Better late than never! Here are the notes and photos from our last meeting. Many thanks to Maria Gualdoni for taking such meticulous notes!
At our February meeting, our president Lisa had the great idea to install a design wall in the meeting space so that members may share blocks or get design help! At the beginning of the meeting, some blocks were showcased.
Later on, when
Rachael's blocks were collected, many wondered how they would fit together (since there was no standard block size requirement). Then, the playing began as members began experimenting how to intersect the yellow lines!
Bernadette kicked off Show & Tell. Bernadette was very surprised to find that she really likes the
nine patch quilt she made. Before she used to think that the block was too
simple and she should aim higher. With this project, Bernadette pieced and
quilted it herself, experimenting with different quilting designs. Though now
she is onto the dreaded binding stage...
This quilt top is a great example of Karen’s love for
everything HST (half square triangles) and will be the sample for her new class
at The City Quilter. Several members have taken a class with Karen and can
attest that not only is she a good teacher, but also knows how to make it fun
for the students.
Karen also showed us a baby quilt she made as a request from one
of her husband’s nurses. She explained that the baby’s parents were into
hunting, so the quilt needed to be appropriately themed. Nothing is farther
away from Karen’s taste but she really wanted to thank
this nurse so did her best and came up with a very cool and simple design.
Monica, together with some quilting friends made this adorable I Spy quilt for a friend who has
recently adopted a baby. Ellen F. a member of our guild, quilted it.
Keeping the idea from last meeting’s quilt, Margaret
again merged two different projects into one fantastic quilt. The black and
white blocks where from an experiment she was doing and the string blocks were
a random work in progress. She had some leftovers for a great back as well.
This quilt is soon to be on its way to Norway, a
gift for a friend’s
baby. The pattern, Breezy, is by Allison Harris of CluckCluckSew. When asking
her friend about the nursery colors, Maureen's friend said "Blue, green,
red, and maybe some elephants and crocodiles." The family also likes
soccer. Somehow, Maureen was able to comply and put it all together in this fun
and bright quilt.
Cynthia has been repainting her home and, with the new cheery
colors as her muse, she created some color study pieces. She showed us her
neutral, blue (that makes her think of day and night) and red (inspired by her
doors). She also has a yellow study at home. Perhaps we will see it in March!
Mandy showed us a quilt she made with her bee blocks from last
year. The bee members were asked to make strip blocks using pastel colored
fabrics. The few strips that don’t comply with the request give the
quilt a nice pop. Mandy thought of quilting with straight lines but had to go
instead for a meandering line when her walking foot decided to take the day
off.
With all the charm pack freebies (they were hard to resist!) Jody scored at Quiltcon 2013, she created this colorful quilt top. Jody is not
sure yet how to quilt it.
Also, Jody showed the round robin quilt Karen passed on to her.
Ellen F. called dibs and she is next!
Lisa spent a great sewing weekend at Margaret’s
and showed us a bag she made for her. Without a specific pattern, Lisa used a
very cool fabric that feels like leather for the handles and bottom.
Also, while working with her little protegé,
Lisa started to work on what it would be a chevron quilt. Together, at
the design wall, they moved pieces around and created this lively and dynamic
quilt.
Susan showed a table runner made with pre-cut tumbler shaped Japanese
fabrics from her vending booth.
Tina shared a bit of her process in dealing with her big scrap
collection. She usually pieces them together until she has a good size block
and keeps them for future use. This time she used four of those pre made blocks
to make a cheery baby quilt for a friend. Her label was made with a custom
stamp and permanent ink she purchased on Etsy.
Jacqui pieced and quilted this beautiful quilt
for a friend’s
second baby.
Ivete made this mini using Tula Pink’s latest collection
and a cute Valentine’s pattern that she is sharing on the
Gotham Quilts’ blog.
Ivete also showed us her progress on a clambake quilt along she
is participating in.
Kim participated in Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s word challenge.
Her word? "Word!" Kim really enjoyed making this mini and mixing
different techniques for each letter.
She also finished an old bee quilt. Kim calls it “Hot
links”. This is another example of how a quilt will take a
different path once it is on the design wall. Quilted with metallic thread for
an additional oomph.
Maria hasn’t finished any quilts lately, so she
brought instead her version of
Groove an Emily Cier design. She pieced it following Andrea’s
log cabin method during a class at The City Quilter. Wanting special quilting
for each section, Maria asked
Rachael Dorr to do her magic.
Rachael showed us the first quilt completely funded by her
charity,
Quilting a Memory. The recipient, the wife of a soldier who died in
service, sent her a box with favorite clothing items, amongst them his camp jacket.
Rachael usually does not make very patriotic themed quilts, but this time the
clothes seemed to call for this stunning star design. With the remaining
scraps, she made a pillow and a doll with all the patches and buttons from the
clothes.
Diane doesn’t finish quilts very often, but she
saw a tutorial for this mini quilt on Pinterest and went for it. She hung it up
at home for Christmas!
Judith’s son gave her three beautiful vintage
buttons and she created this vest to showcase them.
Anita showed us her double wrench block, created using her own
fabric and time saving cutting method. It includes a fabric from her nephew’s
discarded underwear! The pattern will be available at Elna’s
website.
Deborah has been working on the blocks of this amazing quilt for
a while now. She has enlarged the original block size to about 140% in order to
make it less time consuming and offered to share her templates with other
dedicated members. In Deborah’s own words, this is a quilt she will
be doing in the afterlife!
Emily showed us a sampler she made following a Craftsy class. She
chose to make a mini quilt with the embroidery blocks. The back is ready for
hanging.
For her mother’s 75th birthday, Andrea is making her
a surprise quilt. She had photos of her mother, her ancestors and her children
scanned and printed on fabric and then she pieced them and appliquéd
them onto a purple background. She also created two labels with captions of
each photo. Because Andrea was not sure how she would like the photos printed
she made two sets, one sepia and color and the other in black and white.
Finally, the black and white set made it to the back of the quilt. Andrea was
very thankful to her husband, who scanned the images, and prepared the pattern
with cutting dimensions for her.
Aaand that's it for February's installment. See you all tomorrow!
