January 2018

The last day of January 2018, quilt group was held at Jean Hancock's home. Jean's twin sister, Joan, from California was there too!

This flying geese quilt was made by Jeri Moore.  A grandson will be the lucky recipient of this blue and white quilt.

Jeri also made this Americana quilt.

Caren Beal brought this sweet yellow quilt. It is made with flannel fabrics.

Nancy Christensen is showing her humanitarian donation quilt.  Nancy put this pattern together herself, sewing 9 patches on point.

Nancy also made these two cute bunnies for a grand daughter's birthday.

Nancy is in process of making 2 quiet books for grandchildren. Here are some of the pages. She plans to put the pages together making holes and using rings to hold them together.

Susan Tway made this quilt using the "Bag O Bunnies" Ric Rac wool pattern.
Susan also showed two wool Birdie wall quilts.

This blue, peach and cream snuggle quilt was made by Rachel and given to Susan as a Christmas gift. The quilt is backed with a soft minky backing.

Susan made this cute cocktail apron for a friend. The pattern features an offset button on the top flap.
Atkinson Designs "Mom and Me Apron"

The above quilt is made by Rachel Lamm using creams, light blue, peach and light brown. It is a layer cake pattern called "Cake and Ice Cream"

This orange and gray quilt was also made by Rachel. She found the pattern in a magazine, it is called "Limeade"

This is a wool wall quilt made by Rachel. The pattern is called "Fresh Trees" by Buttermilk Basin.

Merry Christmas! Banner was made by Rachel using wool and many hand stitches. It is a Waltzing With Bears pattern.

Jean Hancock made this quilt with fabrics designed by Bonnie and Camille.

This purple quilt made by Jean is to be donated to the Humanitarian cause.

Jean showed this "Snapshot" quilt that she made from the Fat Quarter Shop. Everyone said "Adorable!" (She made some of her own revisions.)

The above quilt is Cindy Anderson's handmade quilt to go to Humanitarian services.  This quilt pattern is from Abby Lane.

Robyn Chamberlain made this purple and green flannel quilt. She had 8 year old girls help complete this quilt by tying.

Diane Spackman made this grocery bag holder to hang in the pantry...french seams and all! You just roll up your bags after putting groceries away, put them in the top, then when you need a bag, you can pull one out from the bottom.

This quilt was also made by Robyn and tied by the young girls. Both baby sized quilts to be donated to Humanitarian causes.

Jean is preparing to show us how to match design/prints in fabrics when needing to extend a piece of fabric for a quilt, either the borders or backing.

Jean showed and explained this Bargello quilt top that she made. Many many squares and rectangles!

Here Jean has folded the fabric and is matching up the polar bears design. She secured it with a glue stick.

Jean then showed where to sew the pieces together to complete a perfect match.  My notes: To extend the repeat of a design: cut, fold, press, glue, press, pin, sew and press! :)

Brownies with cream cheese frosting dollop.  Strawberries dipped in chocolate.

Jean and Joan prepared two different pasta dishes and a lovely salad for us to enjoy for lunch!

Thank you Jean! It was a nice meal and meeting.
Until next time....happy sewing.