December Holiday Party

We had a good turnout and great food with a rousing game of Pictionary and luggage tag exchange.

Show & Tell

Jean S. has made a new tote from the Oxbow pattern by Noodlehead.  She made it from wax canvas and the panel is Hoffman canvas.

Leslie has two for show & tell.

First, she received lots of red and white/gray/black HSTs.  She added more from her stash to create this quilt.

Second, she made this one from our 2025 Blocks of the Month.  The backing is a cute animal fleece from Joann's going-out-of-business sale.

Ruth made this quilt from past demo blocks.

Sandra O. got these shoes from a cousin, who got them from Hey Dude.

Food

Here are some shots of the food contributions.

Best costume

The costume contest winner was The Grinch: Hat, sweatshirt, pants, and slippers.

Gift exchange 

There were some very inventive fabric choices among the beautiful luggage tags exchanged.

Next meeting: We'll have our planning meeting in the new location.

November Bring Your Own Project

With lots of events among our members, there weren't many of us, but we had a good time visiting.  Plus, Ruth tidied up and organized our shelf, allowing some of the items to be removed for relocation.

SHOW & TELL

 Gail loved this quilt that her friend made in a 2005 Carriage Country class, so her friend gifted it to her.

Sandra P. made this full-size quilt from all the bits of fabrics her niece acquired during Shop Hop.  There were so many, that the remaining blocks are part of the backing.  The niece noticed a quilting pattern this past June and asked what it was.  And that's how Sandra decided to quilt it in the Baptist Fan pattern.

Front

Back

Next Month

Holiday party - more information to come via email.   Expect table decorations, themed sweaters, and finger food.

It's October, so it's the Auffle!

While this meeting was well-attended as always, we had very little:

 Show & Tell

Sandra P finished her snowman from Barbara's demo at the previous meeting.

Gail found this lap-sized quilt at a thrift store.  All it needed was a washing.

Lydia brought this big quilt.  Sometime around 1994, she admired this quilt as it was being constructed by a friend.  When it was finished, the friend gave it to her.

Lydia made this one from Ruth's pattern.

Auffle

There were 3 tables full of goodies.

September small projects

 One order of business: We need to go through the closet at our current location and decide what to take with us to the new location in January.  We could do it next month for the Auffle, or sometime in the following two months.

SHOW & TELL

Jean R made this for donation to Youth Care.  The backing is fun and below the picture of the top.

Leslie abandon this Bonnie Hunter designed quilt years ago and picked it up again recently.  After making a few more blocks, she finished it.

Marleen made this for donation.

Lydia made this from a new baby quilt pattern.

Lydia made this for her niece, whose sons are obsessed with "blue", meaning their dogs.

Lydia found this at a craft show: A zipper pull made from a wooden spool and some Kaffe fabric.

Projects

Barbara's snowman

This is her 50 year old version and she brought kits for us to make one from the precut pieces and notions.  It's entirely kid-friendly in that it is soft and stuffed with polyester fiberfill.

Lydia's snap wallet / gift card holder

Lydia also brought precut pieces so that we could construct these on site.  Instructions in brief:

• Cut 2 pieces from the pattern from a non-directional fabric and cut one from fusible interfacing 
• Apply interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric intended for the outer side.
• With right sides together, start sewing at one of the marks on the long edge, and sew the long way around to the other mark.
• Turn it right side out and press flat.
• Edge stitch around the top.  This is the flap on the holder that will hold half of the snap.
• Fold the wings in and edge stitch through all layers, so that the entire holder is edge stitched.
• Apply a snap so the flap can be secured to the body of the holder.

Here are two pictures of Lydia's, one with the flap open and one with it closed.

Here are pictures of the holders that were made during the meeting.

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