February Show and Tell

 Our theme for February was "Love".

Two of Marguerite's loves are her pets, Bailey and Wyllie.  Marguerite used photos of the dogs and digitized them.  She then used a computer program to machine embroider the photos on fabric.

Dave loves the outdoors.  He used a photo of the Mackinaw Bridge to machine embroider this block. 

Mary used hearts for the challenge.  She made hot pads and coasters.

Linda also used a heart in her design.  She was inspired by indigenous Mexican art.  Linda used a piece of the art to draw her design and then machine applique it.

Following are other projects members have been working on.

Jane made this baby quilt for a friend.

Marguerite machine embroidered the Tawas Point Lighthouse.  She also had her machine applique parts of the picture.

Marguerite also made this 32 block machine embroidered

 Thomas Kincade wall quilt.

Dave made the following quilt for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

The completed rail fence center was given to him by Joyce, a No Rules Quilter. 

She also donated the fabric he used in the borders.

Mary made the following folded Christmas trees.

Mary has been frustrated by politics and finds sewing calming.

She made this wall quilt for her sewing room; the center words are a panel. 

Kathy is working an English paper pieced quilt using Tulla Pink fabric.

Nancy is making a pinwheel baby quilt.

This is going to be the backing fabric.

Tam enhanced an orphan block.  She added the flowers and leaves in the center.

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.