LEARN HOW TO PAPER PIECE

Learn the basics of paper piecing with Trina.  Her tips and techniques will make paper piecing easy. The "cupcake" block will make a great potholder (kits available) or the center for a table topper.  If you can't stop at just one, make more and design your own quilt.  Kits will be available for the potholder, just let us know when you sign up for the class that you would like one.

This class is scheduled for March 13th, Saturday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  The cost of this class is $25.00, this does not include the kit.

If you have any questions or would like further information about this class contact Trina at cooksandquilts@hotmail.com.

Send class fee to The Creative Hand Studio, 9918 162nd St Ct E #5, Puyallup, WA 98375. (This is class location).

NEW WORK - "A THIN GREEN LINE"

This is a detail of "A Thin Green Line", the beading was done by hand. The full picture of the quilt below is a truer representation of colors.

"A Thin Green Line" consists of hand-dyed and shibori discharged fabrics and beading. Quilting on this piece was done by machine. All fabrics were created by me. (By clicking on the image you can get a larger view of the quilt.)

NEW WORK - A SISTER'S CHALLENGE

Well, this first one may not be so new....... My sister Mary and I challenged ourselves with a piece of fabric picked up in Sacramento, California in November 2008. The one element that needed to be in the piece was curves. The challenge fabric is the multi-colored one. I took my work in progress to Tucson in March of 2009. I only had about an inch left to quilt but took it anyway to show Mary (who lives in Tucson).

Needless to say the piece has been hanging on my design wall for almost a year with only about an inch of quilting left...... I finally finished that last bit yesterday. There is no binding as I am debating on continuing with this quilt or calling it done. I am thinking about washing it and doing a little surface design after the washing (see previous works). Haven't made up my mind but thought I'd show "A Sister's Challenge".

BEYOND CONVENTION EXHIBITION

The CQA exhibition "BEYOND CONVENTION" is currently on display at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle (800 Convention Place). The exhibition runs January 16th through April 5th. I have two quilts in this exhibition. (pictures below)

BLOCKS (Full View)

BLOCKS (Detail View)

DOTS (Full View)

DOTS (Detail View)

WE'RE BACK AND READY TO GO

Yes, finally. Debi's surgery went well but recuperation took longer than expected. We will beginning a new series of classes in February. Look for some old favorites and some new exciting ones. Here is a schedule of events. Full descriptions and pictures (except of course the Mystery Class) will be posted shortly.

FEBRUARY
Finish It Up Friday, Feb 5th, 6pm-10pm, $10
Fine Tune Your Skills, Feb 7th Sunday, 1pm-3pm $20, Binding

MARCH
Finish It Up Friday, March 5th, 6pm-10pm, $10
Learn How to Paper Piece, March 13th Saturday, 1pm-4pm $25
A Scrappy Mystery, March 27th Saturday, 11am-5pm, $55

APRIL
Finish It Up Friday, April 9th, 6pm-10pm, $10
Beaded Embroidery, April 11th Sunday, 1pm-5pm, $30

REVISED CALENDAR FOR STUDIO

On October 19th Debi will be going to Good Samaritan Hospital to have knee replacement surgery. Due to this surgery the schedule at The Creative Hand Studio has changed somewhat. Please see the revised schedule below.

October’s Dinner and a Mystery has been postponed. Thank you for all the interest and stay tuned for the reschedule dates. November's Table Runner Mystery is a go and we still have room. If you are interested in any of the classes contact Debi at itsdebi@hotmail.com or Trina at cooksandquilts@hotmail.com.


NOVEMBER 2009
November 6th – Finish It Up Friday, 5pm-10pm, $10
November 20th – Mystery Table Runner, 6pm-9pm, $30
November 21st – The Quilted B / Barb Gilpin

DECEMBER 2009
December 4th – Finish It Up Friday, 5pm-10pm, $10
December 19th – The Quilted B / Barb Gilpin

FREE TABLE QUILT

At a recent retreat I found myself not wanting to work on "ALL" the projects I brought with me and began looking for something else to motivate me. I wandered over to the free table and found a book of upholstery fabrics. I set myself a challenge to use these fabrics in a new quilt.

I began by cutting the samples to a uniform size. After they were all a uniform size I cut them up again and sewed them into quarter square triangle blocks. (This was all done randomly). I then assembled the quilt, again using a random method. This was as far as I got at the retreat. I took the quilt top back to my studio and started working on it there.

At my studio I sandwiched the quilt top with wool batting and used another upholstery fabric for the backing. I then machine quilted it with cotton thread.

After quilting I overdyed the quilt and washed it.

The next and last step (so far!!!) is a silk screen discharging process. Stay tuned for more!!