The hostess with the mostest was Flora for our August meeting. Five quilters gathered—Maurine, Miriam, Patricia, Harriet and Flora, with Flora's houseguest Marianne.
The evening started with giveaways—plastic bins of fabric, a box of denim pieces, and an unfinished quilting project. Thank you to Miriam, Harriet and Flora for being such great fabric foster parents.
We talked about our commitment to Plymouth House of Healing. We have managed to give a quilt to every resident and companion at the house. Our new idea is to give every companion a quilt and supply every resident bed with a quilt. To keep up with demand, three generous quilters made the following commitments:
Maurine—one quilt, quite soon
Harriet—one quilt, by the end of the year
Flora—one quilt, by February
We'll need to keep up with making twin bed quilts for this group—and also remember that some of the residents and companions are men.
Show & Tell
Harriet wowed us beaded mini-quilts that she made while attending an embellishment workshop with Larken Van Horn at Grunewald Guild in central Washington.
Maurine managed to almost finish a twin-sized quilt with a top she adopted at another meeting. It looks great and just needs a little more sewing on the binding.
Marianne talked with us about her PhD thesis project—an urban studies focus on the art glass movement in the Pacific Northwest.
Flora displayed two pieces of hand-dyed fabrics made by Elin Noble. They were bought at a trunk show at CQA after Elin made a presentation about her life as a fabric dyer.
Miriam shared a lovely thank you note she received from Kira Miller for her YF quilt. With a pack of modern fabric squares, she made a contemporary quilt top that is a great beginning for a YF or House of Healing quilt. Her finale was a set of counter quilts, for drying dishes by the sink.
Patricia has gotten crafty with a set of napkins she's made out of yukata fabric—to go with Japanese plates—for a wedding gift. She also showed a lap quilt top, made with five yukata cottons.
