We met today at Joan’s house on a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately Deanna, Sandy and Mindy were not able to make it and were sorely missed. But we had a surprise visit from an old friend, Ellen Wong. We were able to catch up with what she has been up to and hopefully she’ll be able to join us more often. The next meeting will be held at Mary’s house on October 11 at 130.
Challenge Quilt
Mary showed us two quilts. The first was the pattern from Bobbie. She found more of the feature fabric and was able to add a border and have it quilted by Hello Stitch. The second quilt top is a vanity square pattern that is going to Debra.
Ellen has not been quilting for the past three years, but she is sewing and showed her pants, shirt and a jacket that she sewed. The shirt and pants are a soft linen fabrics. I’m not sure if she got it at Stone Mountain Daughter or Fabrics Store on College Ave near Ashby. The reversible jacket is Blue Tiger fabric from Stone Mountain and is a chambray. She decided to add more topstitching to enhance the design.
Alice didn’t have anything to show, but she did redo her owl quilt in the requested pastel colors. From the picture she passed around it was bright blue pastels that’s been sent and enjoyed.
Marty
Marty showed us 3 quilts. The first is a table topper from scraps she picked up at drop in. Even the reverse looks good. The second is the 10 inch blocks made with 1.5 inch scraps from drop in put on point with a black middle. We were able to see fabrics in the scraps that we’ve used over the years. The last quilt was her random blocks also on point using black and white fabric for the accents and backing. I have to start going to drop in.
Joan has been keeping busy taking care of her eyes, going to the opera and seeing the Kahinde Wiley exhibit at the De Young. She showed us the book she got and the paintings reminded us of Bisa Butlers quilts.
Bobbie has been working on her pods and also has been busy planning trips and going to museums.
Arleen
I showed 2 quilts. On the first, I added a tumbling block border to the square small quilt. I was inspired by Mindy’s round robin quilts. Joan said it was one of my best quilts. Wow. The second is another Asanoha pattern quilt using Giucy Guice and and Bio Geo 2 fabric. Instead of 2.5 strips, I used 3.5 inch strips which made the stars bigger and much easier and faster to piece.
