It Feels Like Christmas!

It was a bit of a holiday miracle that allowed this meeting to be a success!  Thanks go out to the board, all the people who brough tables, all of the people who came early to help set up, and an angel at the VA!  What a joy it was to have so many members come together to enjoy a holiday feast and the annual holiday silent auction.  

Of course, one of the best parts of every meeting is the show and tell.

We had quite a few finishes from last month's class with Susan Ralyea from the "BC Woolery"

Liz Scott and Nancy Mitchell showed off their appliqués together (Liz on the left, Nancy on the right)

Carolyn Stegman's pillow

Dee Waldraff's pillow

Joann Flynt's pillow

Terry McGuire is ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year.

 

Kathy Belluscio had pieces leftover from a recent project, so she made a bonus project!

Kathy finished her appliqué from the class with Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill in October.

Marsha Regan has been working on this memory quilt- using shirts from a loved one- for a while, and has now finished it.  

Barb Sage made this small quilt to cover the child in the manger in her church's nativity scene.

This is for Barb's new granddaughter.  Below is the super sweet back!

Dee Waldraff had always wanted a snowflake quilt.  She finally found a pattern on etsy!

                Connie Grimsley is making quilts for her friends- above and below.  (Lucky friends!)

 

Jeannie Glozer made this pillow cover for her daughter (I think), and she'll be traveling to Switzerland to deliver it!

Jeannie made this from a kit she got on a shop hop.

Bonnie Dedo decided to use some of her solids and give "modern quilting" a try. 

Ann Renica's mom had this quilt on her bed for quite a long time, and it was in need of repairs.  Ann had to repair one block, and hand quilted it with a new backing.  (Apologies to Ann- there was a sweet story about the quilt that I couldn't get all the details to share with you here)

We had SO much tasty food at the Christmas "brunch"!!  Next time I need to bring two plates- and a bigger stomach.

There were just over 100 items for the auction. A few items had last minute bidding wars- all in good fun, of course!

Time to remind everyone that your "challenge" entries are de at the January meeting in just 5 weeks!!!  

The great news is our January meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church- where we met in October.  So no worries about tables, or being cold, or the elevator not working!!

I can't wait to see what you all did with the challenge fabric!!

Demo Day 2025

 

Terry McGuire made this Teddy Bear's Picnic mat to go with the book for a basket raffle

Bonnie Dedo finished her "Fusion"  quilt from the class earlier this year- it's reversible!

Elaine Moodie Made tis from a kit. It will be a Christmas gift for family in Michigan.

Elaine machine embroidered this to be a gift for her sister, who loves the highland cows. 

Jennifer Grimsley finished her "Picnic Petals" quilt top- from last month's class.  She said she enjoyed doing it and will make it again!

                                        Elaine Ross finished her Picnic Petals quilt top as well.  

                    Dodie Morrison won this quilt ( I didn't hear where, but isn't she lucky!!!??)

Dee Waldraff is finishing UFOs. These three photos of four quilts are an assortment of Kim Diehl patterns. 

Mary Beth Letson made this from a panel for this super cute barn toy for her grandson

Wendy Wilson made these bags from patterns she bought last month  from our visiting teacher

Carol Mc Nally also won a beautiful quilt at the Avon Presbyterian Church.  It was made by Barb Miller.

Connie Grimsley also finished her picnic petals quilt top.  

Today was Demo Day!

Joann Flynt shared techniques for wool appliqué

Liz Scott shared her techniques for machine binding a quilt.

Carol McNally showed us how to  tie a quilt, using the "hidden tie" method.   

Deb Vosburg showed us the techniques from her award winning Halloween quilt, using techniques from "Crabapple Hill Studio". You can see more here. 

Thanks to our members for giving of their time!!

There was a workshop with Susan Ralyea after the meeting.  I look forward to next month's sow and tell!

In December, we'll have our annual Holiday Party!!  Bring a dish to pass (with a list of ingredients and serving utensils), your own place setting and beverage.

There will also be the December silent auction.  If you have gently used or new items you wish to donate, please contact Jen Grimsley to let her know what you're bringing.  

A VIP visit!

