july 10 meeting

A small group of us met at Maurine’s home on Thursday night to share quilt projects and, surprisingly, celebrate Patricia’s birthday.

Earlier in the day, Harriet took a special trip to Trophy Cupcakes at Wallingford Center to pick up the pretty little cakes. While there, she stopped by Fabric Crush and saw owner and Piece Maker Sarah.

The sweet cupcakes, replete with candles, were delicious. Thank you Harriet!

Show and Tell
Maurine showed us the batik quilt she made for her red-headed daughter-in-law with luxurious Minkee backing. The quilt design is one that she's perfecting, with a total of six—complete, in process or in planning. To help others make the same design, Maurine gave us a little lesson.

Harriet continues to make charming country-style quilts. She showed us two new ones and a doll-sized scrap quilt. Plus Harriet some added hand stitching on the youth quilts she displayed last month. To expand her skill set, Harriet is attending fiber art classes at Grunewald Guild, near Leavenworth, next week.

Patricia showed her newest quilt made of yukata fabrics (see her yukatacraze blog) with white wide-wale corduroy on the back.

Janet has been enjoying summer holiday time with her two sisters and ignoring her quilting interests. She displayed a fun set of fabric slippers she bought as a hostess gift as next week Janet will be in Squimm for a week-long fabric dyeing workshop.

june 10 meeting

Once again we had a Summer Soltice meeting at Harriet’s home. For those of you who haven't joined us in the past, Harriet lives in a fairy tale log home in a wooded area north of Seattle. The house is remarkable and the landscaping is gorgeous--especially the flower groupings.

We meet at Harriet's in June so we can make our way down her short dirt road while it's still light outside. Robert was our chef, cooking up salmon filets for our small group. All the food of our potluck meal was perfect.

Show and Tell
Patricia displayed her full-sized stuffed dachshund. She found the pattern online and made it out of fabric she dyed at Pat's Goldendale home last year (see okanarts.blogspot.com). Patricia also updated us on the biennial Japanese show opening on June 30 at the La Conner Quilt Museum. The show will be going until late September and there was a little buzz about a Piecemakers group taking a field trip in August.

Janet showed us a gorgeous quilt that she has been working on for a few years. The ample-sized quilt has a shabby chic look and is completely hand stitched.

Harriet cut into some of the flannels she has picked up on her travels. The youth quilts she produced for her grand nephews are cosy in two ways—the soft hand of the flannel and the delicously puffy batting.

Miriam has quilted longer than any of us and now admits that she's never made a nine-square quilt. So she has gotten busy producing her first set of nine-square blocks.

Flora outdid herself again. She relayed the story about receiving thousands of 2" squares of cotton from the 1930s that she has begun to sort and dream about. The pink ballet top she made for a young dancer is now complete as a gorgeous quilt with a matching pillow case. A baby-sized quilt she made with some designer fabric gave her some trouble on her long-arm machine. Her resolve of the problem was flawless and a funny story. Lastly she sent some novelty fabric around the circle that she picked up on the internet for us to enjoy.

Maurine made a subtle yet dramatic quilt top out of batiks. We are quietly planning to tuck that quilt into our gift closet for a future need. She also displayed the king-sized quilt she is making for her son Lee and wife. Three years in the making, the huge production has hundreds of different fabrics in purples and rusts.

Brave and bold, Ingrid has intrepidly kept working on her sewing skills. She bought an intermediate Fons & Porter quilt kit and finished the top beautifully. She conferenced with Maurine to get tips for sandwiching and stitching this ambitious project that she hopes to give to a star teacher next Tuesday. Ingrid also displayed a colorful photo quilt with images of her family and pets. Her final show & tell was the quilt top she's finishing with girl scout fabric.

“sole bouquet” quilt

The Piece Makers started on the quilt for Cory Maclay, departing youth minister, in early March. We shopped at the newly opened store, Fabric Crush, and purchased bright cottons recommended by owner Sarah for a great discount.

Kits of fabric were handed out at the March meeting with simple instructions to create a bold 16" block. Ten quilters created 12 blocks in time for the April meeting.

Harriet , Shannon and Diane quilted the blocks and Harriet completed the production with the pale blue connectors. Then it was back to Diane for the beautifully embroidered label on the back.

yf quilt celebration

Above: Four happy recipients with their youth minister, Cory. Left: Maurine, Piece Makers founder, and graduating senior, David.

For one year Plymouth Piece Makers kept a focus on making eight quilts for the graduating high school seniors. Today we wrapped these youth in love and quilts, to remind them of whose they are and who they are as they go out into the world.

many voices art show

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A bounty of Piece Makers’ quilts were displayed in the Plymouth Church lounge last Sunday. Harriet and Rob Naf were the key organizers behind the production. Harriet made gorgeous signs and Rob set up a system for hanging them beautifully.

may 10 meeting

What a lovely evening we had at Sarah’s home. Finishing up the year with a pile of beautiful quilts is a wonderful thing.

Diane prepped personalized labels for all 8 YF quilts and as a group we sewed them on. Almost a quilting bee!

We had a "fashion show" of the YF quilts so we could appreciate them more and get pics of them.

2010 YF QUILT COLLECTION

Pris showed us her remarkable Northwest quilt made with vintage-style novelty fabrics and hand stitched. As we had one extra YF quilt, Pris has chosen to give her masterpiece to Liz Twiss and her husband who are moving to NY state in June.

Patricia finished her whacky quilt filled with global fabrics that will be given to Wiley. Entitled Passport, one fun detail is a yellow square with a big black bug silkcreened on it.

Dear Flora took the day off to finish Corey's bright pink quilt and then quilted the wrong pink top! It was good practice, she tells us. Flora will have the new one finished on time for an endearing presentation to the only girl in the graduating class.

Maurine’s quilt made with Kaffe Fassett stipes will be given to David. To add the perfect touch of loving energy, his mother Shannon stitched on his label.

Linda, so often absent from our meetings, all the same produced a YF quilt! Her use of yellow with the plaid and stripped blocks on point is fresh and innovative.

Janet’s blue shirt quilt will be heading home with Andrew. It is doesn't go to school with Andrew, it would look great in his family’s summer cottage on Cape Cod.

The lucky recipient of Harriet’s bold quilt with black and white fish will be Gab. The skewed windows and rich fabrics are deluxe.

Miriam’s YF quilt includes a fun assortment of novelty fabrics including a pattern with dollar bills. This winner of this quilt is Kane.

The final quilt—orange with narrow plum sashing— was cut by Maurine, sewn together by Ingrid, quilted by Diane and bound by Janet. Miles better like the color of pumpkins!

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Patricia talked with the group about donating to the capital campaign for the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum this summer--to repair its building. The resolve was that we wouldn't donate as a group but will think about doing that individually.

Harriet showed us her progress in putting together the Cory Quilt (SHHHH). It was aptly named Sole´Bouquet by Sarah. The quilt will be a surprise presentation at the send-off party for Cory after church on Sunday, June 6. Be there!

Maurine is back from California and shared some of her newest quilt projects with us.

Sarah showed us some Moda fabric that she's going to make into a skirt (in her spare time!).