Quilter Playdate and Learning to Rotary Cut

As I mentioned in the post Taking a New Quilter on Her First “Shop Hop”  my friend J who I met in my new neighborhood at the community quilt group, is helping a new quilter D make her first quilt and I am tagging along (and occasionally being helpful as an experienced quilter).

Today we met up for a “quilters playdate” at J’s studio (which I featured in the post Project Linus Mini Retreat, Part II) and J taught D how to use a rotary cutter to cut her fabric into the sizes required for the pattern.

D made great progress on cutting her fabrics out with a rotary cutter for the first time:

While I worked on making some little wallets as something easy to work on while I visited with the group:

I gave D and J each a little wallet to take home with them.

J worked on the Plover Pouch by Noodlehead using pretty Tula Pink fabric:

She also showed us on her design wall is amazing and complex Judy Niemeyer pattern she was working on (pattern piecing and applique!):

I am intimidated!

J is a Judy Niemeyer pattern expert, has taking many classes from her; and made many of her complex paper piecing quilts. J was even selected to longarm machine quilt one of the cover quilts for one of her pattern booklets!

She thinks I should make one someday…

I’m just trying to get through my English Paper Piecing quilt from heck!

But I do have the pattern for the Plover Pouch and will make that one someday 🙂

The three of us meeting again next Friday to teach D how to sew a quarter inch seam to piece her quilt together. J will be doing most the teaching and I will provide moral support!