Thursday, August 28, 2014

July 2014 Mtg

Here is our fun show and tell for our meeting in July which was held at Jeanie's home.


 Nancy C. made this little flower girl's dress.

 These are ring cushions Nancy made from the dress her grandmother gave her.

 Nancy also made this quilted bag.
 This is an auction quilt Nancy made for the Syringa Girl's House in Nampa. The pattern is free and online and called Charmed Whirlgigs.

 This is a doll quilt to compliment the auction quilt.
 Diane made this flannel baby quilt. She said making a strip quilt like this works best if you alternate your sewing directions when adding another strip.
 Diane made this Low Volume quilt using neutral colors and it is paper pieced.
 Diane also made this quilt called Scrappy Summer from a free pattern online from Cluck Cluck Sew.
 Jeri made these little girls dresses from the pillow case dress patterns.

 Nancy F. made this star table topper

 Robyn made this fleece baby quilt. She found the binding fabric at Craft Warehouse.
 Rachel made this quilt using vintage sheets. Several of the sheets were from Cannon and they are 50/50 sheets from the 1950's. Her hint for making something like this was to look for top sheets and pillowcases.



 Rachel also made this  quilt and used minky fabric on the back.


 Rachel made these cute lady bug dolls

 Rachel also made these bee dolls.
 Corrie made a camping quilt using Lori Holt's pattern.
 Corrie also mentioned that she has walnut shells available from her online shop Quilttaffy. The walnut shells are great for making pin cushions.

After show and tell Jeanie gave a demo on making a padded hanger with zipper pockets to hold jewelry.  Thanks Jeanie!!

LUNCH



CREAM WAFERS

1 cup soft butter
1/3 c whipping cream
2       cups flour
Granulated sugar

Mix well butter , cream & flour.  Cover & chill Roll about 1/3 of the dough 1/8 inch thick on floured cloth-covered board.  (keep dough in ref til ready to roll out).
Cut in 1 ¼ in circles,  I used a large pill to cut them.  Transfer rounds on wax paper covered heavily with sugar, roll each round so that both sides are coated. 
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Prick round with fork. bake 7 to 8 minutes until set but not brown, at 375 oven,  Put cookies together in pairs with frosting. 

Frosting Cream 
¼ soft butter with ¾ c pwd sugar and 1 tsp vanilla until smooth 7 fluffy.  Tint with few drop of food coloring, if necessary add a few drops of water.  I used my electric mixer to mix this. 

Sunday, July 6, 2014

June Mtg 2014-Bowtie Pasta

Our mtg last month was hosted by Maurene. After exchanging pizza boxes, we had show and tell:

















Jeanie showed this tumbler quilt she made using the AccuQuilt.
Lenette made these onesies!

Back of the boy's onesie.

Cindy made this quilt for the young women at girl's camp to tie.
Lenette made these knitted booties from an online pattern called "MaryJanes"
Lenette found the pattern for this wool/felt coin purse in McCall 
Cindy's husband's mother's aunt made this beautiful quilt. Cindy quilted it. The dogwoods are all hand appliqued.

Corrie made this picnic quilt. She used denim for the center and the sashing.



Diane embroidered these kitchen towels for wedding gifts. She used a stabilizer on the back.


Diane's daughter, Nancy made this bag using fabric and duct tape. She used a tutorial on Youtube.

Nancy made this quilt called "Spin Cycle".  After sewing the binding on, she used the method of gluing it in place, then machine sewed it down. 

Susan made this star table topper.
Susan made this scrappy Christmas quilt.
Susan made this quilt from a quilt kit from Quilt Expressions.

Susan made this wool embroidery wall hanging.

Sherry S. made this scrappy tie quilt.

Robin made this daisy quilt for her granddaughter. There's also a matching pillow sham below.


Maurene made this scrappy Christmas quilt from a pattern and kit at Quilt Expressions. Rachel machine quilted it.

Sherry S. made this armrest sewing caddy.



Beautiful quilt made by Maurene.

                   
Nancy made this "Tinker Tote" bag from craftsy.com. She said there are lots of classes and be sure to watch for 1/2 off deals for the classes.


LUNCH

Bowtie Pasta Salad
1 lb. broccoli
1/2 c. mayo
1/2 c. plain Greek yogurt
3 packets Stevia
1/3 c. red onion, diced
1/3 c. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. sea salt
2 c. seedless red grapes
6 bacon strips, cooked
1/4 c. chopped pecans
    Preheat oven to 350˚. Bake pecans for about 6 min, stirring. Cut broccoli florets from stems and separate into small pieces. Whick together mayo, yogurt, stevia, red onion, vinegar, salt and toss with broccoli, hot cooked pasta and grapes. Stir to coat. Add bacon and pecans just before serving.

Maurene explained a method for finishing off binding, to have the two ends join in a very nice manner. She also provided a hand out containing the instructions for this method.
Thank you, Maurene. The luncheon was wonderful and eating outside was so enjoyable.
See you all in July. Our meeting will be held at Jeanie's.