Wednesday, March 1, 2023

2/28/23

 This month our topic was "Fresh Start".    

Jane made  this for the challenge.  It represents the beginning of a child's story.



The rest of the projects were Show & Tell.
 
Marguerite made this quilt pre-pandemic, as part of a Round-Robin Challenge.
Parts of a panel were designed into the bear themed quilt.


Marguerite made this Nativity machine embroidery wall hanging.


Marguerite also made this Pentecost machine embroidery wall hanging.


Marguerite made this Easter machine embroidery wall quilt.


Marguerite also digitized the pattern for this St. Patrick's Day quilt.






Dave made this flannel winter-themed quilt, creatively using panel parts.


Dave made the following 4 quilts using an Autumn Lake panel in different ways.






























Sunday, March 14, 2021

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.











 








































Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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..