Tacoma - December 16, 2015

Tacoma Lakes Quilters of Litchfield met for their Christmas Party. Ladies armed with gifts, food and show 'n tell. A smaller version of our raffle quilt was won by Sandy C. from leftovers. At the top of this blog is a picture of the one that will be raffled off at our Quilt Show in October 2016. It was a day of surprises, raffles, ugly sweater contest, "guess how much is in the jar" etc,

Ugly Sweater Contestants

 July R - Winner of Ugly Sweater Contest
(please note the quilt behind Judy over next 
to the wall...forgot to get a close up won by Sandy C.)

Back of sweater 

"How many in the jar"....there were 110 ....Andrea guessed 109. 

 Gift swap - Story was read and we each had a word and 

when we heard it we chose a gift. 

Lots of wonderful surprises!

 Dessert table - fit for a King!

Time to eat! 

 Each person received a goodies bag.

pattern, fat quarters, and