How
can it be August already?! We spent the
afternoon of August 9 at Marty’s. It was
great to see her as she has missed our last two meetings. Mindy and Betsy were absent for this meeting
and didn't get to enjoy Arleen’s delicious retro dessert – pineapple upside down
cake.
Our
next meeting will be Tuesday, September 13 at Bobbie’s house at 1:30, and Mary
has already volunteered her house for the October meeting.
A
gentle reminder: deadline for our
“curvy” challenge pieces is September 13. If you've already shared your piece, please bring it in September so we can see them all together.
Though she's missed several QT meetings, Marty has been busy. She started us off with another beautiful shirt.
Marty also shared a completed baby quilt. The combo of colored checkerboards with a whimsical print of critters on a white background is charming, and her use of decorative stitching in the quilting is admirable!
Marty’s
final share was her curvy challenge piece, a beautiful finish from an EBHQ workshop
some time ago.
Arleen
has once again totally redone her piece using her leftover Kaffe
stripes [as well as some donated by Betsy]. The large triangles are now large
hexagons. Do you think she’s finally done
with the design?
Sandy
shared six pillowcases she recently made.
Choosing the fabrics was the most fun.
Joan
has quilted her large queen sized quilt composed of Kaffe florals.
The
finished quilt is gorgeous, and the back is a beautiful combination of fabrics
from the stash of one of the quilters in her Washington state group.
Joan
shared the catalog from the Faith Ringgold exhibit currently on display at the de
Young. And she and Rich have recently
discovered that the one letter missing from the Gold Rush collection they’ve
donated to the Bancroft Library has been located. It’s here in California in a collection of dead letters [undelivered and unopened mail] someone amassed.
Mary
has put together another charming baby quilt, this one featuring flamingos in
a beautiful color palette.
Mary
is currently creating original block designs for a quilt for one of her
grandsons. So far she has a shield and a
thunderbolt.
Bobbie
gives each grandchild a quilt when they graduate from high school and leave
home. She has put together a beautiful
design for her grandson that uses fabric he chose. It’s gorgeous.
Deanna
has been in Texas helping care for two grandchildren while their father is away
on business. She shared photos of the
small quilts she helped the grandchildren and their two similar-aged cousins
put together. The kids look like they
had a great time. Deanna's grandchildren, Emmett and Reese, are the blondes.
