April 2012

 We had a lot of show and tells again this month.  Here are two commissioned quilts Peggy made for the preschools.  She printed out pictures of the class to add to the children's hand prints.  They are adorable!  The teachers will love them.

Here is Rhonda's show and tell.  She and her daughter each made one of these beautiful star quilts.

Deb's quilt is finished!  We all loved her colors.  She tried a new stitch for attaching the binding-the button hole stitch-which looked great and really finished the quilt off nicely.

Rhonda finished her quilt like this-in purples, but it was already gifted.  (Rhonda if you send me a picture I will add it to the blog.  I finished mine too and already gifted it. I will see if I have a picture to add.)

Linda had a lot of show and tells for the month.  Where did she find the time to finish piecing these tops!  The first one is a Thimbleberries block of the month.  Very pretty.







The second one was a kit she got while in Alaska.  She mentioned a mistake that we all think actually added to the quilt.  

This third is the progress so far on another lovely block of the month quilt she is making.  The colors are much prettier in person.  She is learning new techniques with this project.

Here is my quilt for show and tell.  This was a commissioned quilt for a friend to give to her daughter for her wedding.  This was designed on EQ7. We were both delighted with how this turned out.

Peggy had been busy.  She made these beaded stilettos using this tutorial.   She gave us each one. They are a fun, pretty new tool for us to use.  It was tossed around at club to make some with our cloverleaf on them to hand out /exchange with quilting friends we meet.

Peggy was also working on hand piecing a hexie quilt.  She says it will be a long time until we see this one finished.
She also had her blocks from her Craftsy quilt along she is doing.
I need to take more pictures!

Deb, Sheree, Linda and Rhonda were using their DSM's to quilt the table runners they made last month.  I quilted the dog mats that I made for a friend.

Here is a little lunch bag I made and shared.  It turned out really cute and I shared the tutorial via email with the club.

And of course there is the food!  Rhonda's chicken corn soup, Sheree's Tex-Mex hotdogs, Deb's coleslaw, Linda's salad, Peggy's strawberry dessert, red velvet cupcakes, artichoke dip, and macaroni salad.  The food is almost as fun as the quilting!

I think we have decided to make the blue and white quilt for the Special Olympics.  I sent a picture of it to everyone and we all like it.  We will have to bring our blue and white squares to work on it.  The block is called the Depression Block.

March 2012 Quilt Club

Peggy brought her Raffle quilt for Children's Miracle Network. Her husband will display it in his story and sell chances. Great Job Peggy.

Sheree visited Mary's Quilt Shop in Bedford, PA and made this red crazy quilt in an afternoon. Just slice a scrap and sew it on until you get a block approximately 9-10 inches. She enjoyed it and says it was quick and easy.

Everyone has been asking about learning to do applique. For March Rhonda found a pattern and adapted to a table runner (see last months entry for pattern). We cut the flowers and leaves using wonder under and machine applique technique, buttonhole stitch. Technique for the vine was simple, cut a one inch stip on the bias, iron wrong sides together and sew at 1/4th inch, fold and iron on the stitch line. We attached with pins and did a zigzag basting stitch. Then used our buttonhole stitch and stitched along both sides. It went really quick and everyone had their center strip about complete before they left.

We discussed a quilting retreat to Mary's Quilt Shop. Bonnie Hunter will be visiting Mary's Quilt Shop the weekend of July 20th. We called Mary and made arrangements to stay and attend Bonnie's Trunk Show Friday night and Workshop the next day making Jared takes a Wife. We would also like to take some time and visit Sue and Harry Tritle and Surplus City if we have the time.

February 2012

Show & Tell at quilt club was inspiring once again. Rhonda has the top finished for her Orca Bay mystery by Bonnie Hunter.  We all love the colors Rhonda chose.

 And here is her 5 yard quilt finished.

 Her applique quilt top-I forget the name of this one.

 Poor Linda, suffering from a cold, had this adorable quilt made with her grandson's onesies.  This will be a present for her daughter.

 And Sue's lovely duffle bag.  She is making these for presents for the bridesmaids at her daughter's wedding.

We had an industrious day.  Pam had the mini lesson on ties for our grandsons.  Sue, Sheree, Peggy and Linda  made the ties.  

 Deb worked on her lime and teal quilt-I forget what that is called too!   Peggy worked on her new charity quilt for her husband's shop.     Pam worked on her Orca Bay, and Linda and Rhonda worked on their projects.  Sheree went on to make at least two more ties!

