3/14/19 CCLQ at Ruth B’s

The Cherry Creek Lane Quilters welcome you to another weekly meeting with lots of beautiful quilts and sewing projects.  This week thirteen lucky quilters plus one lucky junior quilter met at Ruth B’s home. Hope you find inspiration and maybe a quilt idea or two from reading this blog.  Feel free to write a comment in the comment section at the end of the blog to let us know you enjoy this blog! Remember if you click on a highlighted word or phrase, it should automatically take to a related website, so you don’t have to google it yourself.  Nice feature, right?

Margaret showed the colorful Quilt As You Go (QAYG) donation quilt!  This was a group effort and turned out quite nicely. Group members made two twelve-inch blocks and Margaret sewed them together!  

Back view of the QAYG quilt

Margaret also provided a wonderful resource for QAYG quilts. Click on this link to go to a Pinterest page on Quilt As You Go Quilts.

Margaret sold three quilts at the DOQ pop up art sale! Click on this link to see Margaret's three quilts:

DeeDee created two mini art quilts.

Believe it or not, these delightful mini art pieces were made from left over baby wipes used to clean the printing surface, dried of course, and with added embellishments. 

DeeDee shared this new wool pressing mat which is great for  pressing small projects and works great for getting creases out of fabric that has been folded in your stash for a while.  We all have some of that kind of fabric. 

DeeDee's table topper for Family House. 

DeeDee made this colorful donation quilt from Ella's fabric. 

Joanna made this verdant table topper for Family House. 

Ruth has completed two bathroom remodels in her home, so she has been busy busy. Ruth showed the beginning of her charming table topper.  

Ella had fun sharing her wonderful fabrics from the Pineapple Fabrics sale.  

Wonderful greens and aquas

Ella's inspiration fabric

Ruth S brought a gift of flamingo fabric for DeeDee's birthday.   Happy Birthday DeeDee!

Lynda worked on the binding of her bubble quilt.

Ruth S made this cheerful baby quilt for her niece.  Our jr. quilter liked this one.

Ruth S added binding to this clever donation quilt. 

Jean made two terrific table toppers for Family House.

Close up of Jean's decorative stitching 

Jean found this gorgeous contemporary quilt and has drafted a pattern for it. It's for a friend from the UNC Dental School program. She is opening an orthodontic practice in Chatham County. Jean is making this quilt for the new office. 

The quilt is made of silk fabric and this is a photo of the beginning pieces that Jean has made.

Deborah's table topper for Family House 

Deborah is adding the binding to the Bargello quilt which will go in her guest room.  Another UFO almost done!!!

Cheryl sewed some binding to her Ella Quilt. 

Gayle finished this lovely beach quilt and is adding the binding today!

Gayle has finished this whimsical appliqué quilt which will hang in the sun room of her new house. 

The jr. quilter had fun today!

Here's Candy's wonderful donation quilt from Ella's fabric.

Candy made this table topper and was so happy to collect a bunch of table toppers today for Family House. 

Jean had these labels printed for the Family House Table Toppers and other Family House projects. 

Candy showed this dramatic donation quilt. 

Border ideas for Candy's quilt

Joy sported her lucky St. Patrick's Day jacket and showed this intricate mug rug expertly made with tiny half-square triangle that form tiny diamonds. It's a surprise for someone. 

The group dined at the Refectory Cafe in Durham.

Until next time, feel lucky!

"You got to try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not know it."

Jimmy Dean