New Classes added in 3rd Quarter Schedule:
Rie Hawkins-Lutz will be teaching several fun classes in August - September - here the pictures:

 "Bugs in My Garden" quilt on Tuesday, August 26th, 10 am - 1pm.

"Hold Everything" bag on Wednesday, August 6th, 10am - 5pm.

"Classmate" tote on Tuesday, September 9th, 10am - 1pm.

1st Quarter 2014 Class Projects at Quilts and Lace LLC

The first quarter of 2014 calendar is filling up fast, I am running out of dates to put classes on - I need another 1 or 2 days to be added to each week, please... :)
Well, since that is not likely to happen, I will just need to delay some of my planned projects until the next quarter. Here are pictures of couple of the ones I have planned so far for the January - March 2014 projects:

The Ultimate Serger Tote

"Quilting with Embroidery Machine" - table runner

Stitcher's Garden 2 Quilt

Almost 3 years has passed since my last post - wow! We have been busy opening a sewing store in Melbourne Florida, selling Baby Lock and Brother sewing machines as well as sewing supplies, teaching classes etc.... and most of all: LOVING IT!! Our store is called Quilts and Lace LLC - yes, like the name of this blog! Actually, the shop was called after the blog.

This is the entire Quilt

I have not taken much pictures of my projects, but today we thought that it would be a good idea to post pictures of an applique quilt that I have been teaching in our store. The name of this quilt is Stitcher's Garden 2.

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Tucks and Folds Jacket

I am very bad with my updates to this blog... sorry...  But I have done quite a bit sewing and teaching since the last post.  One of my projects is this jacket that I made for the 17th annual Myrtle Beach Quilt Gala, which was held on February 25th and 26th, 2011.  I was inspired by Jenny Rayment's books on fabric folding and after playing with different designs I created this jacket.  I used only two cotton fabrics to make it (+ cotton batiste for lining). 

I was shocked when I was told that this jacket won the first prize in the 'Wearables' category - wow!  Still can't believe it...   In addition to this prize, I also won the Blue Ribbon AND Best of Show for my version of "Jenny's Heritage" quilt in the 'Large Quilts' category!!  Pictures of the quilt are in my earlier posts.

Here is the picture of the back of the jacket:

And here is a close-up on the sleeve:

... and a close-up of the yoke:

Fall classes at Accent Sewing

I am so exited again to be able to teach several classes at Accent Sewing this fall!!

We will do a few serger projects, like the reversible apron on the left.

Another serger project is a plastic bag keeper on the right.

I just love to play with sergers! And this project (picture below) definitely qualifies as a 'play' - this baby bonnet has serger lace in the brim and serger smocking on the bonnet for gathers. The bonnet is done almost entirely with a serger, only the ribbons were attached by sewing machine.

I will also teach heirloom sewing projects, as the sampler quilt and celtic table runner.

Texture Magic Purse

Texture Magic by Superior Threads is sooo cool material! I played a bit with this shrinking fabric and used a pattern for 'Textured Tote' to create this purse. I experimented with different stitches, some freemotion and some straight lines, and decided a cross-hatched wavy stitch on this tote. I also taught a class on this at Accent Sewing during last spring.

One of my favorite experiment was done on off-white silk, with shiny Designer 6 -thread in bobbin and using a cross-hatched feather stitch. I think I will use that on some clothing later...

Silly Yo-yos

Some times one must do silly things... and this is an example of just that. I had purchased several of the yo-yo makers and got hooked into making a whole lot of them while watching tv. Then I saw this design in a book to decorate a sweatshirt. Of course, being me, I just could not follow the instructions, but had to make some modifications again: instead of machine applique and hand embroidery, I scanned the design into my embroidery software and digitized it, and withe couple quick hoopings the base of the design was done. Then I just added the yo-yo's for the hair. I also taught a class on this sweatshirt at Accent Sewing last spring.