February 2011 Retreat

This years Retreat was great again as usual.  We had several new participants too!  I didn't take too many pictures . . .

Kathy was working on the Stacked Logs + Rising Stars pictured below

Eileen was working on a hexagon Wreath!

Jeanette was working with a cute butterfly fabric!

This colorful one was whipped up by Carolyn

This is Jeanette's colorful Challenge Quilt

A little purse for Mary's granddaughter!

This star was made by Rhonda!

Joanne finished this UFO!

This is one that Doris was working on - it reminds me of spumoni!

Linda B whipped up this little Twister wall hanging!

This is another quilt that Kathy was working on . . .

I think it may have been Roberta who was working on this colorful rag quilt!

Rhonda finished this Christmas top made from flannels!

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February 2011 Meeting

 We had lots of sew 'n tell for today's meeting!  First up is Judy K with a Disappearing 9-Patch quilt













Then there is Pat M with her interpretation of the 2010 Guild Retreat Quilt made for Fred in various shades of purple, bordered in a dark purple with black stars!

 This is Doris' scrappy 2010 Guild Retreat Quilt . . . simply breath taking!  What a great job Doris!

Linda, aka the Pillowcase Goddess with well over 100 made to date, brought in 30 more pillowcases for the Guild service project! 

 Linda also made this quilt from a cheater panel she scored at a local garage sale - also for the Guild service project!

This is the Guild Raffle Quilt which was just returned from the longarmer!

Jeanette just finished a QOV (Quilts of Valor) with some fabrics donated by Moda!   The QOV group has planned a trip to a military facility (in the Toledo area I think) where they plan on distributing approx 30+ quilts!

 I went on a 4 day/3 night quilting retreat at the end of January and had a very productive time as you can see by the following 5 pictures.  First up is UFO #3, a Disappearing 9-Patch from an online swap, quilted and bound . . . Done, Done and Done!

This is Now & Later, UFO No. 3, and all I have left to do on this one is to tack the binding to the back!  I am not all that crazy about this quilt, but when I purchased the pattern I was hungry and there were Now + Later candies attached to the pattern so I bought it! 

Next thing are Tulip blocks made from 30's reproduction fabrics from an online swap! 

 This is a top I made from the book Jelly Roll Quilts.  Coincidentally, I used the same line of fabric on my quilt as they did in the book!

Lastly is a top I made from batiks I purchased while in Hawaii!  I saw the pattern for this in the Feb/Mar 2011 issue of McCall's Quick Quilts and it was a breeze to make - it really was quick and easy!

January 2011 Meeting

Today's meeting was short + sweet!  Seams as though everyone enjoyed their holidays too!  We are anxiously awaiting the Guild Annual Quilt Retreat at the end of February.  Below are a few items from our Sew 'n Tell:

This is a quilt Joanne made for one of her granddaughters.  She quilted it with spider webs and used Superior Threads Glow in the Dark thread and it stayed lit up for 28 minutes! 

This is a patriotic wall hanging that was formerly a UFO on Joanne's List!

Then, just for kicks, Joanne whipped up Scrappy Hearts from her stash!

Here is Sue with a tie she made for her husband!

                                                         and since Sue will not be in attendance at the Guild Retreat next month, she brought in her Guild Challenge Quilt to show all of us!  Everyone who attended the Retreat last year received an envelope which contained a crayon and we were to design/make a quilt using that color.  Sue's crayon was the green used in her quilt!

Here is Doris with two of 30, yes, you read that correctly, THIRTY pillowcases she made while visiting family over the Holidays!

Here are the balance of Doris' thirty pillowcases!

and last, but certainly not least, here is Linda with 10 pillowcases she made over the holidays for the Guild service project!

Great Job Ladies!

Christmas Party 2010

 

13 members celebrated our Guild Christmas Party today at Danny Boy's restaurant in Sandusky this afternoon after a brief business meeting!  We all brought a white Elephant gift to exchange! We had a great meal (everyone ordered what they liked from the menu).  Some us even brought home doggie bags!   

There were a couple of sew 'n tells: 

Carolyn brought a big bag of loot from her recent trip to California!  Fabrics, patterns, magazines, etc, and all so "Carolyn" in her favorite colors!               

I brought in my finished scrappy Wedding Rings top.  It looks pretty cool with the light shining from behind the quilt . . .

Hope everyone enjoys the Holiday's!

November 2010 Meeting

The picture above is the Guild's 2010-11 Raffle Quilt.  We all worked on the blocks at last months meeting and Doris has been busy sewing all of those blocks together.  It's now ready to be taken to a local longarmer!

This months meeting was really exciting as we had several demos:

• English Paper Piecing
• Lil' Twister and the Twister rulers
• No Waste Flying Geese
• 10 minute Block

I think everyone really had a great time with the demos.

So here are the results of our Sew 'n Tell

This is one of the first quilts that Pam made.  It's a rag quilt and the shot below is of the bottom portion of the quilt which I seemed to have cut-off in the picture to the left . . .

Rhonda is making several of these cute trees for family members!

Roberta is making these cute snowmen for her family members - she must of had at least a dozen of them!

Kathy made a cover for a pillow and a machine embroidered angel for the top of a tree!

Linda B made this quilt for our guild service project, a local shelter

Here is another quilt for the shelter made by Linda

Linda also made a cute flip flop tote!

Doris made a quilt from a classic block pattern found in the Nov/Dec 10 issue of Quiltmaker magazine. 
This classic block was re-designed by Anita Grossman Solomon and utilizes a revolutionary piecing technique.



 

Here is a foundation pieced string quilt made by Doris!

Here's another from Doris with a neat border fabric - and she even mitered the corners - very impressive!

Doris also made this Paddington Bear quilt.  It was a long time in the making for a family member - looks like it was worth the wait though!

Pat M made this cute bag to hold the essentials, credit cards, and a cell phone! 

This is just one of several blocks that Jane's daughter, Kelly, who is a beginner quilter, brought to show us. 

Carol finished the quilt for her daughter, it's machine quilted and bound! 

Here's a purse Carol modified with pockets to suit her needs!

Here's Eileen with a baby quilt suitable for a boy that she was working on at our Guild Retreat last month.  It's done!

Here's Eileen again, this time with a baby quilt for a little girl and it's done too!

Kare just needs to add borders to this top she was working on at the guild retreat . . .   

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