6/25/2026 CCLQ @ Lynda's

 

We had a bit of a book discussion before the meeting offically started and Lynda recommends A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn.  Maggie recommended Cork O'Connor series after noticing a Native Indian (Ojibwe) statue on the mantle.

Cheryl has the binding finished and is handing over this improve UFO for donation.

Deedee finished he Rice Bag and boy did it spark a bunch of interest from all.  The drawstring closure got a couple of quilters thinking about food carriers both casserole and round desert dishes.

Maggie put together a 2nd pinwheel donation top. Plan to quilt and bind with the same fabric as the corner stones (red and black).

Candy is donating this small wall hanging called Citrus that shows off some of her first couching projects.  Next she showed the progress on her stack-n-wack blocks that are using up left over blue triangles.

Britt shared her inprocess design for the Passmore Panel Challenge.

Deborah continues to work on quilting her From Space Sea View quilt.  

Thanks for hosting Lynda.

6/18/2026 CCLQ @ Joy Hosting @ Britt's

 

Lynda showed the basted Red Panda donation she is working on and TWO more City Cat tops.

Candy has this "Big Day" baby donation ready to hand over.

Britt shared a design sheet that shows various layouts of some string half square blocks.  The Slanted Rails is proceeding along in columns.

Ella is having machine issues and has to get not one but 2 machines fixed up.  

Maggie got her Cali-n-Co Mystery quilt back from Britt and can't wait to get it home to trim up.  Her Big Block 3 Yard Quilt top is done and just looking for a better match for the backing fabric.  She also shared a tool she has for picking up lint Fur Daddy  it was a gift that I'm sure didn't cost as much as seen with a google search.  Finally she shared a two sided donation quilt that has Barry Peace's framed star on the front and one of her old UFO log cabin on the back.  The spiral quilting motif works for both sides.

Deborah pointed out the next Cherrywood challenge inspired by Jane Goodall.  She has a patriotic bundle and pattern ready to start cutting.  She finished the runner her Mom had started.  She shared a picture of the whole cloth quilt her friend has hanging in her home.

Deedee has a scrappy donation completed and ready to hand in.  We all agree we miss the Pineapple sales (the backing fabric came from a warehouse sale)

Joyful was our host and is sporting a vintage quilting T-shirt custom hand dyed.   

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!!!