4/27/23: CCLQ at Maggie’s

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  

Quilters met at Maggie’s this week.  Lots of fun show and tell!

Deborah, Gayle, Linda and DeeDee went to Greensboro last week to take sewing machines to McKinney Sew and Vac.  They also visited Calla Lily and Studio Design Quilt stores. Deborah didn’t plan to buy fabric but when she found out that Calla Lily gives quilt guild members 15% off…she had to buy some charm packs!  

Candy is making progress with unpacking and her cats are adjusting nicely to their new home.  Candy brought this North Carolina Quilt book to give away. 

 Linda reported that she went to Gayle’s on Sunday and they worked out a layout for the crane quilt. 

Carol finished this fun donation quilt!

Back view of donation quilt.

Carol has been busy piecing 2.5 inch squares into a wonderfully colorful scrap quilt. 

Ruth went to the Cary Quilting craft show and found this amusing doggy bandana for her daughter-in-law’s dog.  Ruth also reported that she’s making a NC State pillow for her grandson.  Ruth used a clever idea of using a NC State T-shirt since NC State fabrics are not available. 

This is the “Branch Manager” bandana! 

DeeDee finished the lovely llama quilt and asked for suggestions for binding.  After many trials of sample fabrics, Maggie had just right fabric.

Back of llama quilt. 

Sweet rainbow with stars fabric for binding. 

DeeDee made this awesome bug pillow for her art group challenge. 

Close up of DeeDee’s beautiful bug.

Ruth B is happy to be finished with dental work!  Ruth reported that the cats are now back with Candy and  it was a peaceful transition. Ruth is thinking about making a Tula Pink quilt with the “Tiny Creatures” line of fabric.

Maggie made this sweet Paddington Bear donation quilt. 

Maggie showed this clever disappearing four patch pattern donation quilt. 

Close up of pattern and quilting. 

Here’s  another beautiful donation quilt by Maggie. 

What’s this?  It’s another amazing donation quilt from Maggie with circular quilting!

Maggie has been very busy!  Check out this colorful donation quilt. 

Maggie made not only one of these, but two donation quilts. 

Maggie shared this delightful fabric from Sewingly Yours fabric shop. 

Maggie plans to use this fabric to make something for her daughter in law, who is an art teacher. 

Complementary fabrics for the panel. 

More beautiful fabric!

This fabric also is part of the line that complements the panel. 

Lynda shared a story about her Cinnamon Sticks quilt.  The pattern had an error, so she’s waiting on some more fabric.  

Until next time, happy quilting!

5/4/2023 CCLQ at Deborah's

 

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the 
Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  

Candy and Ruth were happy to attend but no current projects that were ready to share.  Stories of non-quilting activities were discussed but this blogger fell down on the notes so we are just going to enjoy both their smiles.

Maggie showed a baby quilt and asked if it needed a bit more quilting since the span of the cross hatch quilting is 6 inches.  Decision from the group was to add in the ditch quilting both vertical and horizontal.

Carol did a great job fussy cutting the trucks as the centers of these Red, While, and Blue blocks.  And she showed her Guild block of the month for May that is a jar of flowers that look like lighting bugs.

Deedee continues to bind the batik rails and Linda shared some piecing nightmares with the Cinamon stick pattern where the columns of blocks were not cooperating with the sizes.  Lynda also decided the Tulip Seasons pattern would not do justice to the Tilda fabrics she got at the Hampton show.  Ruth took the pattern so we'll keep and eye out for what she comes up with.

Deborah had a wonderful show of the beachy panel that is a gift for some friends that they visited who live at the beach.  The turtle corner stone are a custom creation from Deb.  She got the image of the turtle from the internet (which is the logo for the community) and she printed it on ink jet fabric sheets then appliqued them down.   I'm sure the friends will feel very special when they receive this.

4/20/23: CCLQ at Ruth S

 Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters! This week’s meeting was held at the home of Ruth S.  We had a full house, so get ready for lots of photos! Thanks to Maggie, there are even more photos at the end of this post!

Scroll to the end to find links to photos of the trunk show from the last DOQ meeting and photos from Uncle Eli’s Quilting Party. 

Quilters were greeted by one Ruth’s gorgeous quilts…Houses at The Bluff. 

DeeDee surprised Ruth with a gift of library themed fabrics. 

Here’s another library themed fabric for Ruth. 

Ruth provided delicious scones and other treats and also had a table full of scraps to give to the quilters. 

Carol brought a photo of her new grandson and shared this colorful block which is the start of a new scrappy donation quilt. 

Lynda reported that she’s working on the Cinnamon Stick quilt and also busy with gardening. 

Thanks to YouTube videos, Gayle fixed her pressure washer and has been busy power washing the exterior of her house.  

Linda H purchased a nifty needle case with special needles that are easy to thread. 

Linda also shared this dazzling panel from the Connecting Threads catalog. 

Linda purchased the complementary fabric to go with the crane panel. 

Ruth B worked on binding her aqua quilt. 

DeeDee reported that she has been working in the garden and also started a new exercise class. 

Maggie shared this fun donation quilt. 

There’s Maggie!

Maggie visited Stone Mountain and on the way home stopped a the Sewingly Yours, Quilt shop. She purchased a pattern and some cool fabrics. 


Close up of Maggie’s new pattern.



Close up of new fabrics.

Ella started a new scrappy quilt. 

Ruth S shared a notice about a Cary Quilting Shop market for this Saturday. 

Ruth finished this vibrant quilt made from French Connections fabrics. 

Back of Ruth’s quilt. 

Cheryl has just returned from a long trip to visit her grandson and has been working in her garden. 

Deborah has been working on her sewing room and making slow but steady progress. 

Thanks to Maggie for sharing the link to the DOQ meeting photos of the Pizza Girls’ Trunk Show

  And a link to photos of the quilts at Uncle Eli Quilting Party. 

Until next time, happy quilting!