3/22/18 - CCLQ @ Cheryl K's

Welcome to the March 22nd meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  The current blog editor was unavailable for today's meeting.  Our hostess was Cheryl K.

No blog editor means that no photos were taken for the blog.  :o((

There was also no report forwarded.  Any information should be sent to Joy for submission to the blog.

Thanks!

3/17 - NT @ Candy's

Welcome to the March meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  Eight of us were at Candy's house today.  Thanks for having us over and thanks to everyone who contributed to our meal!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  Joy is NOT getting pinched:

Let the Show and Tell begin...

Candy has been on a Table Topper kick:

She decided to redecorate with quilts:

They use a pattern that Jean shared at CCLQ:

Candy is enjoying the quilting practice:

How many quilts do YOU see in this photo:

Linda told us about her multi-use sweatshirt:

Field trip!!!  Candy's newest Table Runner:

One using her ever-popular couching technique:

I spy snuggle quilts:

Joy brought her treasures from Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival:

Everyone was amazed at the (small) size of the bag: 

She also shared her most recent projects:

Margaret made VA blocks for DOQ, too:

Brit made a beautiful new basket:

Linda bought some of the softest flannel:

Cute, too!!

Candy worked on a quilt binding:

This is Linda's handy gadget:

She wound on a number of threaded needles for binding this quilt:

Here is one of Candy's new pillows made from Pineapple Fabrics:

Candy's neighbor noticed our straight parking job... and we didn't even use a ruler:

Dee Dee has been sick since the Mid-Atlantic trip:

Helena was happy to be with us today:

She showed off the green on her socks:

Not to be outdone, Dee Dee showed hers, too:

Margaret is ready for Monday's Guild meeting.  She will be sharing a flashback to her 1st quilt:

Commenting how things didn't line up just so:

Her 1st Log Cabin quilt is still a top:

This is Margaret's latest quilt:

The dotted fabric is a gradient:

Britt thinks this pattern may be from Kris7's mother:

Gayle made her 1st quilt that included Prairie Points:

Joy passed around her new magazine for browsing:

Gayle finished her Craftsy quilt kit:

More than a 1000 HSTs:

A closer look:

The main block:

Here's a look at the quilting from the back: 

This was Margaret's 1st bag:

Britt finished a doll quilt for A Doll Like Me donation:

Let's get a closer look:

Happy Birthday, Dee Dee:

We sang.  Now, blow out the candles:

Hopefully, I got everything right.  Not likely, considering Linda noticed that I wasn't furiously scribbling in my notebook about halfway through the meeting.

Oops!!  I had left the notebook at home and never noticed.

I wondered why Britt was asking if I wanted her to take pictures at the beginning of the meeting.  LOL!!

Until next time...

Happy International Quilting Day!!!

CCLQ at Jean's 3/15/18

We had quite the fun meeting at Jean's house on 3/15 - complete with special lunch guests, Rick and Barry.  A special shout out to Rick for making us his delicious crumpets - he even made a gluten free version. Thank you!  Apparently the photographer was too busy eating to snap a picture of the yummy food.

But I had to snap a non-quilty picture. Check out the portrait of Lincoln Rick made...out of pennies!

Jean showed her latest embroidery machine applique. It's gorgeous, but she's finding out the hard way which stabilizers are challenging to remove.

 Pretty spectacular!

 She also used her embroidery machine to do quilting

 And shared a shirt she made from some donated silk

 Ella was feeling good enough to join us!

Deedee reported her silk woes. A robe is giving her fits! But she received a sweet present for a significant birthday from Deborah to brighten her day!

Deborah continues to make progress on her quilt!

 Gayle shared a new quilt top - great pattern and made from Aunt Grace fabrics!

Britt finished a special request basket for her sister

 Joanna brought an unquilted donation quilt to share and Britt took it home to quilt it.

Ruth was working on binding this cheerful quilt

 And showed two more pumpkin blocks (tilt your head, lol)

Candy shared about using interfacing to join batting sections

 She's also has been learning how to do dot to dot quilting as taught by Angela Watters. Looking good!

Then we all headed up to Jean's sewing room and got to select some of her gorgeous silks to take home!  Thank you Jean!!

And if that wasn't enough fun we went out to lunch and were joined by Barry and Rick for more birthday celebration. It was delish!