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Classes update

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I’m so excited about the Chuck Nohara classes I’ll be teaching at Material Obsession this year.

There are twice monthly classes scheduled, the Saturday class is full but there are two spots still available in the Friday class which starts 13th Feb. Contact classes@materialobsession.com.au for further information.

The classes are loosely structured to accommodate the students’ needs. We will be working from Chuck Nohara’s book 2001 New Patchwork Patterns. This fabulous book is bulging with inspiration and ideas. Most block patterns are  2.25″ line drawings that leave the sizing and fabric selection up to the maker.

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It really is a great quilt to explore your style and colour sense. I’m really looking forward to seeing all the beautiful projects ahead.

Below is my interpretation of Block #74. I’ve used several techniques to make this block, applique, reverse applique and machine piecing. How would you have approached it?

 

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Holiday Hexies

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Do you have a long term project you just pick up a few times a year? Something that’s purely therapeutic, mindless and there’s no end game?
I do! It’s purely for fun and has no deadline whatsoever. I’m calling it Blissful Abandon. Sounds a bit Mills & Boon doesn’t it?

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I’ve been working on these 1″ fussy cut hexagons for over a year. I’m not in a rush as I’ve now worked out the longer it takes the more fabric I can include.

Fussy cutting is a pretty slow process, choosing the motif and then painstakingly cutting six identical shapes before stitching them over paper by hand.

Did I mention that it’s very relaxing? Highly recommend you give it a go 🙂

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Just keep stitching

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Passed a pretty important milestone today. Finished piecing my Red & White Chuck Nohara quilt.
So many hours go into selecting the fabric, prepping the blocks and painstakingly appliquéing or piecing each one.
By the time I get to joining the whole lot together I am truly over it.
Happy to send it off to Michele Turner for her to work her magic.
Familiarity breeds contempt and I’ve spent way too much time staring at this jumble of red & white!

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Things I want to do at QuiltCon -Austin

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I want to:
Meet all the people!
Visit WholeFoods and Trader Joes
Swap pins
Check out some real Tex Mex, the veggie kind if such a thing exists!
Visit a JoAnn’s just to see what they are like. It’s probably just like Spotlight but I just need to know!
And some bricks and mortar quilt shops and the vendors at the show.
Ride an eBike and eat from food trucks…
But mostly I want to meet all the people.
When I first started quilting I never dreamed I’d be travelling so far to be inspired, to hone my skills.
So excited.

c. 2015 Lorena Uriarte