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Anna & G on the Road: Jen Kingwell ~ Jedi Quilt Master

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17 May 2017
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In the past when I have signed up for quilt classes my approach was to figure out how to adjust what the instructor was teaching to how I wanted to do it, LOL...seems like a waste of money. I decided that I really needed to adjust my mindset and start enjoying the process...which meant learning the actual process, LOL.



My most recent opportunity to put into practice my new approach to quilting was in a class with Jen Kingwell from Australia who was teaching a workshop at the Stitchin Post! One of my most favorite quilts by Jen is the My Small World Quilt. Although it wasn't the one I chose to make this time.



The workshop was relaxing and fun and I highly recommend a class with Jen if she comes to your neighborhood. The students were told ahead of time to choose whatever pattern they wanted to work on...Any of Jen Kingwell's pattern. The variety and inspiration was wonderful!!!  Watching all the different quilts that were being constructed was fun.  Some of the students had already begun making blocks before class started...every time I saw a new quilt under construction I wanted to start another one!



I fell in love with my friend Chris's My Small World Quilt.  So much so that I bought the pattern book...someday I will begin construction of my own little world.  

Jen Kingwell is a hand piecer...yes...you read that...hand piecer.  She pieces her blocks by hand and then hand quilts them. She does write patterns for machine piecers but her first love is handpiecing.  I decided that I need to learn from this Jedi Quilt Master the art of hand piecing even if it meant that my project would take a while to finish.  And, because of that I decided to not make a quilt but start with a pillow.  Her book Quilt Lovely is not only filled with quilt patterns but also several pillow patterns. Having never pieced by hand, nor sewn a curved block, I decided to make the Clam Bake pillow.



I didn't get a lot done, but I stayed true to my current mantra to learn what the Jedi Quilt Masters have to teach me. And as a result I had a wonderful day with Jen and my fellow students and now have added hand piecing to my quilting repertoire.

Stepping outside my quilting brain is a way to keep the mind sharp and I highly recommend you give it a whirl!
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#1 Sandi H. 2017-05-17 10:22
I got the Quiltmania magazine of her Small World featured in it and plan to make one also. Her designs are amazing.

Love the fabric choices for you pillow!
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