Today we met at Joan’s house on a clear and brisk afternoon. Unfortunately Sandy and Alice were not able to join us. Hopefully we’ll have good news for Alice and her daughter. Joan’s house still had all of her Christmas decorations including her Christmas quilts which made the room so festive.
Marty
Marty started us off with two beautiful quilts that she made while at Bishop Ranch. She also completed two kits from the children’s project, but didn’t bring those. I love the fabric she used. The second is a strip pieced squares from 1 jelly roll. The size is big enough for the foster youth.
Deanna
Deanna brought two projects. The first is made from a half yard bundle of fabrics from Tildas World. The fabric is soft and has a good feel to it. She has free patterns to look at on her website tildasworld.com. Deanna quilted it in diagonal lines. The second project was started at Bishop Ranch and is made from two jelly rolls, one bright and one pastel made into a Trip Around the world pattern that she saw from Donna Hunters Quiltville Many Trips around the world.
Mary
Mary had five projects that she shared with us. The first is a top from Betsy that she finished by quilting. It is a very abstract and modern pattern and she did a great job in quilting it. The second is the Bishop Ranch project that she is working on putting the blocks together. The third are three photo books that she made and passed around for everyone to see. Beautiful. The fourth project is a quilt she is going to put in VIC and has finished the quilting but needs to work on the loose threads. She used Superior Bobs King Tut thread. The 5th is the penguin quilt that only needs the binding done.
Bobbie
Bobbie is working on her bedspread. She made the top in one day and is planning on using a beautiful Tula Pink soft satin finish fabric as a back.
Arleen
I made a baby quilt in the bow tie pattern. It’s an easy pattern that I was reminded of when I saw an old quilt that I made. The block is made of four 5 inch blocks. Two blocks have a triangle sewn at the corner to make the bow tie.
Mindy
Mindy received a Design Works pattern of a stocking. She showed us her completed stocking for Takeo and the hexagons that she made at Bishops Ranch.
Joan
Joan started us off by showing her two Christmas quilts. The first was made in a McCalls pattern and has hand quilted partridge in a pear tree. The second Christmas quilt was machine pieced and has April Sproule stencils on it. The third is a huge trapezoid quilt that she had quilted at Hello Stitch. The fourth quilt is a panel of beautiful fabric that she surrounded by trapezoids and a grunge border. The trapezoids were made from fabric napkins from her different trips stenciled with metallic fabric paints. The backing has a beautiful panel of an orchid surrounded by the trapezoids. Wow.
Joan served a yummy flan custard with fresh raspberries and blueberries. The next meeting will be at Deanna’s house on February 14, Valentine’s Day at 130.
