December Christmas 2011 Party

Jean Crossno hosted the Guild Christmas party. We all  brought dishes. Well .....(except me) I sneaked into Walmart and picked up a fruit and vegetable tray. They let me eat with them anyway.

Here we are enjoying all our good food. It was a dieters nightmare but we all survived. After the wonderful dinner we all adjourned to the living room where we had a short show and tell.

Viola Rodgers conducted the meeting even tho she tried to pass herself off as being Jean Crossno. Jan shared with us some snow flakes that she was making for Christmas gifts.

She's got Janette holding the square up for her. These squares were done with lame and antique silk that Jan had acquired and been keeping for a number of years. The squares were all hand quilted. She said that the silk is just amazing to quilt.

Close up of Jan's work. Jan is an award winning quilter.

 Patsy brought along a pillow that she had made where she did tucks and folded to make an interesting design.
Melissa brought  some toilet paper snowmen that she had made that was embellished with embroidery and had hats fashioned with sweater arms and it all went over a roll of toilet paper. You may notice that I have not included a picture of these snowmen. I confess that I was so busy looking at them that I forgot to take the pictures. So there you have it. Till next month. Happy quilting!

November 2011

Jan Magee taught us to make what she calls Gibbles and bits. I don't know where she got the name but it was an addictive way of making quilt squares. basically you start with an irregular size and shape fabric bit with 4 to 6 sides. You take a piece of a coordinating fabric and sew it to the first piece and so on, not caring about the dimensions of the strip that you sew on. Basically, you work your way around the block either clockwise or counter clockwise until it has grown to the desired size. the the block gets squared up and framed and trimmed again in a "wonky" fashion. The quilt pictured about is one done by Ann, who did hers with Christmas fabrics. Very cute!

Ann Ferris also shared with us her recently completed nine patch quilt.

Lillian Pitman has taken up her knitting needles in a big way and done some really nice stockings for her family.

Patsy Adams brought her new round the world quilt.

Great work everybody!

October 17th Meeting.

We had a great meeting on the 17th of October. There is always show and tell after all the announcements are made and we had several quilts to look at. Please forgive the bad photography as the were very good at dodging the camera last Monday, I guess I'll have to get more aggressive. Ann Bower had the quilt you see over Viola's shoulder that is draped over the piano. It had the neatest pieced border.

There was a beautiful 9 patch quilt. It was so precise I almost it was from cheater cloth but it was just that well made. 

A new bedspread  for a grandchild. 

Quilt of Valor quilt.

After the show and tell Lillian taught a class on making a Kaleidoscope quilt that was cut from 4 layers of fabric and I think three quilts were cut.  We had a good example in Lillian's quilt. 

I love all the color! 

This is far from complete please email me with any addition, photos, or comments and I will add them. 

I'm not sure who made what and it would be great to give credit. 

See you in November!

Announcement: Women's Health Fair the first week of October.

There is a Women's Health Fair the first week of October. We usually have a quilt show and hang quilts on the balcony and since we decided not to have a meeting in Sept. I forgot to say anything at the last meeting.  It would be great if someone could fix us a banister to hang with the guild name on it. I will get back with more in in a day or two.  I have a meeting tomorrow and will learn more on dates and times.
thanks,
Viola

August 15th Quilt Guild Meeting

We had a book swap this month. Everyone brought their quilt books and magazines and traded them. And we also had a great show and tell of quilts and quilt tops. Due to the heat this last month Becky had been inside and for her that meant it was quilt making time. She was very busy!

Around the World 

Nine patch

Baby quilt

Another nine patch

Just look at all those curved seams.

All this in one month!

 Please let me a comment if you have anymore info on these quilts ladies.

Carol said that this one was partly made with garage sale finds. I am not sure how much of it was came from the sale and how much us her work, but it looks great. I tried to get a better shot of the

embroidered center motif. My camera did not do this quilt justice. All the blocks have been appliqued except the center on and she said that she had lost the handle and had to improvise. Nice Save.

Jan McGee paper pieced and hand quilted this beautiful quilt.  The quilt pattern from was a workshop that Carol Ann Wilbourn taught the guild a few months ago. The border is quilt by the mile. Jan will be teaching the block again later on this year, as long as there is not snow and ice on the ground.  

Connie brought her lovely Drunkards Path quilt. The blocks for this quilt were cut out during guild meeting on an Accuquilt-go that Viola brought. I was told that the quild bought the drunkards path dies so anytime a guild member wants to cut out a Drunkards Path quilt Viola will be more than happy to bring it to guild.  Thanks Viola!

Connie also brought this beautiful Quilt of Valor top that she had done.

More Pictures

The patterned squares on this quilt were put together using a border print and fussy cutting. I wish I had more info on the quilts .... and better pictures. 

July 2011

During the meeting for the month of July we all brought 6 1/2" squares to make a "Quilt of Valor" and we had a great time putting these blocks together.

Here is a picture of one of the quilts.

Here is a picture of Ann sewing the strips together while a couple of others looking on.. These quilts will be bound and quilted and sent along to our deserving servicemen. Thanks to everyone for participating.