6/20/26 - NT Sew Day @ SECU Family House

Welcome to the Nimble Thimbles blog!!  Saturday, June 20th was our Quilt Bee's quarterly Sew Day at SECU Family House where our member Candy volunteers.

The following members were in attendance:

Here is a glimpse at what everyone worked on...

Joy began the day by quilting on her June UFO:

Britt worked on this lovely donation quilt:

Maggie chose some mindless sewing for the day's project:

Helena worked on this gorgeous 30's quilt:

Deborah spent the day cutting for a new patriotic project:

Candy kept busy with her Stack & Whack blocks :

Britt applied borders to her donation quilt, but wondered about how they chopped of the design:

Kirsten arrived and started stitching on her son's wedding quilt:

Britt auditioned backgrounds for her Passmore Challenge quilt:

Here's another look at Helena's project...

And a closer look at her design plan:

The top of Britt's challenge quilt is complete, but borders will follow:

This is a look at one of the blocks Candy completed today:

We all made really good progress on our projects.  Thanks for scheduling our Sew Day, Candy and thank you to Family House for welcoming us!

Until next time...

Lets go SEW!!!

3/21/26 - NT Sew Day @ SECU Family House

Welcome to the Nimble Thimbles blog!!  Saturday, March 21st was International Quilting Day.  Our Quilt Bee celebrated with a Sew Day at SECU Family House where our member Candy volunteers.

The following members were in attendance:

Thanks to Ruth S's daughter for serving as our group photo photographer!

Here's what everyone was working on...

Joy:

Carol:

Britt helped Candy with the "Stacy" Bag:

Cheryl:

Kirsten:

Ruth:

Completed (or nearly completed) projects...

Joy was a quilter on a mission and finished this project right out of the gate:

This project was made with Carol in mind:

Maggie finished the base of her bag:

Carol hand stitched this binding:

Joy bound this collaborative UFO:

She also finished this table topper for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge...

And this little bonus project that also went to Carol:

Look at Joy's adorable quilty hair clip from Carolina Fiber Fest:

Special thanks to Candy for arranging this event and to all who contributed to our Pot Luck lunch.

Until next time...

Let's go SEW!!!

Nimble Thimbles - 2025 Green Batik Challenge Reveal - A Quilt Bee Family Affair

Welcome to the 2025 Nimble Thimbles Green Batik Challenge Reveal!!  Thank you to Maggie for coordinating the Challenge and donating the challenge fabric!  This year, for the first time ever, the whole fan-damly was invited to participate.  Members from all three branches of the family tree participated. Thanks also to Sue for hosting the reveal party at the Corbinton Clubhouse!

This is a photo of the fabric...

It was taken indoors during the late afternoon so the color appears much more yellow than in real life.  I'll try to get a better photo, but that will have to wait for now:

The following 15 members were in attendance:

There were 3 participants were unable to attend, but sent photos of their entries...

Here is the parade of entries...

Sue tried to get a shot of all the quilts together, but had to settle for segments of the room in an attempt to capture them all:

Thank you, again, Maggie!  Participating members were pleased with the result of the challenge.  Some members really stepped outside their comfort zone and one member created her VERY FIRST challenge quilt and even did the quilting herself.  Way to go, everyone!  All of the entries were SEW fabulous!!

Until next time...

Meet the CHALLENGE!!!