Joyce started our Show and Tell with a pillow top she made for her daughter-in-law.
The flower petals are hand appliqued on the gray linen.
Mary shared a snowman wall quilt, made for the back entry.
Mary also made a St. Pat's Sun Bonnet Sue for her front door.
Barbara used this photo as her inspiration for a baby quilt.
The baby's room is going to be green with a nature theme. This is one of Barbara's blocks using birch fabric for the strips.
The group offered advice as to how to lay out the blocks for the quilt.
(sorry the photo is blurry)
Jane shared a DEAR JANE quilt she has been working on for almost 20 years.
A closer view of some of the blocks.
Jane used English Paper Piecing to make the quilt by hand. Below are some back side photos, some of the papers have not been removed yet.
Tam hand appliqued this red/green wall hanging.
Closer view, the piece was machine quilted.
Tam also made this 30's Sampler quilt with blocks someone gave her.
Closer view....Tam had to make all the blocks the same size....note top left...she had to add a small border on the block.
Tam quilted all the blocks using the same pattern for each block using her regular sewing machine.
Jane demonstrated how to use Sharpie markers and rubbing alcohol
to make designs on different kinds of fabric.
Below is a wall quilt Jane made using this technique.
Jane started out using silk, testing how the markers would compare to the soda ash scarves
we did last month.
Jane suggested using rubbing alcohol with a high concentration.
Jane used a spray bottle with alcohol on the first example.
She also used an eye dropper with alcohol.
This example was on cotton.
This sample was on a cotton knit.
Other members also tried their hand at dyeing the fabric.
Thanks to Jane, for sharing the technique with our group.
