March 28 Meeting

It was cold and rainy weather with a hint that it may be a little slippery on our back roads. But that did not stop Tacoma Quilters as we met for our monthly meeting that had been postponed from the week before. The air of excitement is always present as we meet together and share patterns, tips, ideas or whatever. We had a short business meeting and then a workshop for a 60 degree table runner. 

Each month we have a raffle and the lucky winner was Janice who is just back from Florida. Beautiful wool fabrics plus a towelette to be embroidered. Her smile tells it all.

 Carol made this adorable rabbit that is a shelf sitter...so cute!!

 Sandy Ca. finish her Tacoma Sampler Challenge to be displayed at the Maine Quilt Show in July.

 Sandy with this wonderful 'Quilters Psalm'.

CLOSE UP -  Quilter's Psalm - embroidered

 Sandy Ca. 'To the Moon and Back'...SWEET!

 Sue's tesselating quilt - 'a UFO finally finished' she says.!! That always makes a quilter happy!! 

 Judy was the envy of many of us with these delightful bags made from the salvage edge of material that she has been collecting for a few years. Very Nice!! 

 Judy's bag made with grommets. 

 We are delighted to have our newest member, Sandy G.,  who has only been quilting for 3 weeks and has jumped in head first. This is her second quilt.

 This is Sandy's FIRST QUILT. She did a great job and it will be exciting to watch her and her projects. Good color choices.

 Debbie F. watched as each month many of the girls showed their quilts so she has been working hard to finish a large quilt to be able to show. I would say A++. It is beautiful! The vines give it that special look. Proud of you Deb

This is Margo's 'Sassy purses' designed by Barb D. Lots of fun to make and very easy. Handles are removable so you can have several bags using the same handles.

 Margo ' s Funky Folk Flowers ...designed by Susan L. Powell. A class she took over 10 years ago and finally finished the center. It is done with freezer paper needle turn applique.   30" square.It was a learning piece  of finite pieces and fun to do.

Center of FFF. (above)

Barb D. Place mats with napkin. How charming!

 Barb D. floor mat made from the 2 1/2" strips that she received at a swap day. The strips are woven. Barb is always coming up with 'different' ideas. Very unique!

 Barb D UFO....done with 'pigs' fabric.

 Strippy quilt by Barb D. Wild animals

Pauline (right) taught a workshop for 60 degree table runners. 

 Please note Barb D jacket she made. Spring colors

 Sue B. and Bea with their runners.

 Margo's finished runner top.

 Participants below

 Another view

We are always preparing ahead of time.  Following are samples for a  class in

 April for 

'Alaska Photo Album' by Lisa Moore 

 We also will be doing a class April 4 with Alvine learning 'how to' make 'Confetti Quilts.' 

We are a growing chapter and always have lots of 'Show 'n Tell'  and lots going on. Trust you enjoyed the view....until next time.....

March 7, 2012 Meeting

 Always an exciting time when we gather together for our meetings. They start at 9:30 officially but most of us are there anywhere from 8:30am and on. A cup of coffee and so many goodies await us. We have a business meeting the first meeting of the month and the 2nd one is usually a workshop. The highlight is always Show'n Tell. We have a busy group of gals. 

 Andrea  with this cute mini Dresden Plate that she purchased for $15. 

Don't you love a find like this!!!

 We had a Tacoma challenge ....choosing 9 blocks and we could do anything we wanted . This is Margo's done in red./white & black

 A 3 panel wall hanging by Margo called 'Birds of a Feather." 

 'Animal Kingdom' done by Margo....a kit purchased from Keepsake Quilting.

 Margo's March BOM ....a series of 12 by countryjunktion.com. Done with freezer paper needle turn applique...machine quilted and 3 gold buttons.

These boats sails are all signed and done as  s special gift for a friend by Ann.

 Janet's Yellow Brick Road-wonderful coloring.

 These were 2 1/2" strips that each of us received when we did 'Strip for a Day' last month. 

Janet's creation.

 Suanne - This was hand applique and quilted made for her grandson. Each turtle has a floppy tail...adorable! 

 This was a wonderful 'old' quilt done in fan design....Bea wanted some suggestions as to how to finish it off...A wonderful treasure! 

 Barb is modeling her sweatshirt she finished off and purse (designed by her) from charm pack in pink she received from her 'secret sister'. She is sooo clever!

 Pauline with her finished BOM from CountryJunktion.com. It is always fun to see what fabrics each one is made with. 

 Carol with her cute cover made for her sewing machine. It has a handle on the top. Clever idea!

Quess who!! Jona with her delightful hand done snowman BOM. Beautiful Job!

 Sue - a project she started in Iceland when stationed there. It was a block swap and she hand dyed all the yellow. It was one of UFO's waiting to be finished. 

She was tired of it but we really liked it!

 Koleen 'Medallion Medley.' Beautiful!

 Koleen's Tacoma Challenge - we used 9 block any way we wanted. Very Nice! These will be shown in the Maine Quilt Show in July.

Each month we have 'How do you do that'. This month was a demonstration on how to make affinity scarfs by Pauline and Barb.

 APRONS!! APRONS!!! APRONS!!

This was our workshop that we had a couple of weeks ago. Great group of gals...we have lots of laughs together and really enjoy the interaction with one another.

Koleen, Donna, Andrea, Barb, Sue D, Bea, Bev, Sue B.

 Peggy, Pauline, Lori, Sue R, Jona, Carol T, Sandy

 The second meeting of each month we have a workshop. This time it will be for the 60 degree runner. 

Winner of our Mini-raffle is Pam...Lori H made this mat that sits under a sewing machine with a plastic pockets to hold utensils. An Apron book and candle. 

Trust you have enjoyed these wonderful quilts etc. Until next time............