Using a Tear-away Foundation to Piece Squares & Progress on the new Quilt

Detail, Come Walk with Me


If you have my book Lovely Landscape Quilts, then you have read about my technique using a tear-away foundation to piece. Well, let it never be said that I don't show you how I do whatever it is I'm doing! Lol.  Today I'm going to show you how I use a foundation to piece squares and half square triangles.

Much of this material is in my first book - the out of print one - but the one available for about 3-4$ from "Other Sellers" on amazon.  The book is called Watercolor Landscape Quilts.

Caryl Bryer Fallert - Gentry at the Wisconsin Quilt Museum

The interior of the Wisconsin Quilt Museum

 Last weekend hubby and I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Museum to see the Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry's 30 years of Quilts exhibit. WOW!

I took a lot of photographs and this blog is for all of you who won't be able to see this marvelous exhibit.

Overhanging Oak Branches and Start of "Come Walk with me"

Overhanging Oak Branches

 All Done. I had a lot of fun quilting this time and I think the quilt turned out beautifully. (Though I'm not sure it looks like the branches are hanging over pond water.) I just love the color combination.  And I don't think I've had enough of a 'autumn color fix' for now, so I'm starting another fall quilt.

But first, I'll show you some closeups of the quilting.

Morgue File and Oak Branches (in progress)

Overhanging Oak Branches -  in progress

 I've been getting a lot of messages from quilters who watched my youtube interview with Melissa from the American Quilter's Society. They want to know "What is this morgue file" you talked about!? 

Today I'll tell you. 
And show you progress on my latest quilt. 

Carpathian Mountain Sunset - DONE! And baby fish...

Carpathian Mountain Sunset by Cathy Geier

 ~What a week (or two!) I've had ~

 *Cue the music* 

What have my last couple of weeks been like?

Click to listen and guess. 

Bed and Wall Quilts - Albuquerque 2015

Blessings by Sandy Sutton and Diana Maas

 Hi Everyone! Today I'm posting some of the photographs from the AQS Show in Albuquerque. These are a mix of bed and wall quilts, some traditional and some contemporary.  I have 54 shots here so I'd better get to it! (Click on each quilt to get a larger image.)

More Quilts from AQS Albuquerque - People

Detail from Chasing Bubbles" by Hiroko Miyama

Today I'm just going to upload more beautiful quilts from the AQS Show in Albuquerque. This time, I'm showing you how various quilters represented people in fabric.  I hope you'll like them and be as amazed as I was when I saw them!