Virtual Meeting - July 20

Welcome to our "meeting". Glad you are all here.

I came across an excellent article on using your "precious" stash. We all have them, the purchases that are just too wonderful to use. This might help.

https://blog.tincanknits.com/2020/06/25/three-tips-for-using-your-precious-stash/

If you want to see any of the pictures larger, you can click on them.  Clicking on the arrow in the top right corner will bring you back.

A few of you took me up on my suggestion that you show us some Christmas in July.

Doreen sent pictures of 2 of her Christmas Quilts.

Some Poinsettias, in wonderful colours.

And a McKenna Ryan design.

MaryAnn sent us her Christmas Quilt.

And Pat Nyenhuis sent her Tree Skirt. She says there are 24 sheep, 3 shepherds, 2 Wise Men, the Holy Family and a cat.

Now to the rest of Show and Tell.

Anita is still using up her scraps. The first is from a quilt she made a long time ago.

And the second is from two bed runners she made when she had her B&B.

Barb Sharp-Bond made 2 quilts for Victoria's Quilts.

The second is entirely made from her scraps.

Christine Welsh was asked to make a teddy bear from a baby's onesie. She says it was a challenge.

She recommends putting interfacing on the fabric, first.

Diane Hart put loops on the back of this one so it can be used as a wall hanging or a table runner.

Janice Pound made this wool wall hanging for her sewing space.

Joy finished her quilt, "Moon Rising". It was a course at the Kanata Guild, last October.

Kate made a reversible bucket hat for her grandson. Nothing says summer in Canada like moose paddle boarding and bears cooking salmon on the barbeque.

Marilyn shows us the reverse of her April Cornell napkin quilt from a previous show and tell, along with a coordinating cushion.

The companion Log Cabin quilt, in a barn raising setting.

And detail of the custom quilting.

MaryAnn made shorts for her grandchildren, and added pockets, because everybody needs pockets in their shorts.

Nicole made two quilts for Victoria's Quilts. These are from blocks that Anita made.

Thank you to everyone who shared their pictures, today.

Our next Show and Tell will be in 3 weeks, on August 10. 

Virtual Meeting - July 6

Well, the year is half gone. Does anyone know where it went?

Our thought for the day: A clean house is the sign of a broken sewing machine.

Tip of the week: For those of you who have purchased classes and have subscriptions to Bluprint (formerly Craftsy), they will not be closing. The assets of the company has been sold and access to you "forever" content will continue (at least for now). You can read more here:
https://www.mybluprint.com/


I guess you have all been partying this week with your social circle, because we only have a few quilts for this week. However, they are all lovely.

Janice Pound held a Canada Day quilt show in her yard. I am sure her neighbours enjoyed it.

Joy sent us a picture of her millennium quilt. Isn't this fabulous!

Kate made this quilt for my son while he was working in New Brunswick.

Diane Hart helped me figure out how to make a hanger for it.

He is now working as a paramedic in Alberta, and I think he hesitates to ask for another quilt for Alberta.

Finally, Pat Nyenhuis made a quilt for her great-neice, to celebrate Anna becoming the Head Page in the Canadian Senate. The quilt represents the floor of the Senate Chamber. Anna recently sent Pat a picture of the quilt in the Senate.

Our next "meeting" is July 20. See you all then.

Virtual Meeting - June 22

Welcome back! I hope you are all surviving the heat. Wasn't it snowing, the last time we got together? Despite the weather, there is an impressive number of pictures for this week.

First. a Tip of the Week: I saw this video, the other day, and she shows us 5 ways to display our quilts. I thought you might enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/SS2jxzhJ5pk

Now on to our Show and Tell:

Anita is still working through her scraps. She made all these quilt tops from the leftovers from a Connecting Threads quilt kit.

Anne Lacasse has been knitting.

Barb Karim is hand quilting her UFO's. She has completed 3 so far. Here are two.

Carol McFee is expecting a new grandson, this summer and sent this quilt in time for the new Dad to have it for Father's Day.

Doreen's grandson was with her when she bought the fabric for a quilt for him, last summer. He was asking her about it, so she finished it. Her grandson is a big train fan.

This is the back. Doreen thanks Anita for the idea.

She also finished an older UFO.  This was a block of the month from a few years ago.

Judy Case has finished her One Block Wonder.

Kate has been working on a Block of the Week. It is called the Summer Reading Stitching Club.

I started June 2, and am mostly up to date.

Kathy O'Hagen has finished her quilt called Pattie's Posies. The beautiful quilting is by Krista.

Kathy lost track of how many half square triangles she made.

Lynda Smyth made this quilt top in 2008 and quilted it during her time at home this year.

It is called Meadow Baskets.

Margaret Duncan is working on this cute baby quilt.

Marilyn turned some April Cornell napkins into a bright spring lap quilt.

A companion wall hanging is hanging nearby.

MaryAnn made this Bargello quilt from an excellent workshop given by Maggie Ziehl. Some of you will remember it as the day we met and the power was off.

Nancy took a workshop at the OVQG with Mara Praulins on turning your UFOs into a finished product. Her favourite block in the is "Eat Your Carrots" from a workshop by David Taylor.
Harry and Bailey are inspecting Krista's excellent quilting.

Nicole only managed one quilt, this time.

Pat Nyenhuis has finished her red challenge quilt.

She is calling it "Falling Leaves".

Wow, all of those pictures are wonderful.

Our next "Show and Tell' will be July 6. If you haven't sent a picture yet, I hope you will send one for that  collection.