2/13/2020: CCLQ at Ella's

It's Thursday....and raining again! This week eight Cherry Creek Lane Quilters plus a special guest met at Ella's home. Ella's friend, Debbie was visiting today and we were all glad to see her! Even though it's raining again, there's a feeling of spring in the air with fun new quilt projects, talk of travels, and more.  

The group was treated to delicious Valentine's Day treats made by Debbie and Barry.  

Debbie shared this photo of a charming "shabby chic" purse she made for a friend. 

Debbie has a new grandson and is making this adorable quilt for him. 

Ella reported that her latest project is on the design wall.

Take a look at the beginning of Ella's lovely new butterfly quilt.

The pattern for Ella's quilt...Butterfly Dance!

Candy shared her creative approach to not cutting the Indonesian batik fabric. 

This beautiful batik has amazing detail. Do you see the bird?

Candy added interesting borders which accentuate the colors in the batik fabric. 

Candy also found some fabric in her stash that she purchased several years ago which works for the back. 

Gayle is making progress on her Chapel Hill quilt.  Gayle also shared that she has a new website to sell her artwork.   Check it out at https://www.gaylesparrowart.com .

Lynda shared the latest update on Britt's new sewing space.  This past weekend the family painted the sewing room.  

Lynda also reported that she's making good progress on the elephant collage quilt. 

Ruth B made a tree block for the Australian quilt block project. 

Ruth has been busy making blocks for the black and white quilt for her son. 
Ruth also reported that the Carolina Shop Hop will be happening March 26-28.  Details on this link. 

DeeDee has been busy making jar openers. 

DeeDee used left over binding to edge her jar openers. 

DeeDee attended a DOQ workshop for making Quilt of Valor quilts for women Vets.  The group made these colorful blocks. 

The method they used included sewing diagonal strips on a light weight interfacing. 

Carol has been cleaning up her sewing space and found a box of small half square triangles. The result is this happy vibrant quilt!


Debbie shared info about an upcoming bus tour to Missouri Star Quilt Company. Here's the link to more information about the  Quilt bus trip.

Deborah reported that she delivered the graduation quilt to Singing Stitches for quilting and plans to finish the Blooming Nine Patch quilt top by adding borders. 

Until next time,  happy quilting!

2/11/20 - NT Nights @ Passmore Center

Welcome to the Early February meeting of the NT Nights Quilt Bee!!  Six quilters gathered at Passmore Center.  Quilty things ensued.  However, YOU don't get to hear (or see) any of it.

Why not???

Well, our editor was at another event and while the editor is away, the quilters in attendance conveniently "forgot" to take any pictures.

In her defense, Margaret did issue a reminder.  Thank you, Maggie!

Here is Joy with a couple of her knitting friends:

Sorry about being double-booked, but our meeting night was the ONLY night that our out-of-town guest was available.  :o((

The end of the month is coming.  NT Nights Quilters, beware!  The editor will be there (with a vengence.)  Photos WILL be taken.

Until next time...
Practice your smiles!!

2/6/2020: CCLQ at Cheryl K’s

It’s a rainy February day but that didn’t stop the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters from having a fun weekly meeting. Cheryl K was our host today for a group of eleven quilters. With all these rainy days, quilters can spend more time creating, so take a look at what everyone has accomplished. Reminder to click on highlighted text for a link to websites for more information on fabric and patterns and more!

Cheryl started the collage technique for this piece featuring a loon with a sunset background.

Cheryl completed the top of this colorful baby quilt.

DeeDee had two "finishes" today. This wonderful donation quilt is made from a combo of Ella fabric and scraps from DeeDee's stash. 

Close up of DeeDee's quilt which was beautifully quilted by Joanna. 

This is an awesome tree quilt which was a collaboration between Maggie and DeeDee. It will be a donation quilt for the Bunk Bed Project.  

A closer look at the wonderful trees pieced by Maggie. If you want to make this quilt, Deborah has the pattern and will happy to share it. 

Check out the lovely meandering quilting by Carol Holleman.

DeeDee also shared that Jordan Fabrics has a good tutorial on making a tree quilt.  Jordan Fabrics has a great collection of free patterns too. 

Maggie completed this beautiful  kaleidoscope quilt. 

Close up of wonderful  quilting by Cheryl Breeze. 

Back of Maggie's quilt

Joanna reported that she's working on a triangle quilt and adjusting her days as a new HVAC system is installed in her home. 

Carol made this pretty Valentine table runner. Pattern is from Missouri Star Quilting.

Carol found some orphan blocks and voila!  A charming quilt top was the result. 

