Thursday, April 16, 2015

Workshop with Mary Lou Weidman 04-16-15

A terrific workshop with Mary Lou Weidman yesterday.  She had been the speaker at the Surfside QGuild meeting the day before and had a full workshop with a waiting list.  She is a good teacher, well prepared and attentive to her students. 
 
Mary Lou and Del in front of "Asilomar/Pacific Grove", the Mary Lou quilt that is part of the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.  We hung it at the workshop so everyone could get a good look.

This is part of another quilt that Mary Lou showed and I was taken with the flower on the right.
 
Here is my version sans stem and birdie.  I want to  put some leaves on the stem and ran out of time in the workshop.


 
This was the first project to learn the Hoochy Momma style of piecing that Mary Lou uses. 
 
 
Then we did a tulip in a pot.  And went on to try other flower blocks.  You can see how large the flowers are in the picture below.
 
Standing: Kathy Bellamy, Pam Herrington, Patty Seebold, Katy Lillie, Nancy Northrup, Wendy McCalley, Mary Lou Weidman,     , Linda Rigdon, Barbara  Seidel, Maxine Fries,    , Victoria Crayne  Seated: Vivien Hawker, Janis Schonfeld, Jan Hirth, Marjie Butterworth, Del Thomas, Vickie Janis.
 
Here is the whole class with at least one of their blocks with Mary Lou in the center back.
Looks like I was taking a nap!
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2 comments:

Loretta said...

A terrific time was had by all! Thank you for sharing...Mary Lou's work has inspired whimsy!!!

Patty ♣ said...

She is so Great! I loved listening to her talk at the Surfside Guild meeting!!!