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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Announcements:


Next Month Kathy's teaching us how to make a scissor fob.  
Here are the what-to-do-before-the-meeting-directions:  Click HERE

In November we're going to shaving cream marble some book covers.  By the October meeting we need to know how many books to order for November and the money for them.  

Here's the price list of what I brought last night: 
 Large Size:
“Primary” Journal with lines ½ way down the page every other page (14 pages) $2.55
“Writer’s Notebook” Blank Page (30 pages)                                                                         $3.15

Small Size:

Blank Bare Book (14 pages)         $1.95
Blank Page (30 pages)                    $2.50
Lined (30 pages)                               $2.60
“Primary Journal” with lines ½ way down every page (14 pages) $2.05

Shipping is $10 for orders under $100 and 10% over $100

They also have blank puzzles and games.

  If you want to see everything that's available here's the Bare Books Website

What a fun night we had!


First Jeri's friend came by for dinner and a visit




Decided to come around to see the quilts


Then Leslie shared her new therapy bag she made for her new job


And this gorgeous quilt for her Aunt--we got to see it in real life!


The quilting is pretty too!


Sue had a booth at the Library's Fiber Arts Revival
She made this fun tote--even if she didn't like it. 


And these wonderful baskets out of quilted squares.  
She may show us how for a program sometime.


I forgot to take a picture of the orphan Churn Dash Blocks she turned into pot holders.
They're sitting on her lap in the picture above.

Jeri made this special blanket out of fabric she purchased in Denver with her husband.
It's suede-like on one side and wool-like on the other.  Then she made this fun pillow cases to match:


And the other side


Carol has her mystery quilt finished


The quilting is all over flowers--it's hard to see in the picture
The back is a really pretty lavender


She's also working on this fun runner


 Marsha and Angie are going to be making this cool panel into a quilt 


Tammy embroidered these panels for a baby quilt:


Take a Closer Look:









Aren't they Awesome?!

These are shirts that she's cut apart to make into quilts to remember a Grandpa by



This is one that she has done with his t-shirts



For our program Marsha shared some gift ideas and 


we got to fondle a lot of different Minky and fleece fabric



Here are some of the tips she gave us for working with Minky:

Use a walking foot!
For applique use Perfect Applique Magic Spray (by Home Stitches)
Use a ball point stretch needle
Use 3- 3.5 Stitch Length
Use wider seam allowances (more the 1/4")
You can use wax or parchment paper on the top or the bottom to move the fabric through your machine
You can't iron it.
Needs to be dried on a low setting.

You can do simple patchwork-Marsha recommends nothing smaller than inches--you can use woven fabric on the edged or make sure the stretch is opposite the way it rolls on the machine

Some Gift Ideas:

Hooded Towels
Pillow Cases
Pillow Beds
Booties out of fleece

You can tear some types of Minky and then it will curl in on itself to create a fun scarf.  
If you run your hand over it a few times it stops shedding too.

She also shared some fun products:

Scotch Protection for fabric to prevent fading
Terial Magic a temporary stabilizer spray for fabric so you don't have to hoop it.

She showed us a fun kit using chalkboard fabric to make a quiet book type thing.

Here's the Days For Girls website.  It's a service opportunity to create reusable feminine hygiene supplies for girls in countries where they're not available.  She show us some kits she picked up.  




Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Show and Tell

Kathy's mystery quilt--Quilted and finished!


She used her double needles to quilt it.  Doesn't it look wonderful?!


Then she made a Yellow Brick Road Quilt


She quilted it with the double needles.
What a wonderful quilt!

Last but certainly not least she found a book
 she didn't know she had and made Twisted Log Cabins. 


Chiska had a few finishes:

These quilts were made by a group of kids in an online bee.
Her son's was a log cabin.



 her daughter's a friendship star.


Her Mystery Quilt Top


A quilt top she's going to fix


An I-Spy top.


Jeri finished hand quilting her bicycle quilt!

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Isn't the quilting wonderful?!


Some more quilting


Angie, Sheridan and Marsha brought this fun train quilt.



Along with this Circle of Nines quilt they made with some blocks they won

The back 



These pictures don't do justice to the pretty pastels.


It's going to be raffled off at a Bunco group with the proceeds going to a
 doctor who helps all over the world.


What's this fun fabric Carol's pulling out?


See the fun colors...


It's her gorgeous star quilt!


Lori at the quilt shop quilted it.  
It's all ready for her nephew when he graduates.


Leslie shared this incredible rainbow charm baby quilt 
she made for her neighbor's premie baby.


The quilting is really fun.


Can you see it better on the back?


She also made this gorgeous quilt that's being quilted for her Aunt

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Sue shared her mystery quilt


And another one


She also ran in the Grand Teton Relay 
up (and down?) Targhee Hill in the dark.
Way to go Sue!