December, January and a challenge preview

 Your blog editor took a month off to enjoy and then recover from the holidays.  So we're catching up this month.  I'm wondering of this is worth the time anymore. If you read the blog, please let Martha know!(members can find her email in the newsletter.  Guests can use museumguild@gmail to say hi!)

So- December was our annual holiday party and auction.  So many fun gifts and toys on the auction table.  

Of course we are always at the meetings for show and tell, aren't we?  It's nice to know "someone" is getting something finished, am I right?

Nancy Ellers made another Wee Little Quilt for the consortium

Nancy Has been making custom hats for people to use as Christmas gifts.

Chris Kuehl Made this table runner (might have been a UFO?)- and she's decided she's keeping it!

Mary Beth Letson made this sweet quilt using "Lorax" fabric to be a donation to Strong Children's hospital

Bonnie Dedo made this cool cats quilt as a gift for her son

Nancy Schrader had a friend who lost everything in a fire.  She was allowed to use some tops from our Coomunity Service stash as gifts to the family.  nancy Quilted and finished them.  

Conie Grimsley made this t-shirt quilt for a friend's son as a graduation gift.  The t-shirts are from musicals.

Connie tried to use up both some yellow scraps and CS labels with 2023 on them by finishing these 2 quilts.  

Elaine Ross made a miniature of a pulpit banner

Jen Grimsley showed some of the samples from the beginner classes, which finished in December.  

Ann Renica made this butterfly quilt for her grandniece

Ann also made these for community service donations.  

Carolyn Stegman showed her pieces from the beginner classes.  

JANUARY

 On a very cold day (inside and out) it was nice to see so many at the meeting for the challenge reveal.  

Nancy Ellers made a bunch of blankets to donate 

And a new hat

Vinnie Tjhung pieced this gorgeous top at a retreat.  Donated to community service

Nancy Mitchell attended Jackie Lynn's "boot camp II" classes and made this beautiful attic windows quilt.  

Nancy made this cute little storage box with 2" squares she grabbed off the free table.  

Tracy Jachimowicz made these winter themed banners to brighten  her mom's room.

Angie Valette finished her beginner classes projects.

Elaine Lemley made this scrappy quilt for community service

Connie Grimsley shared this community service quilt.  she didn't know who pieced it.  Mary Lowe quilted it.  

Connie is also trying to clean out some UFOs.  

Liz Scott got the kit for this sweet baby quilt from Keepsake Quilting.  It's a gift for a grand-nephew

Liz also finished this community Service quilt.  

Jennifer Grimsley shared this community service quilt pieced by Carol McNally, quilted by Cathy Schmeider. 

CHALLENGE PREVIEW

The "Music" theme was interpreted in different ways by our members, as always.  Better pictures of the quilts will be posted once the exhibit is up at the Richmond Library, beginning February 2.  

Kathi Everett started us off with her "Staying Alive"  stuffy- made with bits of other projects and an x-ray!

Nancy Schrader used her chickadee from last year's painting class and lyrics from a song .

Chris Kuehl was inspired by her mom's favorite birds, bluebirds, and their happy songs.

Elaine Ross created a "Rhapsody in Blue"

Mary Ellen Casey thought of her granddaughter, who is her sunshine!

Connie paper pieced (!!!) this scene from "the Sound of Music"

Jennifer's favorite song is "Build me up Buttercup"

Elaine Lemley says music comes in colors!

There are more entries, so make sure to stop and see them all during the month of February- and vote for your favorites!

A little bit of spinning (wool)

 

Fr our November meeting, we welcomed a wool spinner to share a technique that may not be firmly associated with quilting.  But since many members bring knitting or crocheting to work on at the meetings, clearly there is a connection!

Of course, before we got to that, there was show and tell!  I apologize f any of the pictures are mislabeled!  Blogger puts the pictures in a pretty random order and sometimes I mix up which one was which  when I read my notes on who made what.  

Chris Kuehl finished this charming harvest panel in time for Thanksgiving!  She added various borders to make it a better size.  

Chris was inspired by the jacket Bonnie Dedo shared last month.  She dug out this flannel "Raggy" jacket from her UFOs and finished it.  It's reversible, and she was using a spool of quilting thread she knew she couldn't get more of, so played a fun game of thread chicken to finish it.  

Nancy Mitchell made these, thinking of wee little quilts, but they came out the wrong size, so now they're hot pads.

Elaine Lemley picked this pattern up from the free table at a retreat. She altered a few things- as we all do- and is very happy with her little snowman.

Carol Farkas is happy to have finished this king-sized quilt early! It's a Christmas gift!

Connie Grimsley shared these hats donated for the Salvation Army holiday gift collection by Carol Mc Nally.  They were made by a friend of Carol's.  Connie reminded us hats are always something the Salvation Army can use!

Connie also shared this community service quilt that was quite a group effort- donated blocks assembled by a member, assembled and quilted by other members.  

Connie took a class at "The Rochester Brainery" where she made a cute felted acorn. (my picture was very blurry- sorry!).  It reminded her of the felted penguin class at guild in January of 2020.  So Connie dug out her penguin and finished him!

Jennifer Grimsley had to finish this UFO because it was a kit that was taking up far too much space!  She is donating it for "Sleep in Heavenly Peace" 

Jen also made this quilt from one of those little postcard patterns by Villa Rosa using a layer cake.  It's a gift for a neighbor. 

Tracy Jachimowicz used a jelly roll to make this sweet little quilt for herself.  It was quilted by Tara Thom at Town and Country quilt shop.  

Sharon Schneider made this Community Service quilt from a kit she picked up at a meeting a while back.  

Elaine Ross made the quilt on the left- the "Happy" tree- as her entry in the Cherrywood fabrics' Bob Ross challenge. It has been in the traveling exhibit and she just got it back.  

The quilt on the right is a photo of a coleus in Elaine's garden, which Elaine had printed on fabric by Julie Brandon, aka Red Dog Enterprises.  

Mary Ellen Ames brought this tp to share qhen Karen Bryant visted a few months back.  It is now a finished object!  Quilted by Tara Thom at Town and Country quilt shop.  

Nancy Ellers made a couple more "Wee Little quilts" to be donated to the consortium.

Nancy shared a bunch of these little "Worry worms" she has been making. 

With some help, Nancy showed the preemie hats she has been making to donate. 

Just in time for peppermint season, Nancy made a peppermint scarf. 

Martha was given a box of scrap squares by a friend.  She made pinwheels, then set them with neutral fabrics to make a donation sized quilt for community service. 

Tegan Leach, from Holley, came in and set up a whole weaving studio to show us how she makes the yarns she uses in her crafts.  

She also walked around the room, demonstrating the "drop spindle" technique- and probably answering the same questions over and over- to small groups of us in the audience since it was the best way for all to see her!

You can see more of Tegan's yarns and fibers at:

https://www.sheepontherainbow.com/home

We hope you'll join us for the annual Christmas party on December 9.  No dish to pass, but do bring your own place setting!  We'll enjoy breakfast pizza and assorted other goodies.  (Donations welcome to offset the cost)