Here are our ties.  I can't wait to see them on the little guys!

And the food!  Sandwiches, salads, homemade wine, birthday cake, and Rhonda's spinach and artichoke dip.

Spinach Artichoke dip

2 cups parmigiana cheese
1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach , thawed
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts , drained and chopped
2⁄3; cup sour cream
1 cup cream cheese
1⁄3; cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons garlic , minced

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Mix together Parmesan cheese, spinach, and artichoke hearts.
3. Combine remaining ingredients and mix with spinach mixture.
4. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
5. Serve with crackers or toasted bread

This is the inspiration for next month's lesson.  We are going to make table runners with this applique.  How pretty is this?
We are auditioning quilts for our Special Olympics quilt for this year.  We received a very nice thank you note that we will share on the blog.

See everyone next month!  We missed Kathy and hope she is able to be with us then.

Quilt club January 28, 2012

Cloverleaf quilter's started the year off making 10 minute table runners.  Sheree was our first instructor this year for our mini projects.  These make and take projects went so quickly that, as you can see, Linda, Sue and Rhonda made two.  We all plan on making more for quick gifts. Thanks Sheree for a fun, quick project!

We had show and tell, but unfortunately the photographer forgot her camera.  Re"sew"lution for this year-take camera to quilt club!












We had delicious food, as always-Meatballs in marinara sauce, spinach/artichoke dip, bean salad, potato salad, cake and homemade peach and apple wine! Linda brought the cake from a friend's bakery that just opened.  Ed even shared some of his smoked cheeses!  Sorry if I forgot anything.  Sue shared the recipe for her Bean Salad:

1 Can green beans

1 Can cannelloni beans

1 Can kidney beans

1 green pepper, chopped

1 onion sliced thin

green olives

1/2 C vegetable oil

1/2 C vinegar

3/4 C sugar

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Drain the beans and mix it all together.

Below is our schedule for the year of mini take and go classes and the instructor.

Month Instructor January Sheree-10 minute table runner February Pam-ties for our little guys March Rhonda-applique April Sue May Peggy-sewing machine cover June Linda July August September October November
(If the project requires supplies, please post list at least two weeks prior to quilt club.)  See everyone next month!!

June 2011 Quilt Club

I forgot my camera-didn't even think about it actually.  Cathy had hers, but I don't think she took any pictures.  This will be a pretty plain post.

We finished up the tops to the three charity quilts we are making.  Rhonda and I will be quilting them and hopefully all three will be finished before the end of summer.

Rhonda had a mystery project for us to make.  Here is mine.  These bags were quick to make and the jumbo rickrack made a cute bag even cuter.  We learned a new technique for adding zippers to bags that I will want to try to master on my next bag.

Peggy was unable to join us because she was in the process of adding twins to her family.  I am sure we will get more details and perhaps pictures later.

Rhonda, Cathy, Linda, Sue, Deb and Pam were all present for quilt club.  We had the usual array of good food.   Rhonda provided Sechrist hot dogs cooked on the grill.  They were delish!  We had macaroni salad, chips and dip, fruit and dip, and a wonderful pumpkin pudding.

Next month we decided that we will go to The Quilt Odyssey in Hershey for our club meeting.

May 7th Quilt Club at Pam's

Hello, here is our first posting to our new blog.   This is the first time in months that the entire group has been able to be together.  What an great time we all had!

This is Rhonda, our mentor.  If not for Rhonda many of us would not be quilters.  Thanks Rhonda!  What a wonderful world of fabric and friends we have joined.

We had a few show and tells today.  Sue brought her French fabric quilt that she is making for a friend.

Peggy  brought her Disappearing 9 Patch lap quilt she made for her mother-in-law.

We were an industrious group today.  Deb was working on her hand pieced hexagon quilt.

 Linda and Cathy working on their projects.

Sheree and Peggy working on their projects.

Rhonda managed out charity projects as well as cutting and sewing.









We had our share of ripping as well as sewing.  Here is Linda with her rows sewn together that weren't supposed to be sewn together.

And Pam's boo-boo that was more of a hat than a quilt block.

Here are the blocks as we sewed them  into rows and organized them on the quilting frame.

Here is one of the quilts we are making for our charities on the design wall.  We are making three of these scrappy red, white and blue quilts.

And of course we had food. We had broasted chicken, salad, a veggie tray with dip, deviled eggs, quilt club dip with crackers, nuts and chocolate (a quilting staple!) ice tea and cherry dessert.  

Our next quilt club will be June 25th.  See you then.