February 18th Quilt Celebration!

Excitement is in the air!!!  The quilt show is just around the corner.  NEXT WEEK!!

So, we had another major quilt celebration evening.  So many beautiful pieces.

First, Theresa showed some Linus quilts.  The first is Called "Hugs for Heroes" and features fabric that was designed especially for Linus.  Isn't it darling?  It is Snoopy wearing all kinds of rescue personnel apparel.

The second is a softie!  Fun for pet-loving folks!  Here are both of them.

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Connie shared her Jacob's quilt which she made for her daughter-in-law's father, whose cabin the Taylors use as a family.

Beautiful, Connie!

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Toni shared three beauties.  The first is her Jelly Roll Rail Fence.  Isn't it lovely?  The colors are so wonderfully warm.

The second is her Block-of-the-Month, "Green Piece", which is a pieced star sampler and applique-in-wool.  I am so impressed.  I took a few close ups of the wool applique blocks.  Aren't they amazing?  The pear block has special significance for Toni because Virginia helped her with it and is the one who encouraged her to try wool applique.

Her third is a delightful hexi which she made for her mom.  She also made a flannel quilt for her dad, but he wasn't willing to give it up for her to show it to us!

Beautiful, beautiful work, Toni!

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Geralyn brought Virginia's quilt to celebrate, as well.  It has had over 40 people work on it, from a 4-year-old granddaughter of Virginia's, to the oldest among us.  From its beginnings, such care has been taken on this lovely creation.  Thank you, Geralyn, for instigating this project and for your tireless efforts in getting it completed.  It's just lovely.

Happy Quilting!!!

December 3rd Christmas Party and Quilt Celebrations!

We had such a wonderful time on Tuesday night celebrating Christmas together.  We shared a delightful potluck meal together, brought a pile of donations for the Mission in town, celebrated a few quilts,  listened to Connie read a tear-jerker Christmas story, and then exchanged ornaments.  I love the memories we make every time we get together!

I took some pictures of the evening, as did Ruth Decker, and here they are......

Gifts and the Nativity

Lots of food!

Five tables almost full!  There were 30 of us!

Fun Decorations!

Including these darling angels that Barb suggested we make 

and use for the tables and as a take-home.

 Our donation pile.

Getting ready for quilt celebrations....

I designed and made a Christmas quilt for 2013 

under the guise that I was making it for myself.

I used Moda's Wintergreen charm squares

and two other pieces from the same line.

Very simple pattern to show off the fabrics.

I had planned for months that the reveal would be

at our Christmas party, and it worked!

Jessie was completely surprised!

Score!

Connie shared a quilt that had started with being a donation to Linus,

but didn't seem quite appropriate, so Connie finished it

and is giving it to a friend who has battled cancer and is still on the journey.

It's all cats and there is something for each month of the year.

The back has cats on it, too!

Cute!

And Shirley Taylor shared this whole cloth quilt with us.

Beautiful!

She used a green thread for the quilting.

It's for one of her grandchildren.

Isn't it stunning?!

Then Connie read to us.....

.....then we had our ornament exchange.

As always, it was great fun.

Highlight of the evening, however, was the fact that June

scored the highest in being stolen from.

She was heard quietly saying, amid great laughter,

"I don't know why anyone would want to steal from me."

I think it was around the fifth or sixth time,

and eventually she just sat down next to Annie at the gift table

where she could easily reach a gift the next time.

Which happened at least twice more.

Physical comedy at its best!

And here's a shot of most of us that I patched together from 6 different pictures!

You can click on it to see it larger.

And here is the group shot!!

Blessed Christmas to each of you!