First let me say I loved all the responses from last week and it seems the Smorgasbords are helping to keep the Quilting Industry alive and well! But I could tell, like me, many of you aspire to be an Entrée Quilter and I think it is a fabulous dream! May we all embrace who we are and support each other in our individual creativity.

 

I left a nibble last week about a garden, and with all the freezing cold weather everyone is experiencing, who could even think about gardening! It has been unseasonably cold in Arizona, and the snowbirds teeth are chattering, but when I attended the Valle Del Oro Quilt Show last week I was reminded that Spring IS the next season and it IS going to come! One of the displays was a Tuffet Garden...so sweet and colorful.

 

If you have never made a Tuffet, you must google and find the nearest class because it is so much fun! I took a class rather than tackle it myself because you need a partner to help you in the final steps and there is only so much that G is willing to do... and Tuffet assembly is not on his list, lol. It does require some tools you may not have at home, and most instructors bring all the supplies. My Tuffet Queen, I mean instructor, is Sheila Sinclair Synder of License to Quilt. She travels around teaching Tuffet and Barn Quilt Classes...both of which I have taken. It was a 2-day class with a homework assignment. But, in the 2-day class, I was able to make myself a French themed Tuffet and, for my DIL, a Tula Pink Tuffet.

 

After seeing the Tuffet garden, I want to make more...beware, Tuffets can become addicting!!! I hope you all are staying warm and that this time is allowing you to dig into the Smorgasbord, LOL.

 

Note: Star Members can learn more about tuffets with Sharyn Cole in Show 2104: Zentangle Quilting & Totally Tuffets.

 

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