January Show and Tell

 The No Rules Quilters didn't have a theme this month.

The following are projects members have been working on.

Dave made this Max and Duke panel quilt for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.   He used a variety of fabrics.

Marguerite made a birds and flowers quilt using rail fence blocks and embroidered blocks.  She will be donating the quilt to Sleep in Heavenly Peace. 

The back of the quilt.

Jane completed an "In the Woods" wall hanging, which her sister had started.

Jane also made an "Indian Baskets Designs" wall hanging.  Her sister had machine embroidered the blocks using a triple stitch on her regular sewing machine.

Tam used flannel square to make this pet pad.

Tam used orphan blocks to create this purple wall hanging/table topper.

Tam used an assortment of scraps to make this wall hanging/table topper.  The floral applique is set on a pieced block.

December Show and Tell

Only a few projects were shared this month.

Marguerite made a scrappy quilt for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.  She machine embroidered dinosaurs in some of the blocks.

This is the scrappy flannel back of Marguerite's quilt.

Marguerite also made this quilt using a panel and coordinating blocks.  Dave designed the quilt.

Tam quilted a donated quilt top.  The fabric used in the quilt were 30's reproduction fabrics.  The quilt will be donated to the Habitat Quilt Show and Auction.

The detailed quilting shows up well on the back.  Tam used her regular sewing machine to do the quilting.

  

November Show and Tell

 The topic for November was Our Heritage.  Two members brought items to share.

Marguerite made a blend of flags wall quilt.  She used flags from Yugoslavia and England.

Wanda made a Polish Princess machine embroidered wall quilt.

The wall quilt below was made by Wanda for the Reflections Challenge earlier this year.

Following are other projects members shared.

Wanda made this Christmas wall quilt using a panel.  She heavily quilted it and add some bling.

Mary made a button art wreath and a bead & rhinestone Christmas tree.

Tam made a flower in a pot wall quilt, "Friends are the flowers in the garden of life."

Sue brought in a 30's reproduction quilt top made by a former quilter.  She was going to gift it to someone willing to quilt it.

Jane shared some little clutch purses made from discontinued decorator fabrics.

Marguerite made her own fabric using scraps and designed a quilt on EQ8.  

She used it as a class sample.

Dave took Marguerite's class, and this is one of the scrap quilts he made.

This is a closeup of the leaves, Dave used bargello to make his scrap fabric.

October Show and Tell

 We had no theme for October.  Members shared the following projects.

Marguerite used scraps to make this colorful quilt, which she is donating to Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

Marguerite also made this quilt for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

Dave shared two styles of fabric dyeing.  The first method involves using shaving cream.  He used two blue dyes to create this fabric.

Dave used Ice Dyeing to create this half mandella.  He used all primary colors.

Dave used Ice Dyeing and tying the fabric to make the following hearts.

Mary made this fall double-sided trivet/hot pad.

Mary made the following doll quilt to donate, along with a doll, to Christmas for Kids in Tuscola County.

September Show and Tell

 There was no theme for September.  The following are items member shared.

Sue's friend gave her an embroidered block and Sue used it as the center of a pastel patchwork quilt.

Mary made a wall hanging using a vintage doily.

Mary also made a door hanging in support of Kamala.

Joyce made a variety of items to donate to the Habitat for Humanity 

Quilt Show and Auction.  Following is a few of the table runners

 and table toppers she made.

Linda made the following bowls to be sold at the Buy It Now booth at 

the Habitat for Humanity Quilt Show and Auction.