June 2105

What a good day to be quilting with friends.  It was unseasonably cold and rainy today.  We didn't mind the weather as we worked on our projects.

Patty was up for her round of the round robin quilt.  She opted for a braided border.  Patty is actually working on two of these at one time!  She finished her round on her blue quilt.  Looks great!

 The purple round robin still needs the braided border.  Just some subtle changes made the quilt look so different.

 The rest of us need to select our colors and get this border on our centers.  Unfortunately for Peggy, who was on vacation during this club get together, she was elected to design the next border.

Patty's quilt finished larger than Rhonda's and mine-she made the border next to her star wider.  I think ours ended up measuring around 34-35 inches.

Sue and I spent club time working on the Special Olympics bargello quilt.  Most of that time was ripping out mistakes.  Here is Sue putting a border on with her Featherweight.  The finale of the quilt top is below!

 Patty and Cathy made beach bags with Rhonda's tutelage.  Here is Patty's

  And Cathy's.

Our bargello quilt!  Rhonda is going to quilt it and hopefully this one will bring a lot of money into SO's coffers!  The colors are much more vibrant.  When it is finished I hope to take it outside to photograph.

Rhonda had some quilt tops that I didn't get pictures of.  Please don't gift them until I get pictures of the finished quilt!

We will be working on a new leader/ender quilt.  It will be triangles cut with the tri-rec ruler.  Use a 4 1/2 inch strip to cut them.  There are nine of us in quilt club.

Next meeting is July 25th.  At that time we should have Patty's round on our round robin quilts and be ready for Peggy's round.

I hope everyone is having a great summer!  See you all in July (except for Sue who will be vacationing at the beach!)

April 2015

Wow-can you believe it is the end of April and still feels like winter?  It has been in the twenties over night.  I don't know about everyone else, but I am really ready for Spring to arrive and stay for a while.

Here is the 3rd round for our Round Robin quilt.  I designed this round with half square triangles and triangles.  I used 28 squares per side and I think 8 triangles.

You saw Rhonda's and Sue's stars with first border last month.  Here is Linda's.  Mine, of course, is above.

We made good use of Rhonda's design wall.  First to display our RR centers, then to work on our bargello quilt.  But before I get to the bargello, let's look at the show and tells.  Patty was busy and Linda had show and tell, but unfortunately, nothing from the rest of us.

Here is Patty's Grand Illusion.  She used fall colors and it turned out beautiful.  I think she is going to quilt this herself.

Patty made this Crown Royal quilt for her husband.  This will be her first quilt she is going to quilt herself.  The colors didn't turn out very good on this.  The gold is more gold.  The quilt is beautiful and I'll get a better picture when it comes back quilted!!

And Linda finished up this bag during quilt club.  I think she should probably get an award for making the most bags.  Rhonda may be a contender too.

I almost forgot-Rhonda made these interesting stretched looking pinwheels.  She used a 5 X 10 inch square to get the distorted look to them.  They will make a very interesting quilt.  Ronda also had a t-shirt that she had a picture of one of the Queens from Africa on, which she is going to use to make a memory quilt.  Lots to look forward to from Rhonda.

This is the first panel for the SO quilt.  We had to change it up a bit because we weren't liking all the yellow that was going to be the center.

We debuted some fabrics for the inner border.  Rhonda and I kind of liked the aqua one the best.

This is a mock up I did with our one panel of how the quilt might look when finished.  I think I am going to like it! What does everyone else think?

And for the grand finale!!!  Rhonda made this Sinful Sausage Sub.  Everyone was swooning over it, it was so delicious!  This came from a book Rhonda discovered from her travels in the South, written by the Sweet Potato Queens.  The recipe is below.

One long loaf of French Bread

Slice off the top third, Hollow out the lower section and tear the excess bread into little pieces.

One pound of loose sausage

Brown the sausage. drain fat. add onions and celery and cook until tender.

1/2 cup chopped onions

One cup chopped celery

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

1/8 teaspoon pepper

In a separate bowl mix eggs,milk, pepper add in bread pieces. Add in sausage mixture.

Melt one stick of butter and coat the inside of the loaf of bread. Add sausage mixture.

Top with 8 slices of pepper jack cheese. Put top back on.

Wrap in foil and refrigerate overnight.

next day take out of refrigerated and let come to room temperature.

Bake 40 minutes at 320 degrees.

Next official club meeting will be May 23rd, but we may try to get together before then to work on the SO quilt.  So I guess you could give Rhonda a call if you have time to stop in and work on it.

Happy Spring everyone. 

March 2015

This is going to be a jumbled up blog post.  There isn't much rhyme or reason to the order of the pictures.  So without further ado, here are our projects and our show and tells.

First up is a quilt that Rhonda quilted for Sheree.  I forget the name of the pattern, but we did this same pattern as a group years ago.

This is the color palate we decided on for our SO quilt.  One of the purples had to be replaced with the border purple because there wasn't enough yardage.  I had to leave early, so the rest of the club cut these fabrics into strips and started piecing them together.  I think next club is when the magic will begin in making this into a bargello quilt.

 This is Linda's wall hanging that she is working on.  She got the binding on and now is talking about putting little wreaths on it.

 I think Linda may have been working on this bag-I grabbed it and took a picture.  Pretty grays with that red button.

Sheree's star.

 Peggy's star.  How did you get your points to match so well Peggy?  I really had trouble with that.

