Quilt Celebrations for November 10th!

We enjoyed seeing quilts from both Connie and Ruth on the 10th.

Connie brought her Schoolhouse quilt, which she made commemorating her years as a Kindergarten teacher.

Isn't it cute??

Beautiful, Connie.

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Ruth brought her patriotic quilt to share, and many finishes for Linus.  Let's take the tour!

Isn't this wonderful?

Ruth, thank you for all the work you do for Linus!

Happy Quilting!

Quilt Celebrations for May 12th, 2015

I am so sorry not to have been able to be there last night!

What a wonderful celebration time!

Thanks to Ruth Decker and Susy for the pictures and commentary.....

Geralyn brought three beauties.

The applique motifs are from a Kim Diehl pattern.

I love the simplicity of this.

Bobbi Fenn designed the center for this one.

The wool applique idea is from Primitive Quilts magazine.

I have no details on this one.  I'd love to hear!

Beautiful, Geralyn!!

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 Toni brought two lovely quilts...

The warmth of this 9-Patch makes me want to

curl up with a book on the couch!

This fabulous one is made from a

Fig Tree line and is all hand pieced and quilted.

The only machine work is the initial stitching of the binding.

She bought a lot of this fabric and has enough for another quilt!

 Beautiful,  Toni!!

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Becky brought this strip quilt.

I don't have any details, but I really like it!

 Fun one, Becky!

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Jeanine brought her "smalls."

Aren't they beautiful?

Lovely, Jeanine!

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Connie and Ruth shared this joint effort for Linus.

As I understand it, Connie pieced it and Ruth Quilted it.

I like the red, white and blue!

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And Ruth brought this beauty that she has remade

from a much larger quilt to fit Linus size requirements.

Won't someone just love to receive this?

Beautifully done, Ruth!

Thanks again for the pictures and commentary!

Happy Quilting!

January 27th Quilt Celebrations

We had some fun quilts on the 27th!

Theresa brought a couple of Linus finishes.

She did a simple stripe pattern and embellished it with cool quilting.

Great idea, Theresa!

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Jessie brought a baby quilt she has made for her cousin's first child.
The owl is a special touch.

Lovely, Jessie!

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Jeanine brought her Christmas quilt top to show.

It is absolutely fabulous!

Beautiful, Jeanine!

Happy Quilting!

Quilt Celebrations from September 2nd!

We had a big celebration time on the 2nd!

There were 5 of us who shared quilts.

First was Rachelle with another UFO completed from her list for this summer!  She machine quilted it and learned a lot, she said.  

I love the colors and the fact that it's a sampler.

Beautiful, Rachelle!

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Theresa shared a Linus quilt that she finished.  Lots of machine quilting

and some struggles along the way, but isn't it just cute?!

Such fun, Theresa!

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Barb brought her Jakob's quilt made for her niece

who just graduated from High School and is heading away to college.

The French General fabrics are just beautiful.

Lovely quilt, Barb!

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Joann showed her cute baby quilt made of fabric

her husband got for her at a yard sale, if I'm remembering correctly.

She put it together is such a fun way.

So cute, Joann!

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I brought my LeMoyne Star Pinwheel, which was inspired

by a quilt from 1830, which was made in Boston, Massachusetts.

I used the Collections for a Cause 1852 line from Moda.

Barb did the quilting and designed her own pattern for the LeMoyne blocks and combined others to make a continuous pattern for the other squares.  Didn't she do such a fantastic job?  Thanks, Barb!

Happy Quilting!

2014 Quilt Show!

At last, I have the photos in a format so everyone can look at them.  If I uploaded them all to the blog, it wouldn't work very well, so I've made a public Picasa album, and you can access the pictures by clicking on this link:
 2014 Quilt Show
or on the slide show to the right.  Both will take you to the album.
If you have troubles, please let me know.

If you'd be interested in having a DVD with all the pictures on it, please let me know.  I'll be burning them this next week.  There are 338 photos which include Connie's bed turning, all of Barb's quilts, all of Dorothy's quilts, and all of the rest of ours, plus broad shots of the Linus and Passage displays in the library, Virginia's quilt groupings in the entry and some of what Lois showed in her class.  It also includes the wedding gown and double wedding ring quilt display.  Most of the photos are pretty well in focus.  A few aren't and if you'd like me to re-shoot any of yours to include on the disc, please don't hesitate to ask me.  I'd be more than happy to.

It'd help me to recoup my cost if you'd be willing to pay $1 for each disc you would like to have.  To order, you can comment here, talk to me on Tuesday, or email me!

Happy Quilting!!

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!!!

November 26th Quilt Celebrations!

Well, on this Thanksgiving Eve's Eve,

we had a beautiful display of quilts to celebrate.

Marla brought a feast for our eyes.......

First, her selvedge quilt in this lovely setting.

Can you see how the blocks are made and set together?

If you start at a corner, you can see how they're done.

And then these two littles.....

Aren't they fabulous?

Her applique here is wonderful

and the fabric choices are so much fun.

I love the old buttons on this one.

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And then Theresa brought this fun quilt for Linus.

It was designed by one lady, put together by another,

and then Theresa quilted it.

Aren't the colors fun?  And the quilting looks great.

I regret that I didn't get a close up of the back

which showcases the quilting pattern.

Beautiful work, ladies!!

Happy Quilting!!

And Happy Thanksgiving!!

June 18, 2013 Quilt Celebration!

Another mini quilt show!  Theresa, Diana and Carolann brought quilts to celebrate...........

Theresa brought several.........

Above, a donation that became a Linus quilt.

Above, a hexi zig zag table runner,

and below, another hexi zig zag.

On top of the hexi is a piece that was made of

donated blocks.  The sailboats are cute.

It was the second place raffle quilt during Shop Hop.

And then here is "Tutu's Flower Garden,"

the Linus raffle quilt made in honor of Virginia.

So beautiful!

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Diana brought this lovely Trees and Stars Quilt,

the makings for which she found on vacation.

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Carolann brought this quilt made from textiles from Ghana.

Her good friend, Julie Voetberg, had sent the fabrics

to her from Ghana when they were living there,

and this is what she came up with.

Nicely done, Carolann!