Hello everyone!! We had another beautiful day for quilting, even with occasional rain in the afternoon. Ten of us were able to get together and spend the day working on our various projects. Those who weren't able to spend time with us were in our thoughts and want you to know you are missed on these fun days. As usual I am behind the camera and not in front of it!
Terry was busy starting a new quilt from a golf panel that she had. She got the idea for this quilt during our visit to The Red Rooster last weekend during our shop hop. Andrea was busy working on her quilt blocks for the Christmas Block Challenge.
Judy and Nancy sewing away!
Vicky and Julie are a couple of very busy ladies today!
Jacquie and Diane were busy getting set up while Joann continued working her projects.
Jacquie had 2 quilts she was putting the binding on. They were made for Ethan by Great Great Grandma Edie in 1952 and finished by Great Grandma Maher in 2013. Quilts were in beautiful shape for their age!
Vicky has been a busy little bee since the last workshop. She had lots of goodies to share with us. This was is a fleece blanket she tied for Grace the Mermaid.
She made quite a few items for upcoming babies.
This is a crocheted one she completed for another upcoming baby.
She worked on quilting this one today for a baby due in August.
She made this Turning Twenty for her first teenage granddaughter. Love the colors, but then I am partial to all shades of purple!
This Stretched Star she made is for a fundraiser for the Chris Speaking Organization. This will be raffled at The Cube in Findlay, OH on October 5, 2013.
And last but not least she is making this particular quilt for another quilting friend she will be seeing in the near future in Minnesota. Of course if contains her favorite fabrics, which are all by Robert Kaufman.
Nancy made this particular quilt without a pattern and using a batik charm pack that she had. Beautiful blue!
This one is a Border of the Month that she is doing, so she has added another of the borders she received to it. Will post this when it is done. Several of the ladies want this one when she is done.
Julie was busy making pillowcases from fabric that she got from the Serendipity Quilt Shop in Waldo, Ohio during our shop hop last Saturday. She was also pressing blocks for another quilt she is working on for her Buckeye Desk and Derrick group at Marathon. She ended the day hand sewing a hanger (sleeve) onto the back of another quilt she had completed.
Judy treated us with this wonderful quilt top that she only worked on during retreats that she attended. It contains 6,575 pieces. This is an absolutely wonderful use of scraps.
This one is a mini that she made from a pattern called Cotton Club Mini by Bonnie Blue Quilts. I love her ability to work with such tiny pieces and make them look beautiful!!
I spent most of the day behind the camera. If I wasn't taking pictures of the wonderful items that everyone was sharing, I was at our Aunt Pat and Uncle Glenn's 60th Wedding Anniversary party taking pictures. I did manage to sew a few pieces together of a lap size quilt kit that I had cut out. I will share this project at a later date when I have the top completed. I am onto cutting out the pieces needed for my block for the Christmas Block Challenge, as the exchange for these is fast approaching and I don't want to get caught with them not completed!!
Enjoy your upcoming week!! May it keep you blessed! Here is to the housework time being less and the sewing time being more! Can't wait till our next workshop to see all the wonderful things that everyone has worked on.
Theresa Thomas, one happy Scrappy Stitcher!!
