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Check Out What’s Coming Soon

Posted in Animals, Art Class, Collage, Flowers, Landscape, Paint Party, Quilting, Sewing, Still Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged , , , , , on April 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Just take a look at the great paintings and sewing projects we have coming up at The Studio. Soon we will have all of these listed for registration. Paint some amazing things….like these welcoming doors or the red tulips. And you can learn to make some really cute Blackbird quilt blocks or Patriotic Stars. The Memory Quilt is perfect for the old shirts you’ve been saving. The phone/tablet stands are a favorite and we have a wall hanging that helps you learn to use all the decorative stitches on your machine. Let’s create together soon! Click here to see what we have going on now and watch for upcoming classes. If you have questions about any classes contact kwalker@kellywalkerstudios.com.

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Gorgeous Barn Quilts

Posted in Quilting, Workshop/Retreat, tagged , on April 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Just look at these amazing Barn Quilts created by this group of quilters from a West Virginia Quilt Guild that meets in Kearneysville, WV. They worked yesterday afternoon on wood instead of fabric but in either medium they make beautiful things! Nice work everyone. That was fun.

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Sampler Quilt Group 4

Posted in Quilting, tagged on April 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

This is our 4th group of quilters who have taken on the challenge of the Sampler Quilt. They are doing a great job. Yesterday they did a double session to catch up on a month we missed. Nice work ladies! Can’t wait to see it all together.

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Another Jelly Roll Quilt & Workshop Info

Posted in Quilting, tagged , , , on April 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Here is another Jelly Roll Quilt that we will be learning to make at an upcoming Quilting Workshop on Saturday, May 20th. It is so convenient to buy jelly rolls, a group of 2 1/2″ x 42″ strips in a variety of coordinating fabrics, to cut down on cutting time and enabling you to work up a quick quilt. Another reason that quilters love jelly rolls is that the fabrics are wonderfully matched so it cuts out having to select and match fabrics. If you would like to learn to quilt this is a good starter project. Click here to register and for more information.

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Jelly Roll Quilts

Posted in Quilting, tagged , , on April 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I was asked recently to offer a class on easy Jelly Roll quilts. We have bought these cute jelly rolls with 2 1/2″ x 42″ strips, loving the mix of fabrics, but haven’t figured out just what to make with them. So I have worked up a couple of quilts with some easy jell roll patterns. We’ll have a daylong workshop soon at The Studio where you can make a jelly roll quilt choosing from one of two or three designs. And the best part is you will get all the patterns so you can make more at home!

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Mixed Stars and Blocks in EQ8

Posted in Quilting, tagged , , , on April 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Last year I invested in a quilt design software program called EQ8 – Electric Quilt. I love it. It has made it so much easier to design blocks and quilts and put it all together. Most designers who use this software are probably traditional quilters but I still use the designs as “Quilt as You Go” projects. It’s pretty easy to adapt them to QAYG. This is one I finished yesterday and thought you might like to see the design layout and the actual quilt. I tweaked it a little when I laid it out. I love EQ8! #IEQ8

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Row Quilt Class #1

Posted in Quilting, tagged , on April 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Our first class working on the Row Quilt met yesterday to make a row with pinwheels and Two by Two’s. Great work everyone. The row quilt is shaping up nicely!

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Row Quilters Make 2

Posted in Quilting on April 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

One group of our quilters worked on the Row Quilt yesterday. This row combined the Friendship Star and the Monkey Wrench. Nice job!!!!

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A Call for Red, White and Blue

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, Small Town Life, tagged , on March 30, 2023| 2 Comments »

One of the best things about social media is connecting to people with the same interests. I follow a couple of quilting groups on Facebook and yesterday there was a quilter who was asked to make a quilt for the “Quilts of Valor Foundation” on short notice and she put out a request for help. She was asking for help making red, white and blue quilt blocks (12 1/2″). Often when I read requests they are for pretty big projects and I don’t feel like I have to time to take them on but two blocks I knew I could get done quickly. I made a Flying-x and a Variable Star….so off they go in the mail to her today. If you aren’t familiar with “Quilts of Valor” you can click on the link and read about them. They have a very cool mission.

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1 Van, 5 Quilters, 9 Days, 10 States, 31 Quilt Shops and 2723 Miles!

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Travel, tagged , on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

What more is there to say! We started with a 15 passenger van and 5 quilters. We spent 9 days traveling through 10 states covering 2723 miles and visited 31 quilt shops. It was a Fabric Acquisition Road Trip. Just look at my haul!!!! This will keep me busy for a little while. We spent about 7 months planning the journey . Our group was amazing and so much fun. Everyone was amiable and flexible so we added and left off some stops along the way. We fit in just as much as we possibly could. Some of you followed along with our adventure and watched as Wilma, Barbara, Katrina and Janet made our way through 10 states. And even our friend Denise who had to drop out at the last minute went with us in spirit. It was an epic trip! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with their finds.

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