January, 2020

January, 2020

We started off this new year meeting at Joan's house and we were all in attendance.  Many had just returned from a retreat at The Bishop's Ranch.

Next meeting is at Marty's house on February 21.

Joan's daughter had been choosing from quilts already made to go to her home, but wanted a gray one in a modified Chinese Coin pattern.  Joan, of course, made the quilt for her.  The coins will center on the mattress, with the borders hanging over the sides.

And the back is interesting too.

While looking for some Stonehenge fabric, Joan found a quilt top that just needed to be finished.  Just in time for spring.

And there were enough blocks to use some on the back as well.

Deanna has been quilting some Community Quilts on her still relatively new machine. 

This Kaffe beauty has a floral motif quilted in the border.

 She also quilted this Laurel Burch cats theme quilt.

Deanna pieced a fun baby quilt with an airplane theme to give to a soon-to-be mom who is a pilot.

And the back is just as much fun.

Mary was at The Bishop's Ranch working on a one block wonder.  She got it all cut out and started piecing it.  The reveal will be later, but here is the fabric she was using.

Bobbie has been dealing with some health issues that Roger has, but still found time to make this Sue Benner style art quilt.  She still has to add the yellow accent strips.

Mindy has been crocheting and is getting ready to put the small rounds all together.

And she continues to work on her embroidery project, ready to add new colors and a fabric border.

Arleen has been a busy bee working on guild projects.  She made several name tag pouches and was kind enough to bring full instructions to share on how to make them.

She also has made a pillowcase for Edy Brady's project.

And has finally decided to cut up and sew some of the many Japanese fabrics she has been collecting over the years.  Both quilts will be given away as gifts.

Betsy got here owl mandala quilt back from Sue Fox who was quilting it.  The shapes of the mandala are carried out in quilting in the gray border.

The French Braid is a scrap quilt that was going to be donated, but Betsy's son saw it, liked it, and claimed it.  It is quilted and bound, ready to go to his house.

Betsy also got back here Postcards from Sweden quilt from the quilter.  Made with 36 different Kona solids!

Sandy showed us some pot holders she made in December, and was piecing fabrics to make another set or two.  At The Bishop's Ranch she got comments from others that putting them together would make an interesting quilt top.  Decisions, decisions!

Marty made a jelly roll race quilt using the triangle method. (And doesn't her longer hair style look wonderful!)

Marty also shared a book that she used as inspiration to make her blocks for the Bee Sewcial challenge we are doing.

Marty was also busy making postcards for EBHQ.

December, 2019

December Pot Luck

We met at Mindy's for our traditional pot luck lunch and white elephant gift exchange.  We also showed the Kona colors each had picked to use in our Bee Sewcial challenge blocks.

Food was great, gifts were fun, friendship was warm.

Next meeting is at Joan's house.

 

November 2019

It was a smaller group than usual this Friday at Deanna's house, with Mary, Betsy, Sandy, and Bobbie joining Deanna for the meeting.  Christmas decorations were being put up in the driveway and along the fence for a festive entrance to the house.

Next meeting is at Mindy's, on December 20, at noon, for our usual potluck luncheon, and for our gift exchange, with a limit of no more than $15 per gift.

We discussed our next challenge again over Deanna's fig bars and ice cream.  We all agreed to the rules that were discussed and Sandy has kindly offered to assemble the blocks we make into a quilt, with someone else doing the quilting.  Sandy will send out detailed information on the challenge.

Betsy had made a tshirt quilt at the request of a friend of her son's.  Initially, she thought it would be lap quilt size, but instead it is a queen size quilt.  Melissa Quilter did the honors of quilting  it, and given it was the only tshirt quilt Betsy has made, it turned out pretty well.

 

 With the power board giving out on Betsy's Bernina just at the end of piecing this quilt, she is now the proud owner of a new Bernina.  She made a quilt from leftovers to learn how the machine works for piecing, and for quilting.  

 

And a quilt that had been made years ago was used as another learning tool in quilting.

Deanna showed us a lovely new one block wonder and on the back you can see the fabric she used for the front.  She quilted this herself on her new machine too!

 Sandy brought oven mitts she had made, lined with InsulBright and a layer of batting.  Getting ready for the gift giving season, she could have had several takers at the meeting.  

Mary, too, has a new sewing machine, this time a Bernina.  She has been practicing on it learning how to quilt with the stitch regulator.

 

And Bobbie has finally gotten to the finish line with her triptych.  She is in the process of doing the binding and then the hanging sleeve will get attached.

She has the start of another piece or two, as well.

September 2019

Betsy hosted Quilt Therapy in September attended by Bobbie, Sandy, Marty, and Joan.  The Pair/Pere/Pear challenge quilts were due.  Several had been show at a previous meeting, and several more shown here.

There will be no meeting in October as we will be attending PIQF instead.  Next meeting is at Joan's house in November.  (NOTE:  Place changed to Deanna's house as Joan will be out of town.)

Marty showed her pair challenge, a wonderful Yin and Yang pair.

She had also put together some log cabin blocks using the Karen Eckmeier pattern shown in the book Layered Waves.  Love the spikes in the border.

And a preemie quilt for the guild.

Joan had made progress on her latest EPP work with Kaffe Fassett dots.

 

Betsy had finished a beaded curtain look quilt in her favorite blue and white color scheme.  The borders are only on the sides.

And Betsy showed her pair quilt, a pair of owls, of course, with button eyes..

Betsy had seen a picture of a quilt made from strip sets and then cutting triangles that were turned in alternating directions.  Mostly Kaffe fabrics.

Bobbie showed her pair/pear challenge quilt, in artistic Bobbie style.

 Sandy had her pear/pair challenge piece to show with pear fabric and pairs people.

Sandy has also been sewing garments and showed off a new blouse she made.