4/21/18 - NT Sew Day @ Britt's

Welcome to the April meeting of the Nimble Thimbles Quilt Bee!!  This month, we were in for a special treat.  Not JUST a meeting, but a Sew Day, too!  Ten members were present for the occasion.  Thanks for hosting, Britt, and thank you to all who brought treats to round out our meal.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Blooming 9-Patch Workshop, St. Andrew's UMC, Raleigh on Saturday, May 5th.  Pre-cut your strips and come sew all day!

Sewing Expo in Raleigh, July 19 - 21, 2018

UPCOMING EVENTS

The majority of our members would prefer to stay closer to home.  Fortunately, the ever gracious Cheryl B. has offered up her studio for a Blooming 9-Patch Party of our own.  Thanks, Cheryl!!  Details to follow.

Candy has secured the board room at Family House for a meeting/ Sew Day on October 20th. Start planning your projects now!!

SHOW and TELL

Joy shared a client quilt (that has since been delivered) and she plans to load another when she gets home:

Ruth B. - Nothing to show or tell

Linda - Nothing to show, but had a TELL.  She has started cutting 572 black squares for a quilt for herself.  There are also 13 colors for the queen sized quilt for herself!

Candy - Her TELL is that Lilly's Tee Pee collapsed with a crash.  :o((

Cheryl K. - They delivered their DIL to their son last week.  She brought this bag of scraps for Joy:

She made this bag as a retirement gift for a friend:

The fabrics were from Ruth B. and they have been put to good use.

Ruth S. - Pumpkin Quilt for Fall to machine quilt:

She has the 30 yards of Amish Black fabric to cut and disperse:

This photo was taken AFTER lunch.  We have our priorities!!  LOL

Ruth S. is working on her applique from this pattern:

Stems are attached:

Britt - shared her little quilt for A Doll Like Me:

Helena - No Show or Tell.

Margaret - Added borders to her Autumn View Quilt:

Cheryl B. - Love Quilt for Africa:

She waited to the last minute to start this quilt.  The use of her Shape Cut ruler really helped.

Demo after the meeting portion of our day:

Her Shape Cut ruler:

Cheryl is now using Ricky Tims Stable Stuff Poly for her applique blocks:

The product doesn't wash out, but it softens up after washing.  She is turning the edges and applying washable glue.  (Candy calls this the "Gayle" method.)  A block can now be completed in 2 hours on the machine instead of 2 weeks by hand!!

TIP:  Use a piece of Press and Seal to keep your thread from unwinding all over the place:

Lunch was followed by an afternoon of sewing!  Photos to follow.

Until next time...
Go SEW!!!

4/19/18 CCLQ at Joanna's

A small group made it to the meeting at Joanna's house. We missed those not there...but not to worry, we ate the yummy brownies Joanna made without their help. :)

We had so much to talk about we barely had time for show and tell!

Ruth S. shared fabrics with Ruth B. for her churn dash quilt.

Britt handed over a finished vintage quilt to Joanna (sorry, forgot to take a picture).

Ella delighted us by making it to the meeting less than 2 weeks after her successful surgery.

 And shared a very sweet series of gifts a fellow quilting friend sent her

This panel was SO cute -click on the photo to read what it says

This gorgeous fabric may or may not be the border for the panel

We were so pleased that Candy joined us, but the photographer failed to snap a picture. :(

Cheryl B finished the quilting on her Love quilt

 She also shared a commission quilt of patches she is working on - wow! that's a lot of patches!!

Ruth S. shared her donation quilt for the veteran's hospice project. What a great combination of blocks!

Joanna shared a cool quilt made by modifying a pattern. The photo doesn't do it justice - click on it to see the neat fabrics used.

We followed up the meeting with pimento cheese burgers and other delicious options at Bennett Point Grill.

4/5/18 CCLQ at Linda's

CCLQ's meeting was at Linda's house and she made us some delicious blueberry muffins. We appreciate you hosting Linda.

It was a bit of a somber gathering as we were thinking of a friend going through a very hard time, but it was good to be together. A little bit of quilt viewing provided some distraction.

Deedee shared the plethora of bowl cozies she's been making and gifting to friends.

Britt made further progress on the vintage donation quilt she's quilting.

Ruth B captured in a moment of listening

Some additions to her churn dash project

Joanna requested opinions on some of the fabrics she's using

Here's the pattern she's working on

A picture of the sweet ocean quilt Linda created.

And her latest project -wow, looks ambitious!

Her Pineapple fabric purchases are ready to be cut!

Ruth S finished the binding on the Thomas fire quilt - thanks Ruth!

And a pretty fabric she purchased at Pineapple

Cheryl B shared the birthday month gifts from DOQ

And a purse Sandra gifted her

And the Love quilt she was able to put together very quickly. The cutting was made easier by a tool that's been hiding in her quilt room for about ten years!

Deborah had nothing to show but did share that she and E took a happy trip to see family.

The group took a rare picture together -friends like these sure do make the good and the bad of life better.

3/29/18 - CCLQ @ Candy's

Welcome to another meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilt Bee!!  This meeting was held at Candy's house.  It's been 3 weeks since we were there and a lot has happened since then!

I'll do my best to recall the projects and events of the day...

Joy shared this photo of Dr. Pete's Wedding Quilt:

There was a whole lot of binding going on!!

Ruth S:

Gayle:

Cheryl K:

Cheryl B:

And Candy:

Joanna worked on cutting:

Ella told of her shopping adventure with Dee Dee:

Spill it, Dee Dee:

Ella made ANOTHER basket!!  This time she used applique:

Deborah worked on her applique panel:

Britt prepped some applique pieces:

Linda is thrilled with her fabric purchases:

Ruth B buried some threads (?) after quilting:

Cheryl B completed her T-quilt:

Here's a little closer look:

A scrap bag for Joy... Thank you!!!  There are lots of usable bits:

Britt is almost done with the quilting on this Donation Quilt:

Gayle did a beautiful job on our Thomas Quilt:

Britt trimmed it up and prepared binding:

Ask Joanna about these lovely batik squares:

Ruth B got a new purse:

This is a better look at Deborah's applique project:

Ruth B has a stack of Churn Dash blocks completed:

Dee Dee has a published quilt...

... In The River newsletter:

Dee Dee made this Flag Quilt a number of years ago:

Ruth S. shared her next applique project:

She delivered this magazine to Joy from Sarah:

Ruth S. will be using Print N Fuse:

Here is the Donation Quilt that she was binding at the meeting:

Britt helped Ruth B. with quilt layout:

Look how pretty this quilt will be:

Candy made another Table Runner:

These are Cheryl B's blocks using a Deb Tucker ruler:

A client quilt:

Cheryl B did the quilting:

Gayle has been on a Scrap Quilt kick:

This block is for...

... Her next Bonnie Hunter Quilt:

A scrappy Bear Paw, too:

A peek in Candy's sewing room revealed her next project:

Until next time...
Quilting friends are THE BEST!!!