Saturday, July 12, 2014

CLASS WITH JOE CUNNINGHAM!

I am officially on vacation!
My family has left for a week trip 
to visit my husband's family...
NO
mom 
or wife 
duties for me!!!
Wahoo!
OK, 
now what would be fun?

Island Quilter on Vashon Island!
(quilter's nirvana!)
and a delightful class with Joe Cunningham.
http://www.joethequilter.com/


The plan was to "Rock the Block".
Here's Joe showing his wonderful version.

Joe suggested we bring one yard of four different fabrics.
Since my stash is currently neatly at my disposal (!)
it was easy to find this favorite piece I have had for years,
always wanted to use
but never knew how
(have one some many of those?)...


it seemed like it played well with these stripes...


and maybe this sort-of-solid...


and...
drum roll...
these shark/goldfish!


Joe was a lot of fun!
He was charming and funny,
put everyone at ease,
connected with every student,
and guided us through 
wonderful creative play.
(Yes, he even played guitar and serenaded us!)


Here he is 
showing us how he plays with the blocks,
not on a design wall,
but on the table/bed/floor!


I was able to get in the flow
and rocked my blocks!



Joe imparted lots of quilting wisdom throughout the day.
The paraphrased bit 
that is ringing in my head 
this first-night-on-vacation is...
the color of a fabric is not defined until we see it playing next to other fabrics.
hmmm.....
something to think about and play with...
perhaps on day 2!








7 comments:

  1. Wow Stephanie !
    I love this - looking forward to seeing more !!

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  2. amazing--love your colors and how they work together! Fun, fun fun!! Good for you! Hugs, Julierose

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  3. Happy vacation and happy creative spirit!

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  4. I LOVE what you did with those fabrics! I know you'll enjoy this vacation!

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  5. Look at you go! How awesome! We were just talking about Joe on Thursday and how good of a speaker he is. Very inspiring.

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  6. There are fabulous projects.Enjoy and have fun!!

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  7. Last summer while on a roadtrip thru the Northwest I came upon Island Quilters on Vashon Island. What a happy surprise!! Such a wonderful quilt shop.
    That class looks wonderful. I bet you had a blast.

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