March Show and Tell

Donna was missed at our monthly guild meeting this month. Take care and thinking of you Madam President! Elaine did a great job running the meeting as my (Kathi's) co-chair. I am not a fan of that dang microphone~!
Melanie and Mary Ann were the main attraction with a day of community service sewing.
Martha was also missed...I forgot to get a stand in to record who showed what! I will record the ones I remember...if yours is not labeled, email Martha or me and we will fix that.

Jean Butzer's miniature. Hundreds of pieces!

 Elaine Ross and her painted butterfly.

Pat Gardner, above and below. First art quilts.

Diana Sikora. If you look close, you can see sparkles from sequins.

Connie Grimsley's wintery wallhanging.

Chris Kuehl's mini landscape. (above) Ann Renica's double nine patch quilt below!

Our guest/new member showed us her first quilt....a tumbling block!

Terru McGuire showed us the dog beds she makes with our scraps.

John Roll finished Bernice's quilt. Below is John's well.

Kathi Everett's wedding quilt top for daughter.

Some samples of the dying class Karen Frutiger took in Rochester last weekend.

Tracy Jachimowicz made this St Patricks Day tablerunner.

Elaine Ross, above and below. (sorry for the blurry Blackberry pic below, my camera was late to the party)

We had a guest bring this gorgeous vintage crazy quilt. He is interested in an appraisal and someone that may be able to finish it for him to hang.

As usual show and tell was awesome! Please, if you make anything, big, small....bring it in to share with everyone!

Next month we will have a Demo meeting.
Martha will demo the Double Diamond Ruler
Kathi will demo an embellishing machine.
Elaine will demo a new fusible cord.
Melanie will demo something!!!

February Show & Tell and Margaret Reek Program/Workshop

Donna Tomski's completed One Block Wonder

The weather looked a bit iffy yesterday morning, but we had great attendance.  Lucky we are all hardy sould, because it was a fun and inspirational meeting !!! 

Kathis made herself a dog walking scarf with some of the fabrics from the class she took with Nancy Crow

Kate Martin using up some of the trims she found when she did her crazy quilt for the challenge

Charlotte admires Mary Ellen Casey's new bag.

Mary Ellen Casey finished a UFO from a class she took.

Fall runner by Barb Brady, who was finishing UFO's last month.

Barb Brady

Another barb Brady UFO now finished!

Barb Brady- wool applique

Barb Brady Valentine's runner

Barb Brady's final UFO 

Pat Gardner's Double Wedding ring runner

Kim Sherman got a long arm machine and community service gets some really nice quilts!

Melanie Watson made some needle felted valentines pins

Elaine Ross did some fabulous machine quilting!

Shirley Lapp made a turtle quilt for a new member of her family!

Terry McGuire finished a quilt someone else pieced for Community Service

Chris Kuehl's "Hollyhocks and Hummingbirds"

Pat Keller's daughter, Trisha, visited and showed us her work!

More of Trisha's work- made for twin babies

Cheryl Doody finished her fussy cut Dresden plate from Sharon Stroud's class

Ann Renica had fun with half square triangles!  First an hourglass quilt

More hourglass blocks

Then a zig zag

And last, some pinwheels, but wait there's more....

Ann Renica- now with a disappearing four patch

And last but not least, a disappearing nine patch.

Donna Tomski finished this- from a class she took in January!

Karen Frutiger took a dying class at the weaver's guild- which she highly recommends!

Margaret reek shows us one of the tote bags made by the ladies she works with in Africa.

Margaret's textured landscape quilt. She shared the technique with us in a workshop after the meeting. 

Hearing Margaret speak about these women and children  made us all realize how fortunate we are! Information on how to help Margaret and the ladies in the Maai Mahui area will be in the newsletter. 

You can also find information at the following links.  

Threads magazine article on the "mums.

CTC International