Carol Schon's Scrap Quilts Lecture 8/14/11

Carol Schon did a lecture on scrap quilts at the Great Lakes Folk Festival in East Lansing this weekend.

In the first two photos, note the "backyard chickens" being taken away in the background. They were part of an earlier lecture in the Re-Skilling tent. While Carol lectured on quilting in our half of the tent, another group was shearing Fiona, a long-haired sheep in the back half of the tent.



Carol telling about starting her quilting career during the bicentennial quilt revival of 1976.


The rain got heavy, so we squished in and Carol moved behind the table. Here she is telling about recycling and quilting.


Carol showing how she cuts up the sleeve of an old shirt to use in scrap quilts (cut on the length of the fabric, not the width!).


Carol showing Georgia Hayden's Bear's Paw quilt made from Georgia's husband's shirts. The squares made from the shirt fabrics are string-pieced. The other fabrics in this quilt are store-bought yardage.


Carol showing a string-pieced quilt made entirely (light and dark fabrics) from old shirts.


This dog's owners were attending the sheep-shearing program next door, but the dog was much more interested in Carol's lecture and kept inching his way into our side of the tent (I think, to see the quilts better).


Carol showing her scrap quilt - the squares are dark/light four-patches made from old shirts.


Group of people at the Folk Festival listening to Carol's lecture.



Photos are also on Facebook.