A Quilt and A Prayer: Bonnie Hunter

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A Visit from Quilting Royalty =^..^=

Bonnie Hunter has been visiting our Music City Quilt Guild this week ...

and what a fun visit it has been!!!

These geese greeted Bonnie and gave her a good-ole Tennessee welcome when we went to dinner Tuesday night. The food was great, but the company was better :*D

Bonnie gave a lecture on Tuesday morning and then taught a half-day class that afternoon. I didn't sign up for that class because she was teaching Pineapple Blossoms which I had taken from her several years ago.

But I did sign up for today's class - Jared Takes a Wife. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the class and the easy-going, point-by-point way Bonnie led us through the different parts of the block.

Here is Bonnie posing in front of her quilt at the end of the day after many of us had pinned our blocks on top of some of her blocks on her quilt - LOL!!! All of the top & bottom rows are Bonnie's blocks ....

I bet you can pick out my block..... it's the small, bright one with lime green points, top right.

Bonnie said, "It so cute and little and bright ... just like Teresa!"

Here's a closeup of the two blocks I completed in class....

My blocks are half the size of Bonnie's original quilt blocks - 6 inches finished instead of 12. My goal is to make a small wall quilt for this project, and since I wanted a lot of color and interest going on, just doing 4 or 6 big blocks just didn't work. I needed a lot of blocks to get the variety and color I wanted going on in it! So I graphed the block to half size - these colored squares finish at 3/4" and they are cute as a button! I think maybe 16 blocks will be enough to get the size I would like.

At the end of the day, I asked Bonnie for a hug and a picture with her....
.........in case you were wondering, I'm the little short one on the left

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I'm not in the Smith Mountain Morning class tomorrow either, but that's okay. It has been such an amazing week! But I have to say, I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning :*D

Besides, I think Gypsy has been missing her morning sleeping buddy, what do you think?

Thanks to everyone who told Bonnie to tell me Hello!

It was really fun to hear from you that way!!!

UPDATE: Click HERE to read Bonnie's post about this fun day!

Hugs & Blessings!

Teresa

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Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict for a huge Whoop! Whoop!

I think sewing with Bonnie deserves one, don't you?

Saturday, March 30, 2013

The Easter Bunny is not the only one coming.....

We will have a very low-key Easter celebration at our house this year, but I don't really mind. I have a couple of very busy weeks behind me - I need rest! - and a couple of very busy weeks ahead of me too. As my post title states, the Easter Bunny is not the only one coming to my neck of the woods.....

BONNIE HUNTER is coming to our Guild this week!!!!

Oh yes! That Bonnie Hunter!!!!

She will be giving a lecture and teach 3 classes while she is here, and I plan to enjoy every minute possible!!! I took a class from her a couple of years ago, and the most memorable thing I learned was not a technique or tip from this Quilt Diva..... no, I learned that Bonnie is one of the most fun, joyous, spontaneous, down-to-earth people you will ever meet! And I'm so excited about being in her class once again :*)

Since the classes filled up pretty quickly, we had to limit how many classes our members could take. I'm in her Wednesday class - Jared Takes a Wife. This is Bonnie's quilt...

I am planning to make a smaller wall quilt with smaller blocks, so I have to resize all the different pieces and sections. The basic block is called Blackford's Beauty. I also plan to totally change the color scheme to solid brights on black, Amish style. Here is an example of my colors....