December 16th Quilt Celebrations!

On Tuesday evening, we had a fun show-and-tell.

First, Susy showed the darling knight outfits she made for her grandsons.

Aren't they great?!

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Then Geralyn shared a quilt she has helped with over a period of time. Sister Valerie did the machine embroidery.  Geralyn used her expertise to help straighten out some difficulties that surfaced over the construction time.  There's minky on the back and the big lettering is ultra-suede.

Thanks for sharing, Geralyn!

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Shirley brought a project she's had going for a long time.  Isn't it striking?  She doesn't remember the name of the pattern, but it reminds me of Carpenter's Square.  Such a great use of two colors!

Beautiful work, Shirley!

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This is a quilt I put together for a friend of mine using a Thimbleberries kit that her mom, Carmen, purchased in 2009 or so.  Carmen passed away this year and my friend wanted to have the quilt completed.  Barb did the quilting and nailed it, again!  Beautiful work, Barb!

Happy Quilting and a Blessed Christmas to all!

Christmas Party

Our Christmas Party was a delightful evening.

We missed those of you who couldn't be with us!

Here are the two best shots captured of the group of us.

A Blessed Christmas to all of you!

November 25th and December 2nd Quilt Celebrations!

Last week we had three quilts to celebrate.

First, Theresa shared a hexi quilt she made for Linus.
It's so cheerful!

Theresa, thank you for all you do to keep Linus running and to continue the flow of blessing to the children who are in need of love and encouragement.

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Diana shared a sweet baby quilt.  She said when she started it, the couple wasn't going to find out the gender of their baby, so she went with colors that could go either way.  Then the couple decided to "peek" and they are having a girl!  There is no doubt either boy or girl will spend lots of time looking at these wonderful colors and interesting shapes.

Nicely done, Diana!

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Speedy Carolann is the first to complete a quilt using the blocks from our four-patch exchange.  It's fitting since she was the first to get all her blocks done.  300 in one night!

Isn't it charming?  No mess, no fuss, just fun lights and darks that sparkle.  The Baptist Fan quilting is fun, too.

Beautiful, Carolann.

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This week, Sharon brought her Winding Ways quilt done in brown and tan.  It is so striking.  She did the piecing and Bill did the quilting.

Lovely job, Sharon!

Happy Quilting!!

November 18th Baby and Quilt Celebrations!

Wow!  What an evening!

First we celebrated the arrival of Jericho Konrad Peterson, who was born on September 23 to Kersten and David Peterson. The group of us contributed blocks for a string quilt in '30's reproduction fabrics.  We presented it to Kersten last night, and got to meet Jericho, too!  Thanks for bringing him, Kersten and David!

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Marylu brought a quilt for which she bought the top.  She has wanted a Snail's Trail quilt and thought this was a good way to get one!

Isn't the back amazing, too?

Beautiful, Marylu!

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Joyce has been really busy!  Not only has she worked on the three quilts for her sons-in-law, she has made this amazing airplane quilt for one grandson and is doing a second one for another grandson!

Isn't it wonderful?

What a fun one, Joyce!

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Then Breigh, Joan's granddaughter, shared her very first four-patch!

Great job, Breigh!

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Theresa brought her 50th birthday quilt to show.  Isn't is just amazing?  She told us about the challenges of getting multiple-sized blocks to work in one quilt top.  She has done a fabulous job!

What a treasure, Theresa!

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Barb brought two really fun ones.  First, her pumpkin quilt.  The colors are so good.

Isn't it wonderful?

And she brought her "tiny" nine-patch.  Each tiny square is 1/2", and each block is 1 1/2".  Such splendid detail.

Beautiful, Barb!

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Then Jessie shared two of her recently finished quilts.  The first is the fourth and last quilt made for Edna Fund's grandchildren.  Made with a combination of batiks and quilter's cottons, she found it challenging using different weight cloth.  I think the result is rather nice though!  The dolphin is wonderful and the quilting Barb did is splendid again!

