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.

December luncheon and projects

December is a fun month in our quilt group. We have a luncheon and there are usually some great ideas for gift-giving and the holidays.

We appreciate everyone bringing and sharing food for the meal and decorations on the tables!

Donna shared several small quilts from panels. These make quick and easy quilts and can easily be dressed up with added borders. 

Julie completed this pretty blue and green quilt from our mystery quilt project. It was quilted by Shirley W.

These placemats were made by Barbara. The set makes a fun gift!

This quilt was also made by Barbara and features a panel with the poem "Footprints" as the center.

And Barbara also brought this sampler quilt made from fabric jelly rolls.

Linda made this pink pinwheel quilt from fabrics she received at the chinese auction when our group brought fabric and quilting items we didn't want and had and exhange.

Ilene's buzz saw quilt is beautiful. The circle quilting inn the buzz saws is really great.

Stephanie L. shared some of the fabric flowers she made for gifts for little girls.

Stephanie used blocks from the mytery quilt to make a table runner. The pattern all depends on how you place the blocks!

There were also some doll quilts and doll clothes made for gifts and charity giving from Rose, Vicky and Ilene.

Exploding Rail Block

A big thank you to Terry for showing us this idea (by the Missouri Quilt Co. & 3 Dudes Quilting). & then for Terry sending the link so we could all see it again.

The video is found on You Tube Here if this link doesn't work.


  Or here is the same idea, a slightly different version,  on this tutorial at Two More Seconds.


               (Picture from 2 More Seconds Blog)
  

Here is the link for the tutorial.  from Two More Seconds Version.  


So here is the Challenge for March:

  Take this video & create your own variation. You could do it with 3,4,5,6 strips, or certain colors, change the thickness. Anything you want. Just try something & then show up with it for  the March meeting & share. We would love to see your variations that you come up with & the different ways it could turn out.  So watch the video, get busy & we will see you with your completed challenge in March. 

Instructions for Pinwheel Toss

Here is the link for the Pinwheel Toss, that Ilene taught at the meeting in February.
 This picture was taken Sew We Quilt blog, but here is where the instructions for the Pinwheel Toss are at Sew We Quilt. (Just click on their name & it should link you over.) 

Picture of the finished Pin Wheel Toss block from Sew We Quilt

We will also try to get the instructions for the Exploding Rail Block on here soon, so you can complete your challenge before the March Meeting! 

October projects

Heidi started our quilt group sharing in October with this adorable pillowcase sewn by her young daughter.

Darlene brought a pretty red and yellow quilt top and an adorable quilt with little house blocks. The roofline at the top is such a nice way to continue the house theme! She also showed a beautiful black and tan quilt and an applique table runner she has been working on.

Chris brought a quilt from last year's exchange blocks that will be used as a couch cover.

Ilene showed how she put together sampler blocks in retro colors in this pretty quilt top.

And we all admired this very cute "mutts and bones" quilt Ilene made for a grandbaby. The pattern is from Fons and Porter in the July/August 2004 "Love of Quilting" magazine. Ilene made the mutts from corduroy pants her daughter used to wear.

Ginny brought a rag quilt she made as a wedding gift. We loved the color combination!

Teri always has something fun to share. The small quilt is supposed to look like a window pane and the chickens outside. Fun!

She also showed this red, white and blue quilt with a panel as the center.

Des and Leann made cute pinwheel pillows!

LeAnn used a kitchen window pattern to showcase some Ghastlies fabric in this quilt top.

And Des showed how a quilt can use the exact same pattern but look completely different just by changing the colors in her version of the kitchen window.

 Des brought her small houses quilt, too.  Her houses are put together with blocks of four houses and each set of four is separated by the pretty yellow sashing. 

And it is amazing that a single, simple log cabin square can be such a cute small quilt! This is very fun Des!