Back to the Basics

With the Town Square complete I am going back to the beginning to complete the lessons in order as suggested by Harriet in her workshop.  She covered all the information that we needed but doing the lessons reinforces all that we learned.  
So..........Lets Sew!

These are the fabrics I have selected from my Stash for the Sampler Quilt blocks......already I am second guessing  my choices....I thought it was all right in the strip sets but not sure I like it when they are sewn together.....   the tossed cars on the fabric make me think the blocks are wonky....and they aren't...everything came together just as it should....I have to remember the purpose is to learn the techniques...and the child who gets the finished quilt most likely won't be critiquing the quilt!

Harriet Hargrave Workshops

In July I had the opportunity to attend Harriet Hargraves Machine Quilting workshop as well as her Quilters Academy Beginner workshop.    All I can say is "WOW".....I loved every minute of it!!

I had bought her books last fall and was very impressed with the information in her books so I jumped at the opportunity to take her workshops. I actually feel that one day I can be a confident machine quilter....and her machine quilting course sure hammers home the need to have precision in piecing. 

This is the piece that we worked on in the piecing workshop....Harriet's makes the strong suggestion that  we now go back to the beginning of her Quilters Academy book and work our way through lesson by lesson........and quilt the pieces as we finish them!! 

That is exactly what I intend to do!!  Stay tuned!!