May 2010 Meeting

Since I was not able to attend the April meeting, I asked the members who had something for sew 'n tell to bring the items back again this month so I could photograph them! 

First up is Mary with her completed quilt top from our February 2010 Retreat.  What is wrong with this picture?  I do not even have all of my blocks cut out and her top is done, and to really frost my cake, she had this done for last months meeting... what an incredible job Mary!

Mary also brought her completed  blocks from this years Guild BOM program

Next up is Rhonda with a bright baby quilt (I love the spikes) and a tulip wall hanging that she hangs at work!

This is Deb's embroidered quilt top from the LQS BOM - it was a work of art!

Here is Deb again with a tote bag she made from the 2009 Quilt Retreat challenge fabric

This is a LQS BOM "from years ago" that Doris finally made into a bright and colorful baby quilt.  I have this BOM too, all of the blocks are done and just sitting in a pizza box . . .

Here is Kathy with an iris table runner, her work is impeccable!

Here is Kathy again with another project, a gorgeous swing jacket that was free motion quilted!

Here is Doris with a colorful lap quilt!  It is so striking!

Doris then showed us a large wall hanging she made from mens ties for a friend who lost her husband.

Doris also made 15 pillowcases for our service project, a local shelter.

 

Here is Sue Miss Productivity with a bed quilt that she made from last years Guild BOM. I have the instructions for this, but never made it, now that I've seen Sue's I want to get going on one!

And last, but certainly not least is a quilt Karen made from a pattern in Pat Speth's Nickel Quilts book.  What a great job!

March 2010 Meeting

This morning we met for the March Guild meeting and there was lots to sew 'n tell!

First thing to show is our Guild Raffle Quilt.  Tickets can be purchased by emailing kybarra at neo dot rr dot com 

Maura is making picture frames from fabric!

April made 7 or 8 pillowcases to be donated to our local service project and a grocery tote for herself.

Sue brought in a gorgeous quilt she finished recently

Doris made an apron for a small child!

Kathy brought in 3 projects.  The first is a small wall hanging from a class she took in Upper on Machine Appliqué.

Second, a table runner that she made for a Christmas Gift that was embroidered and raw edge appliquéd, very cute!

Lastly, Kathy brought in the very first quilt she made . . . it was huge, not to mention finished!

Doris finished two projects she was working on at the Retreat:

Project Two was huge 96 x 110 and Doris said the blocks were a breeze to construct:

Deb made one too, but she has to add borders

Judy has been working away to catch up with last years BOM!  Love, love, love the bright colors!

Carolyn brought in her Challenge Quilt from the 2009 Retreat

Joanne's been busy again, as usual!  She made a reversible handbag from kitchen dish towels!

Then she showed a UFO which she recently finished!  A lot of the fabrics for this quilt were purchased from a trip to Lake Tahoe

and this quilt which only took her 5, yes five hours to construct.  It is made using the Twister Ruler which can be found online at The Country Schoolhouse

Our Quilt Retreat was a great success!

Our Quilt Retreat was this past weekend was a great success! Because we have increased our membership since last years retreat, we had to move our Retreat to a larger venue! This place was great, much bigger, lots of large windows, a fully functioning kitchen, cable TV and a separate room for our Licensed Massage Therapist Deedra! Deedra decorated the room with little lights, relaxing music and incense - very relaxing! Our optional program this year was a Mystery Quilt. The quilt was pictured on the cover of the June 2009 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. I like it so much, that when I am done with the one I am working on now, I plan on making another from my stash!  I was so busy trying to catch up to everyone else that I am afraid I neglected my photo duties - these are just a few of the many, many quilts being worked on!

OK, the pictures below are from the 2009 Quilt Retreat Challenge.  At last years retreat we were each given an bag containing 2 fat quarters and we were required to make something using the 2 fat quarters and the sawtooth star block.  They could be any size and we were allowed to add as much other fabric as we chose.  As you can see, there were several members who participated in the challenge returning this year with their projects unfortunately I was not one of them as my challenge kit is still in the bag it was given to me in buried somewhere in that pit I call a quilting studio . . .