Virtual Meeting - May31, 2021

 Welcome back! We have a wonderful Show and Tell, today. The UFO piles must really be going down. In person shopping might soon be required for some of you and we are hoping that will soon become normal, again.

Barb Karim has our first quilt. This is so simple, but so wonderful.

Beth Marshall received this quilt from her paternal grandmother. It was the raffle quilt for her grandmother's Women's Institute group, and Grandma won the raffle!

It is on a Vilas bed that Beth also received from her grandparents. 

Carol McFee started this quilt in 1994, while watching the Winter Olympics from Lillehammer.

She hand quilted it, finishing it this year. I love what she called it!

Dianne Watchorn says she is keeping this quilt for herself. The pattern is "Bundle of Ten".

Dianne made this quilt for the grandson of a friend.

Doreen took inspiration from this picture her son took at Dead Horse State Park in Utah.

She turned it into a wall hanging.

Doreen made this wall hanging for a granddaughter who loves cats. She says she picked up the pattern from the give away table.

Jan Pound picked up the fabric and pattern for this wall hanging in Las Vegas in 2010.

She says she learned couching and using leather in applique making this. It was quilted by Krista.

Johanne knit this Powder Wrap Shawl in Maker's Savvy May Knit Along. It looks so cozy.

Joy asked her great nephew what colours he would like for a baby quilt. He replied that he wanted "mostly pink, with baby animals including a wolf". Awfully specific! The baby's last name will be Wolfe. Joy is enjoying doing some hand applique, outside on nice days.

Judy Case made this quilt from her scraps using Robert Kaufman's "Neighbourhood" pattern.

I made this shawl from some lovely yarn I received for Christmas from someone who knows what I like.  The pattern is called "Through the Witch's Garden". I used every bit of yarn I had to finish it.

Marilyn send this bright door.

The City has crystals on the steeples as lights.

Marion Roussie completed her version of "Over the River and Through the Woods". 

Marion changed the quote on the centre panel to something more appropriate to her daughter's family and this year.

MaryAnn says she bought the panel and coordinating fabric from Quilting Quarters, when it was still next to Your Independent in Almonte (she thinks is was about 12 years ago). She has decided it is time to finish it.

Nancy Wright's husband brought these fabric's back from a golfing trip in the Carolinas. I was a jelly roll, when jelly rolls were just a new "invention" It was in her favourite colours and it was doggy prints.

She pieced the back, and it was quilted by Krista.

Teddy, her dog, seems to have claimed it.

Pat Nyenhuis sent a picture of her half log cabin quilt she started at a workshop at Poole Creek a few years ago.

Pat finished a wheel chair quilt, that she calls Joseph's Coat of Many Colours. The belt is attached to loops and can be used to keep the quilt from falling off. 

In this picture, you can see how the belt is attached. The belt comes off so the quilt can be washed.

This was an excellent UFO. Thanks to everyone who sent pictures. Remember, if you want to see a picture closer, you can click on it to see a larger version.

Next Show and Tell is June 14.

Virtual Meeting - May 10, 2021

 The snow and the rain have made some dark and dreary days lately. Today, I dove into my fabric stash and pulled out the loudest, wildest fabric I had. I plan to use some of it to create something lovely and bright. My goal is to have it done by next show and tell, which will be May 31. Anybody else want to sew something bright?

We have a great collections of family quilts today. Some are new, some not so new, but all are lovely symbols of love.

Our first quilt is the "All God's Critters" quilt, which Doreen made for her grandson. It is being shown by her granddaughter!

Doreen made this wall hanging, called "The Dress" for one of her granddaughters.

Janice Pound says that this quilt was made by her mother-in-law, Una Pound, in 1967. The pattern is Centennial rose and it was featured in Chatelaine Magazine. Janice tells us that the quilt is entirely hand done. The  crewel cushion and the cross stitched pansies in the picture were also done by Una.

This yellow quilt was made by Janice's grandmother. for Janice's wedding in 1966. Her grandmother's goal was to make a wedding quilt for each of her grandchildren, but unfortunately her health declined before she could do that.

Jeannie Barkin made this quilt for her granddaughter. She tells us her granddaughter's bedroom walls are that same hot pink.

Jeannie made this Tetris quilt for her son. That looks like a lot of piecing.

 

I went to the retreat at NavCan just before my grandson was born. My goal was to make a baby quilt, that weekend.

It was all done except the hand sewing of the binding by the time I left Cornwall.

This quilt was on my UFO pile until my daughter-in -law told me that "everybody" had a quilt, except her.  I pulled it out, fixed the part that was bothering me, sent it off to Krista to be quilted, and now she has the biggest quilt in the family.

Liz, our hard working president, pieced this Sleepy Fox wall hanging at the CQA conference in 2018. she recently quilted it, using Melissa Marginet's Edge to Edge technique. This is the Sunrise motif.

