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class # 2

I feel like I sneezed and August was here and gone. My allergy med quit working, grapes began ripening, I hurt my back (and still struggling some), began training stuff with Board of Elections, and fall gardening. Oh, and the quilt class I signed up for back in January arrived! (I try to take one or two classes a year.) Jacqueline de Jonge, from the Netherlands, was teaching her methods of paper piecing at the state fairgrounds for 2 days (organized through Wish Upon A Quilt store in North Raleigh). Below are a few of the quilts she displayed during one of the breaks (called a "trunk show" when done during a quilt fair or show). Our teacher is the lady on the left and the one hiding her head on the right is Cathy, the owner of "Wish" (what many local quilters call it)



I think this was one of her earlier patterns, but I think it's just as fabulous as the newer ones.


One of her new patterns, which I'm almost tempted to purchase!!

Several of the more advanced students were working on this pattern, and it was amazing watching it come together.

The teacher with the Alabama crew
During a break on one of the first days, I heard Jane, in the beige sweater (the lady I shared a table with) talking to Ella (the girl in white next to us) about where they were from. I almost dropped my scissors when I heard Ella say "Forestdale, Alabama" and heard Jane reply "I know where that is! I lived in Alabama for 7 years" and then proceed to name a lot of small power plants located in small towns. On day two of the class we discovered one the girls working on the pattern above was an Auburn graduate!! I think there was one other lady who lived in AL for several years, but I don't think it was something she enjoyed or wanted to talk about. Ella grew up in NC and actually went to UNC but has lived her adult life in AL, which is where her husband grew up. Talk about a small world!!!

And hopefully by this time next year I'll have my quilt top finished and quilted. I think it's going to be gorgeous, though it is a lot of time consuming work. She may be coming back in 2019, so I'm seriously keeping that in the back of my mind as a class possibility!
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