Trunk Show

Last night, I had the pleasure of presenting my trunk show to the Foothills Piecemakers Quilting Guild in Taylors, SC.  Let me tell you, they were a enthusiastic group of women (and one man).  Like most guilds, they had their business meeting first, along with their Show and Tell--and then refreshments.  I really liked two features of their meeting.  The first was a two minute segment devoted to demonstrating a technique--a monthly feature.  Last night's was about the proper way to press seams when you're piecing a quilt.  I know that must seem elementary to most of you, but guilds are composed of people on all different levels and this is one quick way to help each other learn.  The other thing I really liked was when the person in charge of the library gave a short talk on one of the new books that were available for checking out.  As he talked about the book, he really made it interesting and I'm sure that there will now be people WAITING their turn to read it.

And these quilters were a great audience.  They asked lots of questions and spent a lot of time looking closely at my quilts.  All in all, it was a great evening.

And this is a quilt that I recently finished--Jacobean Memories.  It is a needleturned applique quilt from the book Red and Green: An Applique Tradition by Jeana Kimball.  I designed one of the blocks myself and had a 2-toned background.  I actually finished the top of the quilt 2 years ago and pinned it to quilt; however, it sat in a drawer for two years--a drawer that I would pull open every so often and THINK about finishing it but, well . . . .you know.  But here it is--at last--out of the drawer.  I think I can hear it catching its breath.