Wild Women Don't Get the Blues

How fabulous January was for inspiring quilting ideas to carry me through the entire year! To finish January/begin February I did 2 x 1-day classes with international tutor Karen K. Stone. I have long been an admirer of her work, and was blessed when my friend gave me her book as a thank you for staying with me recently

Check out the photos of Karen's "Reptile Wisdom" quilt that she made for the Tutors' exhibition at Symposium at the end of this post.
On Saturday 31st January I did her class "Wild women don't get the blues". Here I am all packed ready to go

First up Karen had a big suitcase of her quilts which she generously showed and discussed with us - a feast of inspiration...here's a taste :

She is wonderful with colour, as well as being technically amazing at what she does. This is one of her latest quilt tops which makes my heart expand - the colour and pattern make me feel so happy :-)

After the show & tell we moved into selection of fabrics and the actual quilt making. This is a photo of the fabrics I took to class - I "shopped" my stash - I know I need more of that lovely blue in the background of my feature fabric, but just went with what I had

Here it is rearranged by Karen during a discussion about colour choices, and she only removed a few fabrics (about 6)

She confirmed I "need" to shop for some blue fabric of the background colour to round out the palette, but good to go on the day....This was a foundation piecing class, so slow going. I did well to finish 8 borders to go on 2 blocks of feature fabric - here they are sat on the fabric to give you a look at what my quilt will be like

So far loving it - will share as I make progress. Below is Karen's sample...I have a way to go :-)

"Wild women don't get the blues" by Karen K. Stone