November Hospitality Table- Gloria Hartley and Kathy Gardner

Another beautiful Hospitality Table thanks to Gloria and Kathy. Lovely!

November Show and Tell

Once Again, our Guild has amazed us!

"Congregation of Purple Poppies" by Margaret Gray - Margaret has the EQ 6 and Kaleidoscope software and she made this beautiful quilt in purples and greens with batiks and hand dyes. This is a paper-pieced project - the software has instructions.

"Sandcastles, Altered" & "Sunbonnet Sue Throw" by Julyn Watkins - Julyn's mom wanted a new bedspread (& curtains) for Christmas, so Julyn has has been working on this all year for her Christmas/birthday gift! This Sandcastles bedspread is beautiful in "Moda - Hartfield" - browns, pinks, tans and plums. The darling throw was made with leftovers and appliqued "Sunbonnet Sues".

"Walking in a Winter Wonderland" & "Bright Diamonds" by Vonda Proctor - The "Winter Wonderland" quilt is a gorgeous study in "Blue Work" and embellished with seed beads. The Diamond quilt was inspired from a forum class by Bonnie Miles. She had purchased a kit previously, because of the colors. After Bonnie's class, she changed the pattern to a diamond one and used the beautiful fabrics from her kit - black, hot pink, lime green & yellow. Wow!

"Butterflies", Harvest of Apples" & "Glowing Windows" by Kendra Hall - Kendra has been very busy finishing things this year! 2 of these stunners were quilted by Kim Peterson and the crystals on "Glowing Windows" are gorgeous! Kendra taught a kaleidoscope class at Quilt Fest this year and these were some of her "samples". The Paula Nadelstern fabrics she used in 2 of them really give them a wow factor!

"Buggy Barn Flowers" by Jean Thornock - This darling Buggy Barn flower pattern looks great in the sunny yellows, pinks, lavenders and greens. For her granddaughter's bunk beds! Way to go, Jean!

"Pumpkins Galore" by Davidene Zimmerman - Wow - this title says it all! 140 different fabrics of fun pumpkins! This is a Becky Morganson Pattern (Pumpkins, Pumpkins). The method was easy - use washable glue to hold down the applique pumpkins, and don't sew it until you are quilting! Super job, Davidene!


"Every Witch Way", "Snowmen in the Window" & "Christmas Trees" by Sarah Weaver - Sarah has completed a darling trio of holiday quilts! The 4 witches' hats are entwined in bright colors - pinks, purples, greens and oranges. The Christmas Trees are so cute in greens, stripes and plaids. The 3 snowmen, looking out the "window" is set on a blue background of stars - just adorable!
"Storm at Sea" by Debby Huber - Debby said this quilt should be named "Quilt of a thousand pieces"! It is a beautiful paper-pieced quilt in blues, whites and reds for her father's 80th birthday. Machine Quilted by Rexine Jensen. It ended up this size because of a mistake in Debby's multiplication - but it's gorgeous!

"BQ Music Quilt" by Pauline Persson - Brown Music Instruments with white music notes. this quilt is for a great grandson that lives in Atlanta, Georgia and takes violin lessons. Quilted by Kim Peterson. Great job, Pauline!

"Hannah's Quilt" by Debbie Robertson - This gorgeous quilt is a photo quilt made with brights and black fabric. Photos are of Debbie's mother-in-law, daughter and niece. Hannah, her niece, is grieving the loss of her grandmother who died in June. It will be her Christmas present.

"Asian Clouds" by Kathy Porter - This stunning quilt was made with leftover Asian fabrics from another quilt Kathy made. It has Asian clouds in the border.

Aspen Grove

Mary Jo Roberts and Kim Borup and their amazing committee planned a perfect quilting retreat at Aspen Grove November 4-7. Everyone had so much fun visiting, learning, eating and sewing. Thanks to Kim for sharing her pictures! Push play to get an idea of just how much fun we had.

October Meeting-Jacquelyn Thompson Trunk Show

For our October Meeting Jacqelyn Thompson favored us with a very impressive trunk show. Over 50 beautiful quilts- seasonal quilts, pieced quilts, foundation pieced quilts, applique quilts, fun quilts, kids quilts and more! Below are a sampling of pictures.

What an inspiring day!

October Forum-Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Bonnie Miles presented a great forum that included lots of tips and ideas when working with diamonds. Here are some of the quilts she shared.

Below is a quilt that Jean Jackson shared that her grandmother made with diamonds.
Here is a block from Liz Laney's "Lincoln Quilt" that has lots of diamonds-love the colors!

Francine Berrett brought this beautiful "Star of Bethlehem" quilt that she made.

October Hospitality Table-Carol Ford and Lisa Dunn

Carol and Lisa presented a striking fall hospitality table in October.

Everything from fun and spooky Halloween quilting decor to rich autumnal leaves and colors.

Thank you, Carol and Lisa for sharing your creations so beautifully.

October Show and Tell

Here is the show and tell for October. Sorry the pictures are not the greatest. If you click on them you can get a larger image that is easier to see.

"How Much is the Doggy in the Window" by Ella Simons - This adorable quilt has lots of cute appliqued dogs, accented with cute dog fabric. It is a charmer, for sure!

"Halloween Swap" by Tricia Tolton - Tricia joined an Internet swap for cute Halloween blocks. She says it was so fun to go to the mailbox and find a package with 12 darling blocks from all over the United States. She did the block with the 3 pumpkins on it. The rick-rack edge is striking - great job!
Table Runners" by Pauline Persson - Pauline brought in 3 wonderful table runners - Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and Halloween! Her daughter thought she would enjoy making them, since they were fun and fast - she was right. She is now going to do one for each month!
"Jane's Jewels" by Kathy Porter - This is Kathy's version of a "Dear Jane" quilt. She made it with Michael Miller's "Fairy Frost" fabrics and it is gorgeous! She did several borders, finishing it with a scalloped binding! Quilted by Kim Peterson.
"Jane Digitized" by Crystal North - Crystal made this amazing "Dear Jane" quilt with her embroidery machine. It is all in red and white and just stunning!

"Christmas Apron & Christmas Mantle Swag" by Lou Ann Wilde - Lou Ann made a darling Christmas Apron, then adapted the idea to make a cool decoration for her fireplace mantle - way to go, Lou Ann! She also brought a beautiful quilt in made by "Nancy"; an "American Jane" quilt called "Crossroads".

"Most Fun Bag Ever & Son's Wedding Quilt" by Vonda Proctor - Vonda made this fun black and brown tote bag with tons of pockets and keeps making more of them with even more requests! She also brought an amazing brown and powder blue quilt that she made for her son's wedding. They were married in February, but she was a little late, since she made the bride's dress! It is made from great $4 a yard fabric that she got at "1000's of Bolts". She used her extra fabric for the back. Wow!

Ladies - do not be intimidated by these talented quilters - you are talented too and we want to see all of your great quilts! Don't be shy!