February meeting!

 We had another fun meeting this month (ok if I do say so myself haha)! 

We met on Monday February 13 2023 at the Keswick Ridge Community Hall.

We had a 'getting to know our members' segment where four of our members introduced themselves and told their own story.  

Gisele, Amal and Toni - I really enjoyed learning more about you and your quilting story! I hope we keep this segment up as the months go on.  

Our show and tell was beautiful - as usual.  Please note that these are not in order as my computer didnt upload them in order and....well I think we will be ok!

Betty made this beautiful quilt!  Bettty quilted this on her domestic! Such a gorgeous job!

Betty got on the Project bags wagon and made one 

This is a sort of 'mystery' quilt that was done by the Elm City Retreaters - each morning of retreat they were provided fabric and a 'piece' of the pattern - by the last day - they had this quilt top! For example on day 1 they received the middle pieces to put together.  (as I understand it)

Another project / technique from the Elm City retreat - hand turned appliqué technique! 

And another retreat project!

Diane Kelly was working on this one at retreat as well.  It uses the drunkards path template.  Diane was saying that the color placement was the challenge with this one.  Just a gorgeous quilt!

Here's another from Diane - it was a block of the month from 'A Quilting life' blog

Start Here - A Quilting Life  Note that each year they offer a 'free' block of the month(BOTM) - the following January the block / patterns move to her etsy shop for purchase.  This years BOTM looks great too!  

She used a polka dot in the background of the blocks and it really looks great.

Woohoo! Kathy H. finished her Tea time placemats! She recommends a youtube tutorial review before binding.  It seems to go a bit easier.  

here is one version (please note that I just googled this - I have not reviewed myself)

 https://youtu.be/cXs6tsyw2wY

Kathy bought this project bag from Andrea and put it together!

Most people would consider Kathy pretty handy at applique.  When she saw this wallhanging she had to have it! After she opened it up - she realized-  IT WAS ONE PIECE! she simply had to line it up and press it down!! no fiddling!! (or maybe not much) ! Looks great!

Elizabeth's two grandchildren are making a Minecraft quilt!    They love going to her house and beg to go and sew with grammie! We all thought she was pretty blessed! (I'm not going to try to name them all here as I would get it really wrong! but they look terrific don't they??

I did a quick search and you can find one version of the pattern here:

Minecraft Quilt | My Rainy Day Designs

This is a Pokemon character pillow - this is Mew

A beautifully embroidered Christmas quilt by Elizabeth!

Heres a small quilt that Elizabeth made - she liked it so well she decided to frame it! What a great idea!

Here's another quilt by Elizabeth - so pretty!

A table runner that Elizabeth took from her daughter if I recall correctly!

Debbi made herself a purse - she'd hesitated to make this purse because it looked too small.  Upon further inspection it was the right size!  She'd been looking for a bag to hold her new Coronation Street themed wallet!  It turned out very professional looking Debbi! Great work!

Debbi found this fabric at Fabricville for a great price too!  It is going to make a beautiful quilt that Debbi is planning on donating!  Very kind!

This massive quilt was made by one of our newer members, Corrine! The border looks so great on it! She planned on doing a basic 'piano key' border but thought it too plain - so she cut into the piano keys inserting a piece just to the left - it looks great! What a great idea!  She is so creative!

This quilt made by Debbie H from  - none other than Ella's batik leftovers from her wallet making.  

Not including the piano key border there are NO DUPICATE fabrics on the inside blocks.

A gorgeous charm pack quilt - Debbie actually washed the charm pack and she's living proof - they aren't 5" and they aren't square haha.

Cherie and her friend made this on their embroidery machine - it is fantastic and has so much detail!

What a sweet quilt that Cherie made for her sister!

Gisele showed us her Sunflower wall hanging! how beautiful is this!

Carlinda showed us this Jelly roll race quilt that didn't quite turn out as she expected - we all agreed it turned out just great!  Looks good in our eyes!!

Here's another one made by Carlinda - this one I think she said was made with a charm pack or layer cake but she wanted it to be one color so she went with it! We think it looks great!

Amal is a newer quilter and she brought us a few to look at tonight!

This is her first quilt that she made and her favorite one as well!  It's a great one!

the back of this one:

This one is also made by  Amal - a great  Quilt that she made using 'all the stitches' on her machine.  The pictures really don't do it justice!  The flowers at the bottom of the quilt are crocheted! So sweet!

This is the back of the quilt - you can see the pretty texture.

Another to get the idea of the size!

Amal's hen basket! What a cute one!

Marilyn showed us this pretty blue quilt - her granddaughter picked out the fabrics during a trip to Marden's one summer!

Marilyn was scrambling for a Valentines day quilt so she put this one together!!! it's really sweet! she hopes to quilt feathers inside the heart!!

A beautiful bag that was made by Ruth and given to Marilyn! look at the details!

Jodi made this sweet heart day hanging!

This was a kit she picked up while at retreat!

PS this was her first retreat and she loved it!

Doreen started this quilt a while back and it was intended for a couple as their wedding gift.  Well Doreen sort of set it aside and when she went back to it found that half of the blocks were missing. 

She decided to go ahead and make a twin sized quilt - so she bought some more fabric to finish it up.

Well lo and behold - after the quilt top was finished - she found the 'other half'!! isn't that the way!!  Now to find the border fabrics again!!

Heather C caught the project bag bug (from Melanie) and made herself a project bag!

here's a few more!

Christa G made this gorgeous quilt! She was approached by the bee keeper next door to make a quilt and wow did she ever deliver!

someone said - if that bee looks fuzzy - its because it is!

This is a lovely colorful quilt made by Linda D -

 she made this at retreat and got a great tip - if you turn every other block - no seams to match up! (except columns and rows) - You can see this here - the seams of the blocks dont have to nest!

And some placemats - also made by Linda!

Well that was another night of show and tell!

What gorgeous work ladies!!!