Thursday, January 2, 2020

12/12/19: CCLQ at Gayle's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  On December 12th,  twelve  quilters met at Gayle's home. These quilters know how to celebrate the season.  Enjoy all the photos and tips about quilting!


Gayle's wonderful painting of a seaside snowman greeted quilters at the door.


Gayle created these lovely ocean inspired stockings for her mantle. 
Gayle made these colorful gifts for everyone.  She made eye masks and lovely handmade books using gelli printed fabric and papers. Thank you Gayle!
Here's another holiday wall quilt created by Gayle. 
Gayle's taking a break from quilting and focusing her energy and talent on acrylic painting.  Here's a beautiful landscape  she completed last week. 
Gayle came up with a new technique of combining small pieces of fabric and acrylic paint for this colorful piece. 
Gayle shared her fabric from Pineapple Fabrics.  She plans to use these solids for the new fiber and acrylic method. 
Maggie has been very busy and productive. She made these whimsical microwave bowl holders. 
Maggie finished this masterpiece of a Quilt As you Go quilt with the blocks constructed using a log cabin method. 
The back of this large quilt!
Maggie used fabric from Jean's stash to make this awesome QAYG donation quilt. 
The lovely back of the QAYG. 
Here's another beautiful pin wheel quilt top by Maggie.  The pattern was from Sew Mamma Sew. 
Maggie finished this adorable donation quilt.



The backing has cute kitties. 
Ella brought  surprise gifts from her friend Debbie who joined us last week for the Pineapple Fabrics shopping trip.  Debbie gave these gifts to the quilters at Pineapple last week.  Ella brought more gifts from Debbie for those who didn't go to Pineapple.  
Debbie made the most delicious homemade Christmas candies! Thank you Debbie for sharing such a special treat with the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters!
Lynda shared her most recent Sue Spargo piece called the "Argan Tree."
Check out Lynda's amazing embroidery detail.
Another close up of Lynda's spectacular work.
Ruth B shared her wonderful kitten fabric from Pineapple.
Candy sewed up an colorful shopping bag. 
This year Candy made several holiday draw string bags.


Candy also created some net produce bags to help cut down on using plastic. 
Candy asked for advice from the group of what to make with this gorgeous Batik fabric from  Indonesia.  Many ideas were shared.  Be sure to read subsequent blogs to find out what Candy creates!
DeeDee purchased a new iPad and created this wonderful case for it. 
DeeDee finished her wonderful collection of fabric grocery bags for gifts. 
DeeDee also shared a couple of quilt patterns.

Ruth S didn't have a show today but had a hilarious story to share about bridesmaid dresses. 
Carol was the winner of the Pineapple key chain and will get it from Joy at the next Sew Saturday! Carol found this wonderful black lab pattern at Pineapple.  She plans to use it to make a tea towel for her son. 
Carol found quite an assortment of charm packs at Pineapple and is making some cool coasters for gifts. 
Joanna found this lovely gray fabric at Pineapple and plans to make a table cloth. 
Jean is making a quilt for her son who is coming to visit during Christmas. 
 Jean's fabrics for her son's quilt. 
Deborah is making a flannel Christmas quilt for her granddaughter. 

Until next time, happy quilting and happy holidays!






































Wednesday, December 25, 2019

12/10 - NT Nights @ Passmore Center

Welcome to the December meeting of Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  There were 7 members in attendance for our FINAL meeting of the year.  Our last meeting of the DECADE!!

Margaret brought a few scraps for Joy:




Karen worked on binding for the UFO House Quilt that her old Quilt Group signed for her years ago:




Here is the front of the quilt:



What a cute way to showcase the ladies from Loralie Designs:


This is the back of the quilt:


Jean shared a Christmas quilt top for her friend...



... And a Halloween quilt top for her son:



Margaret quilted this Donation quilt shared at our last meeting:



She worked on sewing down the binding tonight:


Carol brought scraps to trim:



Jean shared fabrics she's matching up for pot holders:



Margaret showed off her latest QAYG project...

... Front...



... And Back:



She also finished a Sew Mama Sew's Pinwheels in the Park top:



Here she is!  Happy that she's USING her fabric stash:


Dawn is finishing up the last of the binding on her new bed quilt:




And... She's DONE!!  She refused to hold it up for a photo.  :o((

Joy worked on tonight's blog post:



She also shared her latest Quilted Scrap Basket:



Kirsten stitched on Santa #12:



Here's what it will look like when complete:



Since her quilt was bound, Dawn offered to help Karen with hers:



Frosty bid us farewell:


Until next time...
Stitch and QUILT into the New Year!!!

Saturday, December 21, 2019

12/5/19: CCLQ at Pineapple Fabrics

Welcome to the weekly adventures of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  On December 5th, eight quilters traveled to Pineapple Fabrics for the quarterly fabric sale! We were happy to see Ella's friend Debbie return for another Pineapple adventure!  The next sale will be March 19-21, 2020, so mark your calendars! Just few photos today....the blogger had a hard time shopping and snapping photos at the same time.  We had a wonderful time and the winner of the pineapple award will be revealed at the next meeting.



Ruth and Carol were excited to see all the fabulous fabrics!
Ella and  Debbie arrived early!
Maggie and Joanna were happy to bee fabric shopping. 
The Cherry Creek Lane Quilters take a break after shopping. 


The group enjoyed lunch at Southern Roots.  Bee sure to check the next blog entry to see who will bee the winner of the Pineapple key chain!


Happy Quilting!





Sunday, December 15, 2019

Calendar Updates!!!

Welcome to the calendar updates for the NT family of quilt bees!!  This includes Nimble Thimbles, NT Nights, and CCLQ.

Please note that ALL group calendars have been updated for the 2020 calendar year!!!  You can access each group calendar by clicking on the tabs at the top of the blog's main page.

Email Joy with any additions or corrections.

Until next time...
Happy Quilting!!!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

11/26/19 - NT Nights @ Passmore Center

Welcome to the Late November meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  Tonight, there were 6 members present.

Margaret arrived early to pin baste this quilt top:



The Donation Kit was from the local Quilt Guild:


It made a very cute quilt:


Karen was busy making a new ornament:


Here is the one she made last year:


SEW many holiday fabric scraps used:



Alita had her bag in the car YESTERDAY, but wanted to knit last night.  Guess what WASN'T in her car today?!?!  She still graced us with one of her beautiful smiles:



Jean is starting a Cathedral Window project:


She is using holiday prints to fill the squares:


Margaret shared this table runner she finished recently...


... And started on ANOTHER homespun QAYG project:


Joy brought her computer and worked on this post:


Alita was pleased to receive a set of Rabbit Doll/Door Stoppers from Margaret - who hasn't finished them in all the years they've been in her stash - was pleased to have them out of her house:


Kirsten - Brought a project box to do a bit of cutting:


Until next time...
Gather!!!