Monday, October 1, 2012

September Meeting and our First Block of the Month!


We had fun at Quilt Group last Monday! I was especially surprised - a 50th Birthday celebration! Totally surprised. What a sweet group! About 6:25 I was totally wondering where everyone was... why no one had come yet! Terry came in and informed me that traffic was especially stinky, and that must be why everyone was late. You guys are too funny.

A couple of you made wonderful cupcakes for the occasion! (Good think I ran out of time to make the cake I was thinking about!) And I am so thankful for the lovely gifts! I feel so special!


New Facebook Page!

We have set up a new Facebook page so we can easily share photos of our new Block of the Month projects, and anything else you want. Check it out!

Upcoming Dates

October 4-7: Quilt Retreat at Seabeck
October 5-7: Laconner Quilt Festival
October 13: Friendship Quilting Day
October 28: Ladies Christmas Friendship Dinner Hostess registration begins
October 29: Quilt Group Meeting

Retreat

Our January retreat will be at Seabeck on January 17-20, 2013. I know that sounds like a long time away, but it's just around the corner! It's $195 for 4 days of quilting and being cooked for! If you haven't come before, maybe now's the time? :-)

Block of the Month

We had our first viewing of our Block of the Month project on Craftsy.com. You can rewatch the video if you'd like. It's free, but you do need to register on Craftsy's website and "purchase" the free class. This is the class.

Show and Tell

We had lots of show and tell! Too fun!
Gail made this cute flannel baby quilt from Terry's baby
fabric donation!

Sherri finished this one with little lambs... so cute!


Heidi made this sweet one with frogs

Wendy stayed home on Baby Quilting Day
and made this quilt...

...and this one...

... and this one too! Amazing!

Ginger made these two baby quilts! Started out as one
baby quilt for her grand nephew. She decided
it was too big and split it into two - one for
the grand nephew and one for the church babies. Sweet!

Cherice made this baby quilt. And Betsy (aka "the other
Betsy" - she probably calls me that too!) bound
it for us. Nice teamwork ladies!

Linda made this one out of striped fabric - nice job!

Jean finished her Pizza Box Exchange top - really nice job!

Diana made this cute bag from a pattern she found
on Pinterest! Gotta love that! She also made one as
a gift for someone's 50th birthday - thanks!

Diana got to quilt her Jelly Roll Race quilt on a
longarm at the new Kent quilt shop! Too fun! 

and here's the back!

Cherice made this adorable elephant...

Eileen showed this wonderful Hawaiian shirt quilt
that she made for her brother. Adorable pattern and
hand quilted! Beautiful! and even has a label!

Barb got a AQS longarm! So she just had to do some
practicing! This cute quilt was one of the results...

... and it's back...

...she finished up her Buggy Barn quilt...

... this cute red quilt (was this an Apple Crisp?)...

... with this cute back...

... this cute baby quilt...

...here's it's back...

... and Barb finally quilted this top that she said has been
sitting around her sewing room for years "not speaking
to her." I'm glad it finally spoke up... it's cute!

and we can't forget Micha's show and
tell... a new iPhone! And hopefully this
one survives the boys better!

1 comment:

Janet said...

Hi,
I have been searching for a Hawaiian shirt quilt pattern for my g/f . Her husband died unexpectedly and she has about 12 of his Hawaiian shirts and I found the perfect quilt on your blog. She is a quilter and would like to take his shirts and make a quilt. Could you please ask the maker of the quilt where she got the pattern or if she is willing to sell her pattern. I am in the USA and my g/f is in Vancouver BC Canada. I can be reached at janetwingfield@gmail.com