Vikki’s class covered innovative yet simple ways to handle fabric manipulations, improvisational borders and bindings, layering sheer fabrics, painless mitering, three-dimensional patch Keep reading » Bringing Out What’s Within]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/28/bringing-out-whats-within/feed/ 0 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/25/lone-stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lone-stars http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/25/lone-stars/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:14:35 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2758 You don’t have to be from the Lone Star State to love Jan Krentz’s modern take on the traditional Lone Star pattern!

The Lone Star quilt block is easily one of the oldest and most recognizable quilt patterns in America. In Jan Krentz’s “Lone Star Quilts” class her students learned strip and foundation Keep reading » Lone Stars]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/25/lone-stars/feed/ 0 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/23/iron-maidens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iron-maidens http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/23/iron-maidens/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:57:36 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2766 The Chicago School of Fusing came to New Braunfels with Laura Wasilowski’s class, “Translating Ideas Into Fabric”.

Laura’s students tossed out their patterns, rulers and templates and learned to create original art quilts from their own photo, sketch or even vague idea. They learned fusing basics, how to create improvisational quilts, and a Keep reading » Iron Maidens]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/23/iron-maidens/feed/ 0 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/20/log-cabin-comes-out-of-the-woods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=log-cabin-comes-out-of-the-woods http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/20/log-cabin-comes-out-of-the-woods/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:38:25 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2750 Flavin Glover realized long ago that log cabin patchwork could become a design foundation that offered versatile pattern options, depth, movement and opportunities for color play.

Students in her “Colorful and Creative Log Cabin Diamonds” class created blocks full of color that look three-dimensional. They chose ose from a variety of blocks and Keep reading » Log Cabin Comes Out Of The Woods]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/20/log-cabin-comes-out-of-the-woods/feed/ 0 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/the-other-side-of-the-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-other-side-of-the-garden http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/the-other-side-of-the-garden/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:22:13 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2736 If Jane Sassaman’s class was one side of the garden, Melinda Bula took her students to the other side with realisim in her “Fabulous Fusible Flowers” class. Melinda teaches her students how to break down their pictures into simple shapes and shades, with special emphasis on discovering the subtle color changes in their Keep reading » The Other Side of the Garden]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/the-other-side-of-the-garden/feed/ 2 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/drawing-impared-tragically-literal-hardly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drawing-impared-tragically-literal-hardly http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/drawing-impared-tragically-literal-hardly/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:59:00 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2731 Nature is an endless source of inspiration. In Jane Sassaman’s class “Abstracting From Nature”, students examined a wide variety of artists interpretations of nature before beginning to manipulate natural forms themselves. Jane led them through a series of drawing exercises to experiment with abstraction and exaggeration to capture the essence and energy of Keep reading » Drawing Impared? Tragically Literal? Hardly.]]> http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/drawing-impared-tragically-literal-hardly/feed/ 0 http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/show-tell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=show-tell http://www.quilting-adventures.com/2012/03/17/show-tell/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:13:55 +0000 Kim Buchmann http://www.quilting-adventures.com/?p=2609 For this year’s Spring Seminars, we invited returning students to bring quilts from classes they took in prior years for Show & Tell.

The quilts were as varied and beautiful as our students are talented and fun. It was such a pleasure to see these quilts and I hope you enjoy them too.