About four quilts in one lady at the back raised her hand and asked if my quilts were paper-pieced. I said they weren't, and that they weren't made with any patterns or templates either. She wanted to know how I did it. I wasn't quite sure how to answer, because to me it’s like breathing (meaning I don't think about it).
"I just take one piece of fabric, sew it to another one, press it, and then trim the edge if it isn't straight, then add the next piece and keep going..." I really didn't know what else to say. It wasn't a question I expected.
I brought the quilt Julie Sefton made from my leftover bits and pieces. Here I am showing the original letters for the Daft Zebra quilt that did not work. "Just because letters don't fit in one project doesn't make them worthless," I pointed out.
The program coordinator wrote to me and said everyone in the guild had had a great time and they wanted me to come back for another talk or a workshop.
I had a good time.
3 comments:
Yay! Your presentation went well and it sounds like you might get the opportunity to show them how you do it :-) I haven’t pieced any letters in quite sometime and seeing your quilts has given me an idea!
I love that you were posed a question that you didn't have a ready answer for. Glad it went so well.
Wish you lived on the west coast...I'd have you come to my guild!
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