Guild Night

Our quilting guild met last night and I took some pictures.  This first bunch is Show-N-Tell from the ladies at Pride of the Prairie Quilt Guild.  We meet in Naperville, IL. 

Just Ducky pattern is in Dec 2009 in American Patchwork and Quilting.

This was a panel and she cut out the teddys and made a cute setting for them.

This is only half of it.  I love the setting.

A little blurry.  The sashing is pieced.  SO cute.

 Our guest lecturer was Sue Pawlowski and she brought a trunk show.  She likes to work with small pieces!   Nothing goes to waste.  She's very thrifty and save EVERY SCRAP.   She saves 1 x 1 inch pieces and makes little 4-patches or 9-patches and then she makes a miniature with the left overs.  Here are some examples. 

Her "Thread Ball".  20 years in the making.

Half-Inch Squares!

More half-inch squares.

Hexagon Quilt

Close Up Hexagon Quilt.  I wouldn't want to piece that!

 

Pieces cut with Accu Cutter

I really like this one.

More Hexagons

Jack's Chain.  So bright and cheerful!  She has a pattern for this one.

Larger Jack's Chain

A mini.

This one was so cute.  A large Churn Dash.

Spools of Thread

Made with left over triangles cut from making binding.

Close Up

Another "left over" quilt.

 You can buy her patterns here:  
http://www.jacksquaresstudio.com/page04.html

Marge's Sampler

This lovely sampler was pieced by Marge M.  She wanted something with feathers.

 These blocks are "in process" - all the quilting had not been finished yet.

  Here are some finished blocks, with more quilting. 

Borders and the back of the quilt.

The A word

Oh no... the A word.  I'm trying my hand at applique.  Needle Turn Applique.  It all started back in February when I signed up for a block-of-the-month club at Primitive Gatherings.  I saw a beautiful sample block for the Sweet 16 pattern - it was perfectly made, of course.  I thought, if I do enough of these, I can get better and better at applique.

I took one applique class about 5 years ago and forgot just about everything. 
Now I am following the instructions and excellent pictures from The Thimble Lady, Liuxin Newman.

  I have to say - they are very clear instructions.  My blind stitch is coming along, but my shapes need a lot of work!  They are not very smooth.  Little by little, I am progressing and I hope to see an improvement with every block.