Quilt Therapy at Deanna's House in a Storm

We met Thursday night at Deanna's and arrived just before a big storm unleashed a torrent of rain and high winds.  After only about ten minutes, the lights flickered, went out, then came back on.  Again this happened and then the lights were off for good.  Luckily, Deanna and Rich are prepared for such occasions and we were soon lit by a group of electric lanterns.  If the color in the photos seems a bit off, attribute that to the mood lighting of the lanterns.

Arleen, we hope all is going well with you and that your dad is recovering.

May meeting is at Betsy's house.  And get working on your challenge quilts with the inspiration word "Doors" and the dimensions of 24 x 36.

Even without power, Deanna served a delicious coconut cake and hot tea from the gas burner lit by Rich with a lighter.  We did not suffer in the least.

Bobbie continues to work on her India series and was looking very relaxed last night.

Betsy had finished her rainbow hexie quilt and the quilting in the hexies reminded us of sand dollars.

Betsy also had another half square triangle quilt, this one is called Ribbon Dance and the border fabric is called Psycho Wave and has mitered corners.

Mary brought her finished red, white and blue quilt

 and another that the binding is almost done on.  This second one is following the scrap quilts pattern in the book that Joan lent several years ago.  The pink and black combination are striking.  Sorry that the color is off a bit in this one.

Barbara did a fantastic job of quilting her wall hanging (and later used it to keep warm after the electricity went off).

Sandy made it down from Redding (yeah!) and brought with her a finished quilt top inspired by a fabric she found again when reorganizing her studio.

Marty showed us a zippered bag she had learned how to make at Stone Mountain and Daughter.

Marty had also finished quilting her beautiful Poppy quilt and added a dragonfly to the flower center

It's even "raining" on her quilt with quilting.

Marty's neighbor, Gay, had given her templates to make a quilt Marty had admired at Gay's house and it turns out that Deanna had made the quilt a few years ago.  It just needs to be quilting.  Called Flights of Imagination, it was designed by Karen Matsumoto.

While Mindy couldn't attend, she did send photos of what she has been working on.

After show and tell, it was time for coconut cake.  Spectacular.