Meeting Jacquie

 

Over the weekend I attended a class by Jacquie Gering on her Stitch and Flip Super Nova, such a good class~ Thank you Jacquie!  Her organic quilting style is the reason I gravatated to the modern side of quilting over traditional.  When I found out she was visiting WNY I signed up (before I had a surgery date) this was a class I didn't want to miss.  Hosted by our local quilt shop they provided all of the sewing machines, irons, fabric packets in a variety of colors and lunch.

 

One of my first book purchases was Jacquie and Katie's Quilting Modern, the Supernova quilt was one of the chapters I liked.  Jacquie's instructions and answers to our questions were honest with an underlying message to make every quilt your own no matter what the pattern, even mistakes can become a great block.  What I was not surprised by is how genuinely nice and REAL she was, what I mean is she was great about meeting everyone in the class and making sure they were comfortable with her method.  

I stayed as long as I could but the constant up and down was rough on my knee, even with ice it eventually became too much.  I didnt leave before I got all the information I needed and asked Jacquie many questions. I brought my project home and put it up on my design wall,  I may be changing at least one of the prints, I hate poka dots and the pink and green ones seem to be screaming at me.  It is also great to be home at my sewing machine, at the correct height with my extended table. Now to make it my own

Time to link up with Freshly Pieced and Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilty insperation

I LOVE my daughters new job!  Her last job was in a lab so the Instagram pictures she shared were mostly going to and from work (NJ to Long Island)  Some were pretty colored test tubes, not very often.  Always pretty with an interesting perspective, loving the newest ones.  They are like Oz, now they are in pretty colors!

Now she travels the world literally (still as an organic chemist) for the company.   I've already claimed one to use as quilt inspiration Jacquie Gering style her blog is Tall Grass Prairie Studio. If you want to see what I'm talking about.  This one was taken in the USA at the train station.

Now to see places I will never go to - Can you say insperation

In Oxford - the boxes and medallion crest on the door, scrolls and curves on the bottom two and you know that pretty cluster of flowers is screaming appliqué quilt including the molding

Singapore - the lights acrossing the street jumping from building to building

 

And the Helix bridge I view as a twist on straight line quilting with an great curve 

She also sent me these yummy fabrics, I have to find just the right project

Next week London and Berlin, can't wait for the pictures, safe travels baby girl.  You can check out her blog she post her travels at Wilde in the City

Off to sew

Pam