The January meeting ran a little long because it was jam-packed with good stuff!
First was show and tell-
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Nancy Ellers finished this panel for the St Mary's charity project |
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This lap robe is for the Lipson cancer center |
Nancy is asking members to make 1 1/2 inch (finished) yo-yos to make more garlands for our annual Christmas tree at the museum's Wonderland of Trees.
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Susan Rathbun's modern quilt in memory of Georgia O'Keefe |
(See the original version
here)
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Donna Sofokles isn't sure this quilt is finished yet, but she's done working on it for now. |
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MaryAnne Watson found her "Ultimate Travel Bag", it was lost last month. :-) |
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Lori Anderson is working on UFOs this year, and finished her Quilt as You Go class project |
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Irene Bow's beautiful blue and white quilt looks good... |
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... from the back as well as the front |
Sandra Schufelt spent her holiday break (between Christmas and New Years) finishing UFOs. (Clearly hers are much closer to completion than mine are!)
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Emmy Hartwick asking if there are any last minute joiners for the block swap project |
Mary Kozub is worried about losing her dongle, so she made this little felted pouch to carry it in.
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Mary's son is patiently waiting for the quilt she made for his new bed |
Then it was time for the reveal of entries for the 2017 "Bars" challenge! A long line formed, some looking a bit tired from the last minute finishing session.
Some entries were whimsical and fun...
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Mary Kozub's Big "Amazing" Red Spots |
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Mary Ellen Casey's Salad Bar |
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Mary Lowe's "Dirty Martini" |
There were some "bars" of music
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Over the Rainbow by Lausei Kozub |
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Terry McGuire |
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Elaine Ross' Piano Bar |
A couple of entries honored the often overlooked "bar code"
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by Susan Rathbun |
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By Ann Renica |
A couple had candy "bars"
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by Donna Sofokles |
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by Nancy Ellers |
And some just found a way to use bars of fabric.
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A bar-becue from Elaine Lemley |
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breaking out of bars, by Dodie Morrison |
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apologies to the maker of this one- I'll update when I can |
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by Gloria Crittenden |
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Amish Bars, by Dorothy Doerrer |
There are 24 entries, and not all are shown here; mostly because the picture I took isn't very good. I will make a separate post with good pictures of each quilt after the display is hung in the Richmond Memorial Library.
After that, we had a wonderful presentation from Story teller Cathleen Wiggs. Performing a character named Lily, she tells stories of life and quilts from the civil war era. (Quilts shown here are reproductions made by Cathleen.)
If you get a chance to hear Cathleen speak, I suggest you take it!
In February we will enjoy a visit from
Jack Edson, who makes fabulous portrait quilts!