This is a jelly roll quilt Rhonda made-and she made it with the help of her new design wall.  (I want this pattern.  Did this come from MSQ?)

 Another Bonnie Hunter pattern-Midnight Flight I think it is called.  Just beautiful Rhonda.

I think next month we will continue to work on the SO quilt.  If everyone is ready for the next round of the Round Robin quilt we are making, let me know and I will bring the directions for my round.  Next club date should be 4/25, which is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, according to my calendar.

I hope your sister and mom are doing better Deb.  I also hope that Cathy gets some answers and resolutions to her medical issues.  Also hoping that John continues to improve.  Thoughts and prayers for all of you.

One final thought-here is the reason I had to leave early.  Chin Lei.  She is a funny looking little Shih Tzu/ Chi mix.  Lucy loves her, but she pretty much ignores poor Lucy.

February 2015

We missed some more snow at quilt club Saturday.  This has been a snowy year so far, and today, Sunday, March 1, it started to snow pretty early.  It is coming down pretty heavy as I write this blog post.  Storm Chasers said to expect 2-4 inches then mixing with freezing rain.  I am glad we were able to get together yesterday!

As usual,  Rhonda was able to get a lot of projects done, even with her busy travelling schedule.  First up are her Downton Abbey bags.  The gray one came in a kit and the blue one she made with fabric she had.

This is a new block Rhonda made as a prototype.  She wants to make it larger before she puts it into a quilt.  I am looking forward to seeing the finished results of this-probably next quilt club?

Some people weren't at quilt club last month to see this little twisted pinwheel quilt.  This came from the Bedford quilt shop.

Patty made this log cabin quilt with the folded fabric technique.  Then she hand sewed some pearl lace on the blocks.

 Here is a close up of that.  This little bling took this quilt to another level.  Very pretty.

Rhonda was the first to finish her Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.  Very pretty Grand Illusion.  Who else is making this?  I am slowly getting my top sewn together and maybe will have it for next time.

Here is the back-pretty fabric and great quilting.  Very nice Rhonda!

This is a pinwheel quilt Rhonda made with scraps from another quilt using these fabrics.  She is still working on the yo-yos to applique on the vine.  Notice the mitered corners on the border!

Sheree made a couple of bags using the Downton Abbey pattern.  I am not much into sports, but I love the gray one!

On to our Round Robin quilt.  Here is Sue's round.

And a close up of the border.

Rhonda was making good progress on hers.

And finished except for the piping border.

Sorry for the wrinkles-I didn't think to do this until now and this was folded in my bag of fabrics.  Sue's instructions with some of her changes.  I hope you can read this.

Busy at work.

 

We decided to start working on the Special Olympics quilt next month.  The bargello is what we decided to make.  Rhonda had some fabric that we will use for borders and inspiration for colors.  See above on the second page of Sue's directions for her border for the fabric sample.



Here is the pattern we will be using.  Link to pattern.  So check your fabrics for matches to the color sample for next time.  It looks like we need 1/2 yard of one fabric and the others are 3/4 to 1 1/4 yards.  Bring what you have and let's see if we have a pretty blend of fabrics for this quilt

That's it for this month.  Hopefully next month the snow will be over with and we will be having spring like weather!

Here is an addendum to the above blog post.  It is part of the virtual show and tell.  This is Rhonda's quilt that she made for a friend using the Missouri Star Quilt tutorial.

January 2015

Happy New Year everyone!  It was great to get together again and do some sewing.  But first, our show and tells.

Rhonda had some time over the holidays to work on her projects and quilting for others.  This is her Disappearing Pinwheel quilt top.  The borders were made with bonus triangles.

 This is a wall hanging that Linda made and Rhonda quilted.

This is Linda's quilt that she made for SIL Tony.  She made it extra long and will put a tuck in it for his cold feet!  It will be lined with a flannel sheet and Rhonda will quilt it.

 Rhonda's pinwheel heart quilt.

 And her pinwheel hot pad.

This is the Downton Abbey purse that Rhonda made from a kit she bought while on our quilt shop hop last month.
Rhonda quilted her Grand Illusion mystery quilt and another one, but they are at her aunt's getting their binding sewn on.  We should get to see them next month.

 Sue made this flag from a kit she bought at Mary's quilt shop in Bedford.  The stars field is appliqued.

 This baby quilt was made with a panel and matching fabric.

 And the backing is a totally different quilt with minky added.

 Sheree was with us for the first time in months.  She has been busy planning her daughter's wedding.  This is for her future son in law, and I think it is the same pattern Linda used for her SIL.  How different they look with the different colorways.

 This is a baby quilt I made for my step daughter.
 The back of the giraffe quilt.

 This is a hat that i knitted.  I am enjoying knitting as much as quilting now.

Another cowl that I made and one of the headbands I sewed.

 Here is the start to our Round Robin quilts.  When the center star is done, we are to add a border to it to make it 16.5 inches square.  For most this should be a 2.5 inch border, but measure to be sure.  The next round Sue is going to design for us.  This should be a lot of fun watching this quilt progress.  I can't wait!

We discussed making the Special Olympics quilt early so they have more time to market it.  Bring your quilt patterns with you next quilt club, February 28th, so we can decide on the quilt and start piecing it!

Rhonda, Sue, Deb, Sheree and Pam made it to quilt club this month.  We missed you Cathy, Peggy, Linda and Patty.

Stay warm and safe everyone!