Spring is starting to rear its head after a very snowy winter. Our snowbird members are beginning their return to our area. Welcome home Bev and Myrna, so nice to see your smiling faces and hear your winter stories.
We had sixteen members out today and continued with our guild day tasks of pin basting, laying out and joining squares and always looking for more projects to complete.
Putting together squares for a Plus Pop quilt.
This is a Plus Pop!
Some lovely batik squares courtesy of Marg H’s stash. Her bequest to the guild has resulted in many quilts so far and many more to come.
Good pressing is very important in the construction of a quilt. You can see how warm it was outside resulting in the open door for fresh air!
Comfort Quilts:
Rae’s sunflower quilt is complete and ready to be added to the donation bins.
This quilt was pieced by Phyl and is also ready for the donation bins.
This beautiful springy quilt was pieced by Rae and Sandra D and quilted by Heather. She used a lovely shell pattern which shows up beautifully in the white background spaces.
In the buckets we now have three Hug Me quilts, sixteen comfort quilts and one Quilt of Valour. We have 36 tops either complete or ready to join plus ten tops pieced by Marg H. We have decided that at least one quilt has to be basted and ready for quilting every month, more if possible!
Besides the QOV in the bucket, we are presenting a Quilt of Valour to Jack Larson who is the last surviving WW 2 veteran in our area. The quilt will be presented to him on Sunday at a tea for his 99th birthday.
We have decided to sew Quilts of Valour and present them to veterans in our area rather than send them to Winnipeg where they will be presented to veterans we do not know. This will also ensure that our veterans each receive a quilt.
Quilter’s Corner:
Donna spoke to us about the method of making a Double Diamond border or embellishment for pillows or table runners or whatever you may desire.
Here we see a pillow top with a double diamond border. The border can be made wide or narrow as we see in the black and red examples. Donna has the rulers for making the Double Diamond but these are not an essential tool. She supplied us with two templates (made from X-ray film thank you to her nursing background) along with a copy of clear instructions which we can use to make our own double diamonds.
This table runner is another example of how we can use the Double Diamond as a border. Thank you, Donna, for introducing us to a new technique!
Show and Tell:
This is a Midi bag. I’ve had the pattern and the 2 1/2” squares for some time and finally got it put together. The squares are fused to a set of prepared interfacing panels which makes the project quick and easy. The larger version of this bag is the Mondo bag using the same fusing technique.
Sandra backed her quilt with flannel which she doesn’t usually use. She has found it to be very snuggly. Heather did the quilting using Wonderfil thread.
This is a Canadian pattern called Glorious and Free, a beautiful two colour quilt, stitched by Sandra and quilted by Heather.
Myrna also made a bag. This one is very similar to the one I made, but the squares are larger. This one is called a Bucket Bag.
This table runner was a bonus to a brown bag mystery. She made this in honour of her Mom whose favourite colour was purple. Beautiful, Myrna.
Lynn stitched this beautiful wall hanging for her cabin. The birds and insects are all paper pieced. She said it involved a lot of picking out and redoing, wearing out of paper, perhaps a bit of hair pulling but the end result was well worth it. The border fabric of flowers is perfectly suited to the theme of the piece.
Rae completed this Block of the Month project from 2013. She said that this was during the time that she was crazy about polka dots! This will be gifted to her niece’s six year old for her birthday.
Patty stepped away from her quilting to stitch up this New York City coat from fabric she had purchased some time ago. The coat fits beautifully and will be a lovely addition to her wardrobe.
Good job, Patty!
Program:
The program for this month was presented by me. It was the Whirlwind block, a free pattern from SewCanShe. There are eight pieces in this block that measures 11 1/2” square unfinished.
This is a fairly simple block that stitches up quickly.
This completed our evening. We hope to see all of you at our Spring Retreat on May 2nd and 3rd. If you wish to take in the catered meal on Friday please let Donna know by April 25.
Until then, happy quilting!
Gladys
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