May Sew-In

We had a well attended meeting for our second block-of-the-month sew-in. 

Everyone participating in the row-by-row round robin exchanged projects.

First, Show & Tell

Jean S brought this Anna Maria Horner design (her shop).

Jean also brought the Emblem quilt from "Fat Quarter Style".

Ruth made this stash buster using a pattern from Just Get It Done Quilts (website).

Ruth made this darling gnome with his seam ripper.  She also made a female gnome who carries scissors.  That little red dot is a huge French knot.

Justine made this quilt for her 3-year-old grandson.

Justine got a circle motif from the Auffle and turned it into oven mitts.

Terry made this Roxanne Carter design that was released during Covid.

BLOCKS OF THE MONTH

Sandra P presented Nelson's Victory, a Nancy Page block

Sandra's example

Leslie made 2 versions.

Jean R has one under construction

Sandra O has one under construction.

There were others being made and I hope they are brought next month for a picture.

Terry presented a block from Quilter's Cache, Blackford's Beauty

Click the name of the block above to get the instructions.

Terry's example

Please bring yours to our June meeting for a picture.

UFO Exchange

The meeting was well attended and many brought unfinished objects and tools to pass on to a new home.  

• We talked about waiting two years before doing this program again so that there would be more donations.
• Leslie organized the row exchange with 5 participants.

Show & Tell

Sandra O. finished these two projects that she picked up at the Auffle.

Sandra also made this from a kit to gift to her neighbor's Turkish mother.

Barbara made 2 picket fence blocks.

Patti made this quilt from a friend's blocks.

And this one from a BOM.

And this year she's making door hanging gnomes.  Here are January through April.

UFOs

Yardage, blocks, unsewn blocks, yarn, tools, kits.

March: Mystery blocks & Row-by-Row introduction

We had a good meeting, with about three-quarters of the members present.  Most of us brought sewing machines (several were Featherweights!) to make the two presented mystery blocks.

Topics of this meeting:

• This was the last month to pay dues. 
• Lydia handed out a schedule of this year's programs, in case anyone wants a hardcopy.
• Show & Tell
• Leslie handed out directions for this year's Row Robin.
• Charlene and Ruth presented mystery blocks for us to sew.
• Kathy K. brought the recipe for the Cranberry bars everyone enjoyed at our December meeting.
• We're missing the medium cutting mat that lives on our shelf.  Please check to see if it might have accidentally come home with you.

Show & Tell

Leslie made a dent in her fabric stash again.  This is the International Sister Block from the Sew Preeti blog.

Sandra O's niece wanted a quilt for her granddaughter, who kept asking for it to be bigger!

Jean R brought another quilt made from the half-square triangle blocks we contributed last summer.

Some of us made the Primitive Whirligig block using Jean S's kits.  This is Marlene's.

Charlene's pin cushion was so darling!  She didn't present it for Show & Tell, but I have to make sure more people see it!

Mystery Blocks

Charlene presented Picket fence.

Here's her block.

You'll need 2-6 fabrics.  For 6, you'll need 1 or 2 light fabrics and 4 medium to dark fabrics.

1. Cut a 4 1/2" x 9" rectangle from each of your fabrics.  If you only have one light fabric, cut 2 rectangles.
2. Cut the same corner off each rectangle using the template Charlene provided.
3. Sew the diagonal edges together in pairs.  You'll have 3 strips when you're done.
4. Set the strips together, keeping the light fabrics on opposite corners if you want to make the Friendship Star.  If you don't want to make the Friendship Star, put the light fabrics anywhere you want to.

If you make four, and match up the same corners, you'll make a Friendship Star.

Gail's

Lydia's

Leslie's

Sandra O's

Terry's

Ruth presented Oh Susanna.

Here's her block.

You'll need 3 fabrics.

Cut:

• Fabric #1: 4 - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares
• Fabric #1: 2 - 4" x 4" squares
• Fabric #2: 4 - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares
• Fabric #3: 4 - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" squares
• Fabric #3: 2 - 4" x 4" squares

1. Make half-square triangles out of the 4" squares by sewing them together on both sides of a diagonal line through the corners.  Trim the resulting HSTs to 3 1/2" squares.
2. Sew all squares together according to the diagram.

Lydia's 

Leslie made 2.

Instructions for the Row Robin beginning in April.

Cranberry-pecan bars that Kathy brought to the December 2023 holiday party.