For the first time in 14 years I had to miss our annual Dessert Party and Workshops with an Extraordinary Quilter. Our extraordinary quilter this year was Marianne Hatton from Massachusetts via South Africa. Since I couldn't be there I had a lot of help from our president Cathy Drummond, vice president Marilyn Harris Hart and photographers Linnet Finley, Sandra Roch and Lynn Whyte. Thanks to you all for helping out.
On
May 22 the Guild held another, fabulous dessert party to welcome this year’s
extraordinary quilter, Marianne Hatton.
Thanks to Johanna Rafuse, the three Linda’s and all the other members
who helped to make the party a success.
The party was sold out and the array of desserts was fantastic. The evening was topped off by a
wonderful presentation by Marianne who talked about her development as a
quilter, a journey that started in South Africa where she learned her
incredible needlework skills. Her
discussion of her sampler quilts intrigued everyone and was a good teaser for
the workshops over the next three days.
Marianne and Debbie with one of Marianne's Dynamic Samplers.
Ready and raring to go!
On
May 23 and 25, the Guild put on a two-day Simply Dynamic Sampler workshop taught by Marianne
Hatton. The participants began the
process of making their own dynamic sampler quilts using Marianne’s
approach.
Cathy is ready to start.
We explored using colour
based on value, and learned many basic – and not so basic – techniques. Marianne’s experience and patient
teaching helped everyone from beginners to experienced quilters, and everyone will
be finishing their quilts with the help if Marianne’s recent boo“Simply
Dynamic Sampler Quilts”
The beginnings of It Takes Two
All ready to go!
Marianne's workshop – It Takes Two …TRIANGLES That is! was held on May 24.
Marianne Hatton
As we explored color runs, value ranges and design exercises many of us found ourselves opening up to the exploration of color values, precision stitching and new tools for ultimate accuracy. Marianne proved to be an excellent and interesting, yet relaxed instructor who was encouraging, gently instructive and yet very informative.
Sharing her "Gridblock" – a pressing aid for the ultimate quilt block, I wondered where she was 20 years ago when I first started trying to make blocks of a similar size!
Marilyn is ready to start.
The beginnings.
We covered a lot of information in a day and I think many of us came away from the workshop appreciating how much we had learned in a fun & supportive environment.
Thank you Marianne!
