4/25/19: CCLQ at Candy's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  Eight and a half quilters met at Candy's home.  Candy shared her history of quilting and showed her first quilt.  Enjoy all the wonderful creativity of this awesome group of quilters. 

Candy has an array of beautiful quilts artfully displayed in her home.  This colorful throw on the sofa is one of my favorites. 

This lovely table runner is a work of art!

Here's Candy's first quilt. Candy shared that no one in her family was a quilter. When her children were 10  and 12 years old, the family went to Pennsylvania for a summer vacation. They visited the Amish county and Candy saw some beautiful quilts.  When she came home she took a quilting class at Thimble Pleasures (when TP was in Carrboro.) The class included hand piecing and hand quilting. 

Candy impressed everyone with this unique unicorn quilt.  Candy is making this for her bereavement counselor.  The bereavement center is called the Unicorn Center. The unicorn pattern is by Elizabeth Hartman.  

Candy also shared a pile of sixteen table toppers for the Family House volunteer brunch.  We didn't get a picture of all of them today because a photo was taken at another meeting. 

Ruth S, Jean, Joanna and Deborah made heart blocks for the New Zealand Quilt project. 

Jean was cutting pieces for the border of her silk tie quilt. 

Here's a photo of Jean's quilt on the design wall. 

Deborah shared this panel of Hungry Alphabet Animals.  She plans to make an alphabet book for her granddaughter's birthday. 

Joanna was busy hemming some pants. 

Ella reported that she is working on a quilt for her hallway.  She will demonstrate how to do one seam binding when bee is at her home. 

DeeDee shared that she and Deborah are working on a secret sewing project and will reveal on the last Thursday in May. 

We enjoyed seeing Joy and especially our junior quilter who loved saying "meow" to Candy's kitty. 

Sew much fun but now it's time to go!

Until next time....happy quilting!