 Deborah shared this tree block from Joy's email about the blocks for Australia. 

Deborah also brought her Brickworks quilt made with Ella fabric. Joanna will do the quilting! Thanks to Ella for sharing so much fabric with everyone and to Joanna for quilting our wonderful collection of donation quilts. 

Photo of the Brickworks quilt will be in a subsequent blogpost. 

Lynda brought this book to share with the group.  

Lynda has made wonderful progress on the elephant collage quilt. 

A closer look at Lynda's wonderful piece.

Ruth S showed this new dragonflies appliqué pattern.


Close up of the pattern for the dragonfly appliqué.

Ruth S made this fun pillow case for her grandson who loves fishing!

Candy is working on the Indonesian fabric quilt.  Candy also had an important announcement....her daughter is getting married! 

Gayle was the first to make this original block for the Australian quilt project. 

Gayle's block features eucalyptus leaves, a favorite food of Koalas. 

Gayle is studying acrylic painting with Ginger Cook.  Ginger challenged the students with a still life and if student's succeeded they won a certificate. Congratulations to Gayle for entering this challenge and creating this masterpiece which won a certificate!

Until next time, stay dry and happy creating!

1/30/2020: CCLQ at Jean's

Welcome to the weekly meeting of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters.  This week twelve quilters met at Jean's home.  Take a look at the wonderful progress from this creative group of women! Be ready for the BIG TELL!

The group enjoyed a delicious homemade Blueberry Buckle and other tasty snacks before the meeting.  Maggie took a look at an interesting tracing textile that Joanna brought to share. 

Jean shared this adorable Koala mug rug that she made to support wildlife rescue in Australia due to the wild fires there. Click on the  link to read about this fund raising campaign.  

A closer look

Jean created this beautiful bag.  Inside the bag is a plastic file bin to help the bag hold its shape. 

Close up of the embroidery motif

Jean created another lovely bag.  The bottles are covered with vinyl to give the illusion of glass.  Tip from Jean....don't iron over vinyl! 

Lynda was happy to share her progress on the elephant collage quilt. 

Here's Lynda's wonderful elephant collage with the fabric fused in place on pattern ease.  

Here's the elephant on the background. Lynda used  EZ Steam to fuse the fabric pieces to the pattern ease.  

Drum roll please......

Are you ready for the BIG TELL?

Lynda announced that she and Britt have purchased Gayle's long arm machine!  The group applauded this announcement and everyone was so excited that the Gammill will stay in our quilting group family!

Gayle was excited to share this awesome painting of her grandson. Her daughter-in-law cried when Gayle sent a photo of the painting. This was Gayle's first portrait painting. Well done Gayle!

Deborah was overjoyed to share the 3D quilt top that she finished for her nephew! 

Deborah purchased her first quilt kit!  The quilt is entitled, "Atmosphere" by Jason Yenter. 

The luscious fabrics in the kit included the book, Mystical Quilts, filled with patterns.

Candy made two new pillow cases to go with her new whole cloth white quilt.  Candy also has a new idea for her Malaysian fabric! She plans to do vertical panels with black fabric in between.  

Ruth B reported that she's in a quilting lull right now.



Margaret started a new set of blocks in preparation for a workshop in Lancaster PA.

Here's the pattern

 Maggie's gorgeous blocks are ready for the workshop! 

Ruth S shared this lovely photo album that she and her grand daughter made together.  It celebrates Ruth's mother-in-law. Her grand-daughter is named after her great-grandmother. 

Ruth completed the binding on the fish quilt. This is the back of the quilt.  Things were moving so fast, the photographer didn't get a shot of the front of the quilt. 

Ruth also shared that Donna from The Bluff visited last week and they went to the NC Botanical Gardens.  Ruth loved seeing all the wild flower quilts...many of the quilts were made by quilters in our group. Donna enjoyed looking at the quilt and the botanical art work. 

Joanna has Ella's quilt for her friend on the long arm!  We can't wait to see it!
Ella had no report today, but is also eager to see Joanna's creative work on her quilt. 

Cheryl showed a color copy of this print from a calendar.  She plans to use Lynda's fabric collage method to make this piece. 

Cheryl may start with these birds to perfect the fabric collage method. 

Cheryl started the baby quilt and brought a colorful strip to show. 

Since Cheryl added new fabric to her stash last week, she cleaned up and brought several bags of fabric and sewing supplies to share. 

DeeDee worked on some quilting binding and tried to keep our large group focused so we could finish in time for lunch!

Until next time, happy quilting!