Members Busy During the Pandemic

 Linda has been busy making baskets using batik scraps.  

(She says she is "not at the end of my rope yet 😍")

Linda has also been doing watercolor painting.

Below are some of her beautiful projects.

Jane made this butterfly quilt from blocks embroidered by a friend's grandmother.

The friend is giving it to her granddaughter.

Jane has been collecting black/white/red pieces for this 24" X 24" 

I Spy quilt for several years.

This machine embroidered flower was included in a donation of quilt stuff that 

came in to Jane's church.  Jane added the skinny borders and quilted it.  

Eventually it will be in the Habitat auction.

Jane used fabrics from her stash to make doll blankets.

She added satin ribbon bindings.

The hand embroidered pineapple was also a donation.  

Jane quilted it and made it into a pillow.

Jane made luncheon-size place mats, napkins and a center mat

from leftovers from a larger quilt.

Jane also made these pillows and quilt from donated fabric.

Jane was asked to make some items from the 

ties of a man who had died.

She made 18 key chains.

Bracelets 

Jane made this small wall hanging using  a paper pieced pattern, "Flamingo Moon".

The pattern was by Brenda Groetz who came to the  

Piecemakers Guild many years ago.

Jane has had requests to make some leather passport cases.

Karen completed this beautiful counted cross stitch project she started in December.

It hangs in her 5th wheel.

The two following scrappy quilts are examples of the six quilts Dave recently made to donate.

The are all 52" x 52".    They went to the Mills Township Fired department in Midland county. 

Material Mart Fabric Shop in Midland is collecting quilts this year for four different organizations.  The first quarter of this year is the Fire Department.  The three other organizations are Auburn Fields, in Auburn, an assisted living facility, Candelstone, another assisted living facility and finally Medilodge Nursing Home in Midland.

David also made this jelly roll weave quilt.

David made Rose Garden.

David made Shadowed Lotus

Dave also made this quilt.

Nancy liked the touch of red in her monoprint.

The following three photos are of a project Nancy started in April and finished in September.  Nancy calls it 9 Arches.  It is made of her discard prints, each block is 1 3/8".  Nancy's years of quilting are very much a part of this work.

Nancy is taking a class called iphoneography with Armin Mersmann.  The studens take their own photos and use different apps to change them.  This was a picture of apples floating in the sink while Nancy was making applesauce.  Opportunity is everywhere!

Mary made this spring wall hanging.  She altering a free pattern online.

 

A Few Projects by LInda

Linda made this baby quilt.  It was originally a UFO from Davison Fabric's block of the month, decades ago.  Linda pulled it out, added two additional blocks and finished it.  The quilt is a gift for a friend's grandson.

Linda's baskets are cotton rope that's wrapped with cotton fabric strips, then sewn into coil/basket with a zigzag stitch on her machine.  Linda used multiple You Tube's to learn this easy craft..

 

A Few More Quarantine Projects

 Wanda shared two new projects.

More Projects During Quarantine

 Barbara made this quilt during quarantine.

Barbara also made this beautiful shawl.  She commented that she "

finish up a little yarn. Seems the more I use the more I have!"  😊

Projects During Quarantine

 We haven't been meeting because of Covid, so some members are sharing projects they have been working on for the past 11 months.

                    This sofa quilt was made by Linda using her own design.  Linda used odds and         ends  of fabric she had on hand.

  

This fish is Linda's  own design. It is an attempt to create an art quilt similar to Laura Heines work. Small beads have been added to represent air bubbles. “Goldie in the sea with diamonds.”

Linda made this quilt, titled " Corona".

Jane took a class through Piecemakers quilt guild in 2000. The top was pieced a few years ago and finally quilted by Judy Ettema from Belaire. She did the binding using Mary's two piece binding forming the small flange.

Jane made this quilt for her newly found second cousin from New Orleans. 

They  connected through Ancestry DNA testing.

 

The long arm quilting was done by Judy Ettema from Belaire.

Jane made "Dance of the Dragonflies" from a kit.

Jane made this quilt called "Corona".

This is her label.

Mary made this quilt for her daughter-in-law's birthday.

Mary also made this quilt using her own design.

She also designed the back.

Being quarantine inspired Mary to make this small wall quilt.  

She printed the prayer on the background fabric on the computer.

Mary made this baby quilt for charity.

Mary made this wall hanging for a nephew's new son.

This is "Clifford",  Mary made him for her grandson's third birthday.  

She used the same pattern she had used for his dad's Humphrey dog about 40 years ago.

Mary made a number of Christmas trees for gifts.  

Her daughter requested one with a hat and smile.

It seems appropriate that it should also have a mask this year.