5/7/15 - CCLQ @ Ella's House

Hello, Quilters!

Today, CCLQers were at Ella's house for our weekly meeting.  You would think that we hadn't seen each other in AGES!!  I was late and everyone was still coffee-ing and snacking when I arrived.  I led the slow parade into Ella (and Barry's) sewing room.  I'm all for snacking, but I was ready to get busy (and needed to stake out a spot at the cutting table!) on the project that I brought...

But first, a stop by the powder room.  Look, a quilt:

Upon entering the sewing room, I spotted this interesting stack of blocks on the table:

Later, Jean came in to claim them:

And then she showed all of them while explaining about the process:

Candy showed off her new tool purchased from Nancy's Notions:

Then she got down to the business of figuring how it works:

Dee Dee arranged the fabric that she brought back from Delaware:

What a wonderful selection of Patriotic prints:

Dee Dee found a book and an old project:

Now she is working on completing it:

Gayle found an interesting book to peruse:

Later, she showed off her new Donation Quilt:

And got busy on binding that quilt:



Deborah showed off some of her Lady of the Lake blocks:

 She and Ruh B. were working side by side.  Each using a different method for HSTs:

Yes, it's true... Ruth B. was working on a QUILT!!!

Look what Joanna brought with her:

She demonstrated how it works:

Here's a good view of her portable light table in action:

Want to hear the BEST news??  It's a kids' toy and it's sold at Walmart for ONLY $20!!!

We finally made it around to Ella's latest project.  It's an old UFO made before Baby J. was born:

Grandparents' hands embroidered on the quilt:

Bears covered in quilts:

Big Brother's hands (when he was still small):

Barry and Ella's hands embroidered on the quilt:

SUCH a cute project, but the next project will be absolutely exquisite!  One of THESE:

For EACH of her Grandsons for when they get married (years from now!!!)

After all the talking and sharing of quilt related stuff, we headed to Saxapahaw for lunch at The General Store.  It was my first time there and all I can say is...  YUM!!!

Until next time...
Peace to piece!!!

Window treatments on ALL of the common area windows (generally made for EACH quilt to be hung on the wall that is just out of view on the right.)