We met this month at Bobbie's home and everyone was able to attend. Bobbie made two kinds of donuts for refreshments -- chocolate and cinnamon nutmeg. Both were delicious.
At the end of the meeting we did a different process of our holiday gift exchange at Marty's suggestion. Each person chose a gift from the pile on the table. Clement Moore's Night Before Christmas was recited and every time a word began with the letter "t" the gifts were passed to the right. At the end we each opened the gift we now held. Wonderful gifts were received by all.
Next meeting is at Deanna's house on January 21 at 1:30.
Joan shared photos from her Mexico trip for her son's wedding celebration. The setting was beautiful and the photos were lovely, particularly Joan in her new dress.
Photos and text courtesy of Sandra Ellison for this post.
Mary shared first with an EBHQ Community Quilt that she was quilting. In each square she quilted a beautiful flower motif.
The quilting shows best from the back.
Mary also brought her llama baby quilt with free motion llamas quilted.
Mary also shared a Unicorn baby quilt designated for someone who wanted unicorns and pink. She quilted unicorns (some of which she added Glow in the Dark thread to) onto the quilt top.
Mindy finished another detailed Christmas stocking, this one destined for Payton.
Mindy also brought her finished top from her Round Robin experience.
Sandy showed a Christmas table runner in progress that was done in reverse applique.
Betsy brought two disappearing nine patch flannel baby quilts.
The fabric used on the back of the doggy quilt was named "blood splatter" on the selvage.
Arleen designed a new mask pattern that has a neck strap incorporated into the ear loops. You never lose your mask when you don't have it over your nose and mouth.
Arleen showed a small Kaffe stripes quilt she made a while ago.
And then she made a large Kaffe quilt out of fabric she had left over and some given to her by Betsy. We all would be happy to have this quilt in our collection.
Joan hand pieced a Christmas tree skirt that Richard thinks should be layered and quilted. We think it looks good as is, but perhaps she might try fusible fleece to give it some body.
Joan also mentioned that she is working on publishing her great grandfather's letters from the Gold Rush time. There are over well over 200 letters that his wife kept. She hopes that they will be housed at the Bancroft.
Deanna is using up fabric from her stash and made this quilt with two unique sides which she quilted beautifully on her Baby Lock. She wanted to feature the center fabric instead of cutting it up. She found a pattern that would work and searched for the perfect blue for the border.
The other side of the quilt features a Japanese fabric split into three sections.
Bobbie showed her finished pillow top, possibly for the EBHQ VIC Marketplace.
Bobbie also showed several blocks made from Japanese fabrics she got in LA years ago.
Marty has been playing with sewing scraps together when she has a free hour. Beautiful work.
