4/21/18 - The Sewing!!!

Welcome to the sewing portion of the April meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  Thank you to Britt for opening her home for this extended activity.  We were QUITE the productive group of quilters!

Ruth S got right to work cutting a group order of Amish Black:

How many quilters does it take to cut 30 yards of fabric?  One, two, three.  Three!  One to cut.  One to hold the ruler.  One to make sure the fabric doesn't fall on the floor:

Candy is starting a new quilt:

Yellow fabric sundrops:

Linda was busy cutting for a new project:

Candy used her Hex N More ruler.  Ask Cheryl B about her slick trick for keeping rulers and their paper instructions together:

Here is Candy's pattern:

Cheryl B had some trimming to do:

A table full of busy beemates:

Ruth B is sewing HSTs:

Margaret is assembling the rows of a quilt top:

More small stars, Cheryl B???

The rows of Margaret's quilt are coming together:

Britt pulled out a UFO using a similar construction method to what Candy will use to assemble her triangle quilt:

If you sew, so shall you press, Candy:

Hey, look!  Joy's Crumb piecing matches her nails and cutter:

Ta-da!!  Margaret's quilt top is complete: 

Britt is working on a set of napkins:

The photo below gives a glimpse of the backing:

Cheryl B wants to learn applique like on her purse:

These bits are the results of Joy's afternoon.  They will be joined to form the base of a(nother) scrap basket:

Until next time...
Share a day of sewing!!!

4/21/18 - NT Sew Day @ Britt's

Welcome to the April meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  This month, we were in for a special treat.  Not JUST a meeting, but a Sew Day, too!  Ten members were present for the occasion.  Thanks for hosting, Britt, and thank you to all who brought treats to round out our meal.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Blooming 9-Patch Workshop, St. Andrew's UMC, Raleigh on Saturday, May 5th.  Pre-cut your strips and come sew all day!

Sewing Expo in Raleigh, July 19 - 21, 2018

UPCOMING EVENTS

The majority of our members would prefer to stay closer to home.  Fortunately, the ever gracious Cheryl B. has offered up her studio for a Blooming 9-Patch Party of our own.  Thanks, Cheryl!!  Details to follow.

Candy has secured the board room at Family House for a meeting/ Sew Day on October 20th. Start planning your projects now!!

SHOW and TELL

Joy shared a client quilt (that has since been delivered) and she plans to load another when she gets home:

Ruth B. - Nothing to show or tell

Linda - Nothing to show, but had a TELL.  She has started cutting 572 black squares for a quilt for herself.  There are also 13 colors for the queen sized quilt for herself!

Candy - Her TELL is that Lilly's Tee Pee collapsed with a crash.  :o((

Cheryl K. - They delivered their DIL to their son last week.  She brought this bag of scraps for Joy:

She made this bag as a retirement gift for a friend:

The fabrics were from Ruth B. and they have been put to good use.

Ruth S. - Pumpkin Quilt for Fall to machine quilt:

She has the 30 yards of Amish Black fabric to cut and disperse:

This photo was taken AFTER lunch.  We have our priorities!!  LOL

Ruth S. is working on her applique from this pattern:

Stems are attached:

Britt - shared her little quilt for A Doll Like Me:

Helena - No Show or Tell.

Margaret - Added borders to her Autumn View Quilt:

Cheryl B. - Love Quilt for Africa:

She waited to the last minute to start this quilt.  The use of her Shape Cut ruler really helped.

Demo after the meeting portion of our day:

Her Shape Cut ruler:

Cheryl is now using Ricky Tims Stable Stuff Poly for her applique blocks:

The product doesn't wash out, but it softens up after washing.  She is turning the edges and applying washable glue.  (Candy calls this the "Gayle" method.)  A block can now be completed in 2 hours on the machine instead of 2 weeks by hand!!

TIP:  Use a piece of Press and Seal to keep your thread from unwinding all over the place:

Lunch was followed by an afternoon of sewing!  Photos to follow.

Until next time...
Go SEW!!!

4/19/18 CCLQ at Joanna's

A small group made it to the meeting at Joanna's house. We missed those not there...but not to worry, we ate the yummy brownies Joanna made without their help. :)

We had so much to talk about we barely had time for show and tell!

Ruth S. shared fabrics with Ruth B. for her churn dash quilt.

Britt handed over a finished vintage quilt to Joanna (sorry, forgot to take a picture).

Ella delighted us by making it to the meeting less than 2 weeks after her successful surgery.

 And shared a very sweet series of gifts a fellow quilting friend sent her

This panel was SO cute -click on the photo to read what it says

This gorgeous fabric may or may not be the border for the panel

We were so pleased that Candy joined us, but the photographer failed to snap a picture. :(

Cheryl B finished the quilting on her Love quilt

 She also shared a commission quilt of patches she is working on - wow! that's a lot of patches!!

Ruth S. shared her donation quilt for the veteran's hospice project. What a great combination of blocks!

Joanna shared a cool quilt made by modifying a pattern. The photo doesn't do it justice - click on it to see the neat fabrics used.

We followed up the meeting with pimento cheese burgers and other delicious options at Bennett Point Grill.