Our First Show and Tell :
Kathy Jones
showed a beautiful quilt designed with 12 fabrics. The idea was to stack the fabrics, cut them
all the same way, and then swap them around so that each block in the quilt has
the same pattern but different fabric in each portion of the block.
Beautiful! Kathy said she would bring
us the pattern so maybe this might be a future project.
Carol Riggs
showed a beautiful twin size Hospice quilt she made. For those who haven’t heard, Hospice is
asking for quilts using a 12 inch block they provide as the centerpiece. These quilts should be at least 40 inches
square, but larger ones are also accepted. They give these to the families of
20 yr veterans who are cared for at the end of their lives at Hospice.
(If anyone would like
to make one of these, let me know and I will bring you the required center
block. For the crocheters out there, families
of veterans who served under 20 years are given red, white and blue afghans, so
these are also needed.)
Eileen DiSanto
brought in her sampler quilt to show.
She took Micki MacCumbee’s sampler quilt class a number of years ago,
and now she has finally finished the quilt. She called this her happy quilt,
because of the lovely bright colors.
This quilt consists of 12 different blocks. As you make each one you learn some different
lessons on how to put a quilt block together.
She also showed a tea bag holder,which she will be demoing
on Jun 29th.
Kathy Nichols
showed a neck pillow she made. Although
I didn’t get a picture of this, Kathy will be leading a demo on how to make
this on July 6th, so we will get photos then.
Lois Rose showed
2 items. First, a bed runner which she
got from an estate sale. It was pieced
and pinned to the backing, but she used machine embroidery quilting patterns to
quilt each block, and then added the binding.
This item will go into the Quilt Guild sale and the proceeds will go to
charity.
The second item was a machine embroidered wall hanging
shaped like an American Flag, but with each block depicting an American
Landmark.
After Show and Tell we began our inaugural project. I made “Charter Member” name tags for
everyone who said they wanted to join the new club by the first meeting
date. The project of the day was for
each member to select a jelly roll strip and make their own lanyard for the
name tag. (Don’t worry snowbirds, we have name tags for you when you get back.) “Charter Member” name tags will be provided
for anyone who joins before the end of June, 2016.
The project schedule for the next few weeks is as follows:
June 22 – Place Mats led by Lois Rose.
This will be a lesson on quilt binding, using a small item. Material list will be sent out later. Our theme will be patriotic place mats, but if you don't want to do that, you can choose any other fabric theme that fits your decor.
June 29 – tea caddy led by Eileen DiSanto
July 6 – Neck Pillows led by Kathy Nichols
July 13 – Pillow Cases. Lois will
bring 3 different patterns and we will talk about each one.
July 20 – Lois can’t be at this meeting – Kathy Jones has volunteered to lead the meeting.
July
27 – iron caddy – TBD
Hope to see you all next week!
Lois
Can't wait to get my charter member name tag and join you wonderful ladies when I return in Seotember. Miss you all☺️
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