Churn Dash Workshop

I enjoyed myself yesterday at the Golden Gese Quilt shop where Charlene Higgins was teaching a mixed class of UFO's, Split Four Patch, Shoo fly, and my choice of Churn Dash. It was supposed to be a Shoo Fly class, and two of us were doing that. I decided that I did not like the skinny look of the Shoo Fly and Charlene helped me to adapt the block to Churn Dash, which is a chunkier look.

It was a great group, laughing and joking as we worked along. On the far wall, at the right, you can see the quilt that I was supposed to be making.

"Scottie," my Scotland-made featherweight was sewing like a champ! I got three blocks made before we took a break for lunch.

Here they are laid out on top of a piece of the Williamsburg fabric that I'm going to use as my main color sashing, a constant.

Lying on the table is Charlene's split 4-patch that was a class sample. Nice fabrics, huh?

I was tired so I packed up soon after lunch and went home for a nice nap, but here is a shot of Charlene wearing her pink cardigan sitting and helping Joyce with her UFO.

The shop gives a 20% discount on all fabrics bought for their classes, so I picked out two light Civil War neutrals and 4 Fat Quarters that spoke to me.

I had to buy the .25 cent scraps; they have stars! LOL!

The mail brought my Whittle's of Kentucky order of a couple of Civil War bundles; one in blue, one in brown, and I think I'll be using them in this Churn Dash quilt.

They were only $12 for a bundle of 10 FQ's.!

I was so happy I couldn't nap so I just rested.