December 2024

 

Decembers Christmas party was well attended. After sharing a delicious pot luck meal it was time for socializing and a gift exchange

Members had fun playing a game provided by Vanessa to get to know one another better.

Vanessa thanked members for their help this year with various aspects of the meetings

Everyone got a chance to roll a giant die to determine stealing rights for coveted gifts

Lots of merriment ensued

In the end everyone got a cute charm pack to take home

Donna's quilt made from mens shirts. The technique for making the hexagons is similar to a cathedral window technique

Cathie's basket BOM top

James created appliques of popular characters to put on sweatshirts as gifts

Boho heart James has been working on includes lots of metallic fabrics

Quilt James made for modern quilt group

Ruth Ann loves this mini tree skirt made for her by Jill

Katie and her quilts

Thank you to Vanessa for making all of these fabric treat bags for the members

Leanna's finished basket BOM

November 2024

Novembers meeting included our speaker, Deonn Stott and  a lot of show and tell by our members. First up show and tell. This Mexican Star is by Arnell

Leanna's basket quilt block of the month for this year and backing

table runner made at quilt fest

Mary Poppins bag

Barbara has been making gifts for relatives

Front and back of Pam's basket quilt

Marsha's first paper pieced quilt, Arcadia

Beth's Christmas quilt

Beth's quilt from a class she took with our speaker Deonn

Lisa is making National Park themed quilts for her children

Lorraine made a minky giraffe

Jill loves Christmas and has made many wall hangings for decorating her house

Christmas gift quillows by Dianne

Dianne's block on point quilt example. This years BOM is set on point.

Diane finished her house quilt from the scrappy exchange with members

Quilt for kids quilts made by Cathie's friend Denise 

Cathie brought some Thanksgiving wall hangings to show

Shaunna used her house blocks to make a bedrunner

and table runner

Betty's Christmas quilt

Betty's scrappy blocks

Betty's minke big tote

One of Vanessa's basket BOM quilts

Vanessa's  other basket quilt custom quilted

Quilts from Deonn's trunk show

One of Deonn's most popular patterns

Deonn has written a book "Ultimate Binding and Edge Finishing Guide for quilting and sewing. She demonstrated many tips and tricks for bindings, such as inner curves and outer points.

She demonstrated how to do your own chenille binding

In her many years of quilting Deonn has come up with many cute and clever ideas for finishing off quilts

She demonstrated how she folds her binding for ease of application to the quilt

Deonn said her quest in life was to find tips and tricks to make things quick easy and work well. She shared just about every tip in the book with us and her trunk show was a real treat. We were so lucky to have her share her wealth of experience with our group!