Three of us gathered at Patricia’s home with no-bake chocolate-chocolate cookies and fizzy fruit punch.
Show N Tell
Miriam made an outrageous quilt with 2835 1-inch squares. She got the squares pre-trimmed at a Piece Makers meeting. It was fun to do, working a few hours every day. Youth-bed sized, it will be given to Plymouth for a bed/chair-bound senior.
Her second major project includes pocket squares from Janet and denims from Flora. The quilt is perfect for a 2013 YF senior.
Patricia talked about her struggles of choosing the right sky fabric for her big quilt “Hope Survives.” This discussion grew into a short tutorial on how to make simple pattern pieces with freezer paper. She also showed a quilt with lots of white backgrounds where she transferred the quilt stitching pattern using a screen.
Flora is really enjoying being a member of Quilters Anonymous (QA)—especially with its focus on making charity quilts. She is going to start a satellite group to make quilts for charity auctions.
Flora is going to teach a class to QA members about the tips and tricks of making a t-shirt quilt at a day camp in October. She also designed a quilt for her king-sized bed using EQ7. Flora would like to become an EQ expert so she can teach it to others when she retires.
