In January I took the Bella Bella workshop from Norah McMeeking. It was fun and I learned a lot of good tips about paper foundation piecing. My paper piecing skills have really improved the past few months and I can make good blocks without stitching down too-small pieces or wasting exorbitant amounts of fabric.
Here is my latest basket pattern, Easy Peasy Paper Pieced Baskets. You can find it at the Citrus Belt Quilters’ Block of the Month page. (If any of you make a quilt from one of my basket patterns, email me a photo so I can post it here on my blog.)
Anyways, back to Bella Bella, and some much larger paper pieced quilts designed from Italian Mosaic floors.
I liked this Bella Bella quilt because of the black and white.
Here is the same pattern four different ways. One of the most interesting things about taking the workshop was seeing all the different fabrics that people put together. Perhaps I spent a little too much time checking out what other students were doing because here is my Bella Bella quilt. 
And I found out after I got home that I’m not even done with the cutting yet. I need to choose one more color for the rainbow stack to make 12 different fabrics. Maybe next month I’ll work on my Bella Bella for 10 minutes every day.
happy quilting!
very cute baskets love the colours.
Those Bella Bella quilts are wonderful and look like they would take some intricate paper piecing. I hope you do work on yours for 10 minutes a day, I want to see it done.
What beautiful quilts! I love that about workshops too – it’s so fun to see the same pattern in different fabrics.
I notice you’re a member of the Artful Quilters webring. I tried to join it, and haven’t heard anything since my initial confirmation emails on Feb 23. Do you know how I can get into the ring?
you can email me privately at csgebhart at gmail dot com. Thanks so much for any help you can give!
Cheryl
I own the Bella Bella quilts book and really want to take a workshop from her! I am crazy about floor tile designs.
And I always love your baskets. Normally I don’t think of them as my thing, but yours are always so much fun.
I have seen that Bella Bella book, and it is very inspiring. I was intimidated, but I haven’t learned paper piecing yet. Those are such beautiful quilts. I look forward to seeing your progress.
Where did you take a class with Norah? She is a good friend of mine and one of my quilts is in her book. She teaches and travels so much now, I hardly ever see her!
Hi Judy,
Norah came to Redlands, CA for a workshop and lecture with Citrus Belt Quilters.
lk
I had to chuckle when I saw the picture of yours. Those quilts are really beautiful–bellissimo!