Wednesday, April 29, 2015

April 28th Quilt Celebrations

On the 21st, Rachelle brought a treasure trove
of finished quilts to share with us.

First was this darling nautical-themed baby quilt.


Then a two-fer....
This cute one and a bonus "little" from the triangle scraps.



Aren't they wonderful?

And then a string quilt with a great pattern created from
the same center strip in each block which matches the sashing.
Great idea!



Beautiful as always, Rachelle!

Happy Quilting!

April 21st Quilt Celebrations!

On the 21st, we got to see Ruth's repair job on a quilt she was given.



So much work, Ruth.  Nice job.

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And Connie brought the baby quilt for her newest grandbaby,
who we now know is Hazel!



Beautiful, Connie!

Happy Quilting!

April 14th Quilt Celebrations!

We had a few celebrations on the 14th.....

Diana brought her Leavenworth friendship quilt
made of 12 blocks from quilt group friends
who meet each year in Leavenworth and also near White Pass. 



Fun reminders of good times!

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Joan brought her snowman, which is just darling!


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I finished "Peace and Healing", a Civil War sampler
for my daughter-in-law which I designed for her.
Barb did the fabulous quilting!




Happy Quilting!!

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

March 31st Quilt Celebrations!

Jeannie Austin came to visit
and brought with her a couple of her recent finishes.
What a treat to have her with us and get to see her amazing work!

She brought a couple of smaller projects for youngsters.  They're cute!



She brought her Baltimore, which is her version of a larger one with which she helped a friend awhile back.  I wish I would have recorded what she said about it so we could have it here, but I didn't. There is a lot of history surrounding the origins of the quilt that inspired this one.





As always, her work is impeccable.

This one is called "United We Stand" and is made of blocks that were leftover from both Mary Ann and me and our Civil War Sampler quilts, as well as blocks Jeannie and Mary Ann made together.  Then her signature eagles are scattered throughout the piece, crowned by the one at the top.  There are written pieces, too, which commemorate different wars.  



Amazing, Jeannie.
Thanks so much for sharing with us!

Happy Quilting!