Thursday, September 27, 2018

Sept 2018 Meeting


Robyn, thank you for hosting our meeting this month and a big thank you to Nancy C. for helping with the lunch! Next month, October, we are meeting on the 31st at Lenette's. Also The AccuQuilt is at Robyn's house if anyone wants to borrow it.
Here's our show and tell:
Rachel used panels to make these 4 outdoor quilts for her sons for Christmas. On the back she found some extremely soft fabric called Sew Lush from Joann's. It felt even softer than minky.







Backs





Rachel also used a panel to make this Halloween quilt.

Rachel made this baby quilt.
Diane made this pinwheel baby quilt using one line of fabric.
Diane made this wedding garland using Twill tape ordered from Amazon and cut various lengths of ribbon, flowers and greener and tied it all on upside down.

Maurene was given these flower garden hexagon blocks that her mother made. They were all hand-pieced. Maurene sewed them onto the white fabric and added the sashing thanks to several employees from Quilt Expressions who helped her pick the fabrics.
Cindy used lots of flannel scraps, 2 1/2" squares, to make this Scrappy Heart quilt.



Close up

Cindy also made this Halloween wallhanging using the stack and whack method for the scrappy looking border.

She attached a label she made using her embroidery machine.
Cindy also made this Halloween table topper, a dresden neighborhood.


Lenette also made the same Halloween quilt but used some different fabrics.

Here is a finished project from last month!

Jean made this Halloween wool table topper

Jean also made this wool pillow.

This "Lexington" fabric "Emblem" block quilt was made by Jean. The pattern is from the Fat Quarter Style book.

Jean also made this patriotic quilt.

Another quilt made by Jean. Even the quilting contains some anchors.

Jean made this Christmas wall hanging from a kit using embroidered squares and pinwheels.




Robyn made this large half-square triangle quilt top for a granddaughter. She used grunge fabrics.
Jean shared this T-shirt quilt that her sister, Joan, made. Very creative placement and unique style for a t-shirt quilt.
Jean also shared this quilt made by her twin sister, Joan.
Monica made this double churn dash quilt using fabric from the Varsity Line.

DEMO
Robyn presented a great demo about the use of color and choosing colors for your quilts. She gave each of us fabric squares to use as our own personal color wheel. Here's a website that will be a wonderful reference and reminder of what she taught.

LUNCH


Southwest Sandwich

1 loaf French bread – split in half
2 tomatoes, sliced
2 avocados, sliced
1 lb. turkey or ham, sliced
sliced cheese – provalone, mozzarella, or other

Dressing:
(Recipe makes more dressing than needed for 1 sandwich)
1 c. mayo
2/3 c. sour cream
¼ c. chopped olives
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
½ tsp. salt
1/3 c. chopped green onion.

Layer on split loaf of French bread:
turkey
tomato
avocado
dressing (be generous)
cheese

* This sandwich can also be baked.  Make as directed then place on cookie sheet.  Tent with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Tomato Corn Salad

Cherry tomatoes, halved
Fresh corn
Green onions
Radishes
Cilantro
Dressing is olive oil, fresh lime juice, salt, and a little sugar

Stir all together and then add crumbled Cotija cheese to your taste.


Fresh Fruit Cobbler
¼ c. butter
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. sugar, divided
¾ c. flour
½ tsp. salt
¾ c. milk
3-4 c. fresh fruit (peaches or blackberries are good)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare fruit (wash and slice as needed) then mix with ½ c. sugar and set aside. Melt butter in a 9”x9” baking dish.  Mix up a batter with ½ c. sugar, the flour, baking powder, salt, and milk.  Pour batter over melted butter, but do not stir. Spoon prepared fruit evenly over top of batter.  Do not stir.  Bake 45-50 minutes.  The batter will rise to the top and will be brown and crisp.  Serve hot or cold.  Good with ice cream.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

August 2018 meeting

Here are the pictures and info from our meeting in August at Rachel's home. Thank you to both Rachel and Susan who helped make this a very fun meeting!

Kelly made this quilt using a charm pack and outline quilted each square.


Darla washed and hung to dry this quilt top that had bled. She pre-treated it with Oxiclean and it came out beautifully.
This is a Pick 6 quilt that Darla made and quilted it on her home sewing machine.

Nancy C. made this quilt using Sam I Am fabric on the back and also made a pillowcase to go with it.


this is the back

Nancy C. also made this using embroidered aprons. She designed her own pattern.


Maurene made this scrappy 9-patch for her great granddaughter's wedding.
Lenette made this dresden fan quilt top


Lenette also made this All Around the Neighborhood quilt which is from designer Kimber Bell. The one below is from the same designer. Quilted Works in St. George has kits for these with the laser cut shapes.




Rachel made this wool stitchery for a tray.

Rachel also made all of these aprons for Christmas gifts this year. They are all reversible.




Susan made this wool Halloween wall hanging.

Rachel made this quilt


Jeanie made this jelly roll race quilt. Both this quilt and the one below have minky on the back.


Here is another jelly roll race quilt Jeanie made.


Kelly made this jean and batik quilt and used the seams from the jeans in a creative way. She used the pattern below for the jean quilt.






Susan made this Halloween Farm Truck wool stitchery

Project


Susan set everything up for us to make our fall project. 


This is the project we made.

These are other projects for ideas and inspiration.


LUNCH-follow the links for the recipes


Freshly baked cookies