How to Marble

Mom and I taught another class on marbling! Well, actually, Mom taught it, I was just there to help.  Then, we came home and used up the supplies we didn't use in classs. It was great.  Marbling's always fun.  

So, how exactly does one marble fabric?  Well, first, you start with a carageean base.  It's basically a super liquidy gel.

Then, you take some special acrylic paints and splatter/float them on the surface of the carageean.

...add more colors...

At this point, you have a "stone" pattern.  You can stop here, or you can use a skewer or a rake to pull the paints around.

When you're done raking, you can stop there, or you can add specific drops of paint and turn them into flowers.

There we go, design's all done.  Now, you lay a piece of fabric on it...

...and then you pull the fabric off!

Classes and Block of the Month Programs

The design wall in the classroom has now become a "class sample display wall".  Just walk to the back, into the classroom, to see samples and descriptions of all our upcoming classes!  We also have information on the upcoming block of the month programs back here!  To read a full listing of all our upcoming classes, you can download our latest newsletter here: http://www.quilterslittlehelper.com/newsletter.pdf  Also, we have another teacher!  Judy Stone is going to join Jerri as one of our regular teachers!  You can learn a little about her in the newsletter, and she has her own blog here: http://quiltinginthebirds.blogspot.com/

Here we have the shop's block of the month kits, plus a Judy Niemeyer pattern that will be taught in a class:

This is a sample of the Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star that Jerri will be teaching.  It's in the front of the store, above the Aurifil display.

Look what else we have!  New fabrics for Marti Michell's American Beauty block of the month!  This is a program we did before, and the finished quilt, hanging on the back wall, has gotten so many comments that we've decided to do this program again.

Civil War Tribute Potluck

Today, Saturday the 14th, the shop hosted a potluck for the ladies who were enrolled in the Civil War Tribute Block of the Month Program for 2010,  Sally Vince and Denise Florida won gift certificates worth $75.00 off the price of having their quilts professionally quilted by Brandywine Designs and Terry's Long Arm Quilting!  Margie Steffe won a king sized wool batt provided by Delphine's.  Katrina snapped several pictures, which are posted below, of quilts, quilt tops, pillows and other items brought in as Show and Tells.

Virginia Hulsey's Signature Block Quilt

Karen Barkiewicz made lap-sized quilt tops.

Karen's Medallion Version

Karen's Signature Quilt Top

Connie Holmes made this Queen Size top

This is Connie's Wall Hanging

Judy Ostwald made this queen sized version of the top.

Judy Ostwald made this Signature block quilt.

Kay Zinsli's finished quilt

 

A close up of the quilting on Margie Steffe's quilt.

 The back of Martha Clapp's quilt.

Martha added prairie points to her borders instead of the half square triangles.

 Cheryl Code brought in a quilt made by a relative at the turn of the last century!

There were plenty of sweets in addition to the pinwheel sandwiches, chips, and salads.

Marbling Class!

We taught a marbling class today!  It was fun!  Here are some pictures of the marbling process and the finished pieces: