We met at Mary’s house today on a bright sunny day. Joan and Bobbie were not able to make it, but everyone else came. Arleen distributed the photo books to everyone and gave Joan’s and Bobbie’s to Mindy to give to them. I made a book of Betsy’s quilts and Mary is going to check with her son to see if he wants it. Deanna and I decided to get extra copies of books so if anyone else wants more copies of their books or anyone else’s please let me know. The cost is $15 with the Costco discount but the covers are soft not hard.
Mindy
Mindy started us off with two stockings that she is making for Christmas. She also showed a raw edge wool felt appliqué project that is looking very nice. The last piece is the Round Robin quilt that she put the two borders on. The top will be given to the owner this Saturday.
Marty
Marty showed us her gifts to Korean and Japanese hosts for omiage or friendship gifts. They were hand engraved silicon spoons and coasters. Then she modeled a jacket made from an oversized sweatshirt that she copied from a 2002 pattern she saw in a gift shop. Very clever. The last is a children’s quilt which she just finished. Carolyn was saying they are short of children’s quilts, so it will be well received.
Deanna
Deanna showed two quilts that she made from Tilda fabric. She said you can go to Tildasworld.com to get the fabric which has a nice hand and look to it. She cut them 7 inches, paired with a solid and sewed them on the diagonal to make half square triangles.
Arleen
Arleen shared two quilts both from leftover of the Marcia Derse fabric. She was inspired by the round robin quilts that Mindy has been showing.
Mary
Mary showed her small black and white and one color quilt which can be used as a table topper. Sorry I didn’t get the photo. She also added two strips on either side of the blue and orange quilt. The koala quilt is the last in a series of children’s quilts with giraffes, llamas etc with 9 patch and 4 patch’s. Very cute and I’m sure the kids will love it. She finished the quilting on the Blue and White quilt using paper templates made from plates. Very cleverly done.
Alice
Alice started off with the elephant quilt. She was inspired to make diamond borders from Arleen’s quilt and drafted the diamonds on her own. The purple and green colors look wonderful. 6 puppies are her next project. I’m not sure if she said they were Tula Pinks fairy something fabric. I love the colors and fabric choices.
Sandy
Sandy saw this picture in a magazine and loved the design. She made the template of freezer paper. She is hoping to make it about four feet, but it is currently 32 inches, so she may be adding more to it, or not.
We discussed a challenge project and decided on something everyone has. Look through all your unfinished projects and try to find one of the oldest and finish it. That’s it. Due date is May of next year.
Alice has agreed to host the November 8 meeting. Her address is 1630 Buena in Berkeley. We finished with a homemade carrot cake with tea. Delicious and not too sweet. Thank you everyone for a lovely meeting.
