Went to my Guild meeting this morning and stayed all day to take a class.

The instructor was Betsy Chutchian who wrote the book Gone to Texas
Quilts from a pioneer woman's journal. The pioneer woman she writes about is Lizzie one of her ancestors. She went through Lizzie journal and created quilts from her writings. In the book their are parts of the journal so one can read and follow the history durning that tine period. From 1857 thru 1882.(Civil War Period) in Texas. This book has some good history and story behind it.

In class we did the"Nine Patch and Crossroads quilt". I used some of my reproduction and civil war fabric.

Looks like you had a great day!!

Looks like a fun day!

Wow!! What a wonderful day! I love reading about that period. That is a good looking quilt!!!

Pretty quilt, you did a great job on that. I've never seen the two blocks used together, very interesting.

How wonderful!!! I am very jealous :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Oohhh, that looks like a great place to hold a class..lots of room to move around. That was quite a large group wasn't it..25...thats a lot! I really like the 9P and CR blocks together. I just love that scrappy look of the fabs too. I'm a little envious of your day! :wink:

Oh how fun bebe! I am glad someone had fun sewing today. :D

That looks like a fun day.

What a pretty quilt!

What a wonderful day :mrgreen: Someday I will get to take classes :cry: So will you continue on and finish the quilt ?

Your class looks like it was
really fun!! :D I love the quilt
everyone made. It's so cute.
Thank you for sharing your day.
:D :D :D :D

Yes the class was fun I got to meet more mebers from my guild. We are oer 125 members so hard to meet everyone. Had a great time.
I want to finish this top before the year ends will show my progress as it goes on.

The top behinsd Betsy and I is her sample for her book. Hope mine looks like hers when it grows up :wink: :wink: :wink:

She talked to our guild and showed her samples from the book and talked in detail how her book came about. A book worth buying.

looks like you had loads of fun

Sounds like you had a wonderful day.
Can't wait to see your 'grown up' (finished) quilt

Yes you know how us quilters are. We are never satisfied with the original size. I want it for a lap quilt so it is going to measure 58 1/2 x 71 1/2. I need to make 58 9 patches and 41 Croosroads instead of 29 9 patches and 19 CR.
In total that is 99 patches. Am I insane or what :lol: :lol:

It's a beautiful quilt and what a great way to spend the day. :D :D :D

Today I am working on cutting more blocks and plan to sew this evening. I do not want any more UFO's so I am going to try to finish this top before the year ends. :wink: :wink: :lol:

Wow! That had to be so fun!

How wonderful that you were able to attend such an inspiring day! I love going to classes, but have so many UFOs that I am resisting for a bit. When my guild has national speakers/teachers, I really try to get all the knowledge I can to save up for when I can use it.

What a wonderful time for you to experience! :D
Your quilt is beautiful and I love that time period. Makes your quilt all the more special.

Very nice quilt. And your day sound fabulous.

What a great day! I love taking classes. It's such fun to learn new things and get to know other quilting gals. It looks like you had a nice big room to work in. Nice! I'm looking forward to seeing your "grown up" quilt.

Okay I am doing good. Still working on the same quilt. Did not realize I had so much cutting to do :shock: :shock: :lol:

Here are pics of 2 sample blocks and my pieces cut up. I am going to keep posting my progress so this one does not become a UFO!!!!Hopeyou quilters don't mind :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I love the fabrics you are using! I can't wait to see it all together.

Will love follolwing your progress :mrgreen:

Great job on some really pretty blocks.

What a lovely way to spend any day!! And your samples are looking good!

Okay I finally stopped cutting for awhile and decided to sew some blocks. This is what I have so far. I need to make a total of 99 blocks. :shock: :shock: :lol:

I still need to square them up. I am finished for tonight. Between baking and sewing I am so tired. Godd night everyone :lol:

Looking Good :mrgreen: Thanks for the update

Ooooh! Thanks for sharing Bebe. It looks great so far.

Looking good :D :mrgreen: :D