New Bedford Disappearing Nine Patch
Finally we had a bit of frosty brightness and I managed to get a few shots of this Disappearing Nine Patch quilt I made for a new evening course at myBearpaw Studio.
I finished this just in time for our open weekend at the beginning of December. Then I went on my hols toTenerife (seems SO long ago now!) and then it was Christmas and so I am only just getting round to telling you about this new class now (it starts a week on Wednesday!).
No sales pitch here as the class filled up in that first weekend (though there are places left on another class… read on!).
I used the gorgeous new Denyse Schmidt collection New Bedford, which I think is one of the best she has ever produced (and that’s saying something!). I love the bright happy colours.
The background is good old Kona Snow. It’s not a big quilt at 51 x 61 inches, though students will be able to make it larger if they like. The background is an extra wide fabric by Swaffing, which you will probably see quite a bit of over here as I have it in three colourways!
Amazingly my husband adores this quilt! You never really know how they will react… And he’s been using it for a little extra warmth at night recently (I’m at that stage of life when I seem to be heating up at night!).
Over the (almost) 5 years I have been teaching at myBearpaw the nature of my quilting students has changed from mainly beginners to mainly intermediates, so for the first time this term we have two different intermediate evening courses and no beginner’s (though we have beginner day workshops and a new evening course starts after Easter!).
Our second evening course is a Mystery Quilt!! That’s right I didn’t have enough time to make this before I launched the classes!! And thanks to Sheila for that excellent teacher’s cheat 😉
But of course the class starts in a couple of weeks so I need to get planning it now and have produced the first block…
Ha ha, you are welcome!
Gorgeous quilt and I love the first block in the mystery quilt!
I'm with on the personal central heating! We've gone to single duvets – summer weight for me, winter for him! I didn't 'read' that quilt as a D9P, I thought it was sashing and cornerstones! Wish I was nearer, I'd love to come to a class!