2013-7 workshop with Jacquie Gehring

I wasn't too sure about taking this workshop because it seems I'm always starting things and not finishing them! With all the quilting projects I have, do I really need to take an 'art' workshop? But thankfully I have some very encouraging friends who urged me on.

one of Jacquie's sample quilts

The class was fun and stimulating. Yes, I had done the techniques before of sewing pieces together then cutting them apart before sewing segments back together, but she stepped the work up by adding the angles and making it all 'architectural' looking (which was the name of the workshop.)

Classes always teach me something, even if it's that I do not like the technique. Jacquie's classes were taught by doing color work first and experimenting with technique before she let us start on a project. I appreciated this because it helped all the students have an idea and purpose before they jumped in and only knew enough to emulate what she had shown everyone. This way we felt ready to experiment and not to copy.

Then, since the guild was sponsoring her for two days, I took the next day's class also which was making 'modern' and 'wonky' log cabin blocks. So much fun! 

Jacquie's log cabin block samples 

two of my blocks (on the right)