The sewing continues!

We have been busy completing many projects! It feels SO good when a project is complete and we can share it and enjoy the feeling of completion - and then BAM, we start something new!

This is Judy's quilt - it was a kit from guess who? Connecting Threads of course! The quilting was just completed by Carmen - the finished quilt looks great!

We celebrated Cheryl's birthday with a delicious cake - Happy Birthday Cheryl!(and thanks to Carole for always picking up the cakes!)

These are my first two blocks of a Pat Sloan Block of the Month program that is happening on-line. The program started in January and each month for 10 months, the directions for a block will be released. It's not too late to join - check out Pat Sloan on Facebook for all the information. 

These colourful log cabin blocks are the 'filler' blocks for Myrtle's Block of the Month - they are going to look lovely when finished!

Here's Jane busy again!

Cheryl is putting her blocks together for her Orion Star quilt using Thangles .... beautiful colours! 

Carole is working with pretty pastel fabrics - very nice!

 Here is Judy's quilt - as you can see, she has put a couple of rows together ... very pretty!

I made two table toppers (60 degree table topper) out of this bee hive striped fabric - each topper is the inverse of the other. I kept one and sent one to my quilter friend, Lynne, in Australia. 

Carole brought in two older quilts to show us - this first one belongs to her daughter and was made by Carole's grandmother. It needed a little repair work and is good as new now. 

This second quilt is one that Carole started decades ago and she pulled it out and finished it; good job Carole!

Jane and I went to Quiltcon click here in Pasadena, California, the end of February and we had an AMAZING time! So, the next post on this blog will be all about our Quiltcon experience  - and I will include the link to the 2017 Quiltcon which will be held in Savannah, Georgia, so stay tuned!!!

Hope your bobbins are always full!

Bev

Lots of photos to share with you today!

Everyone has been very busy finishing UFOs (unfinished objects) and eagerly starting new projects. It's funny how the new fabrics call to you while you are in the midst of 3 or 4 other projects - and the new fabric always looks so much more interesting than the fabric you have been working with for a month or more!

Without further ado, here come the photos!

This is Faye 2 with a block from the kit she ordered from Connecting Threads (check their website HERE! We all love shopping at Connecting Threads, great quality and prices). 

The pattern is called "Star Crazy" ..........

...and it involves LOTS of cutting but it will be beautiful!

Here is Faye 1 with a completed quilt top; very lovely in black, white, silver, gray!

Judy is ironing her squares - it is another quilt kit from Connecting Threads, lovely browns!

It looks like Carmen is working on some bow ties and ...

..she has some beautiful graduated pink fabric that will make a beautiful heart quilt. 

Cheryl is practicing how she is going to put together her Block of Month quilt - love the blue colour with all the blacks and whites!

Jane is hard at work ...... on something! Sorry Jane, I don't remember what you were working on but I'm sure we'll see the progress in a later post!

This is Karen! She is our newest member and she is working on a table runner, looking good Karen!

Myrtle is working on her Block of the Month with a lovely turquoise fabric to add contrast - gorgeous!

I made some doggie panties - something I never thought I would be making! My family and I are pug sitting two of our breeder's pugs and the little female, Coco, has gone into heat. With any luck, Coco and Carter will be parents in a few months!

Carole showed us her strip quilt - she used fabric foundation for the back of the blocks and it shows how good combining different fabrics can look. Good job!

That's all for now! See you again soon!

Bev

And we say Goodbye to 2015

Our second quilting day in November saw us trying to finish up Christmas projects and tie up loose ends.

This quilt tag was from a table topper exchange hosted by Quilting Gallery - Carole's partner attached it to Carole's table topper. It appears that she had a stamp made with her name and used card stock to make a tag - what a great idea!

 

And this is the table topper Carole received - lovely colours  - along with other 'quilty' goodies! I joined the Quilting Gallery exchange a couple of years ago and have 'met' lovely quilters from around the world. I highly recommend it!



One of Carole's other goodies!

This is Carole's completed Origami Christmas tree that was a workshop hosted by our large guild. The bells and balls make it so pretty!

 



A table topper/wall hanging/ lap quilt made and quilted by Carole - doesn't blue and brown look so good together? Great job!

 

This is my Origami Christmas tree - just need to add the gold balls. 

At lunch we celebrated Myrtle's birthday with a delicious cake - Happy Birthday Myrtle!

 

This lap quilt is Cheryl's and if I'm not mistaken, it may be for charity. Very nice!



 

 

This is Myrtle's Block of the Month from Darci's shop, the Tilted Quilt. Beautiful!

 

This is Faye 2's wall hanging - beautiful in silver and blue!

Judy is working on a purse from a pattern she purchased when a few of us went out to Stony Plain and Spruce Grove - beautiful fabric choice!

Jane is working on two-colour disappearing four-patch placemats - good colours!



 

Cheryl made a Christmas table runner using a sashed disappearing 4-patch - very lovely! 

 

 

 

And another gorgeous table topper from Carole - she also quilted it - stunning!



 

That's it for now! Lots of sewing happened in November - next up, December!

 

Take care,

 

Bev

November quilting days - Part 1

 The Minion madness continues!  Faye 2 received this inflatable Minion from one of her grandchildren and brought it to quilting. How cute is he?

Here is Jane working hard as usual! 

Carole is working on a new table topper - more to follow later in the blog!

This is a kit Faye 2 bought from Connecting Threads - I believe that Faye 1 bought the same kit. It is a panel with borders and a light set. It is refreshing to see a Christmas kit in these lovely blue colours!

This is Faye 2's lovely completed quilt top - and she very generously donated to the Patchwork Network Quilters - and Cheryl, who is in charge of Charity Quilt Distribution in our large guild, is going to have to long-arm quilted and donate it to the Make A Wish Foundation. One young person is going to be very happy to be the recipient of this quilt - that you Faye!!!

Here's Myrtle working on some of her block-of-the-month blocks. Those who are working on the bom quilt are going to have beautiful quilts - the finished blocks make me wish I had joined in but the massive amount of work to piece the blocks makes me happy that I didn't!

Carmen is working on a large, lovely, hand-needle-turn-appliqued quilt - such patience!

Faye is thinking .... very hard ..... about her block-of-the month!

And the thinking continues with Carole .....

I made some bibs for my new great-niece - I love making bibs and this time I used terry cloth for the backing.

This is the two-hour basket - the tutorial is on line. 

And this is two rows of my hopefully soon-to-be 5 row Trees Up, Lights On quilt. I quilted each block separately and then joined the finished, quilted blocks together.

This is one of Judy's completed blocks for the Quilts of Valour project at our large guild. Very nice!

This is one of Faye 2's bom blocks .... very nice!

And these are Jane's blocks (I think!) - made for Charity blocks for our large guild. The before and after blocks show the transformation a simple blocks goes through to become a complex looking block!

Here is Jane with a finished block - what a great design!

This is Cheryl's finished Piece of Cake quilt top with borders - very colourful!!

That's all for now - stay tuned for November, Part Two!

Bev