November 26, 2019

Gail started our show and tell with this beauty made from all the squares she won last year from the President's Challenge then passed it along to Ann for Comfort quilts.  What a nice thing to do!

 Helen made this Sheepy quilt for her sister's great grand child.  And being a non grandmother that is all I have to say about that....soooo jealous!

Then she showed us this spiral table topper that her husband requested to present to their financial advisor...must have given them some really good advice is my thought....lol!

 Cynthia bought this top and the binding for it for $75.00 ...what an amazing find!...then she had it quilted and it is now going to a graduate from divinity college. Beautiful graduation gift.

Pat got her Block of the Month from last year done and Agathe quilted it for her.  It was a really fun project.

Ethel celebrated her special birthday and got her goody bag of fat quarters then she showed us some more of the wonderful bags she has been making...this one is for her pen pal,

this one is for  a young girl....

 and this quilt is for a grand daughter...she has been one busy woman....

 Agathe got her folded star hot pad almost finished... it was part of today's program.

 Susan showed us hers  and.....

 a birthday wall hanging....

 a fall or hallowe'en banner.....

 a Christmas banner.....

 a table topper....

a quilt she made for the Chemo quilt project (thank you so much, Susan).....

 a Sindy Rodenmayer quilt pattern of laying hens....how appropriate now that she has some laying hens of her own....

and this amazing cake cover....so neat!  Guess she just wanted us to know what her summer has been like.

 Susan showed her folded star hot pad....

 and a pillow she made...been busy too.

Dianne made this folded star hot pad...they are all so amazing.  She also shared with us that she sold one of her quilts....now she has to consider herself a professional and no longer an amateur.  Congratulations!

Jean brought in her BOM from last year as well. They look so good despite her oopsy!

 REnate tried her hand at hand quilting this unique winter scene...love cardinals!

This is a table runner of fabric that her daughter chose....it has a bonus eight tree napkins to go with it...a Christmas present.

 Nice to see Bea back after a long hiatus healing her body as much as she could.  This quilt is for a young man who is getting into hunting...it has deer on it...how appropriate!

 These are hot pads she made for a gift.....

and these are some she bought with the thought that it would be a good project for anyone interested in doing some strip piecing or quilt as you go. 

november 25, 2019

 This beauty was made at the Villa Madonna...two years ago....quilted at Spruce it up by Marilyn and then she decided she wanted  it larger so she added another border (quilt as you go method) that ended up framing the Carpenter's Star perfectly.  Well done!

Cindy made this zigzag table topper for her first effort....and did a wonderful job...love the Christmas fabrics.

 This is the guild quilt for the year and a vote was taken as to whether or not the outside border should have stars on point or interrupted squares of stars and plain.  The unanimous decision is stars on point...we'll keep you posted as it gets done.

Chris has been busy making ornaments with the red and black plaid...love them, Chris!

Linda bought a whole bolt of fleece and then couldn't decide what to do with it so she cut it up and  crocheted this mat....clever girl....

November 12, 2019

Jean started our show and tell with these toe Socks for leg casts..what a neat idea.

 This sweet quilt goes into our comfort quilt program...made by Marilyn, quilted by our nimble fingered quilters, bound by Marilyn and now awaiting a lucky recipient.

Marilyn showed this Christmas decoration and told us it was easy to put together...isn't it great to have someone make a prototype and then share their findings.   Thanks Marilyn!

Patty didn't want to show this first but I bugged her a little bit.  This really neat wallet/purse attaches to her belt and holds essentials so that she is 'hands free'.  We need to figure out how to make this....it would be wonderful to have when you are buying fabric so you wouldn't have to move your purse out of the way.  so innovative.

Vera put this patriotic quilt together from the patterns that Muriel provided last year as President.  She can't decide whether she is going to add more borders or not. She feels it isn't quite finished somehow.  Whatever she decides, it will be amazing like the rest of her quilts.

Marlene made a couple of queen sized quilts this past summer and this is one of them.  The colour actually turned out to be more true that what showed in the camera....good thing, because it is not blue it is a gorgeous purple and lilac.  Lovely traditional and beautifully quilted quilt.

Ethel will have 16 tote bags finished by tomorrow...she is donating them to Portage house....what a caring and thoughtful person she is.

 Cynthia got the jump on the President's Challenge and used her fabric to make this sweet winter pillow. So pretty!

Leigh went on a trip and bought an all inclusive kit that wasn't quite so inclusive...seem the batting fell short and the borders weren't included.  Good thing she has a stash like the rest of us and was able to finish her "Ham and Eggs".

What a terrific neighbour, Marj is. This quilt....which could certainly be an Eye Spy quilt was made for a little three year old child that is one of her 5 children neighbours.  The little one is going to love it.