June 2025

 The time is flying by so quickly and it is almost summer.  We met today at Joan’s house and the weather was perfect.  Deanna and Sandy were not able to come today and were missed.  I didn’t see Sandy’s message this morning and brought some batting for her and I wanted to show Deanna how she inspired me to make a16 patch block from flower fabrics.  Hopefully they’ll be able to make next months meeting.  This will be on July 1, 1:30 at Alice’s house.  She will send a reminder the week before with her address for those who forgot.  Marty agreed to host August and Mindy will host October.

Mindy and Bobbie

Bobbie was able to make the blocks for this king sized 95x95 quilt for her granddaughter.  Mindy was able to help her with the white blocks and sewed it together.  They plan to put on a 5 inch border and have it quilted at Hello Stitch. 

Mary

Mary had three quilts to show.  The first was the butterfly quilt which she finished quilting.  She got the butterfly pattern online and said if anyone wants it let her know.  The border is made with scraps to match the colors used in the butterflies. She quilted butterflies and did simple outline quilting.

The second project is the R E challenge quilt which was due today.  For this she REpurposed napkins to make an 18x18 quilt for the Alameda show.  She added some appliquéd flowers and outline quilted the motifs.  If anyone else finishes their quilt, Mary said she will drop it off for you by the deadline.

The third project is the horse quilt for her friends grandchild.  She saw the pattern from a Hello Stitch class and copied it. She used tracing paper to quilt on the horses and horseshoes.  She quilts right on the tracing paper.  Nice.

Arleen

I had three small baby quilts and a new project to show.  The first baby quilt uses Alice’s paper pieced block as the center.  I bought four jelly rolls from JoAnnes for 6 dollars each to make the three quilts.  It was fun and easy to see what you can do.  Surprisingly the fabrics were pretty good.

My new project uses old Japanese fabric that my friends father had and some flower fabric that I bought at a garage sale.  I layered the two fabrics on top of each other and freehand cut it into 16 pieces. Wonky and not precise at all.  I like the No pin and not so precise piecing.  I’m hoping to make a full size quilt.

Marty brought her block of the month which was a checkerboard pattern but she didn’t want to show it.  She gave me some fabric from Deanna (thank you) and a book to share.

Alice

Alice has been inspired to make medallion quilts with her blocks that she made during Covid.  Most of these blocks were 6 inches and she made so many birds and flowers and chickens.  The feet, eyes and wings were embroidered.  You can tell that she had a good time putting these together.    They came out so bright and cheerful. Beautiful.

Happy Birthday to Bobbie 90 years old.  To celebrate the day, Joan bought a special cake from Lavendar Bakery on Colusa.  She gave us each a huge slice and we sang birthday wishes to Bobby.   Thank you Joan for hosting this month.