Quilting with Maura Grace Ambrose of Folk Fibers

This quilt pattern is called Log Cabin.

Life is happening so fast -- it's hard to keep track of it all. In the past month, I've gotten married, traveled to Portland, Maine, buried my grandparents on my mom's side, spent a fleeting day at Disney world (yup, I said Disneyworld), attended a quilting workshop in Austin, signed our house over to two (very lovely) renters for a year, moved into Trae's dad's place, and started two new work projects. Tomorrow, we will have been married one month. But before I go any further, I wanted to share this lovely experience in Austin last weekend. We learned how to dye fabric with indigo:

Our indigo-stained clothespins.

We learned how to piece together a Log Cabin Quilt:

Pinning the quilt together.

We learned about the lovely qualities of the Japanese sashiko thread:

And marveled at Maura's excellent handiwork on projects like this:

Maura made this flag and taught us how to bind the edges.

We stitched together our quilt top and marveled at the outcome:

Marveling at our handiwork.

Before getting to work quilting it by hand on a frame, where we talked and shared stories about our lives:

All thanks to this lovely lady who helped us understand how to do it:

Maura Grace Ambrose, at her Bernina sewing machine.

Maura is a very skilled quilt maker (check out her lovely work) and even more, a patient and charming teacher. I came away inspired and wanting very badly to begin a quilt of my own.  Trae and I are headed on our honeymoon in December (for three months!), so I think it will have to be a project that I start when we return.  In the meantime, I'll be dreaming of all the lovely patterns...like this one. Or this. Or these.