12/10/20 - CCLQ @ ZoomBEE

Welcome to another virtual meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters!!  Thank you to Deborah for scheduling our time together.  Sending out thanks to Ruth S. for serving as our hostess.  With twelve members in attendance, you did a great job of keeping the conversation flowing and the show and tell going.

Group photo...

Sorry, Carol!  We missed getting another photo once you came online.

Announcements...

(Virtual) Sew Saturday - January 2, 2021

Where: Zoom

When: 10 AM - 4 PM

What:  Come visit for a while or stay all day.  Hand or machine sewing (Please mute yourself if you are sewing loud.)

Why:  Because we miss sewing together!!!

** Joy sent out the Zoom invite to all members via email.

Show and Tell...

Deborah...

Star table topper...pattern from Maggie..and great advice from Maggie. The border looked wonky to Deborah but Maggie recommended putting it on a table to look at it.   It looked just fine on the table. Thanks Maggie!

Quilting ideas for the topper:

Cheryl K....

May make the Crazy Christmas Tree table runner.  Looking for Christmas fabric...Joann’s didn’t have a good selection.   Ruth B offered to share her Christmas fabric!

 

  

Joy...

Shared that DeeDee participated with her in a Zoom quilt retreat last Saturday.  They had so much fun and got so much done.  Suggested our group try it.

Joy designed an Unconventional Lines mini quilt. It will be for her kitchen quilt, as this month is “dark neutral” month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

She's also making another improv mini quilt:

Lynda Mac...

Has completed her marathon of beautiful aprons with 4 going to NZ to family there.

Lynda Mac's TELL - Britt is quilting the Lorna Doone quilt!  

DeeDee...

Enjoyed the Zoom retreat with Joy.  Finished 2 donation quilts and will get them to Carol H. from the Guild.

Shared the photo above of a bunk bed quilt on the design wall, which she finished during the retreat.  Dee Dee also finished one of her oldest UFOs!  This Irish Chain quilt:

 

Britt...

Hubby made cool wooden spoons for Christmas gifts:

Here's a look at the lot of them:

Britt is working on commission basket:

Gold thread was used on inside for a special effect:

Her TELL -  Quilting her mom’s Lorna Doone quilt...it’s huge! 

Candy...

Making fabric gift bags.  Plans to make birthday gift bags.

Made a cute "wack-a-doodle" Christmas tree wall hanging. Pattern from Etsy. Ordered some fabric from Thousands of Bolts...delivery has been good:

Ruth B...

Not sewing much but did work on getting fuzz off a sweater. 

Maggie...

Finished her son’s Christmas tree wall hanging:

It turned out well, in spite of the tension troubles revealed on the back:

Went to Cut Loose Press and found patterns for some really fun Christmas ornaments:

Cut Loose also published the Crazy Christmas Tree pattern for this quilt shown last week:

Linda...

Shared an  interesting story about her car door latches. Linda had to use fishing line to tie back doors together so she could drive it to the dealership. Luckily it was under recall!

Carol...

making a quilt for grandson who loves playing the guitar with guitar fabric in the center of stars;

Ruth S...

Has some 60mm rotary blades to give away. Joy claimed them!

Loved Lynda’s apron idea.  Ruth plans to make her granddaughter one. May try the Crazy Christmas Tree table runner, too. 

Made some mug rugs for her daughter:

This one was made from leftover fish fabric:

Made a cute bag and filled it with books to send to her niece:

Editor's Notes...

Thank you to Deborah for writing up the meeting notes!

Please contact Joy, if you notice any changes that need to be made in this post.

Until next time...

BEE sew merry!!!

12/3/20 - CCLQ @ ZoomBEE

Welcome to this week's (virtual) meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters!!  There were 10 members commiserating on the challenges of holidays during a pandemic.  A number of us did manage some sewing projects.  Thanks go out to Deborah for scheduling our meetings and to Joy for filling in as our hostess today.

Group Photo...

Show and Tell...

Ruth S...

Shared a new mask that she designed with short elastic on the bottom and longer on the top.  Showed a fabric drawstring bag that she and her granddaughter made with fabrics from Pineapple Fabric.  Made ten prayer pockets. 

Carol...

Came to us from the North Pole!  Her beautiful North Pole Christmas tree was in view.  Finished a quilt for her grandson with truck fabric panel from Ruth S’s friend Donna. Working on binding for Lutheran Donation quilt.

Deborah...

Mailed baby quilt to niece. Lull in creative juices lately but getting geared up to make dolls and Christmas ornaments for family.

Cheryl K...

Working on beautiful bird panel quilt for neighbor who is not well.

Britt...

Quilted Candy’s donation quilt. Shared some amazing quilting on background for tree commission quilt.

Candy...

Grandson wanted the truck panel fabric just as it was without quilting and took it home with him! Granddaughter loves the penguin panel and Candy is thinking of making a body pillow out of it. She's been entertaining border ideas for the baby quilt on her design wall.

Ruth B...

Black and white quilt was delivered and they liked it a lot! Bought some fabrics on the way to visit family at Thanksgiving.

Joy...

Showed a beautiful pink and green quilt on the longarm machine...made by Carol..
Made a Neutral scrap basket.  Released a tutorial (LINK) on her blog about how she makes fabric baskets!  Lots of new projects in the works. Visited Joanna and saw the birthday postcards displayed in her room.

Linda...

Was joined by kitty for Zoom.

Maggie...

Shared an awesome wacky Christmas tree table runner. Great quilting with serpentine stitch.  Quilted a demo quilt from long ago when Maggie showed the group how to do mitered corners. Shared a lovely Christmas tree table runner. Almost finished with year long block of the month quilt. Needs to add one more border.

Pattern Update...

Anyone have a book named Bloom Creek?  Joy found that it is supposedly where the pattern for "Bonnie's Quilt" was published.  Here is the LINK to this lovely example made by  Maggie @ Making a Lather blog:

Editor's Notes...

Thank you to Deborah and Joy for collaborating on our blog posts.  Deborah records the meeting notes and Joy captures the photos.  Together, they make a good team.

Until next time...

QUILT!!!