August 2020

For our August Meeting, Peggy showed us a Power Point presentation on rulers that was very informative. Members shared information on the rulers they have tried and liked. The following ruler pictures are from Cathie and represent just a small sample of what we learned at the meeting. Please don't hesitate to send me your pictures to my email address (listed in Sandy Stitcher's directory) so that we all can see what you have been working on!!

This is the flip and set ruler by Darlene Zimmerman.  You can use it to cut side setting and corner triangles for quilts on point.

Samples of what you can do with the Split Seconds ruler by Creative Grids.

You can also use this curved ruler to make units and sew them together for a curvy border.

Split seconds ruler

This little ruler has been one of Linda's favorites... if you remember it is one Quilt's ETC. gave each one of us at the Christmas party a few years back.

Linda's latest mystery quilt - another Edyta Sitar mystery!

The center was supposed to be a plain square, but Linda thought a nine patch would look good and she was right!

Virginia made this quilt for a male relative who is a rockhound.  The big rock slices look like sliced open geodes.

 

July 2020

Our guest speaker at our July meeting was Nanette Sturgill.  She shared many of her lovely quilts done in the Celtic style. They were not only a visual treat, but Nanette shared much of her knowledge of the history of Celtic quilts and techniques she uses.  She uses applique and reverse applique in her designs. She likes to use batik fabric and superior thread to applique. She said you can get sharper points when using batik fabric.  She stitches the applique from the back side of the piece with large basting stitches, then removes a few of these stitches at a time when turning under and stitching the applique.

Nanette explained designs with animals are called zoomorphic. She uses Roxannes glue to hold the bias strips in place while stitching. She said that works better than fusible bias. She recommended some books to us if we want to get started with Celtic.  Celtic Designs a Beginners Manual by Aiden Meehan, and  A Celtic Garden by Philomea Durcan. These and many more examples were shared by Nanette and thoroughly enjoyed by members who joined the zoom meeting.

Barbara says of this orphan charity quilt, " Completed around April 7th. I added the plain blue and the plain white fabrics. The pink looking squares are actually small 9 patch blocks.  I didn't have enough blue for the last border so I added patches of leftover scraps in the middle of each border.  That way it looks like it was planned on purpose. Susan Wall quilted it on her  long arm."

This one also by Barbara was completed July 16th. The quilt has flannel checks and plaid squares and she added the yellow to make the stars.

Diane E.'s latest crayon embroidery creation.

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Cathie's Celtic mini

Another charity orphan by Barbara.  Completed  around June 25th. She added the plain red to set off the heart.

New book Linda is reading to her grandson Wyatt... it's about a quilter!

First block of latest Edyta Sitar mystery quilt.  by Linda

Another Celtic work by Cathie done in 2004. Taught by Hazel Nelson

June 2020

We had another meeting on Zoom in June.  Peggy showed us a power point presentation on disappearing blocks that was very informative. About 10 of us were at the meeting and some shared quilts they had done with the disappearing block method. Peggy showed us that when putting disappearing blocks together you can come up with some great secondary patterns.  It looks like a lot of fun to play with.  Following is some show and tell that was emailed to me (quiltc@aol.com) .  If you email some pictures I will get them on the blog!  Also don't forget to look at Jill's post that shows what orphan block bundles are still available for you.  Peggy will drop them off if you are interested!

This is Diane E.'s latest crayon embroidery project... Can you say "addicted"?

Cathie's completed crayon embroidery.  The little angel is a free printable from Kathy Schmitz. Just go to her website!

Cathie's progress on her latest wooly embroidery project.

Jill's version of  one of the Quilt Etc. Block of the Month

UFO from years ago that Jill just added a border to.

BOM for June by Jill

This and the following quits are all finshed UFO's sent in by Peggy.... 

Don't forget to look at the previous post that Jill put up to  see if you want to claim and finish an orphan bundle for our orphan bundle drive.

Orphan Kits For Members To Choose

Peggy has put together a bunch of orphan block kits and invites guild members to utilize them in our charity quilt projects for this year. If you would like any of these kits, let Peggy know number(or numbers) and she will drop them off on your front porch!

#1. Braids

#2. Double Nine Patch Blocks

#3. Solid Stars

#4. Batik Blocks (2 of Each)

#5. Cats in Brown

#6. Soft Color Strip Sets

#7. Four Patches

#8. Purple Diamonds & Leftover Strip Sets

#9. Eight 12.5 inch Nine Patches

#10. Blue Print Orphans

#11. One Hundred and Twenty-One 3.75" Rail Fence

#12. Orphans

#13. Flowers

#14. Embroidery

#15. Sunbonnet Sue and Aunt Gracie

#16. Arkansas Snowflake and Civil War

#17. Fourty-Nine 4.75" Quarter Square Triangles

#18. Thirty-Six Album Blocks

#19. Red

#20. Fast, Fun Four Patches and Greens

#21. Dusty Blue Panel Plus

#22. Kaffe's Plus

#23. Kitties and Birdhouses

#24. Birds with Reds and Greens

#25. Spools and 33.5 Center

#26. six 25 inch Blocks

#27. Browns and Greens

#28. Brights

#29. Red, White, and Blue

#30. Red and White