November 19

Gosh we had the most fun today .... almost everyone was able to come. Cathy and Sharyn we missed you ... hope to see you at our next meeting, Dec. 3.

Becky is back from her Florida vacation with 3 new quilts and some pillows. This one was made for the Relay For Life in May 2009. It's so beautiful. Raffle tickets are available at $1/each or 6/$5.00




I hope you can see the quilt pattern .... the cancer ribbon with a rose in the middle. Becky had this one quilted while she was in Florida.

This one was made for a new baby girl. I tried to capture the quilt motif but I guess I was too close as the photo was blurred. It was quilted all over with dragonfly's. The green border is a dragonfly print. Adorable....

And Becky's One Block Wonder. The photo doesn't even begin to show it's beauty.

The lady quilted it with large Koi in the body with gold thread. Breath taking. The black border was also quilted with Koi only smaller and with black thread.

This is the back .... one strip of the fabric up the middle of the back.

Almost forgot the pillows that Becky is making .... pinwheel pattern. They are pieced beautifully and her new rufflier attachment is worth it's weight in gold.

Check out those tea cups and tea pot fabric ........ oh how I love it.

As you can see Becky is very prolific as she has lots of sewing time in Florida ....... aren't the turtles adorable .... I can't wait to see this wall hanging.

And our fearless leader Marilyn brought us a terrific gift today ....... a big ironing board. Isn't this the greatest ......

The rest of us worked on our projects, cutting fabric, a secret project. Marilyn also gave a short lesson on batting and marking fabrics. It was a GREAT day.

CALENDAR HAPPENINGS (mark your calendars)

Wednesday, Dec. 3 next quilting day.

Tuesday, Dec. 9 "road trip" to Little Hocking and Nelsonville, meet at Church 9AM.

Friday, Dec. 12 Christmas party at Marilyn's house, 10AM.

MERRY QUILTING

April 9 Meeting

We all LOVE to quilt BUT our favorite thing to do while quilting is to eat CHOCOLATE !!!! Here's some of our CHOCOLATE stash ...... check out those pretty colors just like fabric.




Even though the Parish Hall kitchen was receiving a new dishwasher, sink and cabinets we pressed on with our quilting. There was no water in the kitchen for coffee/tea making so our leader, Marilyn, brought us coffee from home ....... thanks Marilyn.



Sharon has a new quilt ... actually block of the month. Sharon loves 'houses' .... see the house in the middle!!! The colors are yummy and bright.

The colors are luscious .... the pinwheel block was adorable (no photo).

Our Nancy was humming along to finish the bindings on her 2 baby quilts from last week.

Aren't they adorable !!!!!!

You remember the Ohio University quilt Marilyn made for one of her grandsons ..... well she has decided to sew the left overs to make the backing .... all the colors of red and grey were so pretty.

She has alot of pieces left over from the OU quilt.

I made these 2 quilts in memory of an internet quilting friend who passed away March 31. I'll be donating these 2 quilts to Project Linus in honor of JanJ of Texas.

See you next week, April 16.

April 2 Quilt Meeting

As usual we had lots of varied projects .... and our beginning quilt classes.

Here's Sharyn showing off her 4 patch (hand stitched), learning to use the rotary cutter and selecting a block to learn half square triangles. Marilyn starts all her newbies out on a hand stitched 4 patch .... great job Sharyn.







Nancy has selected some yummy fabrics for friends. Don't you love that pirate fabric and the stripes.





Nancy also finished up the badges for her boys ..... 3 are going for Eagle Scout (I believe).




Margee and Marilyn try to decided if this adorable one-way print fabric could be cut into blocks .... hmmm Margee decides the print will make a wonderful border fabric.



That adorable print will be merged with these fabrics for a Trip Around The World Quilt. Another one for Margee's son-to-be grandson in May.



Don't you love the way the block pop off the background. Great job Margee.



Sharon sews on her favorite machine ..... it makes the best stitch. Sharon has a new project with lots of half square triangles.


Marilyn has two (2) projects going. Love those fans.

Sandy shows off her label for the I Spy Quilt from the March 26 meeting. The dog looks exactly like the owners dog, Ollie.

See you at the April 9 meeting.

February 6 Meeting

Only 1 photo from this weeks meeting .... I had camera problems.





Marilyn brought her wedding ring quilt she started in 1988 ... hand piecing. Isn't it pretty!!!!



Carol joined us this week and we were so happy to see her. She worked on the binding of her Delectable Mountain quilt. It's very pretty.

Margee continued on her cross stitch for DD#2 who is expecting a baby boy.

Nancy got started on constructing a panel for her Delectable Mountain quilt.

I worked on binding a charity quilt for Project Linus.

January 23 Meeting

Clarice joined us this week. Her mother (102) is unable to continue doing needlework. So Clarice who is a newbie to sewing of any type is going to try and finish her mother's and grandmother's projects. Marilyn is helping her out while she handquilts a baby quilt.

Nancy finished up the binding on her two tied quilts for a friend. Such pretty, bright prints.

Margee continues with her baby cross stitch picture for DD. And Becky continues with her Halloween quilt.

Me .... well I continued with my Santa and Rudolph Photo wall hanging.

January 16 Meeting

Today is Wednesday .... quilting day with friends who meet at St. Margaret Mary Parish Hall. We meet every week and sometimes go on shop hops, lunches and wherever our heart desires.

We were a few short today but Nancy, Becky, Margee and I had a good morning chatting and working on our projects.

Becky worked on her Halloween Quilt, Nancy was able to tie one quilt and most of another, Margee worked on her cross stitch for DD who is soon to have a baby boy and I continued with the buttonhole stitch on my Santa/Rudolph in the photo booth.

Nancy brought in a wonderful Nativity wall hanging she made 15yrs ago when pregnant with her twin boys ..... she wanted to prove she does complete things. LOL

Here's Nancy and Becky with the notebooks that I made as a New Year's gift for everyone.

We missed our RingLeader, Marilyn, today ... hope you feel better soon. See you guys next week. Last week Sharon brought in her beautiful Thimbleberries project.

And here's a peek at Margee's scrappy baby quilt for her new grandson who will soon to make his appearance.

Kate asked me for photos of my project, Santa and Rudolph in the Photo Booth. The pattern is a from Country Quilts by Cheryl Wall. The wool kit was purchased from Woolen Willow by DH. Here's 2 of the blocks that are sort of done plus a photo of the pattern (I didn't see it on Country Quilts website).

Just a note ..... anyone in the Parkersburg WV, Marietta OH, Belpre OH and surrounding areas are more than welcome to join us every Wednesday, 9:30AM at St. Margaret Mary Parish Hall.