Show N Tell
Janet presented a phenomenal double wedding ring quilt that she made for her neighbors who just got married. Amazingly Janet and Kelly were not invited to the wedding but Janet is resolute in giving the quilt to its intended recipients.
The quilt, two years in the making, is gorgeous with thrift store shirting for the rings. It’s stitched on Janet’s long arm with a lovely organic pattern.
Shannon has five different quilts that she’s finishing at her work but she didn‘t bring any with her. Recently Shannon took a 59-mile bicycle ride that ended with a trip to the hospital emergency. Her MS bike team was on fire this year. They raised $43k, as compared to $23k last year.
Shannon’s mother-in-law Rondi is not doing well. Rondi has a wound that is getting worse and she stopped eating. The good news is that Rondi rallied recently and asked for a burrito!
Miriam was busy traveling to Norway this past month to celebrate her first cousin’s 95th birthday. The birthday party at her church was packed with 120 guests. Open-faced sandwiches and lots of kinds of cakes were served. Miriam took five of her shopping bags to give to family members.
One small quilting project did get produced by Miriam this month. It was an adorable set of pink baby booties with quilted soles.
Patricia is working on a quilt commission that was up on her design wall. She also showed a small quilt made with one yard of yukata cottons plus Kona solids.
Earlier in the month Patricia was in Victoria celebrating her father’s 90th birthday with her mother and all her siblings. This was quite an accomplishment for a man would was not supposed to make it past last Christmas.
Flora’s life has been stressful recently—good stressful as she is working hard to get up to speed at her new job and just loving it. She brought a doll bed that she is going to donate to a charity auction. Flora cleaned up the used bed, made pillows and a mattress cover, sheets and pillow cases, and a minke blanket. It is adorable.
Flora was contacted by Pat La Fon, the woman who organizes a quilting retreat called Other Strong Women. Pat wanted to know what the group could donate to Piece Makers in memory of Maurine. We decided that donated fabric would be wonderful.
Harriet shared an article in the Wall Street Journal Magazine about a textile library in the Hudson Valley of New York. At 11,000 square feet with millions of swatches, it’s a phenomenal resource.
She made a prototype laundry bag to show what the gift for recently graduated high school seniors could look like. The huge bag had a 15" wide circular bottom and 38" sides. Harriet coordinated with Shannon to set up a group sew-in at Bernina Northwest for making 8 more bags together.
The evening culminated with a trip downstairs to visit Patricia’s brand new micro quilt shop/classroom—Okan Arts Shop—with all her yukata cottons.
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