May 2016 Meeting & Sew-In

I begin with the pics from our May meeting.............  remember the one where we were still on a shopping high from our road trip????


Here is the batch of child comfort quilts from Joyce.  We are so good at keeping her occupied and out of trouble.

Here are 3 baby quilts that I made.  One was for my soon-to-arrive great nephew  and the other two were donated to our childrens hospital mission.

Margaret showed off her disappearing 4-patch quilt during our show and tell segment.  Sorry about the poor photography, Margaret;  but aren't those just the cutest feet???

No one gives me time to get a nice "posed' photo,  so I have to click fast.

Now on to our May sew-in day.  We used this day to work on the assembly of our Indiana Bicentennial quilt project.  There was much work to be done, so another day was scheduled the following Thursday to finish assembling the top.  It is measuring 61 x 82?   16 club members put their efforts into the making of this little piece of Huntington County history.

Lots of ladies hard at work

That's it for May.  I'm nearly caught up with the club photos.  .....  so excited.

April 2016 meeting pics

Here are the pics from our April meeting.  We did not have a sew day in April because we were busy with our annual quilt show  and  a Saturday shop hop.



Children's comfort quilts .........

These photos are more comfort quilts from Joyce.

Margaret's  TATW

Pres Jen  shared a demo on  machine back-basted applique

March 2016 - Meeting & Workshop Pics

I got ashamedly behind in posting our club meeting and workshop pics.  In an effort to get caught up and clear my conscience, I will try to get that done now,...........  and keep up .

So today, I am posting our photos from the March meeting and March sew-in together.  I may not remember specifics about the photos,  I am just putting them up to share with everyone.  If you want to add info about any particular photo,  please just let me know.



So ,   let's begin with some photos from our March meeting......................


Joyce's contribution of children's comfort quilts..............

More children's comfort quilts from Margaret..............

Lesa shared a great demonstration and pattern for making a collapsible thread catcher....

and here are some photos from our March sew day .with a great crowd   ..................

I don't remember what our mission was for the March sew day, but obviously we had 100% cotton good time.

February 2016 - Charity Workshop

We had a productive and fun day on Feb 20th. 

Our goal was quilting for our charity programs.

Kat - a selfie

Jen and Alice and young Dahlia

Margaret - being productive

Stephanie - binding a quilt

Teresia - leaving after a hard days work

Dee was here too.  The photo didn't turn out.  So sorry Dee.  We always have a good time sewing together and some of us bring homework back home with us.

February 2016 Meeting

I think we had a very productive meeting this month.  We began with monthly business and decisions were addressed quickly.

Then on to the program...... Several months ago, Kathy B and Stephanie presented the paint chip challenge and provided a table runner pattern.  Everyone was to create the tablerunner with fabrics represented in the paint chip colors.  The result was to recognize the difference of appearance by where you used color.   We have some fun photos to share ..........


**You can click on any photo for a larger view**


The camera caught Margaret with an expression of  "Truly,  why am I here?"

Here is a pic of our always delightfully happy Dee.  (I want some of her vitamins)

Here is a pic of our over- talented Lesa

The camera caught Lesa again,  Sharing her project with a quilter friend.  and that's Joyce sitting to the right of her.

This is Susie R. showing us the beautiful palette she chose for her table runner challenge.

and here is Mary D. with Susie, sharing her choice of lovely fabrics for her tablerunner challenge.

Margaret showed off this gorgeous Irish Chain quilt that she made for one of her sons.  It was dramatically lovely with the black background.

Our charity show began with this awesome T-shirt quilt made by happy Dee.  The t-shirts were all from the 4-H programs.

This is the beginnings of a stack of quilts for the hospital made by our over-achiever Joyce.

This photo shows the rest of the children quilts in the pile.  Thanks every so much for your dedication to our mission work, Joyce!

Finally, don't forget our charity sew day coming up Saturday, February 20th.  Bring something to work on or let Steph know what she might bring from our stash donations for you to work on.

Someone always brings chocolate.   SEE YOU THERE !