a chapter of Pine Tree Quilters Guild of Maine

Town & Country Jacket Workshop
with Liz Trouant, October, 2008

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Members gathered this month with Liz to sew beautiful quilted jackets. 
A technique developed by MorninGlory Designs, the Town & Country jackets were
assembled in a few easy steps, quilting as you go.
 


Workshop participants wearing their jackets in different degrees of completion: 
(l to r) Jen Lacasse, Meg Rothberg, Iva Kinney, Bonnie Hunter, Sue Dible, and Linda McLaughlin
 

Sue began by tracing the pattern on a tracing medium
 

Sue McIver and Mary Smith trace and cut


Now comes the hard part―fitting the pattern.
Liz (left) and Sue Fox (right) help Jen decide on the right size.

 

Iva and Meg trace diagonal markings on batting
and get ready to baste
 

Linda bastes the batting to the backing fabric

Linda (helped by Liz) cuts out the collar
 

Sue adds some decorative stitching to her strips

Iva adds another strip to the front of her jacket
 

Speedy Gonzales (aka Jen) finishes her jacket back first
 

Partially assembled, Bonnie shows the back of her jacket

Iva just couldn't wait to try on her jacket―even with only one sleeve set in
 

Show & Tell at the October business meeting
(left to right) Sue Dible (with 2), Bonnie Hunter, Jen Lacasse, and teacher Liz Trouant)

Jacket backs
 

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