Michelle Kitto | The Plaid Portico

Now for the piecing category from QuiltCon 2016. Here is part 1, enjoy!

Balancing Act by Stephanie Ruyle

Tesselation 4 by Nydia Kehnle, quilted by Gina Pina

The Hive by Jennifer Carlton-Bailly

Cheatin’ Song: Stripes by Rosalind Daniels

January by Liz Harvatine

Cat Face! by Megan Callahan

Fall For Me by Libs Elliott

Square Dance by Carol Dennis, quilted by Michelle Kitto

Spiky Molehills by Myrth McDonald

Let’s Connect by Christopher Thompson

Jungle Abstractions: The Lion by Violet Craft

Shattered and Mended by Lindsey Sanders

Summer Sunset by Heather Black

Pixels by Ashley Nickels

Piece 12 by Lissa Alexander, quilted by Maggi Honeyman

Trimmings 2015 – The Cog by Amy Gunson

Triangle Transparency by Yvonne Fuchs

Wings by Amy Friend

Jungle Abstractions: The Giraffe by Violet Craft, pieced by Jaime Young

As I was in the final hours getting ready for Surtex, Michelle Kitto of THE Urban Spools posted “Pillow Talk”, and boy did that make me smile. When living in Taiwan we had some Indian rice sorters outfitted with similar pillows I had made from emboidered silks I had collected from China, in a “pincushion” pattern (as that is what my pincushions all looked like when I was little–its a new world out there in pincushionland) So this just warmed my heart and it looks so nice with the orange sides and bottom. For a tutorial, click HERE.

I met Michelle at Quiltmarket in Houston. She is a professional machine quilter, quilting teacher, has an etsy shop, does custom orders and marvelous tutorials. But the COOLEST thing happening is her new Urban Spools Sewing Lounge in Dallas, Texas. It is NOW open and had its first class! The mission of The Sewing Lounge is to provide a place for people to come and hang out, sew with friends and have a place to learn in a warm and encouraging. Long arm services also provided! I want one of these in San Francisco…

Check out Michelle’s cool Tokyo Rococo project (so great, right?)…