2009

December 2009

 

November 2009

Chris shows off some childrens clothing for here granddaughter.

Here are some Christmas decoration for her daughter.

Cindy made this wall hanging as a gift for a friends baby.

Look close. All the blocks are the same pattern, but oh so different.

Cindy made this Sun Bonnet Sue at the Beach for a friend.

Becky made this quilt using EQ6.

This is a gift for her husband.

Becky's mother-in-law made this for her. She used real leaves as patterens for the leaves.

Dana used a block patteren called for my sister to make ths quilt for herself.

Julie made this from old shirts using Bonnie Hunter's book.

Kathi C. has been working on this for a long time. Glad to see it finished.

Kathy M. used T-shirts and piced block to make this wall hanging.

This Instant Bargello - Southwest was inspired by the yucca fabric in the quilt.

Linda used another pattern from Bonnie Hunter to use up scraps to make this Scrappy Bargello.

Martha likes to play I Spy. what do you spy in the snow flakes?

Pam is just Wild Asort Flannel.

Plaids should always be given a 2nd Chance.

Pam has been busy. This is a winding ways pattern done in batiks.

Sarah made this for herself. I see 4 different sizes of Monkey Wrench pattern. Are there more?

This was a block of the month several years ago. Susie completed this at last.

Susie also completed her twisted bargello. Bold and Beautiful.

Comfort quilt for Susie and her Husband for the dead of his mother.

Tami finished her Cindy quilt. Posey.

Cathy made this for her mother and father-in-law's 50th wedding anniversity.


Our very own Tracy was our speaker this month.
Tracy has been quilting for over 40 years and has a beautiful collection of quilts

 

Tracy

 

October 2009

Linda and Teresa from Sunday Best Quilt Shop in Ellerslie, GA
came to visit and show off their new Original Half-Square Triangle Stencils. 
32 half-square triangles in minutes.

Omajean introduces us to Linda and Teresa from Sunday Best Quilt Shop

Teresa tells us about their trip to the Quilt Market.

Linda starts her demo using their new Original Half-Square Triangle Stencils.

Now some examples useing the stencils.

This is a Sunday Best pattern called Lickety Split.

Lickety Split in bright colors.

Lickety Split ing black and white.

Lickety Split Jr.

Plantation Square

This is a simple fench rail pattern, but look how it pops with the fabric choose.

Fantasia is a pattern by Chris Piepmeier.


Small crowd at the meeting this month.
Still had lots of pretty quilts to look at.

Judy made this beauty.

Kathi liked Weze's double wedding ring quilt (see below in August) so much that she made herself one.

Martha and her beautiful hand applique.

Sarah's grandmother made these block and a friend pieced them together for her.

Sarah's grandmother finished this quilt. It is made with home decor fabric.

 

August 2009

Doretha fills in for omajean and gets the meeting started.

Lots of quilters tonight. Think it might have something to do with our speaker for the night.

Ali made this cute paper pieced Water Lilies.

Quick and easy to make chemo shawl.

Doretha made this using 3" x 6" blocks.

She changed the direction and border color to get a different look.

Love ya Judy.

Kathi made this mystery stack - n - whack at a workshop.

Granddaughter gets this one.

Linda made these cute baby quilts using cheater fabric.

Lucky babies.

Martha is ready for Fall...

...and Christmas

Martha has a new pet.

Michelle is wanting to learn how to hand piece so she can make a copy of this quilt her greatgrandmother made.

Dana made this cute box of chocolates.

Sandy made this for her husband's doctor as a thank you gift.

Mary Ann tried her hand at a stack - n - whack.

Sandra started this stack - n - whack at our retreat in 2007.

Ever make to many blocks.

Check out what Sarah did with left over blocks from a disappearing 9-patch.

Sarah's Birthday block quilt.

Shirley shows us what to do with all our selvages.

Susie had help from some special friends to make this cute Sunbonnet Sue quilt.

Weze does not like to leave things to the last minute.

This was made as a wedding present for her 9 year old grandson.


Flavin Glover was our speaker for the evening. 

It was fun see what can be done with a log cabin block and some creative ideas for borders.

 

 

July 2009

Cathy getting ready to take notes.

We had a swap meet. Lots of great items.

We also had ice cream. What a great way to spend a July evening. Ice Cream and Friends

Anne tells us about our up coming road trips.

Doretha tells us about quilt labels that Cindy W.'s Mom made for use.

Anne made this Turning 20 for her sister.

Cathy made this quilt for a Fund Raiser for AU School of Nursing.

Quilt block is call Lickety Split.

Chris made this cute red work wall hanging.

This was a Guild Retreat Mystery Quilt in 2007. Some Kind of Star.

Cindy finished up her twisted bargello. Some people think watermelons when they see this, but Cindy saw Lady Slipper plants.

Her backing is from the state flower fabric collection. Yes it is lady slippers.