The second is a baby quilt for her cousin's 2nd baby, and sports a lamb in the middle.

Lovely job on both, Jessie!

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Happy Quilting!!

November 4th Quilt Celebrations!

We had some treats last night.  And I don't mean the cookies and eclairs!

Jessie brought two of the four quilts she is making for Edna Fund's grandchildren.  When Edna was at our quilt show, she asked Jessie if she would be willing to make them for this Christmas, and Jessie has been steadily working on them.

The first is for the youngest, Jaymin.  He has Downs, and this is a letters and numbers quilt to help him is those areas.  The front was a panel that Jessie cut apart and shadow framed each block.  The back is made of blocks from previous ideas for the quilt.  Barb did a wonderful job of quilting it with hand prints, waves and stars.

The second is for the oldest, Amanda.  Her favorite color is teal and her favorite animal an owl.  Jessie used the "Whirl-a-Jig" pattern idea from Connecting Threads.  Barb did the quilting and did a fantastic job of getting the motion Jessie wanted for the pinwheels.  AND the detail she used for the owl is amazing.  Feathers, a branch and leaves!

Both look wonderful, Jessie!

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Geralyn brought her basket quilt and, oh my, what a beauty.

She said it is a compilation of 3 patterns and uses some really cool techniques, some challenging and time consuming.  But look at the results!

Absolutely beautiful, Geralyn!

Happy Quilting!

October 21st Quilt Celebrations!

Okay, I think I'm officially as behind as I've ever been on posting a celebration!  I'm sorry for that.

On the 21st, we had two wonderful quilts to celebrate, one of which we've kind of done before.  But it's a good one to re-celebrate!

So, first off, Annie and Connie brought the Double Irish chain they've been making for a woman who loved Connie's own blue and white Irish Chain so much at Connie's bed-turning at our quilt show, that she wanted to buy it.  "Well, no," says Connie, "it's my Honey's."  So the gal paid them to make one for her instead.  And this is it.

Isn't it fabulous?!?  And Barb quilted it and isn't that fabulous?!?

I like it so well, I think I'll be making something similar!

Beautiful work, ladies. All of you!

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Then Virginia's quilt made a reappearance.  Geralyn brought it in to show us the completed project, replete with labels and pockets on the back for all the documentation of who worked on it.  And they are positioned upside down (from normal) so that when Charlie shows people the back, he doesn't have to twist it around, just turn it up!

Thanks for bringing it in, Geralyn.

It is such a beauty.  The detail is amazing.

Happy Quilting!

October 7th Quilt Celebrations!

Last evening, we celebrated one of the little sample quilts Susy is making for Bobbi to demonstrate Kim Diehl's "Simple Whatnots Club" quilts.  Susy says she has really enjoyed these little bitty yo-yos!

So cute, Susy!

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And Mary Ann brought a quilt top that she and her friend Ellen put together over the weekend.  It is for the soon-to-be-born baby of Ellen's friend and realtor.  The embroidered "penny-blocks" are those which her grandma made years ago for a baby quilt for Ellen.  They are combined with Seahawks fabric because the baby's daddy is a major Seahawks fan!

Happy Quilting!!

September 30th Quilt Celebrations!

On Tuesday evening, we had our monthly four-patch block exchange, as well as celebrating 2 lovely quilts.  Block exchange nights are fun.  Sometimes we have people dropping off their blocks who are only able to come now and again, so it's fun to get to see them!

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Sharon brought her beautiful red, white and black quilt.

She and/or her husband machine quilted it in-house.  

Isn't it striking?

Beautiful work, Sharon!

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Marylu shared her darling string quilt, made for her sister's grandbaby.

I love how she sewed it with the center strip the same on all the blocks,

making it look as if it is sashed.  Very clever!

So sweet, Marylu!

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Ruth also showed us some fun "Disappearing" blocks she made.

Happy Quilting!!