8/17/17: CCLQ at DeeDee's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week nine quilters met at DeeDee's house.

Cheryl's back from Ohio.  She has plans to go to the mountains for the solar eclipse!

Cheryl found this wonderful fabric for the back of the wedding quilt on a fabric therapy shopping trip in Ohio.

more lovely fabric

this might be for a quilt back?

cheerful hearts

Intense red

Candy sewed the binding on a quilt.

DeeDee found this Halloween fabrics for Candy at Wish Upon a Quilt Shop in Raleigh. 

Cheryl bought these flip flops, but they didn't fit, so Britt was the lucky winner of a new pair of shoes!

DeeDee shared this flyer about a quilt show in Greensboro on Aug. 25-26.  Some folks in the group are planning to go. 

DeeDee auditioned border fabrics for some printed fabric made at this year's Dye-a-Thon and Printmaking workshop.  The dendritic print is fabulous!

Deborah had some fabric therapy in Cary last week and found this  Christmas Fabric on sale!

Joy completed the quilting on her Bluff Mystery Quilt!  Good going Joy!

Close up of the quilting

Joy created another really colorful, big quilt using really big scraps!  This quilt started out as a picnic quilt.

Cheryl B worked on the hexagon quilt

Cheryl is restoring this wonderful, hand pieced antique quilt as a commission. 

Joanna finished the Orange County EMT Chaplin/JuiJitsu quilt.

Britt's possible border for the butterfly quilt. 

Britt asked for ideas about how to quilt the geese migration quilt. Cheryl B suggested looking at Natalia Bonner  or Gail Garber's work. 

Britt showed this piece from the Art Bee Challenge which involved  a slice and piece technique. Should this piece be horizontal?

or vertical?

Britt made this sweet pin cushion for a friend.

The back has asterisks for expletives or for pounding.

The group had a fun lunch at Vinny's Italian Restaurant.

Here's another quote for the week: "In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my block of friends."

8/10/17: CCLQ at Candy's

Here's another post for the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  We're a lucky group of friends who share a passion for quilting! This week's meeting was at Candy's house. We had two surprise members attend! Stay tuned to see who showed up.

Candy opened show and tell with information about the Saturday road trip to Pineapple Fabrics.

Margaret sent several swatch brochures from Pineapple Fabrics. Thanks Margaret!

Candy's Pineapple purchases...

More delectable fabrics....

Candy made this lovely Josephine's Knot quilt.

Candy started quilting this fun quilt for Lilly. 

Ruth S sent us a photo of her tree quilt!  Thanks Ruth.  We're looking forward to seeing you in the fall. 

Surprise guest number 1:  Gayle!  Gayle share this whimsical appliqué UNC quilt.

DeeDee shared this brochure about a fiber show at the Alamance Arts Center. 

DeeDee went to the Natural Sciences Museum in Raleigh and found this chic chicken bag!

DeeDee also found this guide for birds, which has good illustrations to use for quilt designs. 

Surprise visitor number 2...Joy!   Joy is deconstructing ties for a commission quilt.

Joy also showed this fabulous star quilt. 

Joanna has this piece ready to quilt, and used a mylar overlay to explore various quilting designs. 

What's in that bag Britt?

Quilting thread

Neutrals for her sister's quilt

Adorable floral with tiny orange foot prints

Not sure if this was Britt's fabric....whole lotta fabric going on....

Britt used the new thread to explore these interesting quilting designs. 

Britt's awesome geese migration quilt is now a quilt top!

Which way is up?

Time for some cutting

Cheryl B was working on the binding for....

this wonderfully large quilt!

Here's the back of Cheryl's quilt.

Ella did not have a show, but is working on mitered corners for the lady of the lake quilt.


The group dined in Mebane at Asian Harbor.

Until next time, have fun making something!