March 2024

 March's meeting was a busy one! First up show and tell!

Leanna shows a completed Annette Ornelas design.

Peggy made a quilt for her sister and one for her daughter quilted on her domestic machine

Bernadette ran the jelly roll race at the Sit and Sew session. This one includes 2.5 inch squares

Close up of a Nuttalls BOM from 40 years ago by Barbara

Barbara's quilt

Table runners by Dianne for Sandy Stitchers Quiltfest basket

An example of strip piecing by Dianne

Dianne's fish quilt

Close up of Dianne's cathedral window quilt, one of the first quilts she made. 

Diane E.'s completed flower exchange quilt

Quilt caddy by Vanessa

Vanessa's  foray into making stuffies

Another Jelly roll quilt by Vanessa

Teacup quilt by Vanessa

Vanessa's applique is showcased on "Clotilde's Cottage"

Lots of applique done by Vanessa for the So Musical challenge at Quiltfest

More applique by Vanessa, this one may be the raw edge technique

James demonstrates the BOM for March using a light box to trace the basket pattern

Two tools helpful for prepared edge applique, a waterbrush pen and a finger stiletto

James explains the BOM pattern

March's BOM. Vanessa showed us several types of applique that we could use on this block

Example of needleturn applique by Cathie

Vanessa demonstrates prepared edge applique piece for the BOM

Another example of applique by Dianne

Examples of Vanessa's applique

more examples by Vanessa

Vanessa also demonstrated how to use the bias tape maker tools.

Leanna sharing information about Quiltfest which will be in August this year.

Dianne shows utility can she made and will demo at WWQ day.

Close up of Vanessa's quilt - the aqua star points have actually been inked in!

Finished quilt from last year's WWQ day

Members completed BOM's from February.  Jill won the drawing!

February 2024

These gnomes were made at January's sit and sew session. Check your newsletter for dates of February's sit and sew session!

Debra filled in for Vanessa at the February meeting and told us funny tales of being a second grade teacher!

January's completed blocks of the month

February's block of the month pattern includes strip piecing and a faux corner technique

Vanessa's quilt

Faux corners were used at the bottom of the jars

Ruth's quilt - the strip piecing technique was used in this quilt

Denise's half square triangle runner

another by Denise

Barbara's half square triangle quilt done with a layer cake

Quilt Barbara made and gifted to a relative

Virginia showed a "leftover" quilt that was finished by Pam and her son for a child in need

Some UFO's Virginia plans on finishing this year. First is a butterfly quilt started by her Grandma

I spy quilt

Peggy turned a bunch of heart blocks into charity quilts

Barbara's churn dash quilt started at retreat many years ago. Quilted on her domestic Babylock Jazz

 

Shelley will be teaching a sashiko class at Quiltfest this year

She found a treasure at an antique mall in North Carolina

Shauna finished this quilt with a quilt as you go method

Dianne finished another charity quilt for her church

Clothesline club Irish Chain quilt by Dianne

Susan showed us a cute little gnome she found

Sherri got 7 quilts done before Christmas

Cute sweatshirt Jill made for Sherri

Barbara donated gnome quilt blocks for quilt fest basket. Donna took up the challenge to complete them

Close up of Shelley's antique machine