met at Margaret’s home on September 19th. Excitement was in the air as several quilters plan to go to a retreat next week at Margaret’s family mountain home. Everyone has been busy busy! Find out about upcoming quilt shows, clever techniques, fabric faces, beautiful quilt patterns and Christmas stockings!
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| DeeDee showed the stockings she made at SECU Family House. These stockings will be sent to service men and women in Afghanistan. |
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| DeeDee finished the Star Wars quilt! |
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| Here's the back of the Star Wars quilt. Wonderful Quilt As You Go piecing and awesome quilting. |
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| Ruth B added a border to this lovely donation quilt. Jean had the just right fabric for backing. |
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| Jean shared a cute thank you note from SECU Family house and a yummy thank you gift for everyone. |
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| Adorable thank you card |
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| Ella's good friend Debbie attended and saw Carol who is the current keeper of the Pineapple Award. Debbie got the pineapple key fob for the quilter who spent the most money at our last Pineapple Fabrics trip! |
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| Margaret made this delightful and whimsical tree quilt. The pattern and fabrics were from DeeDee. |
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| The tree quilt pattern |
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| Margaret showed her "Runner" quilt that has an embroidered runner made by Jean. |
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| Margaret found this quilting idea for her runner quilt in an old quilting magazine. The lines will be horizontal in the runner quilt. |
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| Gayle shared the Christmas stockings made at SECU Family House. |
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| Gayle worked on the Chapel Hill embroidery and appliqué piece. |
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| Joanna made a wonderful bag. |
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Here's Joanna's stocking...this is serendipity at it's best when your strips create the illusion of appliqué.  How will you quilt it? Joanna has a clever method for figuring this out. Print a copy of your quilt pattern and sandwich between a clear acetate sheet and paper. Use a Visa Vis Marker to try out different designs. |
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| Margaret's stockings |
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| Cheryl made an apron for her son. |
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| The second apron has a surprise pocket....it's sideways! |
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| Cheryl's stockings |
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| Deborah shared some postcards for upcoming quilt shows...mark your calendar now! |
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| Deborah attended a Playful Portrait workshop with Lyric Kinard and this was her fabric on paper cartoon face. |
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| Deborah's stocking |
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| Ella's stockings for SECU Family House |
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| Carol finished this lovely Quilt as You Go Log Cabin quilt. |
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| The back of Carol's quilt |
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| Carol's stocking |
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| Debbie made this unique bag. |
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| Debbie's daughter is a teacher for students with special needs. Debbie made these chair covers for her classroom. |
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| Candy's stockings |
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| Candy finished the binding on Joanna's queen sized star quilt. |
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| Lynda reported that she is working on the Sue Spargo blocks. She has received eight of the nine blocks. Five blocks are in process with either appliqué or embroidery. |
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| This is Margaret's grandmother's Singer treadle sewing machine. It's 100 years old this year! |
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| Ruth B tries out the machine as Margaret watches. |
Until next time, happy quilting!
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