May 2026

 Although I wasn’t there the meeting was held at Mary’s house.  I think Sandy also could’nt make the drive, but Deanna was able to take pictures and send them to me. Deanna said Alice was not able to attend.  I’ll try my best to put together this blog post, even if I’m not there to share.  It’s great to see what everyone is up to.

Marty

Marty completed two DDCQP kits this month including one Chinese Coin pattern which inspired her to use some of the free fabric from Tuesday Open Quilting to make another Chinese Coin complete quilt.  She also brought the completed 3-Yard Quilt she showed last month as just a top so that she could show the quilting design she created.

Mary

This is Mary’s Vanity Square quilt made for Obie’s friend who wanted a craft themed quilt (previously shared with QT before it was quilted).  Mary couldn’t find many craft themed fabrics so she made it an arts and crafts quilt and added music and painting fabrics.  She brought it back today to share the quilting. She used up the leftover blocks on the back so she could be done with Vanity Square pattern for a good while!

Mary’s 8-year-old grandson told his mom he wanted to take down one of the quilts on his bedroom wall because he wanted a new one. Debra convinced him to measure some of the empty space on his wall so he could get another one instead of having to take one down. Then he decided he wanted a bicycle quilt; his dad asked if he wouldn’t like to have a dinosaur quilt but he was very insistent on having a bicycle quilt!  The quilting includes a bird, some clouds and some irises.

Susan

This is my Circle Pizazz quilt for my oldest son Nick. Learning how to sew curves. Will be adding borders then off to the quilters.

Deanna

The quilt on the left is a Bento Box quilt, re-sized to fit some 5" squares that were left over from a prior quilt, rather than the usual center that uses two rectangles.

The quilt on the right is based on an EBHQ children's quilt pattern, but the rectangles are of varying widths and the fabrics used make it an "I Spy" quilt.

Mindy

Arleen

I was able to finish the tshirt quilt for my friend Jon.  He was so happy to finally see the old tshirts made into a memory quilt.  He gave me a thank you note and some money. I stitched in the ditch with a walking foot and did free motion quilting on some of the T-shirts.

Joan didn’t bring anything but will be hosting the next meeting on June 2 at 130.  She is starting a black and white quilt and is in the middle of assembling it.  She is planning her Washington trip and this is a challenge quilt.