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!

January 2016 meeting

A new year! We didn't have a program this month but several of our members talked about and discussed all the different things our group does for others, community service quilts, heart pillows, Quilts of Valor and the church quilt.   We try to do programs each year on these.  Next month, we will be making heart pillows for breast cancer patients.  Last year we made and donated around 180-190 pillows.   Glenda passed out a pattern for the heart pillows.  It takes about 1/2 yard of fabric for the pillow.  Please sew them up and bring them to the meeting to stuff and finish.  If you want to finish them before the meeting, please feel free to do that too.  

Here are some community service quilts from Diane.

Here's a quilt of Valor quilt by Lori.

Deanna made this from 2 1/2" strips.  This is a quilt made from the strip club at the Watt A Find Quilt Shop.

This is Linda's version of the above heart quilt.  This is for her sister Rose.  Almost all of the fabric has roses in it.

Here's another one of Linda's quilts, the Tartus (Dr. Who) quilt.

Here's my quilt top I made from a workshop I went to a few weeks ago.  This is the carpenter star quilt. Yes, I had a mistake on it and it has been fixed....Thanks, Diana for pointing it out to me...I really appreciate you telling me.  I would have hated to quilt this and see the mistake after it was quilted..

this is going to be a baby sheet for Jeanette's new grandson.

Glenda made this cute make up bag.

Here's a cute little wall hanging.

Here's a community service quilt.

Here's a floating 4 patch quilt.  We swapped blocks for this one...

Ah, here's her scrappy pineapple quilt. A lot of us are working on these.  This is a fun quilt to make.  Glenda worked on this at retreat and it was fun to see her blocks come together.  

Here's an antique quilt top a friend of hers gave her. 

Here's a T-shirt quilt she made for a friend. 

Here's Sandy's lovely Log Cabin Trails quilt.

Here's some little quilts our visitor, Margaret made.

Here's last year's church quilt...Lovely

Here's a quilt our lovely Sally made. It is made with Kaffe Fassett fabric.

Here's the back of the quilt.

Martha made this wallhanging. Yes, it's a house.

Here's some of Diana's great quilts.

Here's a crocheted blanket.

Look at the label, so cute.

A close up of some of the blocks on the quilt.

Ok, that's it for this month.  Next month, we will be working on heart pillows.  Go ahead and sew up your pillows and they can be stuffed and finished at the meeting.  Have a good month and happy stitching.