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| Progress on our block of the month by Dianne. |
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| Our guest speaker was Craig from Quilts Etc. "Quilting from a Man's Perspective" This is a handmade Lone Star quilt made by one of his relatives that inspired him to quilt. |
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| Quilt Craig made for his grand daughter. He enlarged the animals, designed the border and quilted it on his long arm. |
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| Quilt for his son. Craig sometimes uses Pinterest to get ideas for quilts. |
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| Holiday Quilt |
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| The back is a cuddly fleece |
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| Floor quilt made for his grand daughter. Kissing Fish pattern |
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| Craig does his quilting on a babylock Tiara |
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| Flying geese quilt. |
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| Used leftovers on back of quilt. Craigs tip: Plan your pieced backs to be off center. It is hard to center them for long arm machine quilting. |
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| Another one of Craig's quilts. he likes to use 80/20 for batting and likes bamboo batting. He says the bamboo hangs nice on the bed and does not shrink. |
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| The back is a houndstooth design |
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| Last year's BOM |
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| Halloween quilt |
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| This WWI quilt was made as a block of the month in his men's quilting group |
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| Each block represents some aspect of the war |
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| The red poppy is England's flower of remembrance for WWI |
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| World War 11 quilt Craig is working on. He told us many stories and facts about the World Wars. |
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| This year's BOM.. Dream Vacations by Craig |
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| Dianne's bags |
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| Charity quilt by Dianne |
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| Dianne finished last years BOM! |
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| Lisa made the 2017 BOM for her grand daughter |
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| Sandy is working on her red and white embroidery blocks |
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| Tracy's modern quilt |
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| A bit of the back |
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| Peggy's Ricky Timm's convergence pattern. |
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| Peggy's headboard quilts |
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| Linda's Olaf quilt for Wyatt |
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| Frozen Quilt |
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| Trollstice |
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| Finished Thimbleberries quilt - around 20 years old |
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| Virginia's police project quilt - we are close to our goal of 50 quilts this year. |
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| Pam wearing her pants from Bali and back of quilt she and her son quilted |
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| Pam received blocks at Christmas from Lisa.. and used them to make this charity quilt |
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| With the leftovers she made a pillowcase |
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| Cathie's progress on the splendid sampler blocks |
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| Finished challenge quilt from last year... when Jill was president |
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| Barbara's quilt with lots of embellishments. She brought this to inspire everyone to do this year's challenge: a quilt with 3 or more embellishments. |
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| Barbara's red and white quilt....she says it took a long time to do. |
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| Marsha was gifted this applique quilt from the 40's from a friend in Moab... now she has to finish it! |
