12/17/15 - CCLQ Holiday Pot Luck @ Ella's

Welcome to the HOLIDAY EDITION of Cherry Creek Lane Quilters!!  This week's meeting/party was held at Ella's house.  She made 2 soups and the rest of us brought treats to round out the meal.  There were 11 quilters in attendance to enjoy the festivities.

But first...

We got down to the business of working on our projects!!!

Gayle got surprised by something being said (as she worked on her hexie project):

Dee Dee did some applique:

Deborah cast on a new knitting project:

What's THIS?!?!?!

Ruth S. prepared to do some stitching on one of her Bluff blocks:

Happy Birthday, Cheryl K:

Ruth B. did some more embroidery on her applique blocks:

Ella had a SHOW... from way back in her Kansas days:

Jean pinned some of her "coping strips":

Ella requested a border consult... narrow?

Wider?

Colors reversed?

Joanna prepared a Piped Binding sample for Ella, using some of Joy's scraps:

Candy shared a completed Donation quilt top (that she bordered):

Joy trimmed some of her scraps:

Here's the sample, with the appropriate measurements:

Dee Dee collected "can'ts" for the upcoming quarter:

Ruth B. is adding some detailing to her flower blocks:

Cheryl K. worked on "un-sewing" some coasters that she made... incorrectly:

Jean shared a craft idea that she found (and subsequently made for her DH):

Joanna wondered why one of her quilts was hanging lower than it should... and brought the offending (un-sewn) tabs for completion.  Oops!  Apparently, she was anxious to hang the quilt:

Candy brought a pattern and fabrics that she purchased in Lancaster:

HERE is a closer look at the pattern:

Jean got busy stitching down the "coping strips" that she pinned at the beginning of the meeting:

Done with casting on, Deborah joined her project "in the round":

Oh!  Ruth S. is adding more detail to the Sewing Cottage:

Candy recently purchased a Bodkin and a Turning Tool:

Joanna's next client quilt:

THIS is a close-up of Tonya's lovely Quilt of Valor:

AFTER our regular meeting Jean...

... And Deborah...

Passed out gifts to 10 lucky members of CCLQ.  Here is Dee Dee modeling:

Remember those two soups that Ella made...

and the treats to round out the meal???

We really did enjoy QUITE the Holiday feast!!!  Please note that our hostess celebrated her birthday the very next day.  Happy Birthday, Ella!

Until next time...
Quilty Christmas !!!