6/20/17: CCLQ @ Joanna's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week nine quilters met Joanna's.  We were treated to yummy snickerdoodle cookies, coffee and fruit. There's been lots going on, so enjoy reading this blog.  DeeDee opened the meeting with scheduling for the next three months. 

Joy joined us today and modeled a new, colorful floral skirt that she made. 

Joy finished this wonderful scrap quilt!

Close up of Joy's long arm quilting

Joy put up this fun quilt on Joanna's design wall. It's from the June Quilt a Long from crazymomquilts . Click on the link to see the directions for this quilt.

Linda and Ella had a play date at Ella's sewing room. The group was eager to see what they made.  Maybe next week?

Joanna completed the quilting on Candy's donation quilt.

Close up of Joanna's awesome work!

Cheryl deconstructed the wedding quilt and removed the bird fabric.  She plans to add some thin red strips.

Cheryl drafted blocks for her barn quilts to go on her backyard shed. 

Candy made another quilt to sell at her daughter's collective market. 

Deborah made a tote bag using Bosal and Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial.  This tutorial is in two parts on YouTube. 

Interior of the bag with a pocket...the tutorial doesn't have an inside pocket but it's easy to add one. 

Joanna models two handbags that she made.  

This bag is large enough for an iPad. 

DeeDee sewed this weekend and had some "continuous rearranging" on the design wall. 

Joy trimmed some scraps and Ruth brought fabric to share for making more  quilts! Why does Ruth have a big smile on her face?   Her house is now on the market!

Ruth shared this color full fabric with the group.



Quote of the week from our own DeeDee:  "There are no mistakes [in designing a quilt]...only continuous rearranging!"

Until next week....enjoy continuous rearranging!

CCLQ - 3rd Qtr. Schedule

Welcome to another CCLQ planning session!!  Dee Dee has graciously accepted the challenge of scheduling the group meetings for the third quarter of the year.  Thanks for nailing this down for us, Dee Dee!  We appreciate your efforts.

🇺🇸 JULY

6- LINDA

13- ELLA

20- QUILT & SEWING EXPO

27- DEB

🌞 AUGUST 

3- JEAN

10- CANDY

17- DEEDEE

24- CHERYL

31- JOANNA

🍃 SEPTEMBER 

7- BRITT 

14- ELLA

21-DEB

28- JEAN

❗️❗️❗️ RUTH B has volunteered to be backup as she packs up her house for her new adventure!

Until next time...

Plan ahead!!!

6/27 - NT Nights @ The Hboro Library

Welcome to the June meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Nights quilt bee!!  This month 5 members and 1 guest met at the Hillsborough Library for an evening of chatting about quilts and working on projects.

ANNOUNCEMENTS...

The July meeting will be held at the Hillsborough Library on Tues., 7/18/17 in the large meeting room on the main level at 6:30 PM.  NOTICE that is the THIRD week of the month. Apologies for any inconvenience.  Conflict with library event.

August brings a return to our regularly scheduled week and meeting space.  Hope to see YOU on 8/29/17.

SHOW AND TELL...

As you KNOW, Joy can't wait to share her projects.  She threw this recently completed quilt out on the table upon her arrival:

Britt did some reading to determine how she wants to complete her latest art quilt finish:

New Member, Peg, brought a jacket that she made from Japanese indigo. Fabric was purchase in Japan at the studio of a master on a visit to see her son and DIL:

Two of these buttons are featured on the back of the jacket:

We encouraged Peg to model the jacket... even without the "right" shirt, it's SEW cute:

Here is a shot of the back of the jacket:

Helena worked on finger pressing more 4-Patch blocks:

Kirsten brought along a knitting project:

Our guest, Ruth, shared her heart with us!  The blocks will be for a Donation Quilt for the quilt group at the Senior Center:

Joy worked on trimming up some scraps:

Did you make that bag, Ruth?  Turns out that she did:

Until next time...
Quilt away the scorching days of Summer!!!

6/22/17: CCLQ @ Candy's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week seven quilters met at Candy's home.  Lots of fun conversation and show and tell this week. 

Britt and Joy got together on Tuesday and worked on their collage quilts from the Deborah Boschert class. Britt plans to add more embroidery to her stunning tree collage design. Can't wait to see the piece that Joy created. 

Who knew mug rugs could also be used as pin cushions or needle savers? 

Candy had wonderful tales of her three week vacation to New England, New York and Canada. 

Candy shared this photo from the Dale Chihuly exhibit at the  New York Botanical Garden. 

On the way home from her trip, Candy found these lovely fabrics at Burkholder's Fabric in Pennsylvania. 

Britt won a DOQ (Durham Orange Quilters) Oscar at the DOQ meeting on Monday night for her role in herding cats during the NC Quilt Symposium quilt show installation. CCLQ member Joanna had the wonderful idea and made the Oscars for awards for outstanding people who helped make the NC Quilt Symposium a big success! Great idea Joanna!

Britt was also given this beautiful handmade wooden magnetic pin holder for being co-chair for the NCQS quilt show installation committee. 

And the winner is....Britt!  She won this quilt kit during the NCQS volunteer drawing at the DOQ meeting on Monday night!

Deborah won this quilt kit during the NCQS volunteer drawing at  the DOQ meeting on Monday night.

DeeDee shared this hand dyed apron from the Fabric Frenzy last Saturday. 

DeeDee has already started a project with her creations from the Fabric Frenzy. 

Remember last week, DeeDee delivered a QOV quilt to a Veteran? A photo of her delivery of the Quilt of Valor and an article about the Vietnam Vet was in the Burlington Times News. Please click on the link to read this interesting article. 

Another winner!  DeeDee won this quilt kit at the drawing for NCQS volunteers.  Dee offered to give the kit away but both Ella and Linda wanted it.   Hmmmm.....

Ella and Linda squared off in a game of Rock Paper Scissors for the quilt kit. 

Tie

Ella won!  

Ella reached in for some wonderful items to share from last week's road trip to Find  X  Designs. 

Here's Barry's Father's Day gift...cool pattern and fabrics. 

Ella found this pattern. 

Ella plans to use this pattern to make some placemats. 

Ella's grandson loves chickens, so he will get the placemat with the chicken. 

Complimentary fabrics for the placemat project using "Heartland" by Jennifer Brinley Studioe Fabrics. 

Joanna is working on this design for a quilt for the Jujitsu Studio and the Emergency Chaplain.  It's a combination of the Brazilian and American flags. 

Linda found two fabrics that worked just right for the back of her Sticks and Stones quilt. 

The quilters had lunch at Asian Harbor in Mebane, NC.

Until next time, "friends are like fabric....you can never have enough!"