 |
| Our workshop's scrappy quilt. |
If you have followed my blog for a while, you will know that I am a rather huge fan of Anna Maria Horner fabrics. They are bright, bold and beautiful and usually always feature lots of florals in a clashy yet co-ordinated bohemian style.
When I heard that Anna Maria Horner was coming to New Zealand I hoped I would be able to attend a quilt show of hers, never imagining that I would be attending her Folk Flower quilt workshop (imagine me jumping around in excitement when I booked my place) in Tamahere today, organised and hosted by Donna's Quilt Studio.
We had been sent a list prior to the workshop detailing what to bring. I have to admit that choosing background fabrics caused me some angst. How much was too much fabric to take along?
I couldn't comprehend the enormity of choosing all my fabrics for a quilt, at this point so decided that I would make scrappy blocks at the workshop, with the hope that one day I'd have enough for a quilt of some description.
We watched Anna Maria make a block, explaining and demonstrating various techniques to us, including reverse applique, a technique I was not familiar with. Then we set to work on our own. For a lot of us it was the first time we had used the applique stitch on our machines so it was very much learn as we go. I'm sure I am am going to attempt to unpick the applique stitch around one of my flowers.
At then end of the day, all the blocks made were attached to a quilt so we could see what a scrappy version would look like.
I had a wonderful day, catching up with some of my original weekend sewing crew and meeting lots of other like minded sewers.
