Tuesday 19 June 2012

June Meeting and a Delicious Potluck

On June 11th the Keswick Ridge quilters met for their final meeting of our quilting year.  A Potluck meal was shared.  I once heard someone say, “But what if everyone brings the same thing?”  It hasn’t happened yet!  The variety and taste of all that great food was superb. 

The big excitement of the evening was the unveiling of the Brown Bag Challenges.  As the projects were revealed it became clear that it had been a LOOOOONG time since our members had placed those four fat quarters into their brown bags.  Many of us did not recognize our own fabric once it had been turned into projects.  And what a variety of projects were made; bags and pillows and hangings and table toppers and bowls and cards and bed runners and placemats.  The stress of cutting into someone else’s fabric was worth it!
Here are the projects:
Melanie's cards

Brenda's table runner

Marj's bag and fabric basket

Ella's purse

Carolyn's table topper

Debby's hanging

Linda's pillow

Christa's table topper

Olivia's table topper
Jean's table runner

Elizabeth's hanging

Sandra's checker game

Kathy's table topper

Sandra's pillow

Anne's pillow

Marilyn's table runner

Ruth's bed runner

Kathy's hanging
Mary Ellen's placemats

Elaine's hanging (soon to be finished)

Catherine's towels

Pat's table topper

Heather's fabric bowl and placemat
As usual, Show and Tell provided us all with inspirations and we continue to appreciate the talent of all our members and guests.

More Box Top Challenge projects:
Marj's chicken, Nuggets!

Christine's Ritzy snowman

Anne's candle pillow

Gail's 'aluminum' tote


Brenda's hanging

Lots of other projects too:

Christine's triangles

Christine's pin wheels

More pin wheels from Christine

Sandra's Love Is quilt for her mother 

Ruth's "found" blocks

Marilyn's quilt

Ruth's quilt for a special doctor friend

Nelvana's quilt

Nelvana's great-sized bag

Have a great summer everyone and make sure to complete lots of projects for our fall quilt show, A Harvest of Quilts.