April Group

We had quite a few people at April's group meeting last Monday, including Melody Carpita, who was visiting to see what we were all about! Disorganized sometimes, but we mean well! :-)

We're going to have Jelly Roll races next Friendship Quilting Day, May 14th! Can't wait! All you need to participate is a jelly roll (or 40 2 1/2" x 40" strips), your sewing machine, scissors and thread. We'll start at 9:00, setting up, and doing the "pace lap", sewing our strips together end-to-end. The flag will drop at 11:00! Ladies have been known to have completed a top in 35 minutes! Can't wait!

We did have some Show and Tell:

DebbieW was working on a baby rail fence quilt... basting at group!

Linda made this quilt to sell.

Linda made this one for one of her new twin grandsons...

... and she made this one for the other twin!

Linda made this Quilt-As-You-Go baby quilt. This is the one side...

... and this is the back!

Barb made this adorable quilt for her grandson!

Melody is making one of these baby block blocks for her daughter each year. It started out that she was selecting and making the blocks. However her daughter started selecting the fabric herself, and now is even designing the layouts!

Melody made this while learning to quilt. She seemed apologetic that she had let something sit so long, but clearly she hasn't seen any of our UFO stacks! We all have really old things sitting around to be completed! No pressure Melody!

Betsy made this baby quilt that had been started by someone else. She found the blocks in the baby quilt fabric box, and made some more. This is her April 2004 UFO Challenge quilt! Quilted and done!

March 2011 Group

We had fun on Monday! We spent quite a bit of time showing each other's Block Robin blocks. Really fun!

Betsy also showed a slide show of a stunning quilt show that was happening in New York at the time. It was called Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts. An amazing show of 651 red and white quilts collected by one woman - and shown all together for her 80th birthday. The largest quilt show ever held in New York. You can see people's photos of the show here on Flickr, and a video on Martha Stewart's website.

Jennifer's Heirloom Blocks
Jennifer was given these blocks by her mother - they were made by her grandmother. Lovely 30's Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks. Most ready to put together! Lorraine helped sort them. :-)

Jennifer's Heirloom Blocks
A whole box full of loveliness!

Diana made these cute minis - 1 from a pattern, and 3 of her own design. And found the cute quilt hangar while at Women's Retreat in Leavenworth. Such mini stippling - amazing! Nice job!

Betsy's Apple Crisp - started in September 2002 and our first Quilt retreat in Seabeck

And the back - and her "use it up" philosophy!

February Meeting ... and first Block Robin Showing!

We had fun at our meeting for February! This was the first month of our Block Robin Exchange - the big reveal of our own blocks! Should be fun in the future!

Linda shared with us Colossians 3:15 - "And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts (call the shots, umpire).  For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful."

All of us with our Block Robins Exchange blocks - and a few stand-ins for those not present!

Ginger's baby quilt almost completed... only binding left to go!

Diana's raggy baby quilt for her sister's new baby!

Diana's practice quilt for her sisters!

Diana finished this baby quilt...

Diana also finished this baby quilt... designed herself!

Diana finished a couple of quilts tops that her mother had made. This one...

and Diana also finished this one of her mom's tops!

And Diana made these 2 taggies for babies! So cute! And yes, that makes a total of 8 (count them, 8!) finished projects for her this month... WOW!

Betsy finally finished her Mystery Quilt that we started 6 years ago!

Linda made this for Henry. He loves that Washington fabric!

Sharon made this fun baby quilt!

Micha made this cute baby quilt... so fun! Her boys think it ought to be for the new coming girl cousin!

And last, but not least, a picture of Ginger's salad, just because she was being such a smartie! :-)

January Meeting!

We had a desperation plea for baby quilts, and got several last month! And we announced our Block Robin exchange (the new pizza boxes), and signed up for that! Melanie had made some examples, and here are her samples:

See how the lights/darks placement totally changes the look of each one!

Terry received this from her daughter - and it's hand quilted!! Wow!

Made for Terry's grandson

Barb made for her granddaughter!

Baby Boy Quilt by Debbie W

Baby Boy Quilt by Sherri

And a 2nd Baby Boy quilt by Sherri - so cute!

Wendy made from Linda's flannel scraps - so resourceful!

Gail's for the babies, with cute lace between the blocks!

So darling one that Wendy crosstitched by hand!

Betsy's finally finished Christmas wall hanging.

And a Baby Boy quilt by Betsy.

November Group meeting

November's quilt group was actually in December (post Christmas Dinners). We had some fun show and tell!.



Melanie's cute quilt





Diana show these cute snowmen wall hangings,
with real knitted scarves!





Micha's Baby Quilt




Wendy got some work done on her fun
Buggy Barn mittens.



If you hadn't seen it yet, this is the completed
Comfort Quilt for the Keys in memory of Justin.



October Group

A few notes from our last Quilt Group meeting:

- November 13th is Ministry Quilting Day - we'll likely work on strippy blocks and baby quilts.
- December 6th will be our "November" quilt group (post-Christmas Dinners, so we can relax and have fun!)
- December 11th Friendship Quilting Day is up for discussion - I'll send an Evite to see if there's any interest.

For those of you that weren't there to make your nametag, we have your names at church, and Cherice has various directions that you can use to devise a nametag! We had fun, and some even got done!

Strippy Quilts:
- Cherice and Betsy made up "fast packs" with fabric for 4 strippy blue and yellow blocks. Please take a bag and make a few, and before we know it we'll have a quilt made!
- If you have any strippy blocks at home, please bring them in this week (to Betsy's mailbox is fine), so Diana and friends can work on them on Ministry Quilting day! Thanks much!

Here's our Show and Tell for the evening:

Diana's Seasonal Table Runners

Diana's Spring Table Runner

Wendy's Baby Quilt - "Thou Shalt Not Use Orange." The salesperson at the quilt store told her she couldn't use orange if it wasn't a Halloween quilt. Wow! Some of us are in trouble!

Debbie's Baby Quilt