May Quilting Projects

Things seem to get busier as we head into the warmer months, but projects are always inspiring.

Denise shared this quilt from blocks we exchanged earlier. She used shades of cream fabric for the background and scraps in country colors for the pattern. This was quilted by Shirley.

This queen size quilt was put together by Kaylene. She said the blocks were part of an exchange through Porters.

Tiffany's mom made this adorable quilt for a new baby. 

And Tiffany made the new baby this cute quilt with applique turtle and circle border.

Beth's daughter made this quilt for a 4-H project. Beth said her daughter didn't get any help with this and completed it all on her own.

Vicky brought these vintage butterfly blocks to show. She said she wants to use them in a quilt, but since the corners were cut off most of the blocks, she is still figuring out how to arrange them.

And then Vicky wowed us with her completed bargello quilt top! We love how different the quilt looks just by turning it. 

Rose brought a double pinwheel baby quilt with smaller pinwheels to accent the corners.

Donna brought a patriotic quilt that will be presented to a local teacher for his work in honoring veterans. 

Stephanie is working on this table topper quilt made from coordinating scraps.

February 2012 Meeting

February was a fabulous month for projects and inspiration.  

Teri started us off this month with her patriotic table runner she quilted herself and a pretty throw pillow.

She also brought this rag quilt made in boy colors.

Teri's fall table top quilt has a panel in the center and disappearing 9-patch blocks.

Donna brought two tumbler quilt tops she has been working on and also an organic feeling strip quilt. When Leann quilted this top, she said it reminded her of water so it is quilted in ripples and swirls.

Des worked on baby gifts this month and shared this gift set she made.

Julie quilted this baby boy blanket herself with straight lines.

We love seeing the quilts from exchange blocks and Julie brought the top she put together from the 2011 exchange.

It seems like Julie brings a cute hand bag to our group often. She made this one using charm squares.

We are excited to have Christina join our group! She shared this bright and girly quilt made from jelly roll strips. She said she purchased additional yellow fabric to match.

Rose was the lucky winner of some of the quilt blocks from our local library's quilt contest in January and she already has them put together in a quilt top! 

Darlene brought this beautiful king-sized quilt she calls "buck-eyed beauty." 

DeLene did the quilting on this and it is amazing. This quilt could really be reversed because the back is as stunning as the top!

Darlene had extra blocks from her quilt so we can see better how to make the design.

Thanks everyone for so much inspiration!

January Meeting 2012

Hooray for a new year full of quilting and sewing adventures in our quilt group!

Rosemary put together the blocks from the 2011 block exchange in this bright and colorful quilt top. We can't wait to see how she finishes this one!

Vicky brought this adorable pink quilt with patchwork hearts and the cutest love birds. 

There was some "ooohs" and "aaaaws" when Vicky brought out these bunnies with floppy ears and carrots. 

Another quilt from Vicky with fruit basket fabrics.

Blue was the perfect color in this quilt from Vicky.

A buggy barn style quilt in fall colors and prints from Vicky

And finally a cute wall hanging with witches and pumkins - also made my Vicky. We love all the quilt inspiration Vicky!!

Rose brought levi quilts this month. The blocks cut with the levi seams on the diagonal make and interesting pattern in the quilt and make it easier to sew over the seams. 

Rose said there were some small holes in the levi  so she sewed flannel applique shapes over the holes. Cute!

Rose used levi and fabric to make rag quilts that had everyone intrigued. She cut a shape out of the top layer of levi and backed it with fabric. That is stacked with the middle layer (if you want to use a middle layer) and the backing. Then she sewed 1/4 inch from the cut edge of the shape through all the layers to quilt it all together and finally stitched the squares together to complete the quilt.

The cathedral window is another amazing way to combine levi and fabric into a beautiful rag quilt. Thank you for sharing Rose!!

Terry was finishing some projects and brought this fun star and stripe quilt.

She also brought two neighborhood window quilts in pretty country colors.

Terry also brought back this cute patchwork and applique mini quilt to show us how she decided to quilt it by stitching buttons to the finished piece!

Terry brought a dissappearing nine-patch in pink and brown. We always love to see the disappearing nine-patch quilts.

Terry also shared this cute little quilt in pastels with fun wonky shapes and crazy nine-patches.

Emily shared her very first quilt with us. She made this quilt for her daughter as a gift. Good job Emily!

Emily also amazed us with her second quilt top! She said she made this design up herself and did lots and lots of math to figure out all the measurements. She said this quilt will also be a gift.

Heidi said she needed some blankets for baby boy and felt well enough to make some flannel receiving blankets and an all-boy fleece throw.

Stephanie made wool vests for Christmas gifts. These are made from green wool army blankets that she dyed black. 

Leann was inspired by a quilt on the cover of McCall's Quilting Magazine (Nov/Dec 2011) to make this pretty winter quilt.

Julie also put together her exchange blocks from last year. She chose to make blocks in country colors. These blocks are fun because a different pattern emerges as you arrange and turn the blocks different ways.