12/11/14 - CCLQ Holiday Pot Luck at Ella's

Two members were missing.  Cheryl is off on a travel trip and Linda is at school.  We're at Cheryl's next week and hoping to see Linda on Saturday at the Nimble Thimbles' Holiday Pot Luck Party at Carol's.

Here are the happenings for the day:

Joanna brought her travel bag (with instructions) to do a demo, but Joy had work to do.  Sorry!

Joy was trimming T-shirts for TWO quilts that she was hoping to finish by Christmas.  If that will be possible, remains to be seen.  Here she is showing off the NEXT TO LAST of her Custom Tote Bag orders.  Hooray!!!

Ruth B. was chatting and having coffee before being presented her Origami ornament from Gayle.

Listen. Respond. Sip. Repeat.  :P

The colors suit her perfectly!

Ruth S. was working on the binding for a Donation Quilt...

 Then she pulled out this lovely purple Crazy Quilt block:

Apparently, the camera thinks the block is blue.

Ella was busy being the helpful hostess and making sure that coffee was served.

Dee Dee worked on her Ayr Mount drawings.

Candy worked on binding a(nother) donation quilt.  Almost done!

Deborah showed off her Star Trek stuffed toys made for her grandson.

Gayle started off with the blue petals that she has been cutting out...

Then moved on to these green leaves during the meeting:

During the meeting, Ella showed us the Lumitask lights that Barry purchased in Houston.  The difference is quite remarkable:

The photo above shows the machine turned on and ready to sew.

This one shows the Bernina with the additional light illuminated.

Here are the (adjustable) "runway" lights that Barry installed.

Isn't the difference AMAZING???  The ladies were so impressed that we are planning a group order to save on shipping costs and Barry will install them "for a small fee."  Contact Ella or Joy, if you would like to be included.

Then it was PARTY TIME!!!

Thanks, everyone for not spoiling Barry's surprise.

Happy Birthday, Ella!

Here's Ella opening her one of her gifts.

This is the collection of "ugly" Fat Quarters that Barry asked us to bring.  Ella actually LIKED some of the ugliest ones!

Here's Barry with the bolo tie that Jean made for him after the Houston trip...

 

And Ella with her flower pin.  (They both loved them, Jean!)

Thanks to Barry, here we all are (sans Cheryl K. and Linda) posing in front of Ella's new Christmas Quilt.  Joanna did a wonderful job on the quilting and look how BEAUTIFUL it looks hanging on the wall by the tree!

Until next time...
Happy Quilting!!!

P.S. Couldn't resist a full shot of Ella's Red and White quilt in progress.