TAQblog: May 21 Meeting Update

Six of us attended the get together today at Marybeth's: Betty, Colleen, Penny, Sue, Marybeth and me.

Betty brought the five yards of Warm and Natural batting that she purchased for us from Fabricana. That was a great deal at 30% off the regular price. Marybeth is keeping that at her house and there is some 505 spray there as well if anyone wants to spray baste a quilt. Please let Marybeth know ahead of time if you want to use her table on her deck to do that. There will be people to help if you are new to spray basting or just want a hand.

We paid for the batting from our kitty ($67) so we will need to top it up very soon.

Betty brought her braid quilt to lay out. It's the second quilt she is making from leftover fabrics from her original log cabin quilt.

Lots of strips to choose from

Row #2 and #3 was laid out after. Laying out on batting meant Betty could roll it up and not disturb the arrangement. Great idea, Betty.

Betty said she is planning to put sashings in between the rows and will probably alternate the length of the rows.

Penny brought two quilts in process to show us. One is the cute panel that could be a wall hanging or baby quilt. My closeup wasn't good enough to show the quilting detail but Penny quilted along all the lines of the lettering and along every third ray from the sun. Still more quilting to come.

This is quilt #2, also made from a panel. Penny's completed the quilting of all the alphabet letters and hasn't decided yet how she will quilt the rest. Marybeth donated some fabric for the binding which looked like lush prehistoric vegetation.

Marybeth put the last stitch in her lovely Tree baby quilt. This is sure to be a hit with the parents who asked for a modern quilt and non gender specific.