and her "Spring Flowers" received a red. Ellen entered and won a red ribbon on her "Wish I May, Wish I Might." Susie Jackson won a yellow ribbon AND Best Machine Quilting award for her whole cloth quilt "Heirloom Feathers."

Blocks and Cubes by Gloria Green(photographed in progress)

Spring Flowers by Gloria Green

Wish I May, Wish I Might by EllenHall

Heirloom Feathers by Susie Jackson

Three other Pine Belt Quilters entered works in the show--Martha Ginn, Rosalie Schoell, and Doris Dunn. The show was held at the Mississippi Craft Center in Ridgeland.

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Show committee has firmed up the category list for our 2012 show. This will be posted on our website soon, but for now, here are the categories. A few general guidelines are:
Minimum size on any side =and delivered to Forrest General Hospital. Betty said this brings their total to 250 that they have made.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hattiesburg hosted the third location of the 2011 MQA Educational Seminar with Deb Karasik teaching her paper piecing techniques. Deb is from San Francisco, California, and is the author (with Janet Mednick) of Quilt Mavens Perfect Paper Piecing and of Quilts with Attitude, both published by AQS.

Deb's quilts and patterns feature sharp points and spikes, and she stressed the importance of not cutting off those points when joining to the next piece. She showed tips on getting smooth curves without cutting off points. She had perfected her binding methods by incorporating Sharon Schamber's glue technique, and she demonstrated this for the students.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Two Pine Belt Quilter