December 2009 Meeting

We had our December Meeting today and a catered Christmas Dinner by Creative Cuisine.  We had several productive members this month, so there was a lot to Sew 'n Tell!

First of all, each member who constructed a raffle quilt block received a button of the actual block picture from Sue!  I think that Sue stays awake at night thinking of neat little ditties like this to reward us!

This is a quilt made by Irene and it's a twisted nine patch. It is huge!

This is a quilt made by Eileen for her granddaughter.  It was another large quilt with a panel in the center!

This is a quilt that Doris made from a BOM program at Quilts & Kreations in South Amherst.  I was really glad that she showed this project as my completed blocks are stored in a pizza box somewhere in my quilt room. I never can figure out how to set them.  Am I the only one who does this?  Can you feel my pain?

 This is another BOM from Quilts & Kreations in South Amherst.  This setting has a panel in the middle.  I really like the setting of this one, it's really different.  Guess what, I have completed blocks and the panel for this one too in yet another pizza box.  I think that Doris must be staying awake at night too thinking of different settings because she just got an APQS longarm.  That is one of the reasons she's been getting so much done lately!

These are some blocks that Doris had that were sewn together and she took them apart and added some sashing and created this quilt for one of the boys!

I am so bad, I cannot remember what Doris said about this quilt, but I can tell you that the nested clamshell quilting on it was awesome!

Here's another one from guess who - - yeah, Doris!  It's a Christmas tree made from men's ties!  I have never seen anything like this, it was so cool.  Now do you believe me when I tell you that she lays awake at night . . .

This is the Guild BOM and Mary got every single one of her blocks done and her top is all put together. 

My instructions are still in the notebook . . .

Here is Mary once again with the other Guild BOM.  She was up until way after midnight getting this one done so she could show it today!  Her machine even broke down, but that didn't stop her, she whipped out her Featherweight so she could finish it!  Mary added some pre-printed blocks that she found at Helping Hands Quilt Shop in Berlin, Ohio too!

Here is Diane with a table runner that she made on her embroidery machine!

Here is Eileen with a couple of the blocks she made. Eileen took an applique class at Country Fabrics in Shiloh. She learned a lot and is looking forward to working on a Baltimore Album Quilt when she finishes this one!

Karen has been busy sewing up a storm for a craft show . . . here is a baby quilt - can't remember the name of it, eighths or something . . . maybe Crazy Eights? 

These are some purses and bags that Karen made too!

This is what I got accomplished - a Girl Scout Cookie pillowcase for Madison, my Daisy Scout granddaughter!

November 2009 Meeting

Our November meeting was a workshop to construct the 42 blocks for our 2010 Raffle Quilt.  40 must be the magic number because each block contains 40 pieces!  It was a challenge, but several members got 2 blocks done, I was not one of them as my seam ripper had become my close personal friend!  Being a gluton for punishment, I took 2 blocks home with me to turn in at a later date. 

The photos shown here are from our show 'n tell: 

April made a wall hanging from some machine embroidered blocks a friend made.

 

Deb made a spikey designed quilt from Doris' BOM scraps and only had to add the border and background fabrics!  Deb, Doris + Irene took a class on this quilt from Country Fabrics in Shiloh.

 

Mary has been busy with two BOM's - I feel like such a slacker as I haven't even begun either BOM project . . .

Even our newest member, Roberta, brought in for Show 'n Tell this cute machine appliqued quilt!  It was just precious!

October 2009 Meeting

We had our meeting today!  I have a couple of new pictures to post . . . the first picture is a block from our raffle quilt for 2010 - it will be joined by 41 other blocks!

Here is Rhonda with 2 more quilts that she finished.

July 2009 Meeting

These are some pictures that were taken at the July meeting - enjoy!

May 9th Meeting

We had our guild meeting today and there was lots to show 'n tell!

First there is Deb, and man, she's been busy making a bag, potholders and a child's quilt from patterns found in a magazine!

Joanne brought in a quilt she named Fiesta made from a pattern she modified found in a magazine.

Then there is Carolyn, the over achiever . . . She went nuts-o making 18 pillowcases for our guild service project - yes, EIGHTEEN of them!

Carolyn also made a Family Signature Quilt from bow ties that family members signed while at a family reunion. As if that wasn't enough, she went on to make a huge, ginormous Thimbleberries Quilt called Pansy Park for a family member. And last, but certainly not least, she made a wall hanging from the Guild BOM that a co-worker had admired, and gifted her with it! I think Carolyn wins the prize for productivity!

It was a Field Trip!

Several members went to the Sauder Village 2009 Quilt Show on Saturday! It was a wonderful time and those members who missed it, will be kicking themselves that they missed it!

Sauder Slideshow

March 2009 Show 'n Tell

Instead of running the risk of getting the names incorrect, I have just posted pictures.

Today it was really noticeable that the left side of the room is the most productive with their quilt projects. What the heck is up with that? Perhaps next month the right side of the room can take a turn!

Below are pictures of blocks from Eileen's Thimbleberries BOM.

These next pictures are quilt tops from the Quilt Retreat, just a few short weeks ago. Several members brought their tops to show!

One over achiever member made two tops!

This is a finished quilt from the 2008 Quilt Retreat!

Here are two quilts for a local shelter

Another show 'n tell of a child's quilt

This was a UFO that was quilted and after being bound will be donated to and hung in the Berlin Heights Fire Station!

And lastly, a quilt top being made totally from stash from a project found on a blog on the Internet!