February Meeting Notes

Here's a little info from our last meeting!

The baby dedication process is changing. The church is considering having a class for the parents as part of the dedication process. The date for the next baby dedication has not been set and we don't know how many quilts we will need. Debbie will keep us posted. Keep them coming and we'll be ready when the next rush hits!

Betsy shared a devotional from a book "Jesus Calling"

We are considering having another retreat in June. Let Betsy know if you'd be interested. We do have a retreat set for October 3-6 - let her know if you'd like to go to that one too!

Gossypium; The new quilt shop in Issaquah is open. Val Davis reported she will be teaching beginning quilting at the shop. Mo Newman (former coordinator of Companionship Quilters) is also teaching there, and coordinating teachers.

Diana showed a antique quilt made by her grandmother that she is planning on repairing. Sounds like her grandmother made quite a few of these. Well loved and well used - just what a quilt should be. Click on the pic to see it larger.

Many of us are working on the Craftsy Block of the Month, and brought the latest blocks to share. We watched the video for Month #4 which are two blocks that incorporate hexagons.

Show and Tell was fun too! Click on the pics to see them larger!

Cherice's Easy Street Mystery Quilt

Sherri's Sheep Baby Quilt

Sherri's Boy Sheep Baby Quilt

Barb's Baby Quilt

Sherri's Baby Nine Patch

Diane's quilt made for her and
her hubby many years ago!

Diane's Son's quilt - now
his wedding quilt!

Diane's Baby Quilt

Betsy's Baby Quilt

Micha's Buggy Barn quilt
for her niece

Cherice's Baby quilt - with
quilting sampler

January Group (& November!)

I missed February Group meeting, but Melanie took pics of what you all did! I'll need to hear the stories! Click on the links below to see them bigger!

1. Terry & Barb's Auction Quilt done!, 2. Pillow by?, 3. Tricia's Prince Charming Quilt, 4. Tricia's Batiks Quilt, 5. Tricia's Batik Quilt Back, 6. Tricia's Halloween Quilt, 7. Barb's Baby Quilt, 8. Terry & Barb's Auction Quilt, 9. Terry's Pizza Box Exchange quilt, 10. Diana's? One Block Wonder, 11. Diana's One Block Wonder, 12. Diana's Buggy Barn Purses, 13. Diana's? Quilt, 14. Diana's? Star Quilt

And for the record, here are pics from last November's meeting too! Wow I'm behind!

1. Terry's Socks, 2. Diana's Pizza Box Exchange Quilt, 3. Diana's Wall Hanging, 4. Debbie's Knitting, 5. Barb's Quilting on new machine, 6. Barb's Quilt, 7. Diana's Star Sampler Quilt back, 8. Diana's Snowman Bag, 9. Diana's Star Sampler Quilt, 10. Diana's Grinch Bag, 11. Diana's Quilt Back, 12. Diana's Quilt

October Group

You've probably seen all the pics on Flickr already, but if not, here they are! We had a small group, but fun! And we watched Craftsy's "February" block of the month... our 2nd lesson! Can't wait to get trying out new methods!

Micha made this cute baby quilt top at Quilt Retreat
- her first retreat in a long time!

Micha also made this one with "classic" Strawberry
Shortcake fabric! Let's hear it for the classics!

Micha's Buggy Barn quilt for her niece.

and Micha's Buggy Barn for her! Cute!

Barb quilted this on her new longarm. Nice!

Barb's getting lots of practice - and her daughters
are making sure she doesn't run out
of things to practice on!

Diana made this - but Betsy showed it on her behalf! Cute, huh?

and Betsy showed this on Sue's behalf! Also adorable...
and she "made" that scrappy fabric!

Cherice got her Row Quilt top together.
This turned out totally adorable! It inspired
me to get working on mine!

Debbie W made this cute baby quilt top! What a
fun, easy, versatile pattern. Thanks Sherri.

Marsha joined us to see what group was like. She showed this
quilt that she made some time ago. Nice! And she's got bundles
of fabric she's been saving so that she can just jump right in! :-)

Nan showed us her cute baby quilt top made
from Terry's scrap flannel. Sweet.

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!