June Meeting and a Delicious Potluck

On June 11^th 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.

May Meeting and a visit from Shelley

Shelley, from Graceful Stitches, visited us at this month's meeting and shared her journey into the business of Longarm quilting.  Shelley just started her business and she shared tips on preparing our quilt tops for longarm quilting.  Some of the tips she shared were:

• press your quilt top from the top and the bottom
• get rid of all loose threads
• use a lint roller to get rid of fluff and pet hair
• remove all selvages from your backing
• press seams open on your backing
• make sure the backing is four inches wider than the top on ALL sides
• purchase a good quality batting ( she suggested Quilters Dream batting)

Shelley shared her information pamphlet with the group.  She showed us some of the beautiful quilts that she has been working on.  We wish Shelley good luck on this exciting journey into the business of longarm quilting.  Shelley can be reached at  sadio@nb.sympatio.ca  Thanks Shelley!

These were the items for the Fat Quarter draw.  Some of the prizes even came with a mug!!

As usual Show and Tell was impressive. ( I hope I give credit to all the correct quilters, if not just let this blogger know and I will correct it.)

 Marilyn's Mondo birds which were inspired by Lynne Edwards.

 Carolyn's 200 year anniversity quilt that was made for her church.

 Linda's tessellating leaves that was taught by Kathy at the Spring Fling. 

Linda's Rail fence.

 Linda's flower wallhanging.

 Pat's baby quilt.

 Jesse's machine quilted airplane quilt.

Donna's Box Top Challenge!

Donna's Button Collector wallhanging. (A Debbie Mumm patttern)

Brenda's Box Top Challenge project.  It's a bed runner.

Nancy's beautiful longarm quilting on Margie's quilt for the flood vitims of Perth.

Ruth's graduation quilt for a gal she used to babysit! 

A Spring Fling Project.

Joyce's Christmas wallhanging.

Anne's fabric bucket, a project that was taught by Kathy at Spring Fling.

Anne's tessellating leaves, a project that was taught by Kathy at Spring Fling

Christine's summer pillow top.

Christine's summer purse.

Olivia's baby quilt.

Darcy's daughter's quilt that is stitched with flowers and bound in pink and definitely made with love.

And last, but not least, Heather's pin cushion.  Made from a kit from the Gathering of the Guilds