December Show and Tell

No Rules Quilters met today.  Members have been busy getting ready for Christmas, so our Show and Tell was very short.

Nancy shared two Gelli prints she had made.

 

Jane made braided leather bracelets and coin purses for Christmas presents for 

her nieces and nephews.  This is one of the bracelets. 

 

 

 

November Show and Tell

Our theme for November was, "What we are thankful for".   Since we only had one quilt with that theme, our projects will be presented in the order we viewed them at our meeting.

Wanda made this wool and pleather bag.

 

 

Wanda used thread painting to make this pink and lime flower.

 

 

Using her cutter machine and embroidery machine, Wanda designed this fall wall quilt.

 

 

This is  a "Reversible Tote" by Wanda.

 

 

 

 

 

Peggy made this polka dot coffee pot wall quilt to display at the

Dawn of a New Day coffee shop next month.

 

 

 

 

Barbara completed her New Day Dawning quilt, also to be displayed at the coffee shop.

 

 

 

Barbara also shared her quilt, "For These I Give Thanks".

 

 

 

 

Jane has been busy making items for the Marketplace at The Quilted Cottage.  

She shared two  of the mini duffel bags she made.

 

 

 

 

 

Tam made this throw with large red flowers.  She started with 3 orphan blocks

Francine had given her.

 

 

 

 

Alice made "Craft is Art, but First Coffee" for the display at the coffee shop.

 

 

 

 

Julie shared a quilt made by her great grandmother.

 

 

 

Julie also shared 4 zipper bags she has been working on.

 

 

 

Julie also made this wall hanging using copies of letters written by her grandparents and their photo.

 

 

This is a close up of the letter written by Julie's grandmother

to her grandfather  before they got married.

 

 

 

 

 

Mary made this turkey wall quilt to decorate for Thanksgiving.

 

 

 

 

Coffee and Tea Wall Quilts

The No Rules Quilters were asked to display coffee and tea themed quilts at Dawn of a New Day, a coffee shop in Saginaw.  Below are the quilts members have completed so far.

Nancy's tea cups and teapot.

 

 

 

Tam's wreath shaped coffee pots and tea cups.

 

 

 

 

Joyce J's negative space coffee cup with borders on two sides

 

 

 

 

Mary's "Caffeine Dance" with a tea bag and coffee bean. 

 

 

 

 

Linda's Golden Monkey Oolong Tea quilt.

 

 

 

 

Linda's Dragon Mountain Oolong Tea.

 

 

 

 

Julie's Turkish Proverb quilt.

Jane's "High Tea" quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

Jane's "1-2-3 Sassafras Tea" quilt.

 

 

 

 

Jane's "Dawn of a New Day"  coffee quilt. 

 

 

 

 

Barbara's Sunrise Coffee Quilt.

Barbara's "Tea for Two"

 

 

 

 

Wanda's Coffee quilt.

 

 

 

 

Wanda's Tea quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

Joyce S's "Morning Tea"  quilt.

 

 

 

 

Members also shared other projects they have been working on.

 

Tam used parts of Francine's UFO to make this hand and heart quilt with flowers.

 

 

 

 

 

Joyce J. made this zig zag Halloween quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a print of Linda's original watercolor, Water Lily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen has completed her Colorado quilt top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sue made this Christmas Wreath quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sue also made this Halloween quilt with green and black checkerboard borders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jane shared her "No Rules Quilters" negative space quilt with the new members.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debbie has been working on a pieced vest.

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Jane for taking notes while I took the photos.

 

 

 

 

 

September Show and Tell

In November and December, the No Rules Quilters are going to display coffee and tea themed quilts at the Dawn of a New Day Coffeehouse, in Saginaw.  Some of the members have already finished their wall quilts for the coffeehouse.

Wanda made two wall hangings, one for coffee and one for tea.

 

A close up of the coffee quilt.

 

 

Wanda's tea quilt.

 

 

 

 

Nancy made this primary colored quilt with a coffee pot and cups.

 

 

 

 

Barbara made this 3-D tea themed wall hanging.

 

A closer view.

 

 



 

This is Linda's "Dragon Mountain Oolong Tea" wall quilt.

 

 

 

Members also shared other projects they have been working on.

 

Wanda made a Quilted Cottage University quilt in pink and green.

 

 

 

Wanda also finished up a Candy Jar wall quilt made from a block she was given.

 

 

This leaf wall hanging, by Wanda,  was made using a painted panel on which Wanda placed leaves.  When the panel was put into the sun, the area under the leaves lost it's color.

 

 

 

 

Members often share books, fabric, trims, tools, etc. they no longer need at our meeting  Julie made this Halloween Wall quilt, for a grandchild, using some of the repurposed fabric.

 

 

 

Barbara made this Wild Goose Chase bed quilt.

 

 

 

Using blue strips from a club strip exchanges, Barbara made this bed quilt.

 

 

 

Barbara shared a humorous fabric she had purchased.