2/2/17: CCLQ at Jean's

Happy Ground Hog's Day and welcome to the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters' weekly meeting blog! While we don't have any "Ground Hog Day" quilts to share with you today, we have an abundance of  inspiration from the beautiful work made by the hands of a group of creative and wonderful women! 

Today's meeting was held at the home of Jean who always has a spectacular quilt hanging in her kitchen! 

What a delightful and delicious treat... Teddy Bear Bread or is that Ground Hog Bread? This bread was made by Jean's husband, Rick... bread baker extraordinaire.  Thank you Rick!

Willie was eager to greet all the guests.  Hello to Ruth B!

Ruth S had a fun card to share. 

Ruth S showed her police support quilt, which  is almost finished expect for sewing down the binding. 

Deborah shared the group photo which will go on the back of the police support quilts.  A big thank you to Deborah's daughter who was able to photoshop this to get everyone who made a police support quilt in the picture! 

DeeDee shared her police support quilt, which has lovely quilted stars.  DeeDee is also sewing the binding today.

Jean was working on "Little Willies" and said, "Who knows where these will show up?"

Speaking of Willie, he's giving a kiss to Joanna. 

Ruth S finished this lovely quilt top. She used Creative Grid Rulers for Crazy Quilt and used up lots of batik scraps.

Ruth plans to use fancy stitches from her machine to quilt the crazy quilt.  She explored the stitches by making a sample. 

Cheryl K shared the blocks for a wonky log cabin quilt.  This will be a wonderful gift for a friend. 

Joanna finished another awesome quilt. This beauty is made from Stonehenge fabrics.  

Close up of the wonderful quilting. 

Another close up...

All this show and tell has made Willie tired! 

Another peak at the sampler quilt...Ruth S will do the binding.  

Jean showed a marvelous Majestic Mountains quilt that she finished! 

Close up of the fine feather quilting! 

The back of Jean's quilt looks wonderful too!

Jean is working on this Dupioni silk star quilt with feathered trapunto quilting from Patsy Thompson on Craftsy. 

Close up of that fabulous feathered quilting.

Jean's design wall is always a treat. Look at these adorable paper pieced Willies! These blocks are made from the scarves that Willie gets when he goes to the groomer. 

Jean gave us a tutorial on paper piecing using the "fold method."  This way one doesn't have to spend hours ripping the paper out after sewing. Thanks Jean!

Jean also demonstrated how to use a "Add a Quarter Ruler".  This makes the fold method of paper piecing more precise and easy to do!

Introducing Jean's new machine, "Trey." He's the successor of Bernie and Nina. 

DeeDee is happy to meet Trey!

Deborah recently purchased some Tula Pink fabric. Jean shared her Tula Pink book of 100 modern quilt blocks. 

Seven quilters ventured to Briar Chapel in Chatham County to  enjoy a delicious meal at Alberello.

Until next week...."make stuff....Bee Happy!"

1/31/17 - NT Nights @ Hboro Library

Welcome to the January meeting of the Nimble Thimble Nights quilt bee!!  There were seven members in attendance.

As each quilter arrived the Show and Tell...

Joy brought a magazine to share:

She chose fabrics for her Law Enforcement Appreciation quilt:

Margaret just picked up quilts from C. Breeze Quilt Studio...

A Patriotic one:

And a Modern one:

Joy decided to throw out her newly completed Think Spring quilt:

Bo arrived and laid out the client quilt that she just quilted:

Just LOOK at the detail:

Margaret also completed a quilt top:

In the end, we had laid down a quilted carpet to decorate the large meeting room floor:

THIS is a close-up of the block in Margaret's scrap quilt:

Here is a LINK to a similar block starting with charm squares.

She brought her new-to-her lightweight machine:

Carol worked on binding a baby quilt:

HERE is what Britt has been up to... Geese Migration blocks:

She worked on cutting for a block:

Leslie brought the Triangle Quilt that she's making:

Victoria has been quilting THIS quilt:

Here is a better look at the quilt...

... And a closer look at the quilting:

She got tired of meandering, so she marked a design in some of the larger squares to add a bit of interest:

With the pink block cut, Britt moved on to her red scraps:

All in all, it was an enjoyable evening.  Hope to see these members and more at February's meeting.

Until next time...
Just keep quilting!!!

1/26/17- CCLQ at Ella's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  Winter is the time to quilt and to make things and everyone has been busy! Seven quilters met at Ella's lovely and inspiring home. Remember those placemats Ella was working on last week?  You'll see them already in use in her home.

What could be lovelier than serving a delicious treat on a handmade placemat?

Everyone loved this beautiful and colorful quilt in Ella's kitchen.  We all thought it was new...but Ella said it had been there a while.  

Candy reported that she has started working on the back label for the police support quilts.  This is a sample piece.  Our group photo will go at the top and the label will be 4.25x5.5 inches. 

Cheryl made this table runner for the  Compass Center auction. 

Joanna worked on the binding of her police support quilt. 

Joanna had an excellent reveal.....a new iPad which fits nicely in a handmade cover that Joanna made! 

Look at this collection of 6.5 inch scraps! Notice the wonderful bird fabric. DeeDee plans to make these into half-square triangles and then a lovely scrappy quilt.  Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Candy worked on a knitting a scarf. 

Today's photographer couldn't resist taking photos of all of Ella's wonderful quilts! 

Remember those placemats that Ella brought last week?  They're finished and look lovely on her dining room table. 

Ella's has a new hobby. Her daughter gave her a Paint Night gift card for her birthday and they both enjoyed a night out with painting. 

Here's another delightful quilt at Ella's house...this one is displayed in a  coffee table with a glass top. 

Ruth B completed the top of the police support quilt. 

Ruth B also had a "show and feel" for her new polar fleece jacket. 

Deborah and DeeDee had a fun adventure last week.  They joined a friend who has llamas and alpaca and who also knows about spinning and felting wool.  Deborah made this Nuno felt scarf.  

DeeDee made this abstract felted fiber art piece and may make this into a handbag.  

Joanna had an awesome surprise!  She's already quilted the block of the month quilt that was shown last week!  Way to go Joanna!!  

Here's a close-up of the quilting.  

Ella shared a collection of fabric in her studio.  

Lots of pondering about what pattern to use for these lovely colors!

Until next week..."Live life like a quilt...be soft when it's important,
                               Be warm when it's cold,
                               Be proud to show your true colors,
                               And always scrap together when times are tough...
                               Wish upon a quilt."
                                author unknown


                             
                             
                             
                             

QUILTS @ The Women's March

Just a quick post about a recent event:

Our roving reporter, Dee Dee, posted this LINK to the Quilty Habit blog.  Jessica's coverage of the Women's March on Washington showed a bajillion women and several QUILTS that were made for the occasion.  Check it out, if you haven't seen it on the web!

Until next time...
Quilt for a cause!!!