Debbie enlisted the help of her mother to make the appliqued blocks in this Poinsettis Petals of Points.

Debbie used a book called "Hidden Blocks to draft the pieced blocks that set off the poinsettia appliqued blocks.

Debbie purchased a cake stack, added an assortment of bieges and creams and used a Karen Combs block pattern to make this beauty.

The main blocks are half darks,half lights and then mixed to make the over all pattern.

This is Jung's first quilt. She actually used the top in the making of a duvet cover.

Ok once in a while we let other school colors get shown. Kathy made this for her great nephew to be born in August.

MaryAnn made this beautiful Bargello Fan Jacket.

Pat receives here comfort quilt. Her father passed away a couple of month ago.

Part of out July Ice Cream and Friends theme we play games. Here we are getting ready to play Quiltionary.

Omajean's turn to draw.

Can you quess the quilting term drawn here?

 

June 2009

It is double pinwheels for MaryAnn.

MaryAnn said her bed needed a new quilt.

Becky made this cute nursery song quilt for her granddaughter.

Closeup of the machine embroidery on Nursery Song.

Linda make this for a friend recovering from Breast Cancer.

Linda telling us about Bamboo Batting.

Debbie made this beautiful hand appliqued andquilted Urn of Plenty.

Debbie's pattern was an adapation from a wall paper print.

Martha Jo is at it again with her beautiful hand applique.

Eagle's Rule.

This cute Sunbonnet Sue is made by Pat's grandmother for the clothes of grandma's 3 daughters. the youngest being Pat's mom now 83.

Another of Pat's grandmother, Flora, quilts. This one is made for old band uniforms of pat's grandfather. He died in 1943.

Sandy made this as a thank you gift for a friend.

Mary talks to us about her beautiful hand dyes.

Who would want to cut up hand dyes when you can make beautiful quilts like this using the whole piece?

 

May 2009
 

Omajean gets us started.

Lots of visitors.

Carol made this from a kit.

Cathy M's blooming nine patch.

Joyce

Judy made this for her granddaughter's school's fundraiser.

Karen quilted one of out charity quilts.

Kathy C. made this cut Christmas Cats.

Kathy D. this Sea Shore quilt for herself.

Linda J. was puting the binding on this wall hanging for a school in Columbus, GA.

Linda froze her Taco Salad from Lets do Lunch.

Linda J got this as a gift.

Linda W. made this for her granddaughter to be born in August.

Linda W. aslo made this tulip sampler.

Sarah used Bonnie's pineapple blossom block to make this bright quilt.

Kathy C. gave us a lesson on machine applique.

April 2009

 

March 2009

Omajean gets us started.

April, our Mom to be, gets a special quilt to keep her and the baby warm.

Doretha finished her Twisted Bargello.

Julie Finished her Twisted Bargello.

Joyce is doing the Tennessee Waltz.

Carla brought another of her grandmothers quilts. It was made approximately 50 to 75 years ago.

Martha made herself some Christmas presents.

On Meghan's first visit she brought two quilts.

Nora's Quilt is from a Kaffe Fassett Book.

Aira's Quilt is experimental and made up.

Shirley calls this red and brown flannel quilt Cherry Cordial.

Shirley and her husband made this quilt. "Our Flowerdy Cover."

Shirley has been busy this month. Here is a quilt for a friend in Thailand. "Ji Whiz" is named for her friend Ji.

 

February 2009

Pat finish a charity quilt. Think she has had it for about 2 years.

Judy come up with the cutest quilts. Here she is showing "Flip Flops".

Linda is getting real creative. "Disappearing 9 Patch."

Allison made this Bargello Rainbow.

Terry made this cute quilt for her daughter. "Spin Around the World."

Blooming Nine Patch

Carla has a quilt that here grandmother made. We think it is between 50 and 75 years old.

Here comes Spiderman. Aggie made this for here son-in-law who loves Spiderman.

The last of Cindy's Stash Quilts.

Weze has been cracking her whip to get these quilts back on time.

Susie's father passed away last month. Here she gets her comfort quilt from Cindy.

Peggy Barkle gave her lecture
"Journey in the life of a Fabri-holic" Friday night. 
Saturday she helped us in a workshop as we tried to make
a Twisted Bargello quilt.

(To see pictures of the workshop click here.)
Visit Peggy's web site at http://www.peggybarkle.com
 

Peggy Barkle

Her first quilt.

What we hope to make on Saturday.

 

 

January 2009

Another quilt from the Bonnie Hunter Workshop

Carol made this twisted bargello. Peggy Barkle is coming in February to teach us how to make this one.

This is Martha's second wedding quuilt. She is trying to get ahead because she has 10 grandchildren.

KathiC.

KathiC. Same as the other just a differnet color.

Doretha made this window of birds.

This is another of Cindy's quilts that guild members are finishing. cindy made this for her Mother. Doreths finished hand quilting the border area.

 

 
September 2009