August 6th Meeting Report

 

One more star to embroider and it's finished

Star embroidery on Marybeth's quilt

Variegated twisted embroidery thread looks really pretty but a bit difficult to work with because of the thickness of the thread

Marybeth taught her granddaughter, Macey how to make these beautiful cross stitched book marks and now she can whip them up in no time at all.  I like the fringed edges, too.  Sharon used that edging on her labels as well.

Two little aprons that Sharon has finished, featuring cross stitched labels with their names, Riana and Shelby

Detail of Sharon's cross stitched label.

Sharon's little flannel baby quilt all finished and labelled.  

Betty's scrappy quilt with the binding applied and ready for hand sewing.

The back really shows up Betty's edge to edge quilting and the colourwash strip is a really pretty addition too.

Another masterpiece from Leng.  This quilt was completely hand appliqued and quilted.  It was inspired by the "ugly" cream coloured print that had been hanging around Fabricana for too long and Leng decided she was going to turn it into something beautiful.  

Detail of hand quilting

Nancy's lovely sashiko pillow

Practice patch from the front

Practice patch from the back.  Apparently the knots are a no-no but we're all rebels in our group so anything goes.

Nancy was volunteered to finish off the quilting on this quilt that Arlene started.  It was a thank you gift to her from Liz Charboneau for cat sitting Snickers.  When finished this quilt is going to be a gift for Michi.  It looks like the binding has already been done.

Joyce obviously hasn't been monkeying around because this quilt is now all done, including the label.

Joyce tried out Marybeth's suggestion to machine sew the binding on with a serpentine stitch.  Looks good on front and back and the corners.

Good work on the label, Joyce.

Joyce now has the binding on the quilt for Kenny's girlfriend all ready for a chilly fall.  We all loved that purple Minky on the back which really shows off the quilting.  

Penny's adorable whole cloth baby quilt all finished and labelled.  This will be a PSQG Community Quilts donation.

Here is a close up of the print and Penny's cross-hatched quilting.  She managed to get them all perfectly spaced with the aid of masking tape and the spacing bar on her walking foot.

This is Penny's latest, probably a TAQ Heron's Nest donation for September.

Next week we will be meeting at Marybeth's again and it will be a demo day.  So far Joyce, Nancy, Sharon and I have demos lined up.  If anyone has a trick they want to share or would like something tricky demoed for them, please let me know and I will put you on the list.  Please plan for something that can be demoed in 10 to 15 minutes.  No need to bring sewing machine, etc.  Marybeth will let us use hers.  Hand outs would be appreciated.