Sandy Stitchers

Quilter in the Spotlight for March - James! He learned to quilt from Vanessa's mom. After quilting one of his large quilts on his domestic machine he decided to get a long arm to make the process easier

His first quilt, a log cabin quilted by Donna

One Sunny Day is a President's challenge quilt that James put a ton of work into

99 Balloons is the quilt he is most proud of and is an award winning quilt

James also did a 90 x 90 pixel quilt as one of his first quilts. He is planning on learning more freezer paper techniques, and has recently learned how to do 40 flying geese at a time!

Members were inspired by our January meeting of Trip Around the World. Dianne shared her trip around the world quilt

Barbara made this quilt from an Eleanor Burns technique using rectangles instead of squares

Diane shows her and Cathie's completed mola's from February's meeting

Another example of reverse applique by the Hmong people

another example of applique from Panama

Shelley gave us a lesson from Japan on Sashiko stitching

One more example of mola's - Vanessa turned her sample into a cute pouch

Shelley gave us an informative class on the history of sashiko stitching. Originally it was used for utilitarian purposes to strengthen clothing that was worn out .Today it has been elevated to an art form.

She showed us the two main types of Sashiko

She shared many pictures and examples

Shelley shared examples of her own sashiko stitchery

While embroidery style stitching sits on top of the fabric, Sashiko stitching blends into and becomes a part of the fabric.

thimbles used in sashiko stitching

samples passed out from Shelley for members to try their hands at this technique

Show and Tell began while members stitched their samplers. This signature quilt bag is made of Ruby Star fabric as a special gift for her husband to use on their Quilt Con trip. It is very personalized to her husbands likes and has a "CEO" applique - standing for the one who "Carry's everything out"