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!