class assistant, Robbin. The background pieces were pre-cut for the students from light ground prints. They could choose choice of pink, blue or green for the folded star points. The students hand-tied their quilts.

 

The Adventure Quilt II class made "Dancing Square" quilts. They chose novelty prints for the centers, and picked the block frames from a selection of texture prints. They chose the on-point or straight setting depending on the number of blocks they had. Several of the students did some machine quilting (zig-zag stitching over the ditch).

MANY THANKS to the Pine Tree Quilters Guild of Maine for helping to fund these classes, and to Hobbs Fibers for donating batting!

The Sew Crafty class made a number of short projects during the three-week session. Unfortunately I didn't get photos of most of the projects before the girls whisked them away home! Here are some of their "No Time Flat Packs." They used several methods to decorate the pockets, including texture-rubbing with oil paint sticks, cording over decorative threads, and sewing on embroidered trims.

   ©2005 Bethany S. Reynolds