I Am Sensai!! :)

I taught a workshop at our Okinawa International Patchwork Guild yesterday. Check out the pics at our blog!!

I Finished the Mystery Quilt!!

This was our mystery quilt from the OIPG retreat at Okuma... lots of little pieces... it's amazing how such a small quilt can take SOOOOO long to piece!! I got it all done at the retreat and then it sat in my UFO pile just waiting for me to put on the binding and finish it...

Quilting Sensai

I'll be teaching this quilt at our next Okinawa International Patchwork Guild workshop on 9 June. It's an easy quilt to put together and turns out great, I think!

Quilting Retreat at Okuma

Barb, Rebecca, and I spent the weekend at Okuma with about 30 other quilters.

Here's pictures of the quilts we made while we were there. For pictures of quilts by other members, check out the OIPG Blog

Quilting on Saturday

Second Saturday of the month = Okinawa International Patchwork Guild workshop!!

Today we worked on a holiday Bell Table Runner -- a ThimbleBerries pattern. It was fun and easy!!

I got the quilt top all pieced today during class! So... it's another UFO to add to the pile!

Adding to the UFO pile! More quilts!!

I've been on a kimono binge lately! I found some really lovely kimono quilt patterns and just had to get started on them!!


This pattern is a great way to use up scraps of Asian print fabrics...


Here's a paper-pieced Christmas tree... nearly finished!!





















And here's a stained glass wall hanging -- also nearly finished! This was the project in October at the Okinawa International Patchwork Guild...

Quilted Rail Fence Reversible Quilted Bag

The Okinawa International Patchwork Guild met the first Saturday in November for our monthly workshop. This month’s project was taught by Yuriko. When Yuriko originally made this pattern, she did all of the work by hand, but many of us in the guild are too addicted to instant gratification to even consider hand-piecing and quilting!

We started with three coordinating fabrics and strip-pieced them into a rail fence quilt tops for the body of the bag, the handle, and the bottom. Then we layered the quilt tops, batting, and backing fabric and quilted each piece. Yuriko provided patterns for the pieces of the bag.

The most difficult part of this project for me was sewing on the bottom of the bag!

Okinawa International Patchwork Guild

I belong to a great quilting guild here!! The OIPG is a group of Okinawan and American women who love to get together and share quilting experiences...

We have one business meeting each month and then one workshop each month.



Tomorrow Yuriko is going to teach us how to make a really cool purse!