Guild Day 10 April 2012

 Morning finds the keeners at work putting another quilt in the frame to quilt.  This was was donated by Mary Lawson and is called "Jumping Jacks"...a gorgeous scrappy. Here we find Sherry Maxwell marking the jumping jacks, Vera Turner is basting the quilt in place. Ann Snider is marking piano keys and Cheryl Adair just couldn't wait for the rest, she got down to it and started quilting....bless her.

Susan Snyder is a member of the applique group and one ambitious appliquer. Here she is tracing the patterns for the 12 Days of Christmas that she plans to applique over the summer. We'll miss Susan for the next few meetings and over the summer as she is occupied elsewhere...she'll be back in the fall for sure and wow us with her work....again!

 Lunch is over and more quilters have descended. At this rate, they'll have this quilt all finished and ready for another in no time.  So many quilts, so little time.

Nothing like a good old fashioned chinwag...here are Gillian James and ReBecca Patterson catching up on all their news...

 Gillian is our resident knitter and here she sits with a huge bag of wonderful yarn that Brenda Long decided she should have.  That'll keep her busy for a while.

 A small crowd this meeting as you can see.  There's a large contingent off to the Villa Madonna for the annual retreat. It'll be great to hear their stories when they get back...should be a few giggles we'll hear about.

 Here's Ellen Henderson's contribution to show and tell. It's a good thing she's been busy...some of us haven't been.

 Gayle Rodgers made this comfy quilt. It's got fleece on it ....it's one of those quilts you'd just love to have on a rainy , cold day.

If you're wondering what this is....this is that smartie, Sandra Carter with her kiddie's elastics that are perfect for keeping thread under control. She thinks of the neatest things.

 Diane Brown did this gorgeous table runner with a placemat to show us. The fabric are beautiful and the pattern is perfect for it.  That's Vivian Hayward conducting show and tell.

A Closeup of those elastics...can be found at the dollar stores and they are great for bobbins  and for spools.  Such a snazzy idea...wish I'd thought of it then I could claim it and you'd all think I was the smart one.