December Show and Tell

Only a few members showed up for the December meeting.  There was no topic for December.

 

Terry shared a reversible apron she made for the holidays.

 

Terry also made this Santa panel door hanging.

 

 

This is Terry's basket theme project.  A woven basket for Christmas cards.

 

 

 

 

Julie made this apron with a pie applique for a Christmas present.

 

Close up of top.

 



 

Julie also designed and make this gnome.

 

 

 

 

Tam shared her butterfly door hanging.

 

 

 

Mary made this Santa face wall hanging for a Christmas present.

 

 

 

 

 

 



November Show and Tell

The theme for November was baskets.

 

Barbara made this basket with a cat.  The project was a Round Robin,

so after Barbara made the center, other quilters added the borders.

 

 

 

This is Linda's Flower Basket Quilt with pinwheels.

 

Linda used the pillowcase method when make the quilt.  She used flowers to cover the spot on the back where she turned the quilt.

 



 

 

 

Jane's "Balloon Fest" is her basket themed quilt.  Jane plans to add people to the baskets.

 

 

 

 

Mary made 4 hot pads using the basket theme.

 

 

 

 

Barbara brought a visitor who enjoys many crafts.  This is Nataliya showing

the group the lining of the coat she made.

 

 

Nataliya also shared these necklaces she made.

 

 

 

 

Members also shared other projects they have been working on.

 

Julie made this mini quilt with pumpkins and a mouse.

 

 

Julie made this winter scene to hang in her garage.

 

 

Julie made this red, white and blue star quilt.

 

 

Julie is working on this jacket.  She modified the method for making Alabama Chanin's tops

she saw Pinterest.  Her jacket is made from a sweatshirt and Julie stenciled the gray shapes. 

She is now  hand stitching around each figure.

 

Back

 

 

Julie finished her "Jingle Dress Indian Girls" 

 

 

Details

 

 

 

Joyce made this fleece neck warmer.

 

 

Joyce showed the group a coin purse she purchased.  Joyce plans to use as inspiration

 to make more coin purses using felted wool.

 

 

 

Linda made this denim bag with 3D flowers using old jeans.

 

 

 

 

Tam made this squirrel mini quilt.

 

 

Tam hand quilted this whole cloth wall hanging.

 

Laurel Burch butterflies were the inspiration for Tam's quilt.

 

 

the back

 

 

Tam also completed this pink and blue applique quilt.

 

 

the back

 

 

Jane took the photo that was the inspiration for her leaf with raindrops mini quilt. 

She had glass melted to make the raindrops.

 

 

 

 

Wanda remade a man's flannel shirt and decorated it.

 

 

 

Mary has been making hot pads for Christmas presents.

 

 

Mary also made this pumpkin decorated with buttons, beads and rhinestones.

 

 

Mary's daughter made this tote.

 

 

 

After Show & Tell, Wanda showed the group another method of paper piecing.

 

 

Step 1

 

Step 2

 

Finished block

 

 

October Show and Tell

There was no theme this month.

 

This throw-size quilt is Wanda's response to the September theme, "Inspired by a picture."   

Her inspiration was the squares in the pictured quilt. 

 

Every square is quilted differently.

 

 

Wanda also made this "Music" themed quilt.  The quilt is composed of  collected Row-by-Row blocks.  The quilt will be a gift for Wanda's musical daughter.

 

 

 

 

Tam designed this door quilt for Halloween.  The one-block applique quilt

features bats and pumpkins.

 

 

 

 

Karen will not be at the November meeting so she shared her "Baskets" themed project

 for next month.  Her one-block applique quilt features a basket of flowers.

 

 

Karen has bee working all summer on items to sell at craft shows.  She mad pot holders

that hold measuring spoons. 

 

 

Karen also made little clip-on carrying bags to hold cell phones,

glasses and other small items.

 

 

 

 

Barb made this large quilt top featuring a skeleton panel for her 12-year-old grandson,

who likes science.  All the fabrics are science themed.

 

 

 

 

Terry engineered this huge brightly colored bag so that the flower would end up on the front. 

Her daughter will use it to carry teaching supplies.

 

 

 

Joyce made trick-or-treat bags for her grandsons.