July Group - Buggy Barn 1st month show and tell

Coming up: Friendship Quilting Day - September 19th; Quilt Retreat - September 24-27; Quilt Group - September 28th

At the July group we had show and tell for our first month's completion of Buggy Barn madness! Some of us got quite a ways, some got just a little, but it was fun to see what our projects were up to.

Lorraine had her top almost done!:

Gail had a chicken done:

Cathy had a chicken or a few:

Terry finished another:

and even the back was cute:

Terry also made a baby quilt...:

... and another baby quilt:

Val made this cute bag:

and also finished her Buggy flowers:

AND made a baby quilt from the scraps:

Linda made a cute baby quilt:

and another:

and another:

Sherri is almost done with this cute quilt for her daughter going off to college:

Sharon has this fun one, nicely quilted on her frame:

Lisa made a whole cloth quilt - here is a close up of the quilting:

Betsy finished her top (at least the center) during the Monday meeting:

TTFN! Betsy

May Meeting

May 2009
Originally uploaded by CBCCQ

Terry got her final row, Betsy K - not me:-) - showed us a quilt that she's hand pieced!, and Anne's One Block Wonder top is done - sooo cute!

April Meeting

April 2009
Originally uploaded by CBCCQ

Not too many to see this month, but aren't they cute?

March Meeting

March 2009
Originally uploaded by CBCCQ

OK, this is soooo tardy. But I thought you might like to see the pics from our March meeting!

February Group and upcoming dates

Upcoming Dates:

March 21st - Friendship Quilting Day - Cancelled

March 30th - Quilt Meeting - and you LAST CHANCE to get those UFO's for the UFO Challenge turned in!!

We had a good meeting in February! We had 2 new people come (Nikki and Cathy), as well as a fun trunk show by Diana Minor! See more photos on our Companionship Quilters Flickr page.

Diana has a husband (Steve), and 3 kids, aged 14, 12, and 10 (whom she home schools), as well as 2 cats. She's been quilting for 11 years, and started because she saw a beautiful quilt on a friends' bed. She loves being creative, and has only ever actually followed one (count them "1") pattern. Amazing! Her favorite stores are JoAnn's and The Calico Cat. She loves blue (as you'll be able to see with her pictures). Her quilting tip: don't put buttons on a bed quilt - too hard to wash, lumpy, etc. Diana owns and rides her own Yamaha motorcycle (brave girl)! And the lovely embroidery on her quilts is done by her brother, who has an embroidery business.

Kathy showed LOTS of quilts completed, including this lovely star quilt!

Anne finished her row for Mo's Row Quilt. Isn't it spectacular!?!

And Terry made a quilt based on her daughter's crossstitch design. Terry looked it up herself on the Interned, designed the quilt, and even made a fancy back! Nice work Terry!

Next Meetings

The 21st is Friendship Quilting Day.

And the 23rd will be our next group meeting. Come see what Diana Minor has been up to in her amazingly short quilting career! She's quite productive!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Lisa! Hope you have a wonderful day!

January Show and Tell

Just a few pics from January meeting. First Terry's 2-sided baby quilt:

And Betsy's 70's quilt:

January Meeting!

Hi all! Many of you weren't able to come on Monday night, and many of us wanted some of the info we discussed written down. So here are a few of the things we talked about!

Lisa Ordering
Lisa Powell will be ordering from Checker soon (really soon), so if you need any notions/supplies, let her know and she can add it to her order. You can look to see if they have items at http://checkerdist.com/.

Anne is having a baby!

For those of you that may not know, Anne Rogers is having a baby - she's due June 14th! Congrats!

Link to Basket Pattern

I made a few baskets, and brought one to show.  They're easy and gave me a chance to use some of my scraps! And best of all, the pattern was free online! Here a link to it: http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2008/05/tutorial-fabric-basket.html

Sharon Schamber

Val was telling us that Sharon Schamber, an amazing award winning quilter, has an informative website. While part of this site is for money, she does have some video and other things on there for free! Here's the link: http://sharonschambernetwork.com/

Upcoming Dates

Here are some of the upcoming dates relevant to us quilters:

Bellevue Art Museum Show: 1/27-5/31

January FQD (Friendship Quilting Day): 1/31 (this Saturday)

February FQD: 2/21

February Group: 2/23

Sew Expo: 2/26-3/1

Women's Retreat: 3/6-8

March FQD: 3/21 (also National Quilting Day!)

March Group: 3/30

Shop Hop: 6/24-28

Toad in Puddle

Terry showed us a block she's working on... and got off the Internet herself! It's called "Toad in a Puddle" and here's what it looks like.

Val had a death in her sewing machine family

If anyone has a Juki they'd like to sell, Val Davis would be interested in buying it. You can email her at vgal@earthlink.net.

Baby Quilts Update

The church is having a Family Service on February 18th, which includes baptisms (for adults) and baby dedications. Debbie has enough quilts for this dedication, but this will leave her with no boy quilts, and 1 or 2 girl quilts. Thanks for being so faithful in making lovely quilts for the babies!

Well, that's about it... enough, I know! Have a lovely week!

Betsy

It's January!

OK, I'm sure you thought I'd forgotten about you all. Life just seems like it's been so discombobulated lately...

Anyway, one important thing... Friendship Quilting Day is on the 31st (was on the 17th), so mark your calendars! Next meeting is January 26th.

And pictures... They're on Flickr - here are a couple of cute ones - follow the Flickr link to see them all!

TTFN! Betsy