Sewing Summit: Day 3

Today featured Free Motion Quilting with Allison from Cluck Cluck Sew (where I learned about this shindig in the first place!).

Then was Improv Piecing with Jess from Urban Patchwork.

Both classes were challenging and inspirational.  Improve Piecing was definitely a step outside my comfort zone, but my block turned out great.

Free Motion Quilting made me want to quilt more!  I think the next quilt I do is going to need to be machine quilted.  And it will definitely need to be Free Motion quilting.  There’s a different type of creativity that Free Motion Quilting takes that you don’t get from a quilt pattern.

Once again I ended up with a ton of ideas and inspirations and spent my afternoon planning out quilts.  And I’m definitely going next year!  (And dragging my Mom along for the ride!)

Sewing Summit: Day 2

Today was fantastic!  My first class was about Blogging with Dana from Old Red Barn Co.

Then was Photography with Vanessa Christensen from V and Co.

I could not get a focused picture of her face!  Every time I got her in focus she turned away.  It was brutal.

Then was lunch, with a great presentation by the organizers, Amy Ellis and Erin Singleton.

Then was fabric selection with Jeni from In Color Order.

They gave all of us Color Cards from Robert Kaufman.  The room loved it!

Followed by Refashioning Garments with Melissa from I Still Love You.

I took so many notes, and came away with so many ideas and projects and plans!  Today just flew by, but I can’t wait for tomorrow!

Sewing Summit/Year of the Quilt

Have I talked about the Sewing Summit on here yet?  I don’t think so.  Anyway, it’s this weekend here in Salt Lake.  It’s a day and a half strictly devoted to sewing and blogging and everything related!  And tonight was the reception which got me even more excited about it!  I got to stand around and talk to wonderful women who are all interested in the same thing I am.  And I took my camera and didn’t take a single picture.  Did hand out a few of my cards though!

On a related note, I did come up with a new item for the shop.  I’ll take a pic tomorrow when it’s light again, let’s just say it’s black and gorgeous and I’m so excited to wear it tomorrow!

Also, have I talked about my other blog Year of the Quilt?  It’s a project I started a few months ago, with a final goal of completing a quilt a month.  I finished June’s then fell behind.   My focus on there is centered more on crafting itself, and the posts may overlap some between here and there, but I’ll try to keep them pretty separate.