February 24, 2015

 Today was Chinese Auction day....a good fund raiser for the guild and a great way to clean out your PHD's or UFO's or gadgets that you don't use and books you've read and want to pass along.  Here are the keeners having a good look to see what they were hoping to take home.

 The morning activity included the scrappy nine patch...a sample that Evelyn is holding.  Despite three attempts...one cancelled by weather and one with few numbers due to cold weather the group finally got a chance to make these wonderful squares. It is amazing how gorgeous they all are and all sooooo different.

Sorry, Ann I cut your head off trying to zero in on your square...Ann showed us all how to make this pattern. That pile you see of nine patches beside the finished square will be going into our guild quilt for raffle.  They are all wonderful.

Here's a kodak moment in the next three pictures. We were running short of cuddle quilts to pass along to the RCMP, hospital, and the women's shelter so with a mystery envelope challenge taken up by 17 of the members;here are 15 that came back today... some of them completely finished even though the challenge was just for the top to come back today. .  The two not available today will not doubt have theirs done before too long.  All the names went into a bag and Evelyn Kyle's name was drawn for a prize that was donated by Mary Lawson...many thanks to all that participated.

Jackie did the nine patch...watch her go, we'll probably see the whole thing finished by the next meeting...we should call her "sew runner" after the 'road runner".

 Here's Kay's Three Dudes table topper in gorgeous summer colours...reminds me of the tropics.

and here's a finished quilt she did....bought the top and the backing at the quilt show in Port Elgin and sat down and got busy quilting.  The picture does not do justice to the colours.

 Vivian Patriquin made this gorgeous log cabin as a table cloth...believe it or not.......

AND it is reversible...this lady amazes me .....!!!!!

 Susan made her Scrappy Nine patch her own way by colour co-ordinating it.  True scrappy gives Susan the Heebie-Jeebies....She's an orderly, color co-ordinated girl.

She also likes to challenge herself bye tackling techniques that require more practice and take her a little outside the box.  Love the colours.

 And her grand daughter will be the lucky recipient of this fabulous Sun Bonnet Sue quilt.  Such sweet pastel shades...

 Jean got her crayon quilt done and it looks great.

 Judy Hughes did the nine patch too...it turned out to be such a popular activity...

 She also joined the evening ladies and made her zippered pouch and is using it ...well that is what it is for, right, Judy?

 This fascinates me...the woven table topper by itself is interesting but Judy added dimensional flowers to it as well..Looks like fun.

For someone who doesn't like sitting at the sewing machine....Vera got her Scrappy Nine Patch done awfully quickly.  They are so wonderful...my favourite quilts by far.

 She decided it was too big with the extra rows and made a smaller quilt out of them.  They are both stupendous Vera.!!

Judy did some felting.with strips of wool  rolled up and washed in hot water and washed in hot water and got herself a pin cushion.

Not to be outdone Judy downsized her blocks for the scrappy nines and instead of 5 inch squares she used three inch squares.  Still looks great!

Just to keep things interesting she also did some little kiddie hats.  She's never bored, that one!

This top is one of the "Decade the Halls" mystery quilt that the ladies of the evening did before Christmas.  This one is Janice Handrahan's...colours are not true which is a shame because they are wonderful shades.  She did a great job....she's a perfectionist and it shows.

Show and tell, February 10, 2015

we started show and tell with a comfort quilt that Vivian Patriquen had taken home and bound.

 Then Ethel showed us a cuddle quilt she put together with the cutest frog fabric.

Judy made a couple of sewing kits for her grand children...take note that the grand kids chose the fabric and colours. She filled them with the necessities.

 Here is a lavender pillow she hooked at rug hooking.  Smelled gorgeous.

 This is my Whoo Knows owl quilt ...a pattern from Fat cat Patterns and a real joy to quilt.  Each owl has its own design.

Muriel added to her collection of Blue, White and silver for Christmas with this mitten and snowman wall hanging.

 Jackie is still having fun with her new sewing machine and this is a cuddle quilt she made ....the pictures I took of the cute wall hangings she also made, unfortunately, are blurry.

 Jackie joined the Fabric Cupboard's weekly block challenge (six inch squares) and enjoyed it thoroughly....learned a lot , too.

Gail and Ellen both did their block of the month challenge and here is Ellen's.

 Carol amazed us with this blue work....especially when she told us that the blocks were embroidered on her machine.

Ann is reacting to my comment that she must have shrunk her sweater because that one won't fit...but I am sure she can find a grand baby that it will fit.

These are the gorgeous crocheted Christmas balls she did...I understand they are a gift for next year.

 Marge has been busy  cleaning up UFO's and these are some baby panels she quilted to add to our cuddle quilt stash.

Joan followed in her sister's footsteps and cleaned up some UFO"s as well.  Here is a table topper and below is a tumbling blocks that she added to the cuddle quilts.

 Evelyn joined the cuddle quilt parade and added this sweet Noah's ark baby quilt.

Agathe , now that she has more time has been busy.  Here are some hats she knitted.

A crayon quilt for her grand daughter who will be getting some actual crayons and coloring books to go with it..

 A cuddle quilt

another

 another

 And another...wow...she's hasn't had time to do anything else, I am sure!!

Judy made some pillow cases with flying geese borders...looking great.

 Here's a table runner she made as well....

 and for fun she made this bag from a fun panel she found

along with this one.

Cynthia made this jean quilt ....note, the pocket in the centre she had embroidered as her label...smart cookie!

Here's the back...very masculine, indeed.  Good thing since it is going to her son...

 Jean, Like Ann can't figure out sizes...this sweet sweater is way too small for her, too.  Wonder which grand baby she made it for..

 Her table runner ...the scrappy nine patch pattern we're all anxious to make looks great  this way,too.

 Rightfully called a Bed of Roses, ;this is a wonderful way to showcase a larger print fabric.  So called because the roses are all laying down. Wonderful job, Jean.

Vera prefers to sit and applique rather than sit and sew at the machine but she is persevering and made a start on her scrappy nine patch.

 Marilyn has been busy in between meetings and doing some knitting.  Her is a gorgeous cowl....