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Still Life with Peonies, 16″x20″
This is an iPad drawing transformed to art quilt, the image was printed out on fabric and free motion quilted this week\u00a0 (thanks for doing the binding Janelle!)<\/p><\/div>\n

Last Sunday I arrived back at the Ranch in the wee hours after a belated birthday trip to Chicago with my husband.\u00a0 We loved the city.\u00a0 We spent most of our time walking and exploring the wonder neighborhoods and the vast lakefront park a tootling down the river in a water taxi with the mighty city tower overhead on either side.\u00a0 It was a wonderful adventure and lovely to spend time with just my husband and I, no agenda but to be together and enjoy our time together in a new and exciting city.\u00a0 So when I noticed on the calendar that the Ranch Hands Quilt Gathering was happening starting Sunday I decided there was no way I could participate this time around after just being away.<\/p>\n

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Still Life with Oranges and Tulips 16″x 20″
Drawn on iPad then printed on fabric, with free motion quilting. This quilt is included in the Quilting Art Magazine online extras for the Oct\/Nov issue<\/p><\/div>\n

Now let me back up a little and explain what the Ranch Hands week is. I\u2019ll start with what It\u2019s not: it\u2019s not a teaching week, no one stand up front and leads the group in learning a technique; it is not an exclusive group, you don\u2019t have to be a part of a quilting guild or club, people come on there own or with friends from all over the Western states; and lastly the participants aren\u2019t all quilting in the same way, there are art quilters, and traditional quilters, people working from kits, people are sewing on everything from Mocha brown Singer Sewing machines to bright shiny machines that would put the space station to shame.\u00a0 While there is definitely no one star performer teaching a specific technique there is a lot of accumulated knowledge in that room.\u00a0 With 45 quilters spread throughout the beautiful airy pavilion you can find the answer to just about any question and thread to match any fabric you might pull our of your stash.\u00a0 So even though I was jet lagged and hassled by my boundless email inbox I couldn\u2019t resist the allure of all that creative energy.\u00a0 So I pick up my sewing machine and a couple of projects I\u2019d started months ago and set up my shop in the north wing of the Swing pavilion surrounded and supported by millions of hours of accumulated knowledge about fabric and quilting.\u00a0 When my 16 year old son saw me dragging my stuff across the acre of lawn from my studio to the pavilion he asked \u201ccan\u2019t you just sew in your studio?\u201d\u00a0 I could, but where\u2019s the fun in that\u2026 what would I learn?\u00a0 So despite my time limitations and the need to run off for three hours a day to teach art to k-2nd<\/sup> graders in town, I choose to sew in community.\u00a0 I am so glad I did.\u00a0 Everyone there is working on their own thing, everyone there has something they want to accomplish but there is also this wonder sense of time slowing down, time to wander the isles of sewing machines with quilt design walls propped up against every wall, time to wander and watch, to talk and ask, to kibitz and praise.\u00a0 When one person was vexed by tension troubles another person came by and helped resolve it, when one quilter was dissatisfied with her blocks on the design wall, other came to give feedback and helped move pieces around while she stood back and found the order she was looking for.\u00a0 When I hand sewing the binding on my fourth small art quilt of the week and poked my finger raw needle finger once again a friend and long time hand quilter offered to finish the binding for me!\u00a0 I gratefully handed it over.\u00a0 All this and some much more could never have happen alone in my studio.\u00a0 I am grateful for the opportunity to soak in such energy and goodwill and will return to my little studio renewed and inspired.<\/p>\n

The Bishop\u2019s Ranch is offering a Quilt Retreat in February 2013, form the 10-14th<\/sup>.\u00a0 As with the quilting retreat I described this is a time for all levels and styles of quilters to bring ongoing projects or start new ones.\u00a0 Everyone bring their own sewing machine and supplies, but community cutting tables, design walls, and ironing stations are set up to share.\u00a0 Of course all around is the beauty of the Ranch outside every window, and lots of open space to wander and shake off the sewing machine shoulder hunch.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget the most fabulous food you would ever want to eat.\u00a0 Here is the link to the Ranch website I am going to be at this retreat it would be great if some of you were there too! Bishop’s Ranch Quilt Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n

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Janelle sewing the binding on my Still Life with Peonies panel for me, Thanks Janelle!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Me at my trusty old Bernina<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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