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Daisy Aschehoug Workshop

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A friend and I were lucky enough to attend a “giant circles” workshop with Daisy Aschehoug when she was in the U.S. recently. Daisy is from the U.S. but married a man from Norway, and they eventually decided to move their family back to Norway. She is taking full advantage of living in Europe, teaching in various countries and having exhibitions all over the place. What an adventurous lady!

Anyway, after teaching at QuiltCon, Daisy agreed to come to North Carolina to teach a workshop and give a lecture, and I attended both. I showed a couple of her samples previously, but here are some more.

These circles finish 24″ in diameter–she isn’t kidding when she says giant circles!

Finally, here is my finished quilt:

 

Quilt stats:

Name: Giant Circles

Finished size: 68″ x 56″

Designed and made by: me, using templates designed and made by Daisy Aschehoug

Quilted by: Linda Nichols

This is one of my faves so far this year! And I recommend Daisy’s workshop if you have a chance to take it.

A Chair Is A Chair

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This is coming to you a day early because part of this post is an entry in Kim Lapacek’s Project QUILTING. The current challenge is Sew Not A Square.

But first a little background. On Monday of this past week, I was happy to attend a workshop with Daisy Aschehoug, who calls her business Warm Folk. I didn’t realize until I got to the workshop that I had reviewed a book she wrote with Heather Black a few years ago.

Photo courtesy of C&T

Anyway, Daisy was presenting her Giant Nested Curves workshop and it was within easy driving distance, so a friend and I went for the day!

When Daisy says “giant” curves, she isn’t kidding! Her templates for this project make a circle that finishes 24″ in diameter!  Here are some pictures I took of her class samples; keep in mind that these are 24″ circles.

And here’s the quarter circle I got made during class.

Which leads me to the project for the Project QUILTING challenge: The assignment this time was to make a finished quilt with NO SQUARES! Since I had just been making circles, I started with the smallest template, which makes a quarter circle finishing 2″.

Making a curve that small was a “challenge”, as we like to call it 😀

So I made a second curve, on the end of a rectangle, and combined the two blocks into a chair. I thought it looked like a mid-mod chair, or maybe a Bauhaus chair, so I decided it could be a chair for Gertrude Stein. Which is why the quilting says over and over, “A CHAIR IS A CHAIR IS A CHAIR”. And taking a cue from a friend who recently sent me a quilted postcard, I zigzagged the edges rather than binding–much more practical for a postcard sized quilt.

Quilt Stats

Name: A Chair for Gertrude

Finished size: 3.5″ x 6″

Designed, made, and quilted by: me

Fabrics: cotton, front and back

Batting: Felt

Thread: Superior So Fine

Quarter circle template from Daisy Aschehoug