Week 7: October 27th

Completed quilt squares coming along as Common Threads approaches.

Knox working on her second quilt square - in full Halloween regalia!

Our evening was spookified by Knox and her blow-up jack-o-lantern.

Brodie whips together a beautiful composition.

Brodie's city-scape, inspired by some Alabama memorabilia.

Emily's pipes and her beautiful blanket stitch.

Melody's Sloss at sunset.

Anna working on her second quilt square.

Knox's signature: trapunto, or padded quilting technique - used here on her lilypad.

Image of the tree mural that Ann used as inspiration for her 1st block.

Week 6: October 20th

Squares coming along. Some Piecemakers are working on square #2!

Anna's "Farmer's Market" quilt square

Knox's workspace is as colorful as her quilt squares.

The train tracks are coming along.

Melody's ort-catcher has a Halloweenish feel to it. Careful, or it'll catch your finger too!

Ann's inspiration in photo form.

The tree is coming along.

Birmingham's lovely "You Are Beautiful" campaign.

Smith's Variety still has great sewing tools.

Emily's pipes are in place and ready to be sewn down.

Week 5: October 13th

As the week of Common Threads approaches, the Piecemakers are hard at work on their squares.

The Piecemakers becoming handy at sewing and talking.

Can you guess who?

Dana P's crossroads coming along nicely.

Ann used printable muslin for her quilt square.

Delicious refreshments provided by Anna, table setting provided by the ArtPlay still life class!

Melody and her fancy Fiskars in non-traditional lime green.

Sloss Furnaces coming alive in Melody's square.

The Japanese Gardens by Knox - notice the Koi pond.

Anna hard at work on details.

Giving Vulcan definition.

Lillis showing off Vulcan and stars falling on Alabama.

Dana P's embroidery hoop helps keep her fabric taut.

Ann's square is a memorial for the "4 Little Girls" of Birmingham.

A happy Melody

Week 4: October 6th

Example of a story quilt, brought in by Ann

A quilt made from feed sack remnants, brought in by Ann

Knox's appliqué sample

Dana P cutting out circles for the hexagon demonstration

Emily composing her quilt square

Ann sketching her quilt square composition

Anna working on her quilt square composition

An example of a crazy quilt, brought in by Ann

Knox's appliqué sample

Lillis working on hexagon demonstration piece

Week 3: September 29th

Anna decides on background fabric for her quilt square, based on sketches she has made

One of Anna's sketches for her quilt square composition - a scene from the farmer's market

Brodie's reverse-appliqué sample

Ann's reverse-appliqué sample

Melody's reverse-appliqué sample

Emily's bougainvillea and reverse-appliqué sample