March 18, 2013

This month we are beginning to get some Alzheimer Quilt for our guilds contribution. The first submitted was from Wanda Prince. It was pieced and hand embroidered with applique.

The story of this quilt begins with bright and sunny,

Butterflies,

And ends in storms and sorrow. Beautifully done. 

Signed with a scripture.

Viola brought two little quilts and they are lovely. 

Jan Magee brought her contribution.

Cindy Albright brought some quilts to share with us.

This was from an ugly fabric contest.

Here's the back and which shows the fabrics the front was made of. 

The label for the quilt.

Ann Ferris shared a couple of scrap quilts that she put together. 

February 2013

Wanda shared her Quilt of Valor again with us and we go a closer look at it.

Hand embroidered.

On the back she has included her label.

The story of the quilt.

I brought the quilt I made for my new granddaughter. Eva Jo.

This is the back of the quilt.

Lillian brought us her beautiful appliqued and pieced quilt. 

Really Pretty!

She also showed us one of her journal.

Melissa did a talk on the Alzheimer Quilt Initiative

http://www.alzquilts.org/. 

January 2013 Meeting

Wanda Prince's beautiful patchwork and applique quilt made the paper this month. Here we see Ann and Wanda posing for their picture with the finished quilt. We have watched this quilt as she constructed it and there are some pictures in prior posts of Wanda's quilt.

 Quilt's of Valor.

Pillow case.

Table Runner and napkins by Viola.

Viola trying to avoid the camera showing off her Christmas napkins.

Viola Hiding behind another table runner.

Got Her! Here she is modeling her newly made apron.

Our activity in January was to make quilted journal covers under the direction of Jan McGee. Below are some pictures of the construction on those covers and some of Ann's finished journals. 

October 2012 Meeting

The October is a wonderful month for quilters. The weather starts to get colder and we start wanting to pull covers over our legs at night and it's a good a time as any to start new Projects! Or at least I did. Ann Bower demonstrated for us how to do a twisted nine patch or disappearing nine patch.

Connie showed us her prize winning quilt that placed both at the Green County Fair and the District Fair in Craighead County.

Cindy showed us her new present quilt that she is working on. 

She is also working on this gorgeous elephant applique quilt.

Patsy brought her own disappearing nine patch quilt. 

Wanda has been working on the border for her Quilt of Valor.

Here's Ann and Becky with the one of the first of the examples that Ann brought for her demonstration.

Ann showed us how she took a finished ordinary nine patch quilt block

and cut it thru the middle both up and down and from side to side.

Then she spun the blocks to make a new arrangement.