March 3rd Quilt Celebrations!

Beckie brought a finished quilt to celebrate.  It's been in the works for awhile and she made it for a friend of hers.

Isn't it beautiful?

Lovely work, Beckie!

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Theresa brought a raffle quilt-in-process to show and also blocks that Barb made for another raffle quilt.  Both are wonderful!

Isn't it just sweet??

And the blocks are so happy!

Happy Quilting!

February 24th Quilt Celebrations

The 24th was a fun evening.  We had several celebrations and were delighted to have Rick Sundstrom join us.  He had anticipated basting his "Snowball" quilt, but the tables weren't big enough to accommodate his top.  He also brought his finished "Delectable Mountains" quilt, so we were treated to seeing it!  It's done in 30's reproductions and is all hand-pieced and hand-quilted.  It is an amazing piece of work.

Gorgeous, Rick!  Thanks for sharing it with us!

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Theresa shared a fun quilt she made for a friend of theirs who really enjoyed using a quilt of theirs in their home. She decided to make one as similar to theirs as possible, and this is the result.  You can see theirs under and to the left of the new one.

Such a great idea, Theresa!

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I shared my Mini Easy Peasy Pinwheel quilt.  It's all of 11" x 13"!
I used the mini-charm pack and fat quarter from our quilting retreat gift bundles.  Lots of fun.

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!

January 20th Quilt Celebrations!

On the 20th, we had a few quilts to celebrate.

First, Theresa shared another of her family quilts

made from blocks found in her husband's grandmother's home.

She used wonderful border fabrics to tie the piece together.

You have done amazing things with these family quilts, Theresa!

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I brought a couple of small quilts I made for my grandchildren

as they go through a new season in their lives.

The first is for my grandson, the second for my granddaughter.

I made each top using two charm packs

and about a yard of border fabric.

And then I shared the antique quilt that Jessie got me for Christmas!

Shirley Taylor dates it between 1840 & 1860.

Such a find!  The pattern seems to be a

glorified 4 patch/snowball combination.

Happy Quilting!

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!!

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!

May 6th Quilt Celebrations!

We had a busy night on Tuesday.  Barb, Diana and Theresa all brought quilts to celebrate!

The first of Barb's two is for her grandson.

The owl theme has become popular again.

Cute, cute quilt!

And the back!

Her second is her cow quilt.  Absolutely darling!

The back is a cow print, but the picture didn't come out.

Wonderful, Barb!!

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Diana brought one she made for a nurse.

The quotations are so cute!

Very fun, Diana!

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Theresa brought her "Pointless Star."  Is that right, Theresa?

She said it pretty much drove her crazy, but she's glad it's finished!

I like it, Theresa!

Happy Quilting!!

April 29th Quilt Celebration!

Theresa brought a couple of fun projects on Tuesday evening.

Lots of great color!

Here are her placemats and table topper in a grape theme.

And here is her Kaffe Fassett quilt.

She used shot cottons, regular cottons,

and these beautiful prints from the Kaffe Fassett line.

Beautiful, Theresa!!

After celebration, Connie did a demonstration on making four-patches for our block exchange.  And I mindlessly forgot to take pictures!  But it was fun, and we all gleaned something from watching her.  I'm looking forward to doing the blocks!

Happy Quilting!!

Some past celebrations!

Now that the quilt show is over, I can post Susy's "Lois Quilt" which needed to remain a surprise until then.

And Theresa shared a "little" last week which I didn't get to posting until now.  So here they are!

The story behind Susy's  "Lois Quilt" is that the blocks, which were Lois's first applique project, went through the flood and sustained stain damage.  Lois tried to get them clean but had trouble gettting all the stains out.  She decided to give them away and Susy took them.  She then finished the quilt top, quilted it and entered it in the show to surprise Lois.

Here is the lovely Rose of Sharon.

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And here is Theresa's "Little"

Happy Quilting!!