Fall activities

Hardscrabble Day was fun, the weather was lovely, and now it feels as Fall is truly apon us. We should have the new schedule ready by next week. I will put October Events here in my next post, but in the meantime I want to remind you that the Bowl and Purse workshops from the Holiday Headstart Program are coming up soon. These are fun and addictive projects that make great gifts for all of your friends and family, not just the stitchers!!

This Saturday is a very important meeting of the Block of the Month Group. We will be discussing, and I will demonstrate some techniques for adding the knotwork elements. If you have been keeping up you will be ready for this step and I have a number of options to share with you. I have figured out yardages and running lengths needed for each size project using each technique, so you will want to be sure to get this handout.


The Following Tuesday is handstitchers, we will be working on the Texas Star. I have sent the files for English Paper Piecing this project out to our regular members, but if you want to join us and use this very accurate method to put it together let me know. The pieces can also be hand pieced in the traditional manner. It is all straight line piecing, and the few set in seams are nice and wide - so not tricky by hand. It is your choice of techniques. The supply list is online at www.Clubsupplies-VFS.blogspot.com

Lastly, I am re-vamping my personal blog, DianaArtQuilts will be closing very soon and the new one, fiberspider.blogspot.com will soon house a full gallery of my art quilts and a regular accounting of pieces I am working on and musings on my Art and the issues that affect the creative lifestyle. To help you develop your own creative lifestyle, the special for the first weekend of October is 10% off all blank books. Even if you simply use it for taking notes in workshops, these beautiful books with recycled paper and a section of graph paper in the back, will lend importance and beauty to your notes and doodles. The paper is strong enough to glue in swatches too!! Come on in and get one for yourself!!!