Weekend with Freddy

 Yup, that's Freddy Moran!

She came to the Seattle area and taught a weekend workshop at Aunt Mary's Quilt Shop.

Here she is showing one of her new works inspired by quilts in the book below.

Published by Quiltmania.

She also brought these beautiful collages, inspired by Edrica Huws.  

Stephanie took Freddy's collage class in Sisters, OR, last year.  Here she is with her fabulous creation.

Freddy showed us how she makes her collages, starting with a pieced black and white background.

Starting with a pile of scraps, she cuts and glues on pieces with a washable glue stick.

She made this piece in less than an hour.  

Once she gets everything glued on, she sends it to her long arm quilter for stitching.

I brought my lone star to work on.  

Freddy made some beautiful suggestions for setting fabrics.  

In the end, I decided on this.  Freddy's advice really helped my selection.  

She said, "It's already wild.  Keep it going!  Don't think you need to calm it down."

She also said I should use a different scale print.

Stephanie coordinated the event, and did a lovely job of it.  

She even made these gifts for us, 

all with her collection of out-of-print Freddy fabric!

Thank you, Stephanie!!!

A very colorful day

A great big cloud has been stuck over Seattle the last few days.  

It seems to move only up and down--dense fog or white sky, neither one letting the sun shine through.

But it's a great backdrop for color that comes about through creativity.  

Yesterday, I started the day with my weekly trip to the local farmer's market.  

In my neighborhood, they close a street on Sundays and farmers come to sell their bounty.

So there I am, buying my veggies, and I turn around to see...

This beautiful woman with her hand-embroidered jacket!  She was very gracious as I gushed over her thrift store jacket, which she embellished herself.  Check out the handmade treasures at her etsy shop.

Then I spotted this bunch of kimonos hanging on a fence with a sign, $20 each!

Of course, I just couldn't walk away from the one on the left.  

It's a heavier silk or silk/cotton mix.  LOTS of yardage!

After that,  Em came over and we rode the ferry to Vashon Island to see Freddy Moran's quilts!

The show is up at Island Quilter through October 31.

I'm loving her collage quilts, inspired by Edrica Huws.

I've been told that Freddy uses a glue stick to secure the pieces onto her black and white background.

Em's been using this technique for years.  

Here are a few of my favorite quilts in the show.

How about those buttons and yo-yos?

Notice the 3-D dragonfly on the right side.

Of course, I had to buy some large floral fabrics and come home and cut them out.  

Hmm, maybe I should try them against a white sky.

Autumn Rose

Happy Autumn!