Appleton Dance

  Linda Theil's sample "Goose Pockets" in Moda's "Garden Fruits" line designed by Tim and Beck -- note the bottom geese were not inserted properly in the fabric sandwich and so will have their points eliminated when they are sewn into a hanging. Please see instruction below to avoid this problem in your goose pockets. I watched Jenny Doan's "One Seam Flying Geese" tutorial on the Missouri Star Quilt Company YouTube channel and was intrigued by the little pockets her one-seam method created on the surface of her work. I thought the pattern would be cute made up as an Advent calendar; and sure enough, Doan included in her video an Advent calendar that she created using her one-seam Flying Geese method. Doan also provided a four-color PDF of a "Christmas Bucket List" of little cards to print out and tuck into each pocket. I thought I remembered how Doan made her geese from the video, but discovered it wasn't as easy as I th...

Detail from Annette Ornelas' "Meet the Peeps!" quilt. Annette Ornelas speaks at GAAQG Quilt designer and teacher Annette Ornelas of Fayetteville, NC presented her work March 19, 2016 at the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild's  "quilt-day" meeting held bi-monthly at Washtenaw Community College. At the lecture, Ornelas described her idiosyncratic method for creating curved images in her quilts: "It's a little like Cathedral Window, but it's not as fussy." In an interview featured in the GAAQG blog  Ornelas said: My curves are dimensional. They are achieved through folded inserts, which are peeled-back, smoothed into a curvy shape and top-stitched. They are all done through straight-line piecing -- with curved results. Central motif of Annette Ornelas' "Meet the Peeps!" quilt. Ornelas taught two classes to guild members during her visit. GAAQG member Janet Rost was in Ornelas' Friday class, and shared the work sh...