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Monday, May 27, 2024

May 2024 Part 2

May's basket block on Jame's quilt. A paper piecing demo was given by Vanessa

Vanessa showed another option - a swirl design depending on how you place your fabrics



Paper pieced quilt made by Vanessa learned from Josephine

James completed quilt from a Mad Adders group he was in run by Ricky Tims. 5 other members of the group worked around his central block and he finished it off.

Diane completed the quilting on our quilt for the auction!!

Cathie completed the quilting on this quilt for the same auction to be held November of this year.

Quilts by Betty


Betty is a Jo Morton fan

Dianne's quillow with flying geese units to create a star pattern

Dianne is donating this beauty to the Holiday Auction.  Lone star with dimensional flowers


Jill has made a lot of progress on her little houses using the 5 inch square scraps we are exchanging


Denise's example of flying geese in this table runner.
Vanessa asked members to bring examples of this technique since that is the technique we learned at the last meeting.

Denise likes the peaceful colors of this quilt made from an Edyta Sitar pattern



Sherri's quilt from a former block of the month

Embroidered birds by Sherri

Marsha crocheted around this fleece to create a nice cuddle blanket.

Leanna's flying geese example

Debra is in a lot of fun sew along groups on instagram and facebook

This was from a star wars themed sew along - Han Solo in Carbonite

R2D2 by Debra

Done by Vanessa - That's No Moon

Barbara's One Block Wonder that she quilted on her domestic machine

Virginia's example of flying geese


Virginia's Grandma made these butterflies and VA is embroidering them on the quilt top.

Tina's quilt from a Sandy Stitchers group project


Tina designed this shelf with teapots and teacups and hanging quilt.


Snails trails quilt done when Tina was president of Sandy Stitchers

pieced back

Bernadette's example of flying geese

Wallhanging that Bernadette made for her mother in law

Teeny tiny paper piecing on lanyards made for Quiltfest by James and Vanessa

May's block of the month. Technique is paper piecing
April's completed BOM's. Pam won the prize drawing from all the completed BOM!


 

Monday, May 20, 2024

May 2024 Part 1 - Josephine's trunk show

At our May meeting we were treated to a fabulous trunk show by Josephine. She had many lovely quilts to share with us.




This was her first quilt

Lone Star quilt from a Jan Krentz class at Empty Spools

She loves to use the color purple in her quilts

A collaborative quilt done at Empty Spools


Cute label with a nod to her husband


First art quilt


One block wonder quilt with a panel in the center

Not my Grandma's log cabin






She loves patriotic quilts

Poppies and possibilities

In this quilt she tried her hand at wool applique


She makes wallhangings to hang on a specific sized wall in her house





Quilt using Ricky Tims convergence technique



Josephine had to complete several Judy Niemeyer quilts to become a certified teacher











Tequila Lime

Paper pieced log cabin

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Quilt made for Festival of trees



Josephine then started taking classes from Jacqueline Dejong 







It was a treat to see Josephine's journey through her many quilts.

Note the teeny tiny triangles in these flowers!

Opportunity quilt Josephine is donating to Quiltfest this year

Closeup of Opportunity quilt