We had people coming and going throughout the day so please forgive me for not having a definitive number for members in attendance. The day was one of those ooo and awwww kind of days, particularly in the morning. We were greeted by a large box sitting on the table. It was our new Juki sewing machine!
As well we received the Ott lights that were ordered so now our hand stitchers will be better able to see their work.
These will be excellent as certain parts of the room have dim lighting.
Someone jokingly referred to them as the old lady lights, but most of us agreed that we need them, especially if using dark coloured threads. I find I need much more light to work than I used to!
On the label are the names of the members who worked on each square. The quilting was done by Kathy Schwartz before she had purchased her longarm machine.
Bev took the opportunity to test drive the new machine while assembling the house blocks that members had stitched.
Eileen was able to stitch this quilt from fabric she had purchased from Faktors and had in her stash. It was a mystery quilt-along. The quilting was done by Lori from Night Owl Quilting And Dye Works.
Evelyn and Audrey shared the mesh bags they completed at the Cranberry Portage retreat that was held in Creighton in early June. These bags will be perfect to carry quilt projects!
After backing my previous quilt with this Winnie the Pooh fabric, I had enough left to make a receiving blanket.
Sandra shared with us this quilt made for her by her late mother. It is pieced by machine and quilted by hand. Sandra said her mother was an exceptional quilter. She completed a Star quilt for each of her five children as well as many others gifted to various people. If you look closely at the quilt you can see what a wonderful quilter she was. She added more stars and borders because she was not a fan of square quilts.
Maxine also brought a bag of fabric which she donated to us, so we had that and a donation from Marg H. and one from Bev B.’s sister. There was a lot of fabric to sort and exclaim over! We quilters love fabric!
Thank you ladies, for your donations. We will put them to good use!
The bulletin boards in the church hall were in serious need of repair so Randy Beever agreed to fix them. He did a wonderful job! Thank you, Randy!
There is new cork board , the outside of the doors are beautifully white and everything is painted and straight with new hinges and properly closing doors!
And he left a special message for us as well!
Lynn has a Juki machine so she gave us a demonstration on its use. A free motion table was purchased which is larger than the one in the picture.
Lynn has completed our fall raffle quilt. This pattern was one that did not lend itself well to multiple sewers so the task fell to Lynn to stitch the entire top. Thank you, Lynn, for all your hard work and time. Nadine did the quilting and supplied the batting. Beautiful work ladies!
Tickets will be printed and be available for sale by our July guild day.
This is one of the baby quilts we completed. Sandra S. did the machine quilting and our hand stitchers were able to complete the binding this morning with the help of the new Ott lights!
Baby quilt number two was made from a panel that was donated by a previous member. Sandra S. again did the machine quilting.
This is the second heart quilt we’ve stitched. We arranged the hearts a little differently for this one.
Show and Tell was once again a popular time.
Rae completed her Lone Star quilt. She used fabric left from her star to make the binding.
This quilt is from a pattern called Antelope Canyon. The black, white and gray make an intriguing pattern. According to Rae the hardest part of making this quilt was ensuring that all the pieces she cut were put in the correct baggies to keep them organized! Both this and the star were quilted by Michelle at Mami’s.
This Stash Buster pattern is a free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop. There is a lot of sewing in this top and by the way, she says it didn’t make much of a dent in her stash!
Rather than purchase new fabric, she used what she had left from other quilts, for the backing.
Sandra stitched this table runner using the quick curve ruler. She made it for a friend who helped them out when she and her husband had car trouble on their recent trip to Winkler.
Donna completed her second Star cushion in the dark version to match the light colour way she completed last month. Beautiful pair, Donna.
June has been busy making baby quilts. This one was made from a pillow panel she had. A little slashing, some adding, and she has a lovely quilt some little one will love.
I completed the baby quilt for our soon to be born great-grandson. Thank you to Marg F. for helping me with border width and binding choices. This is very pastel compared to other quilts I have made. It would be safe to say I was out of my comfort zone.
She calls this her wild one. I would say colourful with those bright pretty colours. Little girls love pink and purple!
And finally, I stitched some burp cloths from a flannel fat quarter bundle that I picked up at Walmart. All I have to do is make some bibs and my baby bundle will be complete.
To honour both her mother and also her late mother-in-law, Sandra created a very special memory quilt. This is a reversible quilt. On this side she used fabrics from clothing worn by her mother-in-law, in her favourite vibrant pink and purple colours. The pattern she used was Not Your Mothers Rail Fence from Highway 10 Designs. Because the fabrics were mostly rayons, Sandra had to mount them on muslin to stabilize them so she used a quilt as you go method to assemble the blocks.
On the reverse of the quilt she created a pattern to remember her mother. Because both these ladies quilted with whatever fabric they had on hand or could repurpose from elsewhere, Sandra chose to use the sheets that were used on her mother’s bed in the care home she was in. Everything she had was marked with her room number, 4032, which still can be seen in the corner of the quilt. After going through a bag of fabric bits and pieces that her mother had, she found some of the extra partial stars that her mother used on her star quilt, and added them to the memory quilt. There were five of them to match the five siblings. When Sandra placed the strips with her mother’s information she did it to match the position of the rails on the reverse side so that when it came to the quilting she could stitch in the ditch on the rails and the stitching highlighted the information bars. By using free motion quilting around the florals in the clothing fabrics she was able to fill the negative space around the information bars.
By very careful thought and placement she was able to create not only a memory quilt but was also able to reflect the personalities of the two women. She created a true family heirloom. Stellar job, Sandra!
A reminder everyone, there will be no UFO days in July and August. We will all be busy doing our summer things!
Gladys
