Cordell brought a jacket she sewed with elephant batik fabric a friend
brought from Tanzania. She brought it
because she quilted it, and that qualified it as a quilted item.
The jacket is made from Butterick pattern 6293, which she has used before.
Beth brought some pillowcase samples because the group is
preparing to make some on Sew Day on March 7.
She sewed an example of how she made a pillowcase without “the tuck”,
but instead have a pieced cuff.
Gaye made a “one hour basket” kit that was just $10. She says it was fun! “Stitch Supply Company” is the name of the company and can be found at stitchsupplyco.com. She also showed two February
Valentine’s Day-themed items from Laundry Basket Quilts, Edyta Sitar. Gaye is also going to Quiltcon!
Joan said that she is playing with a bag of scraps that she
moved, so she is determined to used them.
So far she has enough blocks for four quilt tops!
Micah got a new sewing machine – a Babylock Sashiko. It’s only one thread and so the product looks
like it is handquilted.
Nancy – her bag is made of food bags glued to batting,
covered in vinyl and quilted. Filament is
offering a $15 workshop in March on how to do it. She also showed three table runners (see photo below).
Diane is new to quilting – she has two nieces having babies
so she is learning quickly!
Cindy shared a Stack and Whack. She isn’t quite finished with the quilting
because she’s having tension trouble on her machine.
Sharon got a new sofa and wanted something very light to
have a throw. Her inspiration came from Evening in the gardenn Quilts, and is made from batiks fabrics from Burkholders. She was inspired by another
member’s back and so made a back for it – that would also make a good front (see photo below)!
Micah offered the program on the gridded quilting that we
were so interested in from her member spotlight last month.
New members are always welcome! Contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com for more information.
