Last weekend was the Boise Basin Quilters annual quilt show. I went on Saturday with a fellow Innova owner and long arm quilter, Linda V. and we had a great time. I entered Odd Girl Out in the Exhibition Only category and had lots of compliments. It was a super busy day and the quilts were great. I even purchased a couple of tools I’d seen earlier this summer. You’ll be hearing about those over the next few months as I get those projects started.
On Sunday I took the Wandering Spirals class from ReNae Merrill. Of course, I had to get a photo in front of the class sample! If you look closely you’ll see “shadow” blocks in the quilting. That would be the outline of the quilt blocks on the other side. Yep, it’s a reversible quilt! Unfortunately I neglected to get a photo of the other side.
ReNae developed this block specifically for our guild and debuted the pattern at our show. She specializes in a unique paper piecing technique. I’ve done very little paper piecing but found it easy to follow and really enjoyed the class, learned a lot and made a new friend, Vicki.
Notice that in the photo my shoes don’t match. That’s because I can’t sew with my shoe on so I was wearing the felted slipper that I made earlier this year.
Vicki and I 
didn’t finish our blocks during the class so we got together last night and worked on the block for about an hour. After dinner I completed mine.
Nxt up: print the additional foundations and get them assembled (this block requires 4 foundation pieces), cut the fabric, and find time to piece the rest of the blocks!
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