10/5/2017: CCLQ at Britt's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week a dozen quilters met at Britt's home. Hope you enjoy seeing the wonderful and creative work of this exceptional group of quilters. 

Delicious treats were enjoyed by hungry quilters. Thanks Britt!

Gayle embroidered her Chapel Hill quilt with flowers. 

close up of Gayle's flowers

Cheryl K finished a modern baby quilt. 

close up of the quilting 

Joanna completed the quilting on this wonderful modern quilt from a NC Quilt Symposium Improv Class. 

Britt added borders to this elegant Virginia Bound strip quilt made with vintage fabrics.  

Joy cleaned out her husband's closet and has lots of deconstruction work to do on his old shirts.  This fabric will go into her stash for scrap quilts.  

Linda continued working on binding. 

Cheryl B brought the antique hexagon quilt which will go home with Joy. The quilting on Joy's antique quilt was an inspiration for Cheryl B.   

Here's Cheryl B's quilted commissioned hexagon quilt!  

Close up of the awesome quilting in each little hexagon!

One more close up

close up of back view of Cheryl B's fabulous quilting

Ruth S sent us this lovely tray quilt photo (via text) that she made with fabric purchased on a trip with Carol.

Jean completed this charming baby quilt. 

Jean used a trapunto method to quilt the name.

Jean used a free-motion loops and heart pattern  to quilt this delightful quilt. 

Candy happily worked on a cross-stitch project. 

Ruth B was happy to announce she had a successful move to her new house!  Deborah took care of blogging duties and reported she had a fun trip to see her grandson.  Britt and Joy had a fun quilt related trip to the mountains and stopped by the Asheville Quilt Show. 

Tip of the week:  Bethanne Nemesh is an expert on free motion quilting.  Click here to see a video about free motion.  

Lunch was at Vinny's in Hillsborough. 

Until next week, happy quilting!