Gabriel Project Work

We started 2010 out with making quilts and more for our local Gabriel Project organization.

Catch Up for January & February

Gosh I've fallen so far behind in posting ... sorry. These photos are from our January and February meetings.

Becky









organization


Marilyn







Sandy



Margee, Nancy, Mary Ellen



Doris





Debbie & Nancy made these at Christmas for family.



Nancy



THANK YOU
We would like to thank Maria C. and Mary Ellen M. for their contributions!

May 6

Everyone is WELCOME to join us whether you sew/quilt or not ..... Lucy knits/crochets as does Delores. Oh almost forgot Becky also knits as well as quilts. We're diverse .... we'll be happy to help anyone who wishes to learn ...... hey you might teach us too.

Thanks Doris for opening up the building for us. I believe we were 11 in attendance today.

This bag belongs to Michiel who purchased it at Borders. It is very neat and made from oil cloth or something like oil cloth. I think grocery bags would be perfect from oil cloth.

Now isn't this the sweetest pink/green Turning 20 quilt ...... Betty's granddaughter is going to be thrilled with her new twin quilt.

A few meetings back (April 1) Lucy fell in love with an animal fabric panel that Nancy purchased. The store was out of the panel so Lucy bought herself yardage to make a quilt for her "future GC". Lucy doesn't sew (she knits/crochets) so I offered to help Lucy out. I took her sweet animals home and quilted it for her.

Hey a photo of me ....... I'm always taking photos so you rarely see me ...... he he he

I used the Ebb & Flow pantograph by Lorien Quilting but turned the fabric on my Nolting lengthwise so it has more of a leaf looking type motif.

Check out Margee's black/white with touch of red blocks .... are they not yummy. It's going to make a beautiful queen size quilt.

Debbie wow'ed us with her fabric selection in this 9 patch ...... love all the circles and squzzels.

Now remember last week when I showed you Lucy's knitting project ......... she told me today that she was making matching scarfs for one of her son's and his wife. By the way, Lucy has six sons.

Michiel is getting ready to handsew down the binding on this king size log cabin. This quilt will be raffled to raise money for the local Catholic Schools.

Nancy is going to help Michiel with the binding ...... they hope to have it ready for tomorrow which is Grandparents day at the School.

Oh Helen I didn't take your photo ..... Helen worked on her Turning 20 from last week.

And look what Lucy gave to me for quilting her yardage .... I love it ... Thanks Lucy.

That's all for today. Marilyn will be back next week (we think).

Road Trip and Shop Hop

Our road trip started at 9AM from the Church parking lot. Nine (9) yes 9 of us piled into cars and took off. The weather was nice, just a tiny bit cool but all in all it was a wonderful day to hit the highway.

First we stopped at the Nelsonville Quilt Company, Nelsonville, Ohio.



Check out that ceiling, a real honest to goodness tin ceiling. You certainly don't see those anymore.



Our leader, Marilyn, called on Monday to let them know we would be visiting. Can you believe it ... they had coffee and homemade cookies waiting for us. They were very yummy.

Now for some eye candy. Beautiful fabrics, tons of projects for viewing

Susan, owner, gave us 2 demo's. (1) cell phone holder and (2) wrapped/corded hot pad. (sorry I forgot to take a photo of the projects)

The shop also does longarm quilting for customers on their Gammill.

Our second stop was lunch at The Inn, Nelsonville, Ohio. The food was excellent and very reasonable.

Our last stop was Sew Happy Quilting in Little Hocking, Ohio. A nice shop, friendly people and they also provide long arm services on their Gammill.

It was a wonderful day ...... we all did plenty of money damage of the two (2) shops. LOL

Stay tuned.