August in the Park

We had a nice respite from the heat by meeting in the park where it was noticeably cooler.

There was a nice variety of finger foods that 10 of us brought and Leslie's sister joined us, to the delight of everyone.  Most of us remember her daughter who visited a couple of years ago.

SHOW & TELL

Leslie finished quilting Sandra O's quilt.  Terry will take it to her but showed us first.

Jean R made this from a pattern designed by Melody at the Senior Center.  She used up old fat quarters and the backing came from the Auffle.

Patti made a bunch of quilts for donation.

    This one has a minky backing.

    This one is the same top as the previous photo, but the backing is "I love you" 

    in tiny red print on a white background.

    She says we've seen this one before, before it was quilted.

    She made this quilt from our guild's mystery blocks.

NEXT MONTH

We will be led in two projects that could be used as gifts.

1. Barb will help us make snowmen.  We need to bring white and black thread and hand sewing needles to participate.

2. Lydia will lead us in constructing gift card holders.  We need to bring :

A sewing machine  

Two 14”x7” pieces of the same fabric OR two complementary fabrics; avoid directional fabrics.

One 14”x7” piece of lightweight fusible interfacing.

Matching or complementary thread for your machine.

July meeting: constructing a large quilt top for donation

This month we made the top for a charity quilt.  This post begins with show and tell, followed by the evening’s program, and finishes with a preview of the next two month’s meetings.

Show & Tell

This Irish Chain is the first quilt Linda has made. It is for her granddaughter. 

Patti made this kitty bag for a friend, as a thank you gift. 

Patti made this tree quilt using the speedy half square triangle method.  

Leslie made this mystery block quilt

Leslie used a superhero print on the front and dinosaurs on the back.

Leslie made this transportation-themed quilt and it has a matching backing.

Justine made this Unicorn quilt and put butterflies on the back. 

Justine made a Harry Potter quilt, and its back is thematically-matched.

Main Program

Jean R asked us to bring blocks that were blue and/or orange.  Our goal was to make a quilt top that will be donated to Youth Care when finished.  Another group Jean belongs to will put borders on it.

The blocks:

Gail's

Leslie's

Sandra O's

Linda's

Jean's

Justine's

Ruth made 6!

The completed top

The Next 2 Months

AUGUST: 

We’ll meet at Hamlin Park.  Bring a finger food or dessert to share.

SEPTEMBER: 

We will be led in two projects that could be used as gifts.

1. Barb will help up make snowmen.  We need to bring white and black thread and hand sewing needles to participate.

2. Lydia will lead us in constructing gift card holders.  We need to bring :

A sewing machine  

Two 14”x7” pieces of the same fabric or of two complementary fabrics; avoid directional fabrics

One 14”x7” piece of lightweight fusible interfacing

Matching or complementary thread for your machine

June meeting: Skills demo, paper embossing

On this lovely evening, the meeting was well attended!

We started with Show & Tell and proceeded to Justine's tutorial in paper embossing.

Show & Tell

Barbara's daughter found this king-sized quilt top at a thrift store AND got it for half-price, a whopping $4.  Incredible.  The picture doesn't show it: the thin black strips surrounding the blocks are piping.

Sandra O's nieces made these 2 quilts and Leslie quilted them.  The first has a blue Minky back.

Marlene made the May Block of the Month blocks and also one of our standard charity quilts.

Ruth made this one. 

Jean R constructed and Leslie quilted these 3 for donation.

Featured Program

Justine brought all the supplies except pencils and scissors.  She passed out card stock for the embossing backing and packets of 1" square papers in a variety of colors and designs.

We were directed to choose 3 sets of squares.  Two sets of 5 squares to form the heart, and one set of 6 squares to form the background.  Some of these would need to be cut on the diagonal for placement.

Prep the backing by drawing in the midlines to use as placement lines.

Next, arrange the selected squares in the heart arrangement on card stock to our preference and in the scheme:

When we were happy with the arrangement, use a glue stick to adhere each square and triangle to the card stock.

Now it was time to choose one of the three patterns to use in Justine's embossing machine.

Next, we trimmed our hearts.

Then we glued the trimmed hearts to a folded blank greeting card.  

There are lots of photos of finished cards, so some cards show up more than once below.  Lots of us made two cards.

NEXT MONTH

Jean R will lead us in making a charity quilt.

Bring a piece of fabric that is 12 1/2" square and is any combination of blue and orange in color.