November Meeting Recap

We had an exciting November meeting!  Our freshly quilted Quiltcon charity quilt was revealed, and used as an opportunity to demonstrate the laser method of squaring a quilt.

We held our regular business meeting (minutes can be found here) and then Sonja shared with us holiday card making materials and we all had an opportunity to make a card to take home.

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November Meeting Sew and Share

 Gay made an Irish chain quilt for her bed using fabrics from Denyse Schmidt.  She says, "You have to put your own stuff into your queue or it never gets made!"

 

Debbie is proud of her 9^th UFO finish this year.  She saw the Batik Stars pattern at a neat Canadian quilt show in 2009 where tea and fresh scones were served at the show! The quilt was made years ago but wasn’t quilted.  It will find a home on her bed.

Donna and Debbie shared what they did in Houston classes.  In the Marie Shell class they learned to make their own fabric designs by piecing strips. 
 

Debbie and Donna also shared the collage pieces designed by Laura Heine of Fiberworks class at the Houston Show.

Donna and Debbie shared "Mouse Trap" by The Hen House made from Cotton and Steel Fabrics.  They purchased the kit at Houston Quilt Festival in 2019!

Donna and Debbie also shared "Small Town" by The Hen House, which was another kit purchased at the Houston Quilt Festival in 2019.  They have been busy this month!

 Beth shared blocks that she made in a workshop using Deb Tucker rulers.  Had no interest initially, but it was better than anything else she’s tried in terms of precision piecing.

Cindy shared a table runner that is her last UFO!  It is a pattern she purchased at Old Country Store called Mitered Magic (www.designersworkshop.com) made from cleverly piecing together striped fabric to look like overlapping squares.

Kathy made a jelly roll rug using a modified pattern, and is using it as a mat for her sewing machine.

Lois has a friend who does tye dying, so she gave her some fabric to tye dye.  From the resulting dyed fabric she made a baby quilt (of her own design) and stuffed elephant. 

Sigrid made a table runner from the pattern we all got last year.

 

Joan says, “This project really did me in.”  It is from a pattern called First Snow by Tina Curran.  Met by oohs and aahs from the CAMQG members.  She started it by asking friends if they wanted to do the pattern, and eight took the challenge.  Of the eight, five finished.  

Debbie made a baby quilt top from Dear Stella and stash fabrics for a friend’s baby.

She also made a Christmas quilt for her granddaughter (with Merriment by Gingerbear fabric) and then thought she needs to make one for her other granddaughter.  So she went to buy more fabric, which is same fabric line but she bought a different panel so it turned out much differently!

 

Sonja – made a Necessary Clutch Wallet by Emmaline.

MaryEllen shared a pumpkin table runner she made on a retreat.  She used leftovers from her granddaughter’s quilt to make a mini rug.  She also showed her finished mosaic quilt.  She shared the result of a purse class she took at Old Country Store and also a bag she made at her church quilt class.

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October Member Spotlight

This month's spotlight was Leslie Robinson. She shared her quilting journey with us and a beautiful journal that she used to keep records of her quilts. Her first quilt was a baby quilt that she tied. Next, she made some pillow shams to match a LLBean quilt her husband gave her.  She told us that she really enjoyed and still enjoys hand sewing and hand quilting. Many nights during her career as an Obstetrician she would stitch while waiting for  babies to arrive. Her latest venture was completing a quilt for a friend that was started 40 years ago. She also has made beautiful braided rugs. Here are a few of Leslie's quilts and rugs.

Thanks for sharing you journey with us, Leslie.



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October Meeting and Sew and Share

You can find the meeting minutes here.

Here's our Sew and Share for the month...

Gay made this Amy Butler Birdie Purse using fabric from her stash.

 She used Kaffe Fassett fabric to make this stack and whack table runner.  She also made a small table topper using fabric from her stash. She snowballed one corner of the outside blocks and snowballed the inside square on all four corners.

Sharon made this hummingbird quilt for her cousin.

Leslie shared a quilt that she made with a few friends for a local community hospice house in York.

Nancy took a workshop recently and created these bags from snack bags. What a great way to recycle!

Cindy always wanted to make a color weave quilt pattern. She found this pattern at Christa Watson's website. She used Fandangle Fabric Strips and a spotted gray light and dark fabric from Zen Chic.

She also made this Type It Jelly Roll Quilt from a free pattern found on Moda United Notions.com. She used an Alison Glass Jelly Roll and Backing. 

She had these two bird panels which she quilted differently to see the results. The panel borders are made with complementary fabrics from Tracy Lizotte for Elizabeth Studio Fabric.

               

Which do you like?

Gina finished her Jacob's Ladder Challenge and did some Lucy Boston EPP blocks.

Lois made this Trip Around the World quilt using fabric from her stash. She also had fun creating these autumn leaves.

Joan had fun making these colorful Halloween themed quilts. She made BOO! with a friend using The Jelly Roll Boo pattern from Judy Wolf of Honey Bee Quilt Store in Austin TX. Here's the front and back.

            


Halloween in the Neighborhood, using the Dresden Neighborhood pattern by Persimon Dreams.

And one more....

She also showed us the jacket she made.

Maike made this beautiful pocket she finished at our meeting.

 

Debby shared a quilt she made using The Talk of the Town quilt pattern by Amy Ellis. She used Moda fabric and fabric from her stash. She also shared the Haori jacket she made using a Wiksten pattern.

           

     

Donna Lohman gave us a great program on tips and strategies for squaring quilts. 

 Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild New members are always welcome, contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com