7/23/15 - CCLQ @ Joy's

Today's meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters was at Joy's house.  It was nearly 9:30.  The biscuits were out of the oven and the coffee was on...

WHEN THE SKIES OPENED UP!!!  Literally.  Seven members sat stranded in their cars, waiting for a break in the rain.

By 9:45, people began to brave the elements... and by 10 AM the rain had STOPPED.

What IS IT with Joy's house and rain?!?!  (Last time or the time before, we all waited out a storm before leaving for lunch.)

Too bad we didn't get a picture of all of the shoes on a towel by the door.  LOL

Once everyone settled down, was dried off, fed, and coffee'd we had a fair amount of shown and tell, along with shots of what everyone was working on...

Jean turned THIS Egyptian Cotton fabric:

Into THIS hand-dyed bag for a friend:

After showing the bag she made, Jean worked on the binding of her latest Kitchen Quilt:

Deborah's applied the label on her Generations Quilt:

The label credits 3 generations of Deborah's family with the portion of the quilt they contributed:

HERE is a full (ish) shot of the beautiful Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt:

Dee Dee sewed a bit more of the binding on Harbor's Quilt:

Cheryl K. worked on the binding on a Baby Quilt:

Ella stitched on a new floral applique panel:

Here's the panel:

Ruth was busy knitting on her scarf:

Even though Candy wasn't with us today, we got to see the next quilt that she will be binding.  I believe that Sarah P. made it for a donation:

 Gayle prepared to do battle with the binding on her latest Donation Quilt:

And took a stab at it:

Her quilt was made from a recently released tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company:

And HERE is a closer shot.  While not close enough to see the quilting, it shows a better view of the blocks that Gayle used:

Deborah made a Busy Book for her Grandson's 1st birthday out of a quilt panel:

Here's a look at the first page, of the story that she modeled after Brown Bear, Brown Bear(, What Do You See? written by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle):

The MOST IMPORTANT page (to us)...

And what will likely be her grandson's FAVORITE page:

You may not fully appreciate this gift until you get a load of this side view!!

Just what WAS Joanna doing?!?!

She brought paper cut-outs to play with during the meeting:

Her X-acto knife and a ruler came along for the ride:

 It turns out that after all of the manipulation, Joanna is left with beautiful bird ornaments:

Cheryl K. tried the quilting method that Jean talked about when we were at her house:

 On this Baby Quilt that she recently made:

Joy FINALLY remembered to dig out the Mystery Quilt for our Retreat.  All CCLQ members are welcome to participate.  Details to follow, but for now... The instruction folders are ready:

Oh!!!  Don't forget to grab some of Rick's (organically grown) "free-range" cucumbers on your way out the door!!  (Jean is just about cucumbered out.)  They are fresh from the garden and ready to eat:

Once the meeting adjourned, 5 of us took ourselves off to lunch.  Today's choice??  HBBQ.

Take a look at the adorable shirt (made lumpy by the wearer) that Joy got from Sew Caroline.  Alas, the sewing machine shirts may no longer be available, but the totes (in the same design) still are:

Until next time...
Weather the storms of life with a quilting buddy by your side!!!