To be exact, YOW is the name of the quilt, not my reaction to teaching a curved piecing class 🙂
YOW is the class I’ll be teaching at Studio Stitch in Greensboro
The class is at Studio Stitch in Greensboro (NC), one of my favorite shops. To my surprise, I don’t have a picture of the quilt I’m using as a class sample, so I had to lift this one from the Studio Stitch website. There is no pattern for this quilt; it is just what I did with some really bright batiks and some nice templates from Elisa’s Backporch Designs.
I’m going to teach at least 3 different ways to piece these curves, so most anybody with some sewing experience can find success with at least one of the methods.
I got out some examples of my quilts with curved piecing yesterday to have them for display in class, and I was surprised at how many there are. Then I found all these pictures of other things I’ve made with curved piecing, so here are a few.
An attempt at improvised New York Beauty blocks
My “cocktail pillow”–to put out when you have people over for cocktails! (As if!)
This block was made with curves cut freehand
This was made for my modern sampler
Cat Circus, my 2015 Quilt Alliance challenge quilt
This was made using the Quick Curve ruler. I don’t love it–but the baby did.
Radiating Orchid mini-quilt for the Radiant Orchid Challenge, 2014
Zippy Quilts 
You have some terrific pieces here, Mary. Love the NY Beauty blocks, and the Cat Circus is very fun. Good work. I wish I could take your class!
Thank you 😊 and then I could take your medallion class!
Wow! I wish I lived closer- I’d love to take this class! Your work is vibrant and happy. (And the cocktail pillow is a hoot.)
Thanks, Becca! Wish you could come to it.
I love the samples you shared and congrats on teaching, I would take a class from you 🙂
Thanks! And if life takes me to Your area I’ll ask to visit, so watch out!
Cocktail pillow gave me my morning chuckle! As did your not liking one a baby liked. Sounds like the class will be fun and informative.
Somebody at my guild actually asked, “what is a cocktail pillow?” Didn’t yet know my weird sense of humor, I guess 😃
🙂
Not only are you often a hoot! You are a fantastic teacher! Enjoy your class and wish I could be there, too!
Thank you! I would love for you to be there.
I wish I could come to your class. I get nervous with curved piecing…..
I wish you could, too! Thanks for visiting the blog, anyway!