SSC Days 7 & 8 AND Viewers Choice

My last 2 days of conference were quit fun. We were do Sun Printing with Seta colors. I was with one of my classmate form last year, a very fun lady and we had a great time again this year.
On Saturday we did our sun printing and the weather was great, lots of sun shine ( we had a fair bit of rain all week with a chance of rain that day as well ) I was enjoying it sew much I had to go and get more fabric, sew I tried it out on a very nice and smooth muslin with a tight weave. It worked great, I will be doing this at home I am sure. I works best for items not getting washed all the time as it is surface design.
here are some pictures from both days



my star bursts.... now I have the fabric
I will be creating a fun summer wall hanging I think

star fish salt and plastic grass

orange peels

grasses  folding
we just played a lot

my lupin leaves framed and with some thread play

here two pieces of created fabric where used I missed the bottom
there is some purple in the one corner which looks great

the orange peel piece getting glammed  with other fabrics that shimmer

auditioning fabrics to from our pieces to complement the colors with in

Jackie Van Fossen and I
Thanks for a great class Jackie I had a blast

It was sew nice how we all learn little things about and from each other. I was sad to see the end of conference this year. But I know I will be busy for the whole year until the  conference comes again. If you are ever in the area you should check out the shop in Humboldt and get information. ( Haus of Stitches )

Jewels of the Night by me

I had mentioned earlier about the viewers choice in the 10 Anniversary Challenge Competition. The prize was a Elna 740 excellence machine. Sew yesterday at lunch they presented the winner with the machine. I am still kind of in shock. I now have a Elna 740 excellence machine in my home, waiting for me to play. Sorry I do not have a picture just yet the photographer will send me one shortly.
This was a quilt with many firsts, the first time I entered any type of competition, the first challenge piece , first time using the ruler I made the center out of , the first time using Electric Quilts 7, and sew on.

Made by Beverley Johnson( the fairy bra mother)

Beverley's quilt will be featured in A Needle Pulling Thread around Christmas, I may be featured later , nothing is definite just yet.
 I will now have to get back to my quilt for McCall's Quilt Design Star 2012, due for the 17 of June with Voting stating on the 19.
 I have found that I really enjoy the designing  and creating process and will do the best I can with this new challenge ( which  will be a little easier now that I am sewing in the house and not in the camper)

SSC Day 5

Dolls dolls dolls  there were dolls  that look sew cute and fun to make ... could we really do it in a day.

class mate doll

they can have hosiery

my gal sitting on the machine

one of the others doll head

well we did they may not all have hair or clothes but we did get them made. All different types, and colors we  will have fairies teachers and accountants.

I ended my evening with a campfire and marshmallows to make a smore
good and gooey

Now to start day 6 painting
chat with you soon
in stitches
Annette

SSC day 4 and Gala

Yesterday was a busy day full of things to learn about the square in a square ruler.
We had a lot of fun with Jodi Barrows and using her ruler as we did the Mystery Quilt. Each Mystery quilt is different.
You learned the  ruler as you made up the units to create your quilt.

square sets

Jodi explaining the blocks



Wendy Toye and I ( in reversed order)

Later that evening we had the Gala for the Challenge. The items were judged by a panel of 4 earlier in the conference. I was sew surprised when I was called up for 1st place with the Large Quilts.




The voting is on going for the viewers choice, sew we have no ides who that will be. .... good luck ladies.

now to go and pinch myself
in stitches
Annette




p.s here is a pic of the bra I made

The guest speaker tonight was Beverly the bra instructor for the 10 years of conference and bras were on topic.  ;)





SSC Day 3 and a little show and tell

Today I had the day off sew what did I do.
I went to the fabric shop and bought the fabrics that I will make my McCall's Quilting Quilt challenge piece with. I also have stitched up a sample of the block to be used as I have never done a storm at sea  block . It will be an interesting challenge.
I did also pop into a couple classes to see what the ladies where making,

my camping sewing space

class almost finished for the day  they will be back in the morning to finish working on their blocks

the above are some of Jodi's work below
are some show and tell items

and tonight Jodi Barrows was having a bit of a trunk show and tell.and there where a couple others that shared as well.

Well that all for now it's getting chilly out here at the picnic table and soon it will be dark.
have a great day
in stitches
Annette

Day 2 at SSC.... Bra Making

Day 2 at Saskatchewan Stitches Conference.

busy bra makers about 20 of us in this class

Brenda's bra underconstruction

Opps I forgot to take a picture of mine .... later I'm in wearing it. ;)

A busy Bra making day. Last night we drafted the pattern for our Shelly Bras form our base pattern. After creating a new pattern we all called it a night. Today we started to cut, sew a little unsewing was done as well. And by the end of the day I had my bra done as well as a few others. One gal even had a second one done. This time I made a partial band bra, it’s more like the ones I buy. And has a very comfy fit. There were a variety of color combinations, which was made much easier by having kits made up. I picked up a few kits to work on later this summer/fall.

I have gone to view the quilt show about 4 times sew far ….. I still do not think I have seen it all yet. I have a few shots of groups and a few single quilted items. Boy oh boy there’s a lot of talent out there. And such imaginations to create sew many things from the same fabric. I will have some photos at the end of the post.

I have been trying out one of the blocks for my challenge quilt. I ‘ll play with it in the morning as it is getting dark  in the camper and I am a bit tired and I do not want to make any mistakes.

My bosom buddy( a bra making buddy from a few years back ) stopped by the camper tonight and dropped this off for me.

Now to find a cork screw as I am

I’ll post this in the morning, off to bed now…

In stitches

Annette

 Sew here are a few of the quilted items for the 10 Anniversary Fabric Challenge at the Saskatchewan Stitches Conference 2012

I got to visit my quilt

what do you see here??