July 2011 Meeting

It was hot, hot, hot today, but we had a great meeting!  Sew 'n Tell was short, but sweet . . . 

First up is Joanne with her Raffle Quilt for the 3day Breast Cancer Walk.  This picture only shows half of the quilt! 

Here is Joanne again, this time with her Judy Niemeyer Glacier Star.  She is sending this top to a longarmer in California to quilt for her!

Next up are two of the same pattern, Fast Forward, in two different colorways.  The one with the black background is scrappy from Kare's Stash and the white background is a batik jellyroll of Joanne's!

Next up is Doris with some gift totes she made for her sons wedding.  Out of town guests for the wedding who are staying at a local hotel will be receiving these totes filled with goodies!

Here is another quilt by Doris that she just got back from Ginger, the longarmer.  Check out the picture below to see the backing where the pattern is really visible that Ginger used on this quilt!

I don't know what pantograph this is, but it's gorgeous!

Next up is Kathy with an embroidered table runner!

















 
 This is Mary's Guild BOM











This is Carolyn's Guild BOM 

This is Roberta's purse

 This is a "Row Robin" program that Roberta is participating in with an online group of quilters. 

 Lastly, here is Doris again with her Guild BOM's!

June 2011 Meeting

We had a short + sweet meeting today!  Several sew 'n tells too:

This is a potholder from the February 2011 Guild Retreat that Kathy + Doris gifted to all the attendees!  Karen recently finished hers
 

Karen also found a free pattern for this small wall hanging on a blog!  She may gift it to a niece who loves the Denver Broncos!

Eileen has been busy embroidering throws for recent graduates!  What a great non-labor-intensive idea!

Sue has been busy finishing up projects.  This was a BOM from a LQS.  Love the bright colors in this one - it's so cheerful!

Sue also finished a bed runner from a Judy Niemeyer Bali Wedding Star Pattern.  This was absolutely gorgeous.  I can hardly wait to see it quilted . . .

Kathy has been machine embroidering again - here is her gecko tote bag.  She even added an "extra" block to the inside lining of the bag!

This is a lap quilt that Kathy also machine embroidered.  Below is a close up . . . .

This is a close up of two of the blocks from Kathy's lap quilt.

                                             This is a Double Wedding Quilt that Doris made as a wedding gift for one of her children.  The picture below is a close-up

This is a close-up of the quilting on Doris' Double Wedding Ring . . . the feathering was really elegant! 

Apparently Doris, aka the Pillowcase Goddess, was not busy enough working on that DWR Quilt as she managed to whip up 56 pillowcases for a local shelter!

This is a colorful donation quilt that Linda whipped up!

Here is another donation sampler quilt made from some donated blocks that Linda rescued!

Linda also made 5 pillowcases. but apparently, I forgot to take a picture of them :(

This is a quilt that Pam recently finished.  Pam was working on this quilt at our Guild Quilting Retreat back in February.  The quilt was constructed from a jelly roll!

These are some BOM that Mary made, two blocks are from the 2010 Guild BOM Program and the other is from the Guild 2011 BOM Program.

I apologize for this picture, as there are two dolls but only one pictured that Jeanette made for The Giving Doll Project for children in need.  Each handmade doll comes with a blanket and tote bag and some even have little trinkets, like the little Matchbox car with the boy doll, or sometimes a book!

These two blocks are Carolyn's from the Guild BOM Program.

Carolyn also has been busy finishing up a UFO from 2003 - a Stack 'n Whack Quilt!

                                     Carolyn also finished a signature quilt for her family reunion later this month.

This is a new project I am working on from a pattern called Fast Forward by Julie Herman.  I love this quilt and it is so simple and fast to construct.  Julie has a blog called Jaybird Quilts, I strongly suggest you check out her pattern tab to see what she has to offer - the quilts are all so cute!

May 2011 Meeting

Not too much for Sew 'n Tell this month . . .

This is the 1600 Quilt that Karen made in 1.5 hours!  This would make a great lap quilt for family members or donation and Karen finished it in 90 minutes! 

This is a Bethany Reynolds Stack 'n Whack that Eileen finished from 2002.  It WAS a UFO, but not anymore, because it's done, done done, quilted and bound!

This was a new project from Eileen - she received the pattern at our Guild Quilt Retreat in February and whipped this up!

These two blocks are Rhonda's and they are from the Guild BOM Program.

This is one of Mary's Guild BOM blocks!

Linda has been at it again or perhaps I should say she's still at it with another donation quilt.

Linda also completed several pillowcases for a local shelter

Jeanette has been obsessed really productive making purses and snapbags!  Love all the combinations she used!

 Pam is on a roll getting some UFOs completed.  Here is a small star wall hanging she recently finished.

Pam also completed this UFO, a nautical panel she embellished.

Pam also was pretty creative making a protective pouch/cover for her Kindle! 

April 2011 Meeting

 It was an exciting and informative meeting today with several guests in attendance.  Joanne gave a presentation on entering quilts in local fairs and quilt shows. 


First up with sew 'n tell is a fussy cut Winnie the Pooh Quilt made by Eileen.  I didn't notice it when I took the picture, but the boxes all appear to have a shadow - what a cool effect Eileen, great job!

This is the hexagon project aka Grandmother's Flower Garden, that Eileen was working on at our Guild Retreat last month, and she is almost finished with the wreath. 

 Another one by Eileen made from a package of charm squares.  The pattern was on the April 2011 front cover of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.  Eileen tweaked the outer border using piano keys instead of the flying geese.
  

This is Eileen's last sew 'n tell, a quilt top that is soon to become a Twister Quilt!  Hopefully at next months meeting she will have that top completed so we can all see a before & after . . . that is a subtle hint Eileen!

This is Mary's Stash Digger Quilt from the guild 2011 February Retreat and it looks great!

Two of today's several guests brought sew 'n tells with them.  This one belongs to Terri and it was gorgeous.  It is all applique and that center basket/vase is absolutely stunning!

This is another quilt of Terri's and this was was made from all of her scraps!  It was gorgeous too!

These are 2 purses that Terri made too that were embellished with machine embroidery!

This was another guest, Janice, who brought her miniature wall hanging in for us to enjoy!  The flowers were dimensional + awesome!

This machine embroidered purse was made by member Kathy W.  Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of the zipper pull !

Here is Janice again with her machine embroidered purse!

This is Kathy W's Twister quilt

Kathy sure has been busy, this is her Stretched Star quilt

This is Kathy W's Double Pinwheel Quilt!

This is Roberta's Spring Fling quilt top!  Really Springy!

These next two pictures are of an online program Roberta is participating in.  It's a Row Robin - this first picture was sent to her be another program participant and Roberta now has to add a row of blocks to it.  The blocks could be any pattern and she is allowed to choose colors as long as they are in the original color family!  By the time this person gets this back, it will have five rows made by other people!  What a neat idea!

These are the blocks Roberta will be submitting!

This is Janet's "crayon" challenge project from the 2010 Guild Retreat.  Her tote has several pockets inside + out!

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This is Janet's Stashbuster Quilt from our 2010 Guild Retreat!  Great job!

This is Janet's Stash Digger Quilt from this years Guild Retreat!  Janet has been really productive since she finally got a foot control for her machine . . .

This is a t-shirt memory quilt made by Kare

This is a comfort quilt Linda B made for donation!