We met at Marty's house this month with a great view of the clouds over the bay. Mindy and Sandy were not able to join us. Next meeting is November 19 at Betsy's house.
Marty tested her baking skills to great success with a recipe for Chocolate Eclair Cake from America's Test Kitchen.
Ah, but to go back to the quilts
Marty had displayed her Christmas tree quilt to get us started.
It is embellished with various beads and crystals.
Marty showed us all her new favorite way to tame all of the bobbins she has. A handy box with foam insert that keeps bobbins organized and easy to stack.
Marty also used up more or her stash making another children's quilt for EBHQ. Marty said her previous one in this pattern was more for a girl, so this one is more boy oriented.
And not satisfied with quilting, Marty modeled a lovely blouse she made. So pretty--such a great smile.
Deanna had just picked up the flower quilt she showed last meeting from Melissa Quilter. She needs to bind it, but she wanted us to see the beautiful quilting.
Deanna also used a panel to make this charming alphabet quilt, with a coordinating pillow case.
The backing fabric continues the floral theme.
Betsy had two quilts from her July blitz of finishing UFO's.
One was an EPP baby quilt with a charcoal gray background and similar backing fabric. Ignore the wrinkles on the back. Clearly, someone did not pin enough before quilting.
And a double size quilt top using up a layer cake and various patterns of white on white background.
Betsy is obsessed with Tim Holtz's line of fabrics called Abandoned. She just finished another quilt using his fabrics, this time with a black background.
And to make the back, she pieced leftover flying geese blocks with more Tim Holtz fabric.
Have you ever seen fabric you like but didn't know how to figure out how to use it in a quilt. Challenged to use this Carrie Bloomston Color Theory fabric, here is one bright quilt Betsy made.
And the backing fabric is leftovers from the front fabrics, a few Kona solids, and a rainbow or two.
Charley Harper fabrics are wonderful and Joan's daughter has gifted her with a sampler pack. But how to use them? A solution was found in one of the books given away at a previous meeting.
And Joan used another Charley Harper with cats to make a cute pillow case.
Joan has been busy with her friends in Washington working on landscape quilts from a photo.
Choosing the right fabrics, and using paints to over paint some of the fabrics to get the right tonal gradations, this quilt is a great representation of the photo.
Arleen is at it again, this time using Tim Holts Abandoned fabrics too.
The background colors gradate from a black to gray to a beige/white.
Not to let any of the Tim Holtz fabrics go to waste, Arleen made a tiny quilt from the scraps.
And she had a big announcement that she will be moving back to Hawaii to care for her mom and mother-in-law together there. Timing is not yet set in concrete, so we hope to see her at a few more QT meetings.
