Building Villages

I got to enjoy a 'mental health' day playing with several quild members in building villages.  We had a much enjoyed class on the technique' and book by Karen Eckmeir.  We had several members cancel out due to illness - we seem to have a huge outbreak of pnuemonia in our county. 

Robbie Sutton (in black shirt) was our instructor; a member of our 'sister' guild on the other side of the creek.  She was quite helpful and a lot of fun.

Yup, one of our 'roosters' was at the class.  Lots of color play at this table.

These gals had a lot of fabric that I would have loved to have just scooped up and taken home.  They were both into making seaside scenes.

A bit of Italy was going on at this table.  They were a little slow to start, but once it clicked they were a house on fire.

Ginny has been very interested in the culture, architecture, and history of Turkey of late.  She chose a great inspirational photo from a travel brouchure to be creative with.

And this is mine.  I had a photo of the village of Saithes, England.  If I hadn't been such a class 'rover' and chatter monkey, I might have gotten more done - well, more was done after I went around to do photos.

You free hand or ruler/rotery cut your fabrics and glue them in place on a piece of batting.  Then a tulle is placed over the whole piece and  you quilt the pat-tute out of it.  I plan on getting this done to show at our next Guild meeting.

Have you tryed something new or stretched out of your zone?
Sewingly Yours,
Sharon