We accomplished a good number of things today with the help of the sixteen members present throughout the day. Five quilts were pin basted in preparation for quilting, two quilt tops were completed and one completed quilt for emergency services was handed in.
Moira and Iris were hand stitching binding on a quilt while Sandra S. was doing some straight line quilting using the guide on the new Juki machine.
Lorna was collecting silent auction items for the Christmas party and also hanging the next two wall hangings in the church hall.
Bev was the lucky winner of the raffle quilt at the Women’s Resource Centre Christmas Show. Congratulations, Bev!
A number of completed comfort quilts were brought in by members. Judy and Audrey busily catalogued them and then prepared all the quilts for donation. This year we had 58 quilts donated to seven different organizations: Flin Flon Friendship Centre Christmas Hampers, Flin Flon Families First, Flin Flon Family Services, Women’s Resource Centre, Cree Nation Child and Family Caring Agency, Creighton Child and Family Services and Kids First North Creighton.
These were the comfort quilts turned in today.
Baby quilt stitched by Patty B.
Sorry, I don’t remember who to credit for this one!
This batik quilt was completed by members at previous quild days.
This was assembled from the Twist and Turn block that had been demonstrated by Sandra D. and Rae.
Audrey demonstrated the stash buster block for this quilt which was completed by Dallas for emergency services.
Susan and Myrna were working on a flannel baby quilt. Again thank you, Eileen, for your generous donation of flannels.
Rae and Sandra worked on a top assembled from comfort blocks we had stored in the cupboard. There are a number that that still need to be assembled.
Donna stitched this top from a kit that had been put out for members to work on. In her words the fabric “spoke” to her. She answered the challenge very ably. Someone will be very happy to receive this quilt when completed.
Our evening meeting was attended by 21 members. We were reminded to complete our Challenge piece, a Christmas or Winter theme, to be handed in to Lynn on December 19, preferably in the morning. Also a reminder to bring three 2 1/2 inch wof strips for our game and if bringing a guest, 3 strips for them as well. A catered meal will be served at 5:30, check with Lynn for details. Don’t forget your dozen dainties and a mug for Christmas punch.
A list was passed around for ticket sellers at the Cranberry Portage Christmas sale, and because I have been so slow in getting this blog published, I can announce that the lucky winner of our raffle quilt was Agnes Mills! Congratulations, Agnes!
We had a number of lovely pieces for our Show and Tell.
Rae had her Fat Quarter Shop quilt at Mami’s for quilting. There’s a lot of sewing in this beautiful quilt.
Myrna was working on this jelly roll rug at our retreat. My thought is that it’s too pretty to walk on!
She also has been busy making bags. As she said, she is the “bag lady”! I will post her bag photos without further comment!
Number one! Did I say I wouldn’t comment?
Number two.
Number three.
Number four, a train case with several zippers and compartments for different items.
And number five! She likes making bags and all are lovely. This one is a retreat bag that works beautifully as a cosmetic bag for travelling. I just couldn’t refrain from commenting! Beautiful work, Myrna!
Heather created this half square triangle quilt for her sister. The fabric is Halloween themed and some of it glows in the dark! We turned off the lights to check and yes it does! Just a little spooky!
This quilt is called Ghost Party and Heather stitched it for her niece, Sarah.
Sandra is another lady who likes making bags. This one is a cross body bag with a rather unique shape.
This is a quilt from about twenty years ago. Sandra said it was a class she was taking and some of the techniques were quite different. The time had come to finish it when she discovered it among her things!
Sandra stitched this star quilt for her nephew and his wife. The low volume background makes the navy stars pop!
This Christmas themed table runner in shades of blue is for Sandra’s sister Shelley.
Patty found this table runner pattern in a book that had been donated to us. She particularly liked the pie!
And the table runner is reversible!
Sandra discovered this baby quilt, I believe she said in a thrift shop. The squares are dome in liquid embroidery.
There was a second liquid embroidery one as well. My mother used to do liquid embroidery, it was quite popular years ago.
Coincidentally the bag she carried the quilts in was a bag created by Myrna!
I started working on this little fellow on the last UFO day. When our younger son was just a little fellow I found the pattern for this toy and made a little dog for him. He ended up wearing out two little dogs before he outgrew them. I decided to make a little dog for our great grandson (our son’s grandson) so he could enjoy it as much as his granddad had done. It took some deep digging to find the fifty year old pattern, but thankfully I still had it. I can’t remember if I bought the pattern or was given it by my mother. When new the Simplicity pattern sold for 35 cents.
Since both our sons are barbecuers, both they and their wives along with both grandsons and their wives, are getting these potholders in their gift packages this Christmas.
The evening was closed out by the demonstration of the Berry Bushel comfort block by Myrna.
This block will make a very attractive quilt. Thank you, Myrna.
And that’s a wrap for this month! Our next UFO day is December 2nd, see you then.
Gladys
