June, 2014: May was a very busy month of teaching. And one really fun weekend over the Memorial day. We always get together, my sisters and I, and make log cabin quilts.

Every Memorial day we make patriotic lap quilts for our service men to thank them for all they do for us. This year we decided to do the sewing up at our houseboat at Trinity Lake in Northern California. Wow what fun that was and it was a beautiful weekend.

We were very cozy as there is not a lot of room on a houseboat but we set up three sewing machines and one ironing station and had a generator that kept us going. They said it couldn’t be done but we did it. Here are the four tops that we completed in a day and a half hanging from the back of the house boat shot with a panoramic setting on my camera. I love the way they look in the sunshine. Now we just have to quilt them and get them to some deserving Veterans. Thank you all vets everywhere for keeping us safe and fighting for our country.

June starts out with a bang as I am headed out to Santa Barbara to participate in the wedding of my Niece Kristin to wonderful Rob. Should be lots of fun with lots of family. Then a few weeks at home working on a new quilt in my studio. With a class right here at home at the Santa Fe Quilt Shop on Working in a Series which should be fun and I get to go home each night. It is so nice to teach in your own town, no flights, no hotels, nothing but teaching. See more on that on my itinerary page.

My kitchen has been torn up for four weeks waiting for new granite countertops. It has been interesting doing the dishes in the only sink that we have hooked up which is in the laundry room!! But they should be installed the first week in June.

Enjoy your summer, and happy creating
love and hugs
katiepm

May, 2014: April was a great month! My birthday month! Alegre Retreat month! It was a great birthday! It was a great retreat! Here are some photos.

For more information on Alegre Retreat please visit our site at www.alegreretreat.com. May is a very busy month! First the SAQA conference in DC, then teaching up in Canada at Salk Spring Island, My log cabin patriotic sew-a-thon with my sisters and a class at the Paducah Quilt Museum. Short on words this month as I have broken my left wrist and +typing one handed! More next month.
Happy Creating!
Katiepm

April, 2014: April 1st has come and gone and it is windy here. I flew my kite last evening with my grandson. Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height, let’s go fly a kite and send it soaring!

I just returned from teaching a week long class at Hudson River Valley Workshops in Greenville New York and had the best class. It was Personal Series and everyone created such different works, all great, and developed their personal voice I worked on a new series right along with them and created these 5 pieces developing the still life through painted canvases that were cut up then stitched together to make the composition then quilt it and stretch them on a frame. What fun we all had.

On the 11th I head up to Gateway Colorado for the 6th annual Alegre Retreat. I am looking forward to working with the other teachers and getting together with all of the students. For more information on Alegre Retreat please visit our site at www.alegreretreat.com.

The rest of the year is laid out for me. Lots of teaching and quilting in between. A big family wedding in June then a family reunion in July, never enough family get togethers for me. I am teaching in South Africa in July which I am very excited about, never been there and again some family and friends joining me after it is over to do some sightseeing. Then home for more time in the studio and more teaching on the road. Then Houston Quilt Festival and Art Quilt Tahoe and then I am done for the year and ready for the holidays. Please check out my itinerary and maybe you could join me in a class?!

Have a wonderful Easter and happy Quilting!
Katiepm