Galveston Story Quilts a HIT with those lucky enough to see them!

So I just wanted to make sure that if you live anywhere close to Galveston, that you go by and see the story quilts of Peggy Baldwin and many other story quilters. It will not hang much longer and is the perfect thing to encourage you to tell the world about YOU.
Remember, someday when all of the quilts of the world are sitting there, that the story quilts will tell something special about the person who made them-who they love, something funny, something clever, something dear, something that only that person could tell...."remember me when this you see" and these story quilters will be remembered and the people who are the subject of the story will be remembered as well.
What would you like to tell the world about YOU? Perhaps you would like to take a story quilt class and begin your story quilt journey. My schedule is on my website at www.Marylouweidman.com
and also along the side column of this blog. Hope to meet you and hear your story one day soon.

Story Quilt Fun for Asilomar Friends-a GREAT year for all of us

This is the beginning of Sandy's house story quilt-it is sure to be wonderful! She always does great story quilts and fun designs.

Asilomar conference grounds is where we have all of this fun.emptyspoolsseminars.com
Hey! I found my camera and now get to share the photos from Asilomar. Eilene Hamilton and Susan Typpi are shown above having fun in class. We had so many nice gals this time and everyone was into being positive and becoming great friends for the future.
James Garner was the mascott and the sewing doll from tasuti zoo kept him company (she belonged to Lorraine)

Peggy is a widow and is doing a lovely tribute quilt about her husband. The border is jewel tones and smaller blocks and it is wonderful. I wish I had a better photo.

Sandy started a house quilt as she was inspired by Plaidville (I think)

Janice who has real style (really) wore a different pair of slippers every single day! She is working on the funniest story quilt ever (Darling). It is a man and woman dancing and the man's dog is holding onto him like he is dancing also-it is going to be a great quilt!

Sandy took apart a cat she did before and added all of the patchwork to it-I think it is wonderful and made a huge difference-Sandy teaches quilting in San Diego

Telling the story in another language

Eilene takes many photos of the beauty of the ocean at Asilomar...me too

These are two sisters who both ended up with the flu and missed out on over half of the class-BUMMER-but their blocks look good and Judy got her octopus drawn and ready

Asilomar Beauties!

This is someone's stash who has great taste!


This darling story is about Sue's daughter who wanted cake for breakfast and her Mother said "cake is not for breakfast" to which her daughter replied "you give me donuts for breakfast so what't the difference?" Awesome details! Note the difference in the hair below as Sue changed different details-this is a great thing to be able to change -this is why we are process quilters and not product quilters

Below is a story quilt begun by Susan and isn't the background lovely? Her Cat "Margaret Thatcher" is the star of this quilt. Susan has done many wonderful quilts.

Below are Suzanne's blocks for a family tree quilt. LOVE the orange!

This is the beginning of a quilt about De's husband and son-it is going to be great!

This adorable quilt is a story about Donna's four daughters who used to sit on a sleeping bag at the top of the stairs and go down as a group-Donna's legs are at the top of the stairs-this is so adorable!

Below is an adorable quilt that Laurie is doing for her Granddaughter- talk about story quilts! Wouldn't you love to have a quilt that your Grandmother made for you?

Here is Lorraine who has great color sense and created alot of tiara envy when she brought the tiara to Asilomar that she got at my retreat last August-she looks very royal doesn't she?

Darlin' Dee who is a lovely inside as she is outside

Aija works on her project-she came from Spokane just like I did :0)

Pam shows off her wonky flying geese with pretty outside colors

Darling Donna below with her hoochy book in hand as she begins a new story quilt-isn't her stash pretty?

Hoochy Geese by Pam for a part of the border in a garden quilt about a stove Pam and her husband built-they cook awesome meals for guests

Mel's hoochy blocks getting ready for her Christmas story-what would your story be?

Pam shows off her darling kitty quilt-great colors and design.

If you want to take a story quilt class and want to come to Mary Lou's back yard sign up for the retreat this summer for fun

Loads of variety in Mary Lou's Story quilt Class at Asilomar=Wish you were there!

The quilt above was made for Laurie's Granddaughter- can you imagine how lovely it would be to have a quilt like that from your Grandmother? So much fun. We have two alphabet's in my new book with Mel that is coming out in July. They are a little more formal and not real blocky. I love being able to say things in my quilts and if you follow me you will see I have done this for years.
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This adorable quilt below was started last year and is about Donna's four girls and how they used to get on a sleeping bag and go down the stairs together while giggling and screaming. Isn't this darling? What a cute memory-you can see her legs at the top of the quilt along with the family dog.

If you love cats (or not) you are sure to love this quilt! It is beautiful in person.

If you read on below, I have told the story about this quilt and the little girl who wanted cake for breakfast. Click on this photo to look at the details! Awesome job.

De's quilt which has her husband and son...it is going to be quite wonderful as she has words of the story to put on it and it is a great story to tell.

If you would like to take a story qult class, I am doing one in West Virginia in a couple of weeks in a fabulous location (see my website -Marylouweidman.com for a contact person under "schedule" and I am doing one in the apostle Islands (Wisconsin on Lake Superior- Gorgeous place and in the Fall- my most creative time! See my website please
This quilt is about parents and parents in law and the quilter has leaves with everyone name on them and fabulou paisley fabric leaves to work in also. It is going to be a wonderful keepsake once she is done. Lucky family.

The colors in this quilt are just stunning in person. She is doing a story about her trip to Peru and she used the panel in the middle for inspiration-only the story she has drawn out will go into the middle of this quilt. It is going to be wonderful.

Check out the great bird with the flying top comb! Super border beginning-such fun!

COOL border and now for the great story!

This quilter came "out of the box" and was delightful and fun and did this quilt about her husband sharing a lovely evening with her. She was a real plus for the class as were the rest of the group for their lovely and vaired personalities.

Caution, some serious quilters below.
The lady who is doing this quilt is a widow and she is doing a quilt to remember her wonderful husband by. I wish you could see how pretty it is in person.

I had 22 lovely students in this large classroom and we all got along great. No whining and no one complaining about someone taking their space. What a lovely week for me and a super productive week for the other students. There are some girls missing in these photos. I am praying my camera will show up and I can show them to you also!

This class was especially fun for me because I not only had old friends come back but I had a couple of girls who I have met here and they have been in my chatroom for many years. It is such a nice thing for me to meet the people behind the name!

De who is looking down had always fused in prior years. This year she did a great story of her husband on the sofa (darling sofa) and her son behind him and photos of the family on the walls! It was wonderful but I have no photo. The girl on the right is my co-author in the book that comes out July 11th. She worked on beautiful stratas, a Christmas quilt and a quilt about her Dad who called everyone "cowboy."
Great stuff!

I wish I had photos of the final quilts that these two glas made! Both finished them. One is the cat in the back which had loads of pieced blocks worked into her body and it ended up being just stunning. Sue next to Sandy, did a quilt about her daughter wanting cake for breakfast and her Mother said "no" and the little girl said "well you let me have donuts." The finished quilt had the little girl in a kitchen with lots of details and many of her dolls and toys that we woujld all recognize. Great texture and story.





These photos were all taken by Patty Hempen- thankfully she took alot of photos since I lost my camera. Wahhhh. Did you notice alot of people are too busy to look up from their projects? That is good, right?


This year everyone was quite independant and they all had great projects (stories) started. Sandy below did two quilts and she has the knack of doing winning pieces that are oh so exciting. I think there are going to be a good number of winning ribbon quilts coming out of this class.