Virtual Meeting - September 28

 I hope you all enjoyed our lovely warm weekend. It was nice to be able to sit outside without a sweater. I heard a doctor on CBC the other day suggest that it is good for our mental health to continue small outdoor distanced gatherings, even if we need to put our winter coats and gloves on. That does make handwork a bit difficult.

Frances Irwin asks if anyone can tell her the name of the pattern for the quilt below and where she might find it. Her 88 year old mother would like to make it. Frances's email is  francesirwin7@gmail.com

Show and Tell time!

First up is Barb Karim.

Barb says this is her latest UFO finish.

Barb Sharp-Bond finished two quilts for Victoria's Quilts.

Carol McFee received that fabric and pattern for Reminiscences in 2003 from Alanna Smith and Barb Karim, for a special birthday. (That was 30, right Carol?) Carol finished hand quilting it, last week.

Carol bought the pattern and fabric for Houston Bargello at the Houston quilt show in 2015. She completed it this summer.

Next is Kate. I took part in a sew along for a small case, last week. I have 4 UFOs that I started over the summer, but I had to start a new project. At least this one is finished!

Nicole made a new quilt for her guest room, in hopes her son will be able to visit soon.

Don't you love her sashiko accents?

That's all for this week. Next week, we are going to have a special Show and Tell of favourite finishes or proudest finishes. Please send them to me by next Sunday. I have some already and you are going to enjoy it. I will send a reminder on Friday.

Kate

Virtual Meeting - September 14

 It is starting to feel like fall. Before it gets too much cooler, I hope you will find an opportunity to get together for a socially distanced meet up with some of your quilting friends. If you don't have a backyard that will work, why not try a nearby park. If everyone brings a chair and their own coffee, you can safely enjoy the company of some other creative makers. 

I was invited to such a gathering, and I am going to start with the show and tell from that.

Joy was the hostess, and we got to see one of her quilts hanging outside.

It was kind of fun to see that Doreen had brought the same wall hanging for show and tell.

Interesting how different they look when two fabric sets are chosen.

Doreen also brought her fishing quilt.

Pat Murray is working on a Half Log Cabin quilt and brought one of the blocks.

Now on to this week's submissions.

Anita seems to have an endless supply of scraps and has started some Christmas sewing.

She also made a bed runner from scraps from a quilt she made for her husband.

Carole Kennedy made a quilt for her granddaughter's 7th birthday.

I love the pieced back.

and the embroidered label.

Joy calls this a "laundry room quilt".

I, of course, made a quick shopping tote, one rainy day this week. I've already used the fabric in two other bags. I bought the fabric at IKEA a few years ago,

That is all for this week. 

Our next show and tell will be September 28, and the following one will be October 5. I think maybe the Oct. 5 collection should be themed. Anita suggested she would like to see your favourite finish. I think that would be a great idea.

Kate

Virtual Meeting - August 24

 

I just couldn't resist sharing this cartoon. 

It was a quiet week for Show and Tell. I suspect many of you are back to making masks for the grandkids to wear to school.  However, we do have some nice pictures.

We haven't heard from Diane Watchorn, so she has sent some pictures to catch up. First is a sorting of donated scraps.

She is putting the scraps to good use. This is her pile of scrappy quilts she has complete since March.

Diane's first Rag Quilt.

Helen heard of an older lady who needed a fidget quilt, so she made one.

Fidget Quilts give dementia patients with restless hands tactile stimulation.

Janice Pound is much more up to date with the Bag of the Month Club, than I am. She has completed the August bag. (I thought about it!)

The pattern is Duffle Backpack by Sewing Patterns by Mrs. H.  I love Janice's fabric and she says she made it from her stash.

I am pretty sure we are all bored of masks now, but my friend Cheryl Coville has been making some unique ones, to raise money for the Lyndhurst  Feral Cat Rescue. I could not resist, so I ordered one.

As you can imagine, she has been swamped with orders.

Liz helped her granddaughter, who is going into Grade 6, make her own masks for school. They had lots of fun picking fabrics.

Marilyn took a UFO started in about 2002.

She lined it and converted it to a tabletopper for her deck.

Marilyn bought this fabric in Les-Baux-de-Provence, in southern France. She used some of the border print to cover the hassock.

Pat Nyenhuis has been getting a jump on winter with some Newfoundland mittens.

Pat is also working through her scraps.

This one is an Eye Spy quilt.

Our next show and Tell is September 14. Until then, friends, keep sewing!

Kate

Virtual Meeting - August 10

I have really missed going to quilt shows, this spring and summer. I came across this the other day. Studio Art Quilt Associates were planning to meet for the first time in Canada. Since it was to be in Toronto, in March, the meeting was cancelled. However,  a show titled Colour with a "U", is currently on exhibit at Homer Watson House in Kitchener and it is art quilts made by the members,

You can watch the show on video, through the Homer Watson website:
https://www.homerwatson.on.ca/exhibitions/saqa-exhibition/

Scroll to the bottom of the page,  to find the link to the video.

The video is an hour long, so get comfortable and enjoy.

Apparently Quilts in their Natural Habitat appealed to many of you this week, because I have 28 pictures for you.

First, Barb Sharp-Bond made this quilt and bag for Victoria's Quilts. It is called White Mountain, and was quilted by Krista.

Barb made this second quilt, with religious blocks, for a friend.

Carol McFee has Midnight Gardens hanging in her family room.

Carol has Ode to Yoko Saito in her bedroom. (You will have to try your head to read the lovely label.)

Christine Welsh is getting some Christmas gifts finished, five months ahead of time.

Jan Pound shows us her daughter-in-law snuggled under the quilt Jan made her.

Jan's grandchildren, Spencer and Olivia enjoy her tumbling blocks quilt.

Joy made the Mexican Pots Wall Quilt at the Pickle Dish.

Joy made the Ginko Wall Quilt at a class in Mesa, Arizona.

Judith Pach made a Dr. Who quilt for her daughter-in-law.

She made a Christmas quilt for herself, featuring cardinals, her favourite bird.

Kate is participating in a charity walk for Bruce House, and I am making Hand Sanitizer Pouches to give as gifts to my sponsors.

Though I have a hard time believing it, not everyone is a cat lover. So here is another pouch, in the "wild" with moose playing in the water.

Marilyn has changed her spring wall quilts for summer, and she has gone to the beach.

Both this quilt, and the one below are Marilyn's own designs.

Nancy has this lovely McKenna Ryan quilt, Home Tweet Home, in her laundry room. It was appliqued and quilted by Nancy.

She has these lovely tulips in her bathroom. They were appliqued by Nancy and quilted by Krista.

Nicole tried a couple of patterns from a modern quilt book she borrowed from our library.

Pat Nyenhuis is still trying to use up scraps. This one will be used a Christmas gift.

This one is a block of the month from a couple of years ago.

Susan Noad  made these birds in 2018.

She made this quilt in 2017.

Okay, I think I have them all here. Our next "meeting" is Aug. 24. Keep stitching, friends.

Kate