Great tips from a good friend!

There was a lot to enjoy at the August meeting! 

 (And we were all glad to be inside while the rain came down in buckets!)

Linda Prouty started off our show and tell with some recent completions.

For one of Linda's grandchildren (Or GREAT-grandchildren?)

 Linda's daughter started this "small" quilt.  Apparently it grew while in storage before Linda finished it!

This one is a wedding gift for Linda's grandson.

Nancy Ellers took a bunch of donated fabrics and made placemats for the community service collection to benefit Meals on Wheels.

Above and below made from Home Decor fabrics. 

 

Nancy found the same technique used for self-mitered baby blankets works on placemats!

Using clothing from her parents, Nancy made pillows for her siblings.

Mom and Dad are both represented in the heart.

The buttons make the photo removable for laundering.

One of her dads shirts, with a sweet poem

 Tracy Jachimowicz used the technique Carol McNally demonstrated last year to make this sweet baby quilt.

Tracy made this as a housewarming gift

 Angie Valette was happy to find the perfect fabric for this baby quilt where the theme of the nursery is Peter Pan!

 New member Kathleen Robinson bought some English paper piecing supplies at a recent quilt show, and made this hexie ball for a new baby in her family. 

 Kathleen started this quilt 18 years ago and is finally finishing it now by working on her machine quilting skills.

 Cheryl Doody has been making these orange peel blocks whenever she needs handwork for a while now, and made this pillow as a gift for a friend.

Kathy Belluscio is trying to keep up with all the babies (8) born at her church this year.  These two are for a new baby and his older brother, who didn't get a quilt when he was a baby. 

Our speaker this month was a familiar face to many of us.  Linda Hunter is not only a long-time friend of the guild, but has been a judge at several of our shows.  She shared many of her quilts, giving us tips on what to look for in our work if we want to win awards, or get into juried shows. 

In September, we'll have Denise LaMarca, of Auntie's Attic quilt shop speaking on "Color Through an Artist's eye"

There is still plenty of room in both classes with Linda M Poole in October if you've been waiting for your schedule to clear, or just haven't been sure about taking the class.  (Click on the museum logo at the top of the page for a flyer with clickable links)

Friends, Food, Fans

Quilts laid out for the "Whodunnit?" game

On a steamy July morning, the members who attended the July meeting gathered to enjoy good food and good company at the annual guild picnic. Since we eat so early, it's more brunch than lunch, which is fine with me! (There were two different French Toast Casseroles!!)

The highlight of every meeting is usually show and tell.  It's close when there's also yummy food!

 Nancy Ellers made this to donate with fabrics she was given. It's all flannel, I think.

 Donna Sofokles recently celebrated a milestone birthday and was given 80 charm squares by friends, which she made into this quilt.

 This is one of Donna's oldest UFOs and she finally finished it.

 Junamae Quternous has been making wool table mats.  She said "It's too hot for wool, but these are small!"


















































Dodie Morrison unearthed an old project.  She brought a few blocks to show us, because....









 ...she recently won this quilt in a raffle at an arts and crafts show and sale in Caledonia!  I think she said it uses the same jelly roll as hers, too.

 Carol McNally made these two Quilts as housewarming gifts.  I think both were patterns from Missouri Star.

Elaine Lemley's Neice(?) is going to college soon, so Elaine made her a laptop bag.

 Elaine also finished this beautiful bear quilt!

 It's hard to see above, but Cheryl Doody is lucky her hand quilting looks good from either side of the quilt, because the marks didn't was out (below) from this pre-printed piece she bought due to a manufacturing error. 

 Martha Lorshbaugh is knitting small stuffed toys for her grandchildren these days.

Martha's wool felt pocket purse!

 

 Martha made her collage face from an ArtCGirlz workshop into a painterly portrait.


"Whodunnit" was an idea Martha saw on a quilting newsletter- members brought quilts and laid them out with only a number to identify them.  Everyone was invited to try and guess who made which quilt.  Prizes were awarded to mary Ellen Ames for the most correct guesses and Donna Sofokles for the most incorrect.  Martha promises to try and refine the game for next year!

In August we'll be getting "Tips and Tricks" from locally renowned quilter and instructor, Linda Hunter.

There are still open seats in our upcoming classes with nationally renowned quilter, author and instructor Linda M Poole.  Click the Guild logo above for information!

Flora and Fauna Challenge Exhibit

It took some doing to hang 33 quilts, but the display of this year's challenge quilts is up and it is spectacular!

The display, at the Richmond Memorial Library,  is usually during the month of February. Due to renovations at the library, the Guild was rescheduled for July.

The "Flora and Fauna" theme was interpreted in many ways.

From flowers in the garden....

To  creatures of the animal kingdom...

 To legends and fantasy!

 We hope you will visit the library and enjoy the quilts up close.  Members are invited to choose their favorites to be awarded ribbons for several categories.  All visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite, if they can choose just one, to be given the "Viewer's Choice" award.

                                  If you can't get to the show, please enjoy these pictures. 

Love, by Denise Durfee

Sophie, by Kathi Everett

You Can't Buy Pokeweed at the Garden Center, by Martha Lorshbaugh

Ain't yo' Momma's Hexies No Mo' by Nancy Schrader

Kerchoo, by Donna Kaufman

Spearhawk Symphony, by Mary Ellen Caset

Henny Penny, by Laurie Kilbury Taylor

Little Sobek, by Kevin Hammon

Fern Forest, by Susan Rathbun

My Spirit Nymph Lives in the Woods, by Elaine Ross

Silent Night, by Nancy Schrader

Water Lilies, by Gloria Crittenden

Peaceful Morning, by Lori Anderson

Big Buck, by Laurie Kilbury Taylor

Flora, An old Crow, by Donna Sofokles

Piper!, by Chris Kuehl

Jack's Peacock, by Nancy Ellers

Lounging by the pond, by Alex Hammon

Leaves of Pickthorn, by Elaine Ross

Earth Day Every Day, by Cynda Watroba

The Peacock, by Cynda Watroba

Esmé, by Mary Kozub

Raven's Call, by Jennifer Grimsley

Monarch in the Glen, by Mary Lowe

Still and Always True, by Cynda Watroba

Love in Bloom, by Tracy Jachimowicz

It's all about the Whales, by Connie Grimsley

Flower Power, by Sandra Shufelt

Phoebe II, by Eileen Sorochty

Phoebe I, by Eileen Sorochty

Flight of the Monarchs, by Elaine Lemley

Tea and Honey, by Mary Lowe

Mystic Horse, by Susan Rathbun

The theme for 2020 is "Modern Solids".  Some members are already hard at work, to ensure another excellent display when we return to February next year!