A Super Seminar

 I spent last weekend with

 Alex Anderson

and

Ricky Tims.

 It was the kind of seminar 

that makes your head explode.

Not in a bad way, but

in a way that gets your juices running.

We heard about 

improvisational patchwork looking at 
Caveman style Convergence quilts

to

radial symmetry using his
 Bohemian Rhapsody (2002)

as an example.

This is Ricky's current project

a string quilt using all the leftover pieces from students
from the last 7 years of teaching classes.

It's being  machine quilting on his Bernina  home machine.

Then there were some his  prize winners

Linelines III: Can Something Come from Nothing
 Houston, 2012

I loved the couching technique,
all done on a regular sewing machine.

Alex shared her techniques

for adding squiggles into her patchwork.

 

 and much more

These two wonderful hosts from the Quilt Show.com 

have a great chemistry, bantering back and forth

and sharing their quilting techniques,

as well as, sharing their passion for quiltmaking and

stories of life.

The main thought I walked away

was the idea that you have to

find what you like and

follow your heart.

There's no one right way to do things.

There's no one style that is better than another.
Just make what you love, and
make it your passion.
 

It's not that I have to get out of my "box",

but maybe be willing to invite some new things

into my comfort zone and see how they might fit in.

( Bears in Bertie's Log Cabin.)

I like that idea.

Until Next time-