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.

August Show and Tell

 August's challenge was "Reflections."  Some of the members created projects which followed the theme.

Linda made a wall quilt having fall leaves reflected in water.

Tam created a wall quilt with reflecting butterflies. 

Jane made "Dew Drop View," using silk with Sharpee markers spritzed with 90% rubbing alcohol.

Following are other projects members shared.

Marguerite made this Santa & reindeer using machine embroidery.

Marguerite made this sunrise wall quilt, using fabric mosaic under tulle.

She also made a ducks and cattails quilt using watercolor quilting with applique on top.

The following 3 photos are of dove appliqued quilt surrounded by bright piecing made by Marguerite.

Dave experimented with weaving fabric strips to make a quilt top.

Tam made a wall hanging with flower appliques.  She used free-motion thread drawing when quilting it.

Jane made a 90th Anniversary wall hanging for Samaritas.  She used two t-shirts the company had made to celebrate their anniversary.  She added flowers from a tee she had.

Mary made Christmas coasters to match mugs.

She also made jar openers for Christmas presents.

Mary made this table topper as part of a challenge with friends who were all given small charm packs to work with.

These are some of the hot pads Mary made for the Buy It Now booth at the Habitat Quilt Show this fall.