Tuesday, September 10, 2019

8/27/19 - NT Nights @ Passmore Center

Welcome to the Late August meeting of the NT Nights Quilt Bee!!  We had a packed house this week.  It was SEW awesome!

Margaret was dressed to quilt:



Carol brought strips for a special project:


Margaret quilted this on Joanna's longarm.  It's made of fabric that was donated by Pineapple Fabrics:


She also made and finished this Candle Mat:


Look at the cute kitties on the back...


... And the kitty quilting, too:


Margaret is making this Table Runner for the mountain house:


Carol has been working on this festive Holiday Runner:


Joy trimmed some BLUE squares for August's RSC:


Carol also spent some time with her seam ripper:


Karen W. brought her machine to work on this sweet quilt top:


Margaret asked about who might have wanted this peace sign fabric.  Carol reported that Linda might have wanted it for the back of her "V" is for Victory quilt:


Margaret did some binding...


... As Karen added the final rows onto her sweet 30's quilt:


Joy did some pressing on the scrappy bits that Margaret gave her a couple of months ago:


Alita searched for a quilt pattern...


... While Patti stitched down some binding:


Carol is cutting strips of red and green:


Alita asked about the block construction...


... For this quilt that she absolutely fell in love with:


It's actually a two-block quilt:


Ann just got this back from (Cheryl B.?) the quilter:


This is the fabric that she will use for the binding:


Victoria brought these sweet blocks...


... And cut sashing piece, only to discover she doesn't have enough:


Victoria is changing the layout from this class with Augusta Cole:


Alita will be making felt tomato slices somewhat like this:


Kirsten came in late, took out her work, held it up, and said, "Here.  Go ahead and take the picture."  The blog editor believes that everyone should be SEW accommodating:


This is her current collection of ornaments:


Her mother sent the following ornaments:






After some discussion, Ann cut strips for bias binding:


Once that was done, she took out her Hexie project:


Kirsten did a bit of stitching...


... As Karen added borders:


Before the night was over, her first border was applied:


Alita cut out carrots...


... While Karen started on a pieced border:


All in all, it was a VERY good night!!

Until next time...
Sit. Sew. Repeat!!!

Monday, September 9, 2019

8/22/19: CCLQ at Lynda's

What have the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters been up to?  Hopefully this blogger can catch up with the blog soon....she's way behind.  On August 22nd nine quilters plus our Jr. Quilter met at Lynda's home. Apologies for not getting a photo of our wonderful host and a couple of other folks. Candy received a surprise text during our meeting from Ruth S who is in New York working on a Blooming Nine Patch. 


Margaret went to Pineapple Fabrics and got a pattern for a mug rug and some small blocks for this pattern. Margaret reported that the staff at Pineapple loved her donation quilts and put a photo of Margaret and the quilts on the August 17th post on their Facebook Page!  Congratulations Margaret!
Margaret finished the table runner for the mountain house.
Closer look at Margaret's wonderful quilting. 
Margaret also visited Cary Quilting and Wish Upon a Quilt shops and found some cool fabrics like this "Old Guys Rule" fabric. 




More fun fabric from Margaret's shopping spree.
Here's the 2019 Row by Row pattern from Cary Quilting Co. 
Margaret somehow had time to visit Joanna and learn to do long arm quilting!  Well done Margaret!


Ella went to Pineapple Fabrics and will bring her fabric next week.  Ella had lots of fun with her friend Debbie.

Joanna reported that she is working on a very interesting nine patch quilt. Joanna enjoyed teaching Margaret how to use the long arm quilting machine.  She loved going to Pineapple and will bring her fabric to show next time.

Lynda reported that she continues to work on her Sue Spargo blocks. 
DeeDee went to the mountains and found a cool fabric shop in Asheville. 
What cute cat fabric from Asheville!


DeeDee found this mysterious Star Wars fabric for the back the Star Wars quilt she's making and then learned it's the wrong character. 


This beautiful Lazy Susan was on Lynda's counter and had to be included for inspiration!


Deborah brought one corner of her Blooming Nine Patch and plans to contact Ruth S to commiserate on the making of a Blooming Nine Patch.
Candy made this wonderful storage bin.




The directions for the bin.


Joy made this inverted star block for for a block drive called Covered in Love.  This block is for the East Texas End of Life block drive. 


Joy made this wonderful block for the Colorado Quilt of Valor Block Drive. 



Oops...more of Margaret's wonderful fabric!


Jean is working on the border of this exceptional embroidered and painted botanical quilt.


Close up of Jean's awesome work!


One more photo of Margaret's happy face.  Who wouldn't be happy with such wonderful fabric purchases!

Until next time, happy quilting!!!