A Message from Jerilu

      Just a note to thank everyone who helped with the Quilt Walk Festival this year.  There are hundreds of hours of effort no one ever sees! It takes so many people to make this a successful event. 
     We appreciate all who participated as instructors and all who came as students.  The support we felt as a new committee was great.
     Again Thank you everyone and see you all again next year!

                                                                                 Jeri Lu and the Quilt Walk Committee



I had to post this quilt that someone had brought to the show.  I believe it tells a story of a group or family that met for the years 1874-1978  but I didn't get the whole story but I love the fun blocks and idea of the quilt.  

I had to post this quilt that someone brought to the show.  I believe it tells a story of a group or family that met for the years 1874-1978  but I didn't get the whole story but I love the fun blocks and idea of the quilt.  

More from the Quilt Walk

these are more quilts by the Las Vegas Quilters.

Yay!! Sew night again. It was good to get back to see what everyone was working on. So much fun stuff.

Remember this from last month?

Shannon has turned it into this. Is that cool or what? I wonder who thought up this pattern. I would like to understand how their mind works to come up with this. I am planning on doing one of these this summer.

Betty did this cute baby quilt and I am sorry for the blurr this is the only picture I could even put up.  My camera took the biggie and I am trying to get by with a borrowed one.  I can't seem to  stay steady it enough.

Another one of Betty's.

Helen tried to tell us she didn't have anything to show but this was discovered in her sewing  bag.

Have I mentioned before what an awesome town Panguitch is to live in?  If not "Panguitch is and Awesome place."   2 weeks after the Quilt Walk Festival, the fourth weekend of June,  we have a balloon festival.  We have as many balloons as the field they launch from can hold and for three mornings, in the best part of summer, our sky is filled with beautiful, cute, and clever balloons.  One night there is a glow all up and down main and center street. 

Becky made this quilt to be raffled off during the balloon festival this year.  Each square is a T shirt from the  festival.  The one from this year is in the lower corner but it came out to blurry so I am giving you a close up of last years.

I have more to show you but have to stop now.  I will try to get the rest up tomorrow. 

We even make baskets at our quilt festival.

Pam Kay has been at the quilt walk since the second year. Each year Pam teaches two basket classes and one quilt class.  What a talented lady.  This year Pam graduated  from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in History after four years of study beginning in June 2006. "During that time I studied book making and wheel thrown pottery,two new loves of my life. " She says.

 Everyone is facinated with the baskets.  She has students that come back year after year.  This is the split tool basket that they made last year. 

the melon is  the second basket they made last year.  How cool is this?

This basket is called the fat quarter keeper.  Couldn't we all use one of these?

I don't think that she has taught this one at the festival but it is a quilters tote.  I am sure I need one of these.

The red X is here on purpose.... This year Pam's first class is a mystery basket.  I can't wait to see what she comes up with.

This is called "Shotgun Wedding at Midnight" taught in 2009.  fabulous!

Her Mississippi Flyaway quilt has been taught two different years at the festival.

The class of students from 2009  all successfully completed the "Muffins for Two" basket.

 Stars and moons.

another great quilt, tipsy tulips.

Pam tells this story about  her 2007 trip to the quilt walk.  "I got a flat tire on the way to Panguitch in 2007, the year I did the trunk show. I had to call road service to come change my tire. He said

"Ma'am, I don't off load trunks, I just change tires," so I had to
unload all my quilts and pile them on the side of the road. He changed the tire, I loaded the quilts back and followed him to his tire store
about 10 miles away. I bought a new tire and had him install it, then
he was going to put the little emergency donut tire back in my
trunk--you guessed it! I had to unload the quilts again, have him
replace the tire in its proper position and re-load the quilts again.
Ha!"
I think if she had been closer to she would have had plenty of help unloading and loading. 


 

She says this is one of her students favorites.

This is the first class Pam taught at the Quilt Walk, the Cranberry basket. The interesting thing is that nobody ever saw it or even a picture before the class. The students signed up on blind faith!

Pam is one of our teachers that does it all.  Wait till you see all that she does.  This is the second basket she is teaching this year.

Besides the baskets she is teaching this fabulous pineapple quilt. 

If you want to see more of Pams art visit her website.

www.fiberartist.com

Don't forget to see all the news of the Quilt Walk at Claudia's blog.  And if you want to check out all the things going on at the Festival the site is up and running.  I know of some people who have already sent their registrations in.  I am still trying to decide.  I may have to put them in a hat and draw.
Enjoy!

One of the classes at the Quilt Walk Festival this year will be this awesome mini album.

Quilt Walk Festival

Holly is putting the kit together (no need to bring anything) and teaching all the techniques needed to finish it that day.  She did a class for our sewing night and you can see Claudia's results here and mine here.  She gave me one for Christmas with the kids pictures in and it is really stunning. 

 

It is a fun class and something different and not to high pressure for the last day of the festival.  I will have more about the festival as I get it.  Claudia has posted about celebrity trunk show and teacher this year.  Go on over and see what she has to say.

Enjoy!

It is up! The classes are posted. Now how do I choose?

 Quilt Walk Quilt Classes

Oh my, there are baskets, and bags even one crocheted from fabric.  There is a class in Brazilian Embroidery. I have seen the awesome memory album and  there are more quilts that I am sure I have to do. There are just not enough hours in the festival.  They are even having classes to teach you to use your own sewing machine to quilt your quilts.  I know many of you already do that but I have only hand quilted quilts and now I send them out to the professionals.  Maybe I should give that a try. 

Right off I can see a conflict on Saturday.  I have wanted to do a hunters star (#55) quilt for a long time.  Last year I saw this fantastic black and white quilt (# 50)that I put on my list.  Then on the same day at the same time there is Judy's purse (very cute) (#59) and Pam's basket(#54).  How do I make a decision.  Very often I will wait until the one I want is full.  I vowed not to do that this year but maybe that will narrow down the choices.  I am going over to feast on all the eye candy over there and check out all the classes. Be sure to click on the quilts to get a better picture.  I will post more about them later.  I hope you like it as much as I do.

Enjoy!