 

We waited so long for it to get here, and national teacher, Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill, was worth every minute of the wait!  Lucky guild members were able to spend two days in class, learning techniques to make fabulous quilts!

We met in October at the First Presbyterian church, where the classes were held.  They have a lovely meeting room, with upholstered chairs and a built in sound system!  (such luxuries)

  The venue is great, but the one drawback is not having the stage for show and tell.  Apologies in advance for having people's heads in the pictures, and incomplete images- especially on Sheri's work.

                                Nancy Bow made this disappearing 4-patch.  I missed who it's for.  

                           Barb Sage finished this runner from the beginner  quilting classes

Barb also finished this from the beginner classes.

                          Her other finishes gave Barb the confidence to make this baby quilt!

Dee Waldraff proudly shared her oldest UFO (13 years old) - released from "time-out" and finally finished. It is hand appliquéd and hand quilted.  

Chris Kuehl is also finishing UFOs.  These mats were part of a flower of the month series at Mt Pleasant.  Chris only bought this one as it's her favorite flower

Chris had a hard time matching the colors exactly to finish painting this piece from the classes we had with Linda M Poole.  She also vows no more pebbles!

                                               Jeannie Glozer made this cork bag at a retreat

                                    This quilt is for Jeannie's daughter, in colors her daughter chose.

Connie is working steadily on finishing her UFOs as well.  This quilt was a pandemic top, using up scraps.  

Connie taught some fourth grade students to sew and had them sew scrap squares to plain fabric as practice.  This quilt is made of those pieces.  Both of these are for community service.

 

This was started in a "Cheater bargello" class we had years ago with Marija Vucjic.

This was in with some Community Service donations.  Connie figured out why it might have been "accidentally" thrown away when she decided to finish it.  This will be in the December auction!  

Mary Beth Letson used her "Twister" tool to make the borders on this baby quilt panel- to be a gift for a friend.

Mary Beth found the panel for this adorable little witch doll on a recent shop hop (at the Quilter's Daughter) 

                    Jennifer Grimsley made this in neutrals as a gift for a baby coming soon.

Kathi Everett is still dyeing bits and pieces (above and below) she finds using natural dyes.  

Kathi is also still doing collages with online groups.  This tiny collage is part of an "Artist Trading Card(ATC)" swap.

Martha made four of these placemats from panels she bought last October at a shop in Portland, OR.

Here are the results of the classes- Eula never did get hers opened up, I guess.   (there's a better picture on the guild facebook page)

Piecing Curves with Confidence

Hawaiian Appliqué

When Sheri shared her story of being a quilter and designer, (and lots of her quilts!)she added stories about her inspiration- which she finds everywhere!  She does all of her own work, and loves walking foot quilting (On a domestic machine)  You can learn more about her work at her website.

Sheri's first quilt- very heavy due to the number of seams- inspired by Denyse Schmidt  It is hand quilted.

This first version of the curves quilt from class was done as part of a challenge.

The first version of this quilt sold at QuiltCon 2015, so she played with the design and made it again.  This is what the word love looks like as a sound wave!

                                    This version is a pattern available at Sheri's website

                               Sheri likes working in series, and was fascinated by some bugs!

This piece was inspired by a desire to travel during the pandemic.  Sheri hosted a sew-along with quilters around the world to make this quilt, which is paper pieced.  

This piece was a fabric challenge and she didn't like the fabric. So she pondered the process of making a quilt to come up with this design! (Paper pieced) 

                                         This piece was inspired by a Hawaiian sunrise.  

Sheri likes typography and designed a way to piece all the characters shown, then made some words.  

                                                     Sheri's dog sleeps with paws up!

Sheri showed several lovely botanical quilts- most are block of the month patterns.  Sadly, the pictures I took weren't worth sharing.  Please visit Sheri's website for more information!

(If we go back to this venue, I'll have to find a better vantage point to photograph.)

Coming in November is our annual Demo Day.  (Contact Joann Flynt if you have demo ideas- she might still have room!)  

In December we'll have our annual holiday party with lots of excellent food and our December silent auction.  Contact Jen Grimsley if you have items to donate!