April meeting

This month we did not have a program but we had lots of show and tell. Alot was worked on at retreat,  Here are some of Diana's projects.

This one is for one of her niece's named Pam Pam.

These two are the one hour basket project that Sharon H. shared with everyone at retreat.

Another bag by Lori.

This is my cosmetic bag.  Glenda made one a few months ago and I loved it. She had left over hexagons and scraps  that she gave to us for anyone that wanted them.  I got them and made this lovely bag. This was a tutorial at our last retreat by Sharon H.  I enjoy making these bags.

Here's my Texas bag I made with an old blue jean skirt.  It was my favorite skirt so I had to recycle it.

I finished this Christmas tablerunner and it is now ready for this year!

Glenda's cute apron.

Here's her great jacket she made. She made hers shorter than everyone else.  This is made with a sweatshirt as the base.  Mary Jo taught this great class.

Here's one of Glenda's beautiful scrap quilts.

Here's Sandy's succulent quilt she made. 

Another quilt by Sandy.

This is Darla's wonderful red, white and blue happy quilt.

Here's some of Martha's great projects.

Some more projects from Diana.

Susan's beautiful quilt. She's giving this to her daughter to auction off at her church.

Sharron B made this Nickel quilt. She participated in the 4 patch and half square triangle swap for the Sunny Lane quilt.  She made it differently and it's great too.  

Here are some quilt tops Linda D. is working on for a friend and his family.

Cathy B made this wonderful quilt, it is a Sue Spargo pattern.

This is Diane T.'s first quilt. She got some of the blocks from a swap.

Another first quilt for Diane. T.

Lori made these cute crocheted towels and gave them to Susan for the church auction.

Jeannette's quilt backing.

Here's the front of the quilt.

This is a row in the Row By Row Christmas quilt swap she is doing.

This was not at the meeting the other night but I wanted y'all to see this beauty.  Several of us made blocks for this lovely butterfly quilt last year and gave it to the lovely lady below named Erin.  This is in the Chapel at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas at the Oncology Clinic.  Erin is a lovely lady and she is the nurse navigator for Presbyterian Hospital. She is the leader of an organization called On Butterflies Wings and she makes up goodie baskets to give to the breast cancer patients going through chemotherapy.  Her baskets contain butterflies, hand lotion, mints, and will also have crocheted hats. I am making some hats for her and if you would like to participate and have any to donate I will be happy to give them to her.  If you also have any goodies to put in her baskets, please let me know.I was thinking about the small pillows like we made a few years ago that Martha got us to make....Maybe me can make small heart pillows with butterflies on them.  Any more ideas would be most welcome.   Thank you so much.

That's it for now ladies, get busy and bring your projects next month.  Happy stitching!

The September meeting

The September meeting as our annual meeting to announce the new officers and vote on our budget for the next year.  We also played Left, Right, Center for fat quarters. That was alot of fun. 

 

 

Here are the potholders for this month.  Aren't these cute?!

 

 

October is our last month to celebrate the potholders and the theme for October is Christmas. Have fun with that! 

 

 

Here's some Show and Tell from our members.

 

This is a quilt I finished this month. I did the top 14 years ago and it was a shop challenge for the quilt shop I was working at.  This has 2000 fabric for the backing. I call this Happy 14. 

 

This was also from about the same time.  This was a quilt top I did as a sample to show and  teach teenagers to quilt.  I finished this quilt this month too.

 

This is Thimbleberries fabric and I made it using the Yellow Brick Road pattern.  I call this Green Brick Road. 

 

This is my One Block Wonder quilt and I call this "The Empress."

 

Martha has been working on modern quilt blocks and it looks like she's having fun...

 

 

Here's two of Sharon's quilts for Covers for Kids.  Good job, Sharon!

This is Judith's beautiful basket quilt.

 

 Lori did this great quilt of Valor quilt.

 

Joyce's beautiful butterfly quilt. She's gifting this to her granddaughter. The butterfly blocks were so pretty and fun for our swap. 

 

Here are some Cover for Kids quilts by Diane.

 

Great job, Diane!

 

Here's one of Sue's quilts. She made this from shirts and fabrics she purchased from the thrift store.  Way to go, Sue.

 

Here's another beauty from Sue.

 

Here's Sharon's nipple, oh, I mean Nickel quilt....(You had to be at the meeting to get this joke!)

 

 

This is Darla's beautiful quilt...

 

 

Here's a Christmas quilt that Jackie and the quilters from Royse City Library are raffling off.  Jackie will have raffle tickets for this at the next meeting and this will be your last chance to get these. 

 

Jackie quilted this monster star for a customer.  It was an old family quilt and the backing was a king size sheet. She really worked hard on this one and it looks great.

 

Deanna's Civil War Quilt.  This was an exchange a few of us were in on last year.  Let's do more!

 

 

Ok, ladies, that's it for this month. Get busy and bring show and tell to our October meeting.  See you soon. Happy Stitching!