All the colors in the box!

Well, we blew it.  The Museum Quilt Guild turned 40 this month, and no one remembered to throw us a party!  What's important is that the group continues to thrive, thanks to the support of the membership!   With luck, they'll be celebrating another 40 years!

The September show and tell demonstrates the level of talent in out guild, as well as the variety of the skills and interests.  

 Mary Ellen Casey made this wonderful quilt, in an attempt to use up some stash, even on the back....

 ...as you might guess, it didn't make much of a dent.

Mary Ellen enjoyed learning "Improvisational Embroidery" at the ArtCGirlz meeting this month.

 Mary Ellen Ames acquired this quilt from the Senior Center.  They don't know where it came from, and have no need for it.  Mary Ellen was hoping one of us remembered working on it, and what she should do with it.  (I'm not sure she got any answers)

 Gloria Crittenden, who looked so happy with her quilt that I had to leave her in the picture, made this quilt as a gift for a friend who is an avid cyclist. 

 Elaine Ross was inspired by a photo she took in the woods.  She did trapunto on the leaves anad thread sketching for the "Lichen"

 Lorraine West is made this cute pillow to sit on the back of her couch, but it won't stay where she wants it!

 A sweet seasonal pillow Lorraine made

 Lorraine isn't sure if this is a table mate or a potholder yet.

 Connie and Jenny Grimsley visit an aunt Wisconsin every year, where there is a great quilt shop in a "Ben Franklin" store that hosts an annual challenge.  The back of the quilt above shows some ofthe challenge fabrics.

 Connie's entry

 Jenny's entry

They entered in different categories, hoping they can both snag a gift certificate as a prize. 

 Nancy Schrader made this pillow as a gift for a friend and her children.

 Nancy and her mom each made this seasonal door quilt. 

 Nancy Ellers originally intended this heart block to be the center of this quilt- pattern from an internet scrap quilt group.  Nancy Carefully re-did the block to NOT be on point, only to discover the center block of the quilt is on point.  The quilt will be a donation.
 

Nancy digitized the design her friend who sells Mary Kay uses and made this little quilt as a gift.


Our speaker for the month was Denise LaMarca, of Auntie's Attic quilt shop.   She gave us some great pointers on how to use the color wheel to choose fabrics for our quilts.

Our October meeting will feature a presentation by our national teacher, Linda M Poole. Hopefully, there will also be a nice showing of the projects made in the classes Thursday and Friday before the meeting.  Please join us!

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!