A Little History, Told in Fabric

 Fist, I apologize for the lack of detail on many of these lovely pieces.  My camera wasn't working right (most likely due to a loose nut behind the lens!:-)), so I'm happy I got pictures at all.  I have still not gotten the knack of taking pictures in the new venue.  I'm either too close, or not close enough- I'm not sure.  I hope none of this detracts from your enjoyment of the lovely pieces shared in April!

Many thanks to Bonnie and Stephanie- who I'm sure didn't really want to be in the pictures, but there they are. 

Elaine Moodie made a pair of quilts for either a neighbor or friend who needed gifts (above and below).  Very generous of her!!!

Elaine made these little leather bags from the last useable pieces of a jacket her brother used to wear as keepsakes for his daughters.  

Nancy Schrader made this as a gift for a young couple, and it accidentally matches a card they sent her.  

                          This "cypher" of Nancy's grandson's name (James) is for his "big boy" bedroom.

Donna Kauffman bought the kit to make this wonderful landscape on a trip to Arizona. 

Barb Sage made this folio to use to hold all her "shop hop" necessities.  (Sorry I missed a picture of the front!)

                           Bev Noody made this sweet bee themed wall hanging. 

Flo Nolan finally got brave enough to show us her work!  A beautiful scrappy top...

                                                             A sweet heart top....

                                                                  A zippered pouch....

And the little bag that would have been her challenge entry.

Sue Chiddy used up scraps and bits of binding to make this very pretty quilt. 

Liz Scott was working on this at retreat, and was happy to share that she finished it!

Liz also finished her piece from the Hawaiian appliqué class with Sheri Cifaldi- Morrill last year.  

Our speaker this month was Carol Manning, a member of the turtle clan of the Seneca Nation.  She told us a bit of the history of the Haudenosaunee, and how the treaty that granted them sovereignty provided for an amount of cloth to be sent to them every year.  It used to be nice calico , like her "ribbon shirt". She wasn't sure what the purpose of the cloth was supposed to be.  
                                                

In May we'll be learning about sewing machine maintenance from Penny Marble of the Stitchery.