NY Trip Day 2

So the second day was my class for the Aura pattern from my book, Seamingly Scrappy. The girls were so excited and it was good because we had an early start to the day (atleast for me it was early)!

 There were a few different stations of girls and for this class, it's pretty easy to travel at your own pace. No completed quilt tops were done, which is perfectly par for the course, but many blocks were made and it was a good day of just plain fun.

 Once again, many of the ladies chose different fabrics and it was so neat to see them all come to life.

 Look how organized they were!

 And here's a sampling of how some of the blocks were coming along!

It was so neat to see how some girls were using up their stash or a charm pack from their stash. That is completely the reason I created the book and it was so nice to see it in action.

If you are interested in having my Mom and I come and do either a trunk show or workshop (or both) for your guild or group, please e-mail me at rubybluequilts (at) gmail (dot) com. There are several different options to choose from on the Workshop & Lecture page listed above. I will be adding to it in the future, so check back often!

New York Travel Time

Over the weekend, Mom and I packed up the car and headed to the Jamestown, NY area (near Chautauqua). We were invited to come and do a couple workshops with one of the local guilds and have a little trunk show too!

 On the first day, we started with Mom teaching the Cactus Flower Tablerunner by Judy Niemeyer. The girls did an amazing job learning the paper piecing technique!

You can see the evidence by the organized piles and the intent concentration. :)

Progress was being made by all!

It was a nice sized group and everyone was using completely different fabrics. 

 Here's a little more evidence to prove how much work was accomplished!

 And here's some sample blocks that were made at the end of the day. This one was bright batiks...

 There were some primitive Civil War type prints.

And even a Christmas version!

 Kim was our wonderful host and at the meeting that night she showed off her blocks and the pattern that we made.

  The girls that made it to the meeting after class showed off their blocks too!

It was so neat to see them all come together and how different all of the fabrics were.

This is a great group and we had a fun time. Later that night we headed over to the B&B to crash before my class the next day. I'll be back tomorrow to post pictures!