10/20/2022: CCLQ at Ruth B’s

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week we met at Ruth B’s home.  We had a small group today but lots of good inspiration was shared!

Ruth’s sweet donation quilt is ready for binding. 

Gayle found some vintage baby blocks and made this  cute baby quilt. 

Gayle finished this adorable turtle quilt. 

Back of turtle quilt 

Close up of  quilting on the turtle quilt .

Ruth B shared this nice donation quilt. 

Gayle shared this photo of her new strategy for managing the quilting “stash.”  She sorted all of her fabric into half yards, 1 yard, and 3 yards.  Then she combined three one yard pieces so they’re ready for a project. The tutorial for this idea is from https://www.fabriccafe.com/ . They have published several books on three yard quilts and the website has some free videos. 

Carol finished the top for Jenny Doan’s disappearing hour glass quilt.  A word of caution….this quilt has lots of bias edges.  

 Deborah just returned from spending a wonderful time with the grandchildren.  She’s got her quilt ready for the DOQ quilt show and shared information about how to fold one’s quilt for a quilt show. https://youtu.be/9fP60_6MxCw

Until next time,

Happy Quilting!!!

10/13/22: CCLQ at Passmore Center

 

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week the group met at the Passmore Center with Candy hosting with some delish cookies.

We had a lot of chit chat between Cheryl, Ruth, Linda, Margaret, and Candy.

Margaret showed 3 quilts.  The Colorful Cloud was quilted by Stacy at Over the Moon Quilts with a wonderful rain drop motif.

Stacy also did the quilting on the Macaroon Mystery.

Margaret showed the batik beauty quilt again before giving it as wedding gift.

Pictures don't do justice to the quilting done by Britt.  The back was made with a bunch of half squares that fell behind the sewing desk when doing the front piecing.  

Candy shared a few pieces she got while working in the Peace Corps.  The technique is a reverse applique where a piece of fabric with the color that is wanted is placed under the top layer then the design is cut out of the top layer to reveal the color for the design.  Internet seems to call these Molas ...

An art form unique to the Cuna Indians on San Blas Island, Panama, these reverse applique pieces  (pictures made by overlaying many different layers of colored cloth, and cutting through the various  layers to form pictures or designs) have been collectible for years and are now appreciated as an art form.   Some were intended as decorations for blouses or other items of clothing, but the panels are now created  as art in its own right.

These 6 pieces are not made the same but are printed fabric to look like the applique Molas above.

Candy also came across a jacket she got years ago while working in Asia with the Peace Corp.  The intricate design was amazing.

Linda shared her stack of quilt pattern post cards from Villa Rosa Designs.

Adiós until Next Week.

10/6/22: CCLQ at Cheryl’s

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week the group met at Cheryl’s house.

Maggie went on a “Shop Hop” on the way to the beach! She found lots of cool fabric and patterns. 

Close up of Maggie’s fabric from the shop hop.

Close up of cute critter fabric.

Another view of the critter fabric.

More fabric from Maggie. 

Maggie found this cute pattern for making a  cell phone or small iPad stand. 

Maggie shared this awesome “Rain Cloud” quilt top. 

Ella finished this lovely Hour Glass quilt top for a donation quilt.

Ella has a friend who wants her to make this beautiful bicycle quilt!  Gayle will help Ella draft a pattern for this. 

Wow…DeeDee has been busy!  She made this lovely quilt from the bird fabric she showed last week! 

DeeDee also shared a video every quilter would love….Harbor’s family video taped his reaction to the opening of the Halloween quilt.  He truly loved getting this gift! “This is awesome! He wrapped it around himself…and had several more expressions of joy! 

Gayle completed this happy turtle applique baby quilt.

Close up of Gayle’s adorable appliquéd turtles. 

Gayle brought a bag a basil from her garden to share with the group. 

 

Cheryl finished quilting this cute donation quilt. 

Close up of the quilting and scallop stitched binding on Cheryl’s quilt. 

More shop hop fabric finds by Maggie. 


Deborah shared a Christmas table runner pattern called Border Up Runner.  She will email to pattern to the group.  Deborah is also working on two memorial T-shirts quilts. Still cutting and fusing. 

Ruth B reported that she is almost finished sewing the sleeve on her DOQ show quilt. She is also working on binding a baby quilt. 

Next week’s meeting will be at the Hillsborough Senior Center and the following week will be at Ruth B’s. 

Happy quilting!

9/29/22: CCLQ at Gayle’s

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week the meeting was held at Gayle’s house.

DeeDee shared a photo of a quilt she plans to make.

Here’s a close up of the lovely bird fabric DeeDee will use. 




DeeDee brought the cute Halloween quilt to show to folks who weren’t at last week’s meeting. 



Close up of the quilting on the Halloween quilt. 

Deborah showed an antique appliquéd quilt top possibly from Virginia.  Deborah’s sister has a friend who has a cabin in the VA mountains. The friend has been collecting antique quilts for a while and is downsizing, so gave this top to Deborah.



Ruth shared her beautiful hexagon quilt.

Close up the scallop stitch used for the binding on Ruth’s quilt.   

Ella had a chicken story to share. Ella’s daughter has backyard chickens.  Yesterday she found one of the chickens had a stick in it’s side. Her daughter and grandson were able to remove the stick.  This morning the chicken was still alive. 

Cheryl showed a sweet rainbow pillow  she made for her new grandson. 

Candy brought more fabric to give away. 

When cleaning up her sewing stash, Candy found this lovely appliqué block. The group remembered that this was made at Gayle’s appliqué class featuring Sharon Schamber’s  method.   

Candy also found this giant bag. 

Ruth brought the Pineapple block pattern to give away.

Linda was the luck recipient of the Pineapple block.  Linda  plans to go to the beach and will take her sewing machine. 

Gayle had a fantastic time with her family at the beach.  She found some awesome sea biscuits. 

       

                                                      Close up of the sea biscuit shells.

Until next time, happy quilting!