Jinny Beyer

Last Thursday at the Pride of the Prairie guild we were treated to an evening with Jinny Beyer.  When I first started quilting, she was THE name and most famous quilter in the quilter's world.  Her lecture  was about color theory.  We did a couple of exercises using her color palette  to see color gradation and how they work together.

When she creates her quilts, she can have up to 25 color variance in  her palette.  All of these colors can be in one quilt.

Look at all the wonderful shades in this quilt.

Here is the quilt she created in remembrance of 9-11.  She had a friend on board the plane that flew into the Pentagon. The center motif which is the Statue of Liberty represents her friend.

One of the outer rings of her remembrance quilt.

Another of her quilts she uses for color theory.

Jinny Beyer

Here is a quilt top showing all the colors she uses in  her palette.

It is not the greatest picture, but here is her remembrance quilt. It is beautiful and such a lovely tribute to her friend.  There were a lot of guests in spite of the bad weather warning.  It was so nice to meet one of the quilting legends.

Have a great week, and happy quilting.

Mary

Quilt Blocks from Party

Sunday afternoon Pride of the Prairie, of Plainfield, Illinois had their Holiday Party.  This year was a tad different.  Three guild members were on a committee to plan this event.  For the first time, it was held at the church were we meet once a month.  It was a potluck.  Ladies brought salads, appetizers, and desserts to share.  The guild supplied fried chicken.

One of the things the committee did was to make 12 quilt blocks that were raffled off. 

The blocks all had the same background fabric.  Use of our own batiks were made to finish them.  These are the 4 blocks I made.  They were all made to 12 1/2 inch.



I did not get pictures of the others, as the drawing for them was done first, then removed so nothing could splash on them. 
We played a couple of games, and had prizes.  A great time was had by all.

Have a great day.

Mary

Saturday fun

There was a Saturday Sew with the guild in Plainfield.  One of the ladies brought in this great quilt that she is piecing.  She wanted some advice on what to do with borders.  It is such a pretty quilt.

Here is my progress on Easy Street, Bonnie Hunter's latest mystery quilt.  I decided to go along with her color scheme.  They are colors my husband loves.  One block, 4 corners, and 12 setting triangles are done!  It is a good start.

As you can see I did get these photos on my blog.  I had to do it by way of a Picasa Album.  These are definately things I do not understand. I have always, in the past, uploaded them directly from my computer. (grumble, grumble)
I hope things will go back to the way they were.

Have a great quilting day.

Mary