It rained most of yesterday thus preventing my rollerblading again. I truly need the exercise if I am to maintain the tiny butt. However the time inside was well spent, on my class for the weekend.
I am teaching Power Strip Sets which is a class using traditional (!!) log cabin, rail fence and assorted other well known strippy blocks to create artier versions using fusing and decorative rotary blades. This quilt is pictured here sideways even though it hangs vertically, but I just didn't want to use up so much of the page to show it.
We get about this much done in class and since I have become a minor techno-nerd in recent months, I decided that I needed to have a slide presentation of the step by step process, so I began a second class sample yesterday, documenting the whole thing as I made it up.
I didn't want to do the same sample so I went for the rail fence version. This is the one we will do in the morning and then go for the one above for the afternoon portion. Obviously I am counting on having a group of quick learners in my class.
So I am standing on a stool taking digitals of the steps, carefully, and then making the next part and shooting that. Then I get involved and start adding things and forget to take pictures and pretty soon the top is done and I have left out parts for my slide presentation. arrgghh.
I am using PowerPoint and Picasa and switching between them both to produce the presentation that I will be giving, I think, on Friday... I'll have to check. Now that I have a digital projector all this has become possible to accomplish at the last minute, and even tweak in my hotel room before the class day starts. This appeals to the procrastinator in me.
Now I must go iron the kit fabric and pack it up.
Love these, the colors are wonderful. Wish I could take your class also. Would be so much fun
ReplyDeleteTotally with you on the geek think, spent hours uploading a picture to photoshop, tweaking it and then getting the lettering I wanted from typogenerator....alas, a great lot of time but someday a great quilt. My next investment is an external multiple dvd burner...we aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto.
ReplyDeleteThese are sooo beautiful! Look at those colors. I especially like the top one!
ReplyDeleteLove your new class quilts. It's amazing you can design something so knock-your-eyes-out beautiful, and yet your (fast-learner) students can do it in three hours!
ReplyDeleteColours galore! Lovely! Hmm, I'd be guessing that you won't be visiting Oz in the next yonk... Just as well cos whilst I have a box of brightly coloured quilting fabric I really can't squeeze in another hobby quite now!
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