January 2017 Meeting

Greetings, club.  We had a low attendance for the first meeting of the year;  the bitter cold temps kept some folks at home  and  some are now snowbirds for the winter.

I decided to take some photos of members during our meeting.  Some have a bit of blurr, as they are moving about while I'm shooting them.


January Program

Stephanie presented our program for January.  She came so well prepared, patterns, fabric, quilt sample; but  sorry that her program was cut short since the meeting went overtime with discussions of craft tables and the upcoming quilt show.

She shared this charming Welcome Banner pattern and encouraged this as a project for Saturdays sew day.  If you missed the meeting, I'm sure Stephanie will have some extra copies of the pattern with her on Saturday.  You are still welcome to work on anything you want.  Bring your troubled projects,  we love to interfere       help.

CHARITY QUILTS FOR MISSIONS

MEMBERS

Alice, Stephanie, Cathy

Dee, fastest shopper in the East

Joyce, Arlene & Margaret

Kat's quilt, Vintage Bloom

Lesa and Val







SHOW AND TELL







Margaret made this log cabin beauty.

Jennifer sharing her applique quilt from a Pat Sloan workshop

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I am having a terrible time with blogger today, trying to get the photos placed where i wanted them, it didn't work and I gave up the ghost!  The pics are scrambled, but you can still check them out.  Remember to click on a photo for a larger view.



UPCOMING  EVENTS

Jan 21st     ..................    Sew Day at EUM

Feb 2nd    ..................     February meeting


*** Don't forget about the  "Spring Challenge" project.  It will make a lovely display at our quilt show, so I hope there will be lots of participants.   Details:  due in March,   a quilt made of 3 layers, quilted and finished,  anything that reminds you of spring, is the theme.  It must be no smaller than 24 inches square and could be any size, even bed size.  It must be an item made after the challenge was announced (April 2016).


Bye for now, hope to see you Saturday.

November 2016 Workshop

We gathered for a workshop on Saturday, November 22nd.  The theme was to work on anything you wanted to.

The time went quickly, as usual.     Just a few photos to share.................  and in no particular order, here is  Lesa S.  She was working on an awesome backpack.

Alice is applying binding to one of our large comfort quilts

Here is Stephanie, hard at work.

and here is Jan B. adding pressing touches to her pillowcases

and here is a pic of me  ( Kat S ),   I was able to assemble my Binding Tool Star quilt top.  

We all enjoyed some great progress.  The year is nearly over.  Do you have plans in place for next years' projects?   I have a list; in fact, as I have several lists going, I had to make a list of my lists. 

Wishing you all a joyful Christmas season.  See you next year !

November 2016 Meeting

We have some great photos to share from our November meeting last week.

This month was the deadline for our UFO challenge.  Many folks (including me) didn't get their committed project finished,   but  

Dee finished her 2 quilts for family made from jeans.  They were already gifted so she showed us the pic on her phone.


Here is Valerie  showing her UFO finish, a gorgeous pinwheel quilt.

This one is Jen's UFO finish.  Please excuse the ignorance of my camera,  her quilt is actually a lovely purple, and not blue as shown here

This is Margaret with her lovely UFO finish;  a scrappy Trips quilt

Speaking of Margaret,  this is the child donation quilt she made from my kit.  I try to auction off a kit every month.  Margaret is always our gracious volunteer.

The next two photos show different angles of  the pile of quilts that our Joyce makes for our child charity mission.

and finally, some gals laid out their tops from our workshop last month.  Jean was so generous in sharing instructions to make the Binding Tool Star quilt and we all jumped into the project.

and here is Beth's

Next sew day is Saturday, November 19th.  Many of us will be there finishing up our Star quilts.

October 2016 Workshop

We enjoyed a wonderful workshop on Saturday, Oct 23rd.  Everyone was so excited to create their own version of Jean's Braided Star quilt, made with the binding tool.

Jean has made many versions of this quilt. On saturday she was working on the christmas version.  She also brought in the top of one made with autumn fabrics for fall.  It used a print as the background fabric, which displayed a nice change to the design.

Here is Jean's christmas version

and here is Beth's verson

We had a couple visitors Saturday, Valerie and  Jan M.  


here are the photos of all the gals at work:

Alice

Kathy B

Beth

Lesa

Margaret & Jan B

Mary and Susie

Jean & Teresia

Dee

Click on any photo for a close-up view.   We had a great day, it went too fast.  Everyone is anxious to get back to their binding tool star project.

See you next month!

October 2016 Meeting

We don't have a post for September because  I lost the pics on my camera.  There were alot of pics, too!  We also did not have a workshop in September,   so  we'll just have to celebrate October.

There was not much show n tell this month.  I made a bundle of autumn pieces for the house, but since I had so much to carry in anyway, I decided not to drag my quilting.

Lesa did share her new top ................  cleverly created from - no pattern of course.

Jan M.  presented a program on  a quick, one-step blanket.  (I forgot it's name)

and here is our charity quilts this month.  One is from me and all the rest are by Joyce.
here are different angle shots of the same pile of quilts.

That's it for October's meeting.  See you next month.

August 2016 Workshop

We enjoyed a day of sewing together this past Saturday.  Jan B.  introduced the club to alzheimers fidgit quilts.  We spent time building those foundations and spent some time working on our own projects too.


Here is Jean S  and  Jan B.  working  hard  this month toward our new mission.

Here is  Val with Alice, who popped in for some fellowship with her quilting friends.  Kathy B. is busy working on a fidgit quilt.

Lesa S.  is working on a piece for a charity auction.

And here's our Margaret, running from the ironing board.  She brings a sunshine personality to keep us inspired.  She also worked on fidgit quilts and her own project.  She pieced tops and I quilted them together and I couldn't keep up with her.

All in all, we had a great day.  I think Jan was pleased that we were inspired to contribute to this mission.

August 2016 Meeting

I don't have alot of photos to share this month.  It seems each month we allow ourselves to get busier and forget how to cut back.

Jan B. presented our demo on alzheimers fidgit quilts.  She made up 2 great examples too.

Arlene brought in one of her latest finishes, this dark and dramatic irish chain quilt, complete with her traditional prairie points.

She also had this gorgeous one.....is the pattern called Jack's Chain or Jewel?  I would have gladly taken this one home with me.  It also has her traditional prairie point finish.

Here is Joyce's batch of children's charity quilts this month. I think she said there were 9 quilts.

same bundle of quilts from another camera angle.

Last month I presented a challenge to the club, offering a pre-cut kit, including batting, backing and binding with pattern.  The goal was to bring the finished quilt back at the next meeting to earn 1 yard of fabric for yourself.  Our eager Margaret jumped on the challenge.  She not only finished the quilt from the kit, she also made up another version of her own, putting string blocks in place of the individual squares.   I love that idea. 

This may be a good pattern for our orphan blocks.  You can download your own copy of the simplified pattern here :   http://scrapboxquilts.blogspot.com/2016/07/big-squares-baby-block.html

here is my kit version:

and here is Margaret's modified version:  The dark strips are actually a lovely navy, not black, but my camera must have cateracts.

and finally,  this is a quilt that Val took home to quilt and bind on her long arm.

That's it for now.  We're going to play with some fidgit quilts at the sew day - August 20th.  I hope you can be there.  There will be lots of fidgit gadgets at the church to use on your fidgit quilt, just bring fabric to make the lap quilt, 30 - 40" square.  It doesn't have to be quilting cotton, they like soft or furry things too.  Hope to see you there.