Looking back ten years to May 2012 Part Four 05-28-22

This was the last class that Ruth taught, ever!  She had been teaching here for a few weeks every summer for some time and many of the students were repeating - taking one last class.  it was at the Quilt Gallery shop which has since changed locations and owners.  It was a very large shop with a great classroom, but I don't know what the new shop is like. 

  The first day of class everyone gets out the picture(s) they have brought with them and Ruth starts helping each student design their quilt.  I have always been amazed at how easily she seemed to handle twenty different designs and the twenty different backgrounds and experiences of those students.  

Susan Hilsenbeck and her husband drove from Texas and while she was taking the class he went on a fly fishing class.  She worked diligently and almost complete the quilt top of this eggplant design. 

First putting tracing paper over her picture and drawing the seam lines.  She chose to color her drawing to make it easier to chose fabrics. 

Starting with the flower she selected and cut fabric, pinning it on her diagram until she has all the fabric cut for one section.  

Continuing to select fabric and cut the shapes which are pinned in place.  

One joy of having a class in a quilt shop is being able to search the entire shop for just the right color, texture, value, etc.  of fabric needed.  

By the last day of class this is what she had done.  The piece is about 22" wide by 28" tall.  The original photo she worked from is on the left.  

There were four or five dogs, a cat, seven or so flowers, a couple landscapes, some people, a great lizard, just a broad selection made by the students.  

I liked Susan Vacek's blue dog.  The original picture was brown. 

And the lizard was spectacular.  About 36" wide.  

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