last class for the summer

This Wednesday will be the last class for the summer. I need to go off and regenerate, come up with a few new ideas, work on a project or two and just chill generally.
I'm looking forward to what you have done with the photo quilts so we will have "Show and Tell" at the begining of class this week. Also bring what else you have been working on for us to see and admire.
See you then.

putting it together

Are your photos printed? Have you assembled the fabrics to use? Are you ready to put it all together?
Great! then that is what we will be doing on Wednesday. This is the part of the project that often takes the most time.
Trying to decide what to use and how to assemble it. We will talk about the possibilities and them create these little masterpieces.
See you.
PS you will not need your computers.

Another day at the computers

Wednesday was the last day with computers. Now we print the images we have been working on and start putting it all together into a quilt. We took a field trip to Ginger's Quilt Shop and looked at the fabric possibilities there. (She gave me gift bags for all of you. I'll bring them Wed.)

Next week Supply list: Digital Images in Quilts

Images printed onto fabric and set with fabric softner
Fabrics to add to quilt
Embellishments if desired example: ribbon, lace, beads, buttons, etc.
Wonder Under, Misty Fuse, Steam a Seam Light, etc. about 1 yard if planning to applique
Batting 3” to 5” bigger all around than your finished quilt ( not just the photo)
Straight pins and safety pins for basting
Needle and basting thread
Sewing thread in colors that blend with the fabrics
If you have Wonderfil Invisafil thread bring that
Glue stick
Small sharp scissors for "fussy cutting"
Paper scissors
Regular fabric scissors
Sewing machine
Machine needles size 80 or 90 a pkg of size 60 if you use Invisafil
Ruler
Rotary cutter and mat (optional)

You will not need your computer next week . If you are doing something quite small you may bring your sewing machine to sew the background and start appliqué, but you might not get that far on a larger quilt. If you will be sewing bring a free motion foot as well as a regular foot.

Now the fun begins!

I'm almost ready

I know you are all anxious to begin class again. Sorry for the delay, but I needed the time to get it together after the funeral.
I'll be fully ready on Wednesday June 9 so be there ready to turn digital photos into Art. I havelearned a lot of things to make the whole process better since last summer.
Come with your laptop or share with a friend and learn what to do when you go home to your desktop. We will be working with the Photoshop Elements program. You can download a trial version from the Adobe site on the Internet if you are not ready to purchase the program yet. It is not the expensive Photoshop. Photoshop Elements is under $100 and if you shop the Internet it is considerablly cheaper. Have a few photo loaded to work with or you can practice on the Sample Photos which come with the program to practice.
See you soon.

Funeral

The funeral will be Tuesday June 1, 2010 at the LDS Chapel on Woodruff Pl
one block East of Milliken and the 210 Freeway.
From the 210 exit Milliken go South 1 block to Kenyon turn left 1 block to Woodruff Pl turn left the chapel in on the corner of Woodruff and Highland.
The service is at 11:00 am.

Bob passed away

After a long and hard battle with Parkinson's Disease my dear husband passed away on Wednesday morning. I was holding his hand as he slipped away after 5 days of holding on to that last vestage of his life. Over the weekend all the children got to say their "good byes". Spent everynight on a cot beside him until the end. I have feelings of sadness, but also such relief that he is in a better place and can talk and be understood. I think that was the part he hated the most.
Since our class was supposed to start the day after the funeral I have asked to delay 1 week and extend it 1 week into July.
I will be ready to go on June 9.
Thank you all for the love and support you have shown to me over these years of Bob's illness. It has kept me sane, or at least somewhat.

In Loving Memory