10/10/2024 CCLQ @ Carol's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters. 

This week quilters met at Carol's.  We were greeted by all the Halloween fun she has around the house.

Deedee started off by showing the completed Christmas runner with a few words of caution when using fusible batting and pillow case method instead of binding.  The back looks as good as the front.

Maggie showed her great purchases from the DOQG Show vendors.

Lynda started by showing off what Barry won as a door prise at the Quilt Show.  Nice of him to share with her don't you think?  Next she showed some recently purchase christmas fabric to finish off the top she has started.  Suggestions were flowing how to finish off the outer borders for this throw sixe Holiday Quilt.

Carol had Big Boy as a lap warmer ... reports are that his eyes were closed.   She completed the binding on one of the Carpenter Star quilts and has another for Gayle to quilt. 

Candy is gearing up for Election Volunteering and she is done with the binding on Linda H's donation quilt.

Gayle wipped up this lovely child donation quilt.

Cheryl is happy to be with the group but is itching to get back to sewing.  She is currently sidelined by a knee injury.

Saturday Maggie took a trip to Pineapple/Keepsake to donate 5 quilts to the Hurricane Helene relief.  It was amazing how many they are getting, sorting and getting transported to the Mountains for local relief to distribute. Our bag is the clear one towards the right. 

I got a tour of the back sorting room and it was eye opening how many boxes they are getting to open and sort.

Here are the quilts: 2 are from our Bee Challenge (Gayle's and Mine), 1 from the original blocks I learned to quilt with my friends at work and the last two needed to find new homes since I never used them.

They will continue to collect until end of Oct 31st.

10/3/24: CCLQ at DeeDee’s

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters. This week quilters met at DeeDee’s home.  Lots of excitement was in the air about the upcoming DOQ quilt show and visit from Ruth S!  The group planned to meet on Friday at the show and go to lunch afterwards. 

There was also discussion about Hurricane Helene and the devastation in the NC Mountains.  There are several places to donate disaster relief supplies, MapleView Ice Cream, Orange Grove Fire Department on Orange Grove Road. For other places check here:   Chapelboro Disaster Relief  Our thoughts and prayers are with the all the people affected by this storm. 

Carol created two lovely quilts from some donated squares from the Tuesday group. 

Carol is sewing the binding on this wonderful carpenter’s star wedding quilt.  Beautiful quilting by Gayle. 

Candy had a fun trip to New York.  She reconnected with family and also some friends she worked with years ago in the Peace Corp.  One friend gave Candy this lovely batik fabric a while back and asked if she had made anything from it.  Candy asked for suggestions from the group and may create 5 wall hangings from this lovely fabric. 

Lynda shared this holiday fabric from Pineapple Fabric. 

Lynda has also been busy creating an amazing “After Quilt” from the fabric used in her Round Robin quilt. This will be the backing for her Round Robin Quilt. 

Joy shared her creative DOQ Kid’s Challenge Quilt.  

Cute alphabet backing fabric

Gayle finished this spectacular “Anything Goes” quilt top from Missouri Star Quilting pattern. 

This line of fabric is sprinkled with whimsical metallic designs. 

Gayle found this book in her collection and recalled that she made this beautiful quilt years ago. Also, notice the bag in Gayle’s lap…made from gelli printed fabric. 

Ella reported that she has been busy spring cleaning her apartment.  

DeeDee had lots to share.  She found this magazine that she saved because it had an article about Paula Nadelstern. https://paulanadelstern.com/

DeeDee had a big announcement!  Her sewing studio reorganization is complete!  Everyone enjoyed seeing the space.  

This adorable quilt is hanging on the doorway. 

DeeDee has purged 106.75 yards of fabric!  She has used 173.25 yards so far this year making quilts! 

Way to go DeeDee!

Deborah attended the Sandhills Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Pinehurst last weekend. 

Deborah’s sister picked out this fabric and Deborah plans to make a quilted bag for her sister’s birthday.  

                                          Deborah also purchased this ombré layer cake.  

Enjoy the DOQ quilt show!  Happy quilting! 

9/26/2024 CCLQ at Deborah's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters. 

This week Deborah hosted 8 quilters and here's the show-n-tell...

Lynda started off thrilled to show the group how adding a single blue border has really enhanced her challenge quilt we saw last week.  If calculations are correct she has just enough blue for binging.  Next up will be an "After Quilt" ... a pieced back that uses up all the fabrics left over from the front.

Deedee contiues with the mojo for making another table topper for the Holiday Market.  To finish she plans to pillow case keeping the zig-zag edge on the sides.  Then experiment with her machines decorative stitches.

Ella got to see the mini's made with some of her donated fabrics.  She's agreed they should be donated to the Show's Silent Auction.  She ran into a bit of an issue sewing this week she has no stash of needles so she's off to the store after the meeting.  

Deborah got out one of Barry's quilt tops that she quilted/bound.  Now it is headed to the Guild Boutique.  

Now for a real treat Deborah did a 3 quilt show of her Mother's quilts.  All were just lovely ... we hope to see more when Deborah hosts us next time...

Gayle had a grand 2 weeks at the beach doing a lot of sewing and an online class.  She purchased a couple of colors of Gauze fabric and has made a top with the white.  It's just so cozy looking.

And she brought her Challenge quilt for turn in to the Guild for the show Oct 4-6th.

Maggie finished a quick runner that will be in the Senior Center Holiday Market Sale - NOVEMBER 23rd 10-2 at Passmore in Hillsborough.

Carol showed two carpenter star tops that are to be gifted. The first is being handed off to Gayle for quilting.  The 2nd still needs backing.

Linda now has an "After Quilt" to serve as the backing for the "Paint Box" made with Kaffe fabrics.

Linda is also currently working on this "Flourish" pattern

And YEAH! her Keepsake Quilting Order finally arrived sporting these fabrics:

That's a wrap for this week.

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