Wednesday, January 31, 2018

1/25 - CCLQ @ Gayle's

Welcome to this week's meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilt Bee!!  Eleven members were welcomed by Gayle.  Coffee, snacks, and chatting soon led to...

A brief gift distribution...

Joy made this Thread Catcher for Cheryl K. in December:



Dee Dee found a really cute kitty book for Deborah:


Dee Dee also shared this adorable knitty kitty fabric with Joy:


(Thanks, Dee Dee!!!  It's PURR-fect for the knitter in me.)

Which led to...

Show and Tell.

Our hostess started us off...

Gayle had a TELL about the old adage "never say never".  Pay close attention to the photo in her lap:


You see, she doesn't use patterns and she doesn't buy quilt kits.  Until... she saw THESE blocks from Missouri Star and THESE fabrics from Craftsy!!

Block One:


Block Two:


Gayle also completed another quilt:


Let's take a closer look:


Candy picked this up for the knitter in our group:


Deborah made blocks for the Thomas Fire initiative:


I think Ruth S. is making friends with her seam ripper:


Britt was ripping out seams to re-use the pieces:


Joy worked on trimming up HSTs:


Deborah shared her purchases from Loving Stitches:




Ruth S. made some Thomas blocks and brought a jacket pattern (and the abandoned project) to Joy for finishing:


Here is a better look at Ruth's block:


This is Ruth S's applique project:


Ruth B. relaxed with a cup of coffee:


Joy shared her big giant 80's quilt finish:


As well as a little something she's been playing with:


Joy announced that this will be her LAST meeting for the foreseeable future, as her schedule has changed.  Members should look forward to a NEW blog mistress for CCLQ!!

Joanna made a couple of Perkiomen Valley blocks:


She's also working on THIS new quilt:


Dee Dee stitched down quilt binding during the meeting:


Cheryl K. wielded a seam ripper:


Joanna did some cross stitch:


Candy passed around this reminder and asked who was planning to attend the upcoming Pineapple SALE:


Speaking of Candy, she completed a new quilt top...


... Using Deb Tucker's Tri Rects Ruler:


Cheryl K. showed off her Thomas Fire relief blocks...


... And this partially quilted Hunter's Star variation quilt:


Here is a close-up:


She laid is out on the floor for us to look at the quilting:


Candy stopped her binding to see if she noticed a problem:


Dee Dee made several of the Relief Blocks:


She also made a NEW version of her Kitty Block:


Then came the ice and snow dyes:


Oh-SEW-beautiful:


I really thought I would recall which was which:


You can stop laughing now...


The folding technique that Dee Dee used on this one gave it a Shibori-type appearance:


Oh, look!  Jean made Thomas Blocks, as well:


She also shared some Quilt Retreat information...


... And an easy Quilted Table Mat:


Jean ice dyed a 2-yard cut of PFD (Prepared For Dyeing) fabric...


... And talked about her process:


The photo below shows a closer look at Jean's Table Topper:


Britt passed around this book...


... And shared (?) the Relief Blocks she made:


She divided the collected blocks into sets and asked to see what designs we could come up with:


It's easy to orient the blocks incorrectly:


We finally settled on a preliminary design.  It's the Straight Furrows setting, but Britt promised to try out some other layouts:


One of Gayle's birds came to say hello to the quilters:


Or would that be goodbye?  Nine of the twelve quilters packed up to leave for lunch at Anna Maria's Pizzeria in Carrboro Plaza.

Until next time...
Quilt Happy!!!

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