November Show and Tell

The challenge for November was to use vintage linens or fabrics in our projects.

 

Mary used old family doilies in her wall hanging.

 

 

The background was made using hand stamped fabrics.

 

 

 

The lace and flowers were tinted with tea and the grass was colored with Intense pencils.

 

 

 

 

 

Alice added an old doily to a half square triangle wall quilt.

 

 

A closer view.

 

 

Alice also made a quilted wall quilt to hold Barbie dolls wearing hankie dresses.

(notice the neat cut out work at the top)

 

 

Closer view.

 

Alice made the dolls jackets on her embroidery machine.

 

 

 

 

Linda made this tote bag using a hankie.

 

 

A closer view of the trim around the hankie.

 

 

 

Jane's inspiration was her father's baby quilt made by his family and neighbors.

 

 

 

Jane used her father's baby shoes and booties in her project.

(sorry the color is off in this photo)

 

 

The red fabric in Jane's project was in the bag with her father's baby shoes, booties and baby clothes.

 

 

The same red fabric was in her father's quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara used a Laura Heine pattern for part of her project.  Barb changed parts of the pattern

 and added the trellis.

 

 

Barbara also added the boots.

(The quilt is under construction)

 

Barbara added different laces through out the skirt.

 

 

 

 

Members also shared other projects they have been working on.

 

Alice made this quiet doll.

(Perhaps to be used to keep a child busy and quiet during a church service.)

 

 

 

Tam shared a UFO....a nature collage quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

October Show and Tell

There was no theme for October.  Members shared projects they had completed.

 

Wanda made this Row-by-Row quilt using patterns and kits she purchased at Michigan quilt shops.  She won a prize of fat quarters for her completed quilt.

 

 

 

 

Pat made this small child's fleece blanket.  The very soft backing was made using felted cashmere sweaters Pat purchased at a thrift shop.

 

 

 

 

Linda brought several denim tote bags she made for an upcoming craft sale.

 

 

 

 

Tam brought a quilt featuring a log cabin heart.  The heart was made by Beth F., and the center applique block, border and quilting were done by Tam.

 

 

 

Next month our theme involves using vintage fabrics in a project.

 

Karen is going to miss the meeting next month so she  brought her projects early.

 

Karen's quilt has a 3-D doily and fancy button in the middle.

 

 

 

Karen also shared a work in progress, featuring a vintage doily and some flowered fabric which  belonged to her husband's grandmother.

 

 

 

 

September Photos

The No Rules Quilters topic for the past two months was "Thread."  There were a wide variety of finished projects involving thread.

 

This photo of the iris and bee was Jane's inspiration.

This is Jane's quilt, "Symbiosis."

A close up of the bee.

 

A closer view of the iris petals.

 

 

Wanda made a quilt using four blocks made by flower pounding.

 

 

Close up views of Wanda's thread painting and quilting.

 

 

Wanda also made a glasses case from fabric she had hand embroidered.

 

Other side.

 

 

 

 

 

Alice's project began with this machine embroidered peacock.

 

  

Alice remade the piece using thread trapped under tulle for the background.

 

 

Alice also made a computer cover using the same technique.

 



Alice made a number of items using sticky wash-a-way stabilizer and free-motion quilting on yarn.

This is the first step in her technique.

 

 

After quilting, Alice soaked her projects in Calgon bath salts overnight to remove the stabilizer.

Below are the items she made using this process.

A scarf.

 

A purse.

 

 Another scarf.

 

 A shawl.  Alice also made the flowers on her items.

 

 

 

Joyce S. made this wall hanging using recycled painted t-shirts;

which she tread painted and then quilted.

 

Close up view.

 

Joyce also enhanced pumpkin fabric with thread painting.

 

 

  Close up view.

 

 

Joyce also made this thread bowl using was away stabilizer and free-motion quilting.

 

 

 

Members also shared other projects they have been working on.

 

Nancy brought her "Ugly Fabric Challenge" project.  This is her ugly fabric.

 

Below is Nancy's finished project.

 

 

Nancy made all three layers of paper used in her project.

 

 

She used the ugly fabric to make her flower.  The fabric was painted with Inktense  pencils.

Nancy hand quilted the layers together.

 

 

 

Mary shared a Spool quilt she had made in the past.

 

 

Mary also shared her "Sine Curve"  quilt.

 

The center curve is embellished with rhinestones.

 

 

 

Tam was wearing her latest project.  She made her pretty pink shirt.