 Liz made the 3D tumbling blocks quilt for her best friend's daughter, who had her second little girl on April 28. Again, she used Melissa Marginet's Edge to Edge technique to quilt it.

MaryAnn made this maple leaf quilt for her family.

Nicole made this quilt for her grandson, born 3 weeks ago. She hopes that by summer, she will be able to cuddle him. I think we all hope that, too.

Pat Nyenhuis made this quilt, in Canadiana fabrics and neutrals, for her great niece, who was Head Page in the Senate. Her great niece is holding it, in the Senate Chamber.

Well, nothing says "I love you" quite like a quilt, does it? 

Our next Show and Tell is May 31. 

Kate

Virtual Meeting - April 26, 2021

 Welcome back. The weather has been very April-y lately. We have days of sunshine, when it is warm enough to sit outside with our hand sewing and days when we wake up to snow. Bring on the nice weather! 

Meanwhile, I hope you have been finding ways to keep busy in yet another stay at home time. I find being creative can really raise my mood on a blah day.

I have a new batch of creativity to show you.

First, Anita has not been feeling well, because she managed to contract Covid-19 while in hospital However, she decided to show off a couple of hand made gifts she has received. The first is a prayer shawl, made for her by her friend and former minister, Gwen Ament.

Next are baby socks made for her new granddaughter, Violet, due in September. These were made by Kate (that's me!)

Diane Watchorn would like everyone to know that her broken wrist is healed enough for her to get back to quilting. She made a two sided tablecloth, using Bonnie Hunter's scrappy patterns Forever Mine and Tulip Time.

She quilted these on her long arm.

Helen adopted this top with prestamped embroidery designs and has finished the top now.

Joy is using up some kits she has bought. She finished this rag quilt from a kit she got from Connecting Threads. She says it is pretty but a "Pain in the patootie to make".

I have been using up some of the supplies that I have. This week, I made two wallets, using the pattern "Roxy" by Serial Bagmakers. Everything was in my stash.

Marion Roussie also made a reversible project. this is a bed runner made from ties. She made it for her best friend whose husband past away last summer. He belonged to toast masters and had many different ties to accompany his speeches.

Once again, lots of inspiration for future projects. Our next Show and Tell is May 10. I hope to see lots more pictures, then. Perhaps since it is the day after Mother's Day, we can have some pictures of quilts you have made for your own children or grandchildren (or nieces and nephews).

Kate

 

Virtual Meeting - April 12, 2021

 Although I didn't set a theme for this week, sometimes, it just works out. 

Early this past week, Anita sent this note:

This lovely quilt was made by our wonderful member Nicole Zehrt as part of Victoria Quilts.  She made it using block materials that I, and others had donated. I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer on Fri. November 13.

At the beginning of my treatments I carefully used my first quilt that I made in a class with Jan Kittle, who currently owns the Pickledish in Carleton Place. 

 

I use my cherished Victoria quilt for when I am resting at home.  My  hard working hubby, Jacob, shares it for his nap. It is treated with great care

I can tell you for the first time and from personal experience, just how much these quilts are appreciated by the cancer patients.

They are treasured by following generations as well and I look forward to a time when mine will have such  an example to follow.

Ps. If you are 50 or over please, please, please do a  Fit test(also known as the poop test).  It could very well save your life.  It did mine!

This is the picture of the quilt.

Imagine my surprise, when I got more pictures of quilts for cancer patients.

Barb Sharp-Bond has made two of them.

Joy also sent a picture of a quilt she made for a friend undergoing cancer treatments.

Joy would like to remind us that Victoria's Quilts has had to halt their activities because of Covid restrictions, so friends are stepping in to fill the gap by giving quilts to people they know who are cancer patients.

Meanwhile, Lois McKinnon, a former member of this group, has been using up her stash this winter, making quilts for the new Veteran's House in Ottawa. I am putting the bindings on Lois's quilts. This is the first one finished.

So, the theme of this week's Show and Tell has been Quilts made for those needing an extra hug! 

Meanwhile, we have a few other submissions.

Barb Karim sent this lovely.

Carole Kennedy made this one for her new granddaughter. The pattern is called Vintage Lace.

Chris Mitchler made this wall hanging called Bird Watching, designed by Kerri Falls.

Doreen continues to finish kits from her stash. She sent pictures of two.

Pat Nyenhuis made this baby quilt while recovering from her chemotherapy. She says her hands were numb and the sewing helped her hands return to normal.

Wow, what a busy bunch! If you are looking for a project, there is obviously still a need for quilts for organizations, and it is a good way to use up some of your stash.

I hope you are all staying safe, and creative. 

Our next Show and Tell is April 26.

Kate