December 2022- Christmas Virtual Meeting

 It is the Season, again. 

I don't have my tree up yet but past experience tells me this is what it is going to look like.

Most people have lovely ornaments, I have cats!

I hope you have your festive beverage in hand, because this year's Christmas collection is the best!

Anita has a gorgeous Christmas wall hanging.

Look at the hand applique.

This is her poinsettia throw.

This is a UFO that finally got quilted.

Anne Gravel finished her tree skirt, last year, just in time for Christmas.

She started this Christmas Village quilt at a quilt retreat (many, many year ago) and it was quilted by Grace Whiting.

Anne started this one in 2019, at a class at Maker's Savvy. It was quilted by Stella Grey and Anne is working on finishing the binding for this Christmas.

Barb Karim made this tree skirt for her son and his family.

Barb also sent a few of her other Christmas creations.

Barb Sharp-Bond has very wisely made a reversible Christmas quilt, with Christmas on one side and blocks using Downton Abby themed fat quarters for the other side. The quilt is queen size and was quilted by Krista.

Beth Marshall has this Christmas panel quilted, and it just needs a binding. Doable by Christmas.

Carole Kennedy makes ornaments each year for her children and grandchildren. This year she made a few extra.

Doris Braslins says that she made this bean bag Santa in the 80's. It is well loved and it always comes out of the box and onto the mantle on Des. 1.

Joanne Ritchie made this tree skirt for her daughter.

Joy Melsness sent some pictures of her Christmas decorations. She says the reindeer tablerunner reminds her of jan Kittle since she bought the pattern at the Pickle dish.

This is my tree skirt. It got started at retreat a number of years ago and then it got forgotten for a number of years. I pulled it out in February of 2018 and finished, because it is so much easier to finish Christmas things in February,

A couple of weeks ago, I saw this pattern from the Passport to Quilting promotion. I was looking for a door decoration for my Mother-in-law's apartment. It is a single 12"block, and I machine tied it, It uses the backing as the binding,

Kathy O'Hagan made these stocking for a family friend who wanted plain stockings. She embroidered name tags for the stockings and the family loves them.

Keeping with the stockings, Kathy made these stockings for her two little dogs.

MaryAnn McLaughlin made cushions and gift bags this year.

It is said that friends are a gift you give to yourself. Thank you, friends for all your inspiration in 2022. I'm looking forward to see what you all create in 2023.

Our next Show and Tell will be January 9, 2023.

Virtual Meeting - November 7, 2022

 As most of you have heard, Pat Nyenhuis, a longtime member of the Poole Creek Quilters, died last week. 

Her final quilt was finished (with help from some friends) in time for Pat to gift it to her granddaughter. Special thanks goes to Krista for doing the quilting so quickly. This is the quilt.

I didn't get a lot of pictures this month. However, we have some nice ones.

Carol McFee finished hand quilting Stardust Serenade.

I see we have a photo bomber here. Good to see that the quilt passed quality control inspection.

Carol also made little tote from Yoko Saito’s book Handheld Patchwork Treasures.

Dianne Wilson completed the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt for 2021. She gave the quilt to friends for their 50th wedding anniversary. Dianne says she has know the happy couple since they were 3 and 5 years old.

I have had sewing to do for other people lately and nothing of my own to show, but knitting continues to occupy my hands while I watch TV. This baby hat is called the Fruit Roll Up Hat. It is now in my completed knitting bin, because somebody will need a baby gift.

MaryAnn has been working on a Harry Potter quilt along and finished the final block for her version of the quilt. This is Hogwarts Castle.

That's all I have for this month.

Next month is December's Christmas Special Show and Tell. I hope you will send pictures of gifts you have made, or handcrafted Christmas items that you use to decorate your home. Let's see the stockings, the wall hangings and the tree skirts. I know you have them. 

Show and tell will be December 5, but I will happily receive pictures any time from now until December 4.

Kate

October 2022 - Virtual Meeting

Fall certainly arrived in a hurry. I found myself putting the fall bedding on the bed that other day, when I am sure I was in shorts just a couple of days before. 

We found this nest tucked into our firewood pile, and it is a quilters delight. The maker used the covers from tennis balls, wood fiber, dog hair, some plastic from a grocery bag, and cloth from the dog's t-shirt tug. I think that counts as mixed media.

Just a small number of projects this month.

Christine Welsh made this quilt for a wedding she attended in the UK in August. She found the weather very hot, and missed our Ottawa air conditioning! The quilt was partially custom quilted by Krista.

Helen Anderson sends us a selection of the charity quilts she made over the summer. She made a total of 28.

With the cooler weather, Helen has started some holiday sewing.

MaryAnn McLaughlin has finished the I Spy quilts she was making for her two younger grandchildren. She thanks Pat Nyenhuis for teaching her about these quilts and for the fabric donations from Doreen and Kate.

This is the two quilts together. They are identical except for the names on them.

This is the front.

And this is the back.

Pat Nyenhuis says that this is the last quilt she is able to do by herself.  She says "I want to say good bye to the Poole Creek Quilters and thank you all for your friendship and support over the last number of years. Wonderful friends! My energy is very limited now but quilting is still close to my heart."

She calls this quilt "My Garden".

Our next Show and Tell will be November 7.

September 2022 - Virtual Meeting

 Welcome back! How did summer fly by so quickly? I hope you are enjoying our current weather, and storing it away to remember in January.

We made a big change at our house, in August. After nearly 18 years and nearly 200 cats, we retired as a foster home for sick and orphaned kitties for Ottawa Humane Society. But fear not. I am still a crazy cat lady, because we adopted two little darlings from a rescue group near Westport.

This is Emme.

Emme is about 10 months old and is quiet and shy. She is currently helping me post the pictures.

This is Mudd.

He is about 4 months old and as you can see, he is always into everything. We are enjoying our new purr-manent family members.

MaryAnn answered my request for garden pictures and her garden is a quilt of colour right now.

Obviously she hasn't spent a lot of time in her sewing room, in order to create something this lovely.

Now for those that have actually been sewing.

Anita has been using up some of her scraps of children's fabrics and come up with a really cute baby quilt.

Carol McFee completed her Garden Scenes Quilt. The pattern is by Lynnette Anderson.

Doris Breslin made this Geese in the Lilies quilt from a layer cake. It was quilted by Krista.

Dianne Watchorn completed her version of Bonnie Hunter's Allietaire back in 2015. She got brave and used some new quilting techniques she has since learned to do justice to the lovely design.

Margaret Duncan sent us this finish. Blue and yellow quilts are all the vogue this summer.

I hope as the days get cooler, these gorgeous pictures will inspire you to get back into quilting. (Though I'll be playing with my kittens!)

Kate