march 09 meeting

show and tell
Linda: Our newest member, Linda, went home with some adopted plaid fabrics and came back with a finished YF quilt. The piecing is striking, with dark colors on the perimeter and a diamond of plaid triangles in the middle.

Harriet: Chinese Coins is now Harriet's middle name. She produced another wonderful quilt from scrap fabrics she was given. From a side comment, I think she is ready to delve into her stores of gorgeous fabrics for her next quilts.

Janet: Working on a star/galaxy theme, Janet is practicing her free-motion sewing skills on small squares of fabric. The final piece, with lots of blue, will be a quilt-as-you-go YF project.

Shannon: Our lovely hostess for the evening, Shannon, produced wickedly scrumptious chocolate bar/cookies that we all devoured. Her quilts from last month were still in the bag but she got them out to show us at the end of the evening. Shannon is dreaming about getting an updated Bernina. With a big Swedish (Swiss?) sale at the Bernina store where she works, anything is possible.

Miriam: Not only our oldest Piece Maker, Miriam is perhaps our most prolific. She arrived with another YF quilt—this colorful one bursting with a wide assortment of patterns. Miriam has begun making pet quilts, the first for a friend's chihuahua. Good ol' Miriam perked right up when someone mentioned we needed bags for kid's coloring book kits at Plymouth. "Lined or unlined?" was the most memorable line of the evening.

Flora: Once again Flora showed us a pile of impressive projects—her stunning blue/black quilt with plaid centers, two pieced tops using novelty "house" fabrics, and her new sewing machine cover made with African fish fabric and fun freestyle stitching. At home she is making a 1/12 scale log house with a hand-carved bed that matches her own and a miniature quilt! It sounds like Flora has some new crayons she can add to the coloring book kits.

Pris: Our hand-stitching queen, Pris, told us stories. Pris started by telling us about a Hawaiian quilting project. Then Pris described a "sincere project" she made for a friend--a tablecloth made with coffee-cup-printed fabric for a round table that was a big production and ultimately turned out to be a rectangular piece.

Patricia: I brought a lap quilt that I am making for my "collection." It is named African Night and Day with black patterned fabrics on the front and a white-based fabric on the back. I plan to take a fabric dyeing class later this month at a friend's art studio in Sodo. To see a most extraordinary baby quilt made by my 18-year daughter Vik, visit my blog.

Sarah: Wow. Sarah takes on ambitious 3-D projects. It must be because her husband is an architect. This month she made a designer satchel--with a designer pattern and designer fabrics. Plus she showed us some wallets she made. Sarah was kind enough us some squares of fancy fabric. The piece I took home is the perfect final fabric for a baby quilt I am creating.

Diane: Diane worked all evening hemming a fun quilt sample that Shannon pieced. Recently Diane was in Oregon for a quilt run, visiting many quaint stores along the coast. In the past month she had peridontal surgery which, remarkably, was not too painful.