I'm keeping track of my quilt finishes for my local guild's charity outreaches. It may seem like a lot (34 so far in 2024), I still haven't made a dent in my stash of unfinished quilts/tops (still about 4 dozen) or workshop samples of class I'm retiring! Hard to believe, but I've been actively making quilts as a profession for 32 years, so that's the way I describe it to my fellow quilters! Buzz Saw with renegade blade: 39" x 39" My Buzz Saw class was fun and my students enjoyed working with a long dresden plate template (12-1/2"). These were some of the samples in my workshop box and I only had 19 fabrics for the blades and the orange one had to fill in the gap. And I guess the light blue on at the top is a renegade, too! Here's another Dresden plate quilt. I used the Fiesta Collection by Windham Fabrics and captured one little sugar skull in the center. Lots of guitars and doves and cheerful motifs here. Fiesta Sugar Skull Dresdens: 46...

I am one of four sisters (born in second place). I taught a workshop last weekend called Seven Sisters Variation. When I taught this several years ago, this was my class sample. It was pieced without any traditional y-seams! Seven Sisters I also made a second class sample in batiks (still unquilted). 7 Sisters in batiks A student in one of the classes I taught told me the reason she took the class was because she was one of 7 sisters and was determined to make one quilt for each of them! Can you imagine? Here is a mini quilt I used my Pfaff embroidery machine to create about 25 years ago - those 7 stars are shining! All of the pieced quilt units are either a diamond or triangle - and each is easily rotary cut!  Rotary cut diamonds from the Addison fabric collection by Windham Here is a photo from a guild after they finished theirs from my workshop - so many happy quilts and smiling faces! Happy students with their finished Seven Sisters quilts How is my Seven Sisters Variation diff...