4/30/15 - CCLQ @ Jean's in Pittsboro

This week's CCLQ meeting was at Jean's house.  There were SEVEN members present and ONE guest.  It seemed rather strange to have such a small crowd.  Ruth B., Ruth S., Gayle, Cheryl K., and Linda don't know what they missed.

That's one reason we have this blog!  Through the wonders of technology, those missing members can grab their computer and a cup of their favorite drink and sit back to enjoy...


The AMAZING HOMEMADE pastry that Jean served.  (It was DE-lish!)

Oops!  NO PHOTO... use you imagination here...

... Along with all of the projects that the rest of us have been working on.


Joy added some more quilting to T3, but you can barely see it in this photo:

Deborah cut more pieces for her Lady of the Lake project:

Candy showed her "How NOT to Make a Convergence Quilt":

Personally, I think it should be called "Rainbow in a Blender"!!! :P

Joanna brought pieces of her new Storm at Sea quilt:

The paper-pieced center medallion...

A copy of the setting...

And the components of a single Storm at Sea block.

Dee Dee sat "de-boning" MORE shirts:



And... shared a pattern she bought during her recent trip to Delaware (?):

And the bracelet that Lisa made for her:

Oh, NO!!!  I forgot to get a picture of Ella!!  (Who remembered that Lisa still has her bracelet to make some adjustments!!)  Anyway... Ella wasn't working on anything today, so she sat patting our guest through the bulk of the meeting.

Our GUEST, Willie, was named honorary CCLQ member for the day.  He's shown here with Mom (in his UNC outfit donned for Candy's benefit.):

Jean made a new blouse out of some fabric she purchased on the recent NT Field Trip to Mary Jo's:

After Show and Tell, we took a studio tour to see what else Jean has been working on.  We walked past the "Wet" Studio:

There's a sink off to the LEFT, just out of view.

Take a look at the tools of the trade for a true Fabric Artist!

On the way to the "Dry" Studio:

Such a beautiful and well organized space!!

LOOK at all that thread storage!!! (A little secret... there's MORE thread just out of frame on the right AND a BIG bank of quilt books, too!!!)

Rulers are hung with "Command" hooks for easy access.

NOTE: The following project was begun LONG before Pepper Cory came to DOQ in April!!!

She's pulling from this bin of ties that she de-constructed in March.

The photo above shows Jean's bank of "classroom" machines for her Kid's Quilt Camp.

Prepare to be wowed and amazed by her Ballet Series hanging above the machines in the previous pic:

Until next time...
Quilt it!!!

4/28/15 - NT Nights @ Hillsborough Library

We were very excited to have 6 members present at this evening's meeting.  Joy was hoping to get there and thought that she'd be late.  Luck was on her side and she arrived fairly close to on time.

Have a look at what everyone was working on...

Carol:

Put more hand quilting stitches in her current "commission" quilt.  (She's working on it for a friend.)

Margaret:

After working on hand stitching the binding down on her current baby quilt, she asked to a consult. Border fabric for her  Sparkling Jewels quilt (my name for it, not hers!).  Margaret had an interesting (QUICK!) pattern that she used at the DOQ Donation Quilt Workshop.

Britt:

Worked on cutting more pieces for her own Tiny Nine project.

Jill:

Worked on sewing down the binding on (what I assume will be) a Donation Quilt.

Linda had cutting to do:

And brought a wonderful selection of fabrics for her newest quilt.  She and her SIL will be taking a class together for this one.

Joy:

After asking what to do about the wonky borders of T3, she proceeded to sew HALF of the hanging sleeve down... before recalling that the recommendation was to do some quilting in the borders.  NOT so easily done, if the sleeve is already sewn into place!!  Oops!!  At least, it kept her busy for the evening.  LOL

That's about it for this meeting.

Until next time...
Quilt happy!!!

4/23/15 - CCLQ @ Ruth S. {Bluff Season Approaches}

It was a bittersweet day at Ruth S.'s house.  It's her LAST meeting before heading to The Bluff for the summer.  :o((

With heavy hearts, 7 members continued to work on our projects and shared some of the things that have kept us busy during the past week...

Joanna showed this bag at the beginning of the meeting:

Here's the inside of Joanna's new bag.  There's a pocket for everything:




Deborah worked on cutting HSTs during the meeting:

And... brought the fabrics that she is using in her Lady of the Lake quilt:

Jean was knitting on her Circle Vest... she's ALMOST done:

Just look how fast her hands are moving!!

Candy sewed binding down on the Cat Donation Quilt which may turn out to be for the Animal Rescue Auction instead of one of the other organizations that our Guild supplies with quilts:

Ella stitched on the binding of her Blue and Yellow quilt:

Ruth S. took notes regarding the CCLQ retreat at The Bluff:

Ruth B. knit some on her scarf and chatted with friends:

Joy showed off her 2 completed T-shirt quilts along with the 1 that is nearly done and knit on her tube scarf.  What you can't see in the first photo... is the shock and amazement that we all felt when the ceramic cat (from the top of the hutch) fell and was caught (unbroken) by Jean's bag (sitting on the chair just out of view):

T2 (Kennedy's Quilt) 72" x 91

T1 (Jacob's Quilt) 70" x 99"

T3 (R.W.'s Gift Quilt) 40" x  60"

Finishing Clue 8 of the Traveling Scarf MKAL

Dee Dee texted a picture of her Flamingo Quilt from its new home.  We missed you (and there was no one to tell us when it was time to go to lunch!):

Ruth S. shared the poem that she wrote to go with the iSpy Donation Quilt that she bound:

And... At the end of the meeting, Joanna had just finished the hemming on this blouse:

Joanna requested the inclusion of the following photo just for Dee Dee, who always thinks it's cold at Ruth S.'s house...  NOT today.  See!! Someone was even comfortable wearing a tank top:




Until next time...
Enjoy Spring!!!