Scrappy and Beautiful!

 In April, we enjoyed a wonderful trunk show from Charlotte Hawkes More from here later in the post.  

As always, I enjoyed the member show and tell- it always makes me want to go home and hide in the sewing room! This month I had a date with my favorite 5 year old, so no sewing for me.  Here he is showing off his new quilt, inspired by the book, The Little Ghost Who was a Quilt . The face he drew doesn't match the book, but it suits Everett!

                                          

New member Eileen Mason did her first show and tell...

These first few are from the beginner's class series

And a very pretty table runner.  She made two of these and gave one away.

Next up, Liz Scott was happy to show off some UFOs that are now Finished Objects!

Pat Gardner finished this Stained glass quilt, which was quilted by Shirley Lapp

Katy Beluscio pieced this beautiful scrappy quilt at retreat.  It is one of 25 she is hoping to make for a church camp!

Mary Lowe has been working on this awesome Alice in Wonderland themed quilt for a while.  It started with the fabric line, called "Curioser and Curioser", and uses several different patterns.

Nancy Mitchell finished these table runners soon after her first retreat.

Nancy's niece (?) wanted a quilt for her baby that "looked like a rainbow threw up".    

Connie pieced quite a few quilt tops during the "quiet days" of 2020.  She is now finishing some of them.  

 

The Community service crew recently acquired a shape cutter, and had many tumblers cut at the work day in February.  Connie played with some of them to make these little quilts.

This was made by piecing random scraps together to make fabric and then cutting it into squares.  It's waiting for when Connie needs a baby gift.  

Jen Grimsley made this runner using some sashiko squares (below)

The seashell panel in the center was also a sashiko piece Jen stitched.

Jenn made this for the Plank Road Quilt Guild challenge.

Jen was inspired to make this after the session we did with Timna Tarr via zoom several years ago.  

Agnes LaPorte shared this sampler- from the first quilting classes she ever took, 30 years ago.  It was done all by hand, using templates- no rotary cutters, and was finished by hand as well last year.  

Martha Lorshbaugh made this scrappy quilt as a Community Service donation using the fabrics from the "Ugly Fabric Game" we did at a meeting in January 2023

Our guest speaker, Charotte Hawkes confessed she was never really interested in quilting until her family was cleaning out an aunt's house and they were going to toss a whole box of quilt blocks.  She decided to finish it in remembrance, and this first quilt is the result.  It was done entirely by hand. 

                                      After that first one, she was apparently hooked. 

 She began designing her own quilts- this is a pattern she sells on her etsy shop (Link on her website)

                                     This one is called "Scrapitude", but I didn't get all the names.

Charlotte does mysteries on her facebook group, I believe.  Check her out!!

Join us in June when we're hosting Claudia from The Quilter's Daughter.

Marching along

 

There was a lot to see and do at the March meeting.  

The fabric sale from a large donation continues to be successful- both in helping to reduce the amount of items stored in a members garage, and in adding to the guild's treasury!  Many thanks to Elaine and Jean and their helpers for organizing and setting up every month!

The results of the "Music" challenge were announced.  Congratulations to these ladies on their awards, and their excellent work!

Best in Show: Chris Keuhl, "Sing Like the Bluebird"

Creativity: Kathi Everett, "Stayin' Alive"

Use of Color: Elaine Lemley, "The Color of Music"

Appliqué: Jennifer Grimsley, "Buttercup"

Hand Quilting: Jennifer Grimsley, "Buttercup"

Machine Quilting, Nancy Schrader, "Rockabye Sweet baby James"

VIEWERS CHOICE

First place: Elaine Ross, "To a Wild Rose"

Second Place: Elaine Ross, "Rhapsody in Blue #2"

Third place: Jennifer Grimsley, "Buttercup"

(See the pictures in the previous blog post)

Our Speaker this month was Irene Henion of Irene's Fabric Creations.  She's a certified Deb Tucker ruler instructor, pattern tester, and she works with Tara Thom at Town and Country quilt shop in Albion.  I was helping hold her quilts, so didn't get pictures.  If anyone sends me some, I'll add them to this post.

And, of course, there's always show and tell to enjoy!

Martha made these table runners using kits she bought at The Quilter's daughter in perry Center.  

The autumn one(This picture refused to rotate!!!) will be in the silent auction in October.

Martha was happy to finish the easter one in time to use this year!

Nancy Schrader shared this tp she pieced at a retreat last month, looking for suggestions on how to quilt it.  

Liz Scott made this for a neighbor's daughter, who is graduating this spring.  

Elaine Lemley bought the patterns for the barns from a member using the flea market tables, and added to it to make this queen sized quilt for her own bed. 

Eline was given the Baltimore Bride blocks by Nancy Ellers who picked them up from the free table at another guild, and thought of Elaine.  The wool appliqué was all done by machine quilt-as-you- go style.  

Mary Ellen Casey rescued this old top from the trash after is was donated to another quilting group she works with.  She tied and bound it and will gift it to a freind.

Mary Ellen made this beautiful Celtic design quilt for her granddaughter, who will graduate soon, and is a master Irish dancer.  

Carol Farkas made this beautiful quilt to donate to a fundraiser. (I had camera trouble and missed the whole story- sorry Carol!)

In April we'll be hearing from Charlotte Hawkes with a trunk show of scrap quilts and some advice on using scraps!!

Working Together for the Community

 

We were much warmer at the February meeting, even though some members had a somewhat hairy drive in. It's always great to see so many of the members come prepared to work on our community service projects!! It's one of the few meetings every year where we can enjoy just spending time together. (And a lot of good work gets done!

                        

Of course, everyone's favorite part of each meeting is the show and tell.

Alex Hammon made this sweet little bag with kitties on it for her mom's birthday!

Robin Jarvis didn't want wall hangings or table runners, so she made her blocks from the beginner classes into a beautiful lap quilt.  Above is side one, below is side 2.

Chris Kuehl said she's getting a jump on preparing for the quilt show!  This top (above) is Bonnie Hunter's "Frolic quilt- from 2019- which Chris is now looking forward to quilting.

Chris bought the red and white holiday print at last year's holiday silent auction.

Elaine Lemley bought a mystery bag at a quilt show and it turned into this sweet little quilt!

Bonnie Reigle made this cute little bag with fabric she grabbed off the free table.

Bonnie plans to donate this sweet quilt to the silent auction.

Sorry I couldn't get a better picture of the very cute runner Bonnie made.    She also had some cord holders- like for your phone charger cord- but they didn't photograph well at all.  

Nancy Mitchell made this baby quilt- neutral at the request of the recipient- for a baby shower.

Nancy always finds the cutest projects!  She found the bunny bag pattern on pinterest. 

Lori Ivison is happy to have finished something from the beginners classes!

No one has contacted me to say they read the blog. It may have outlived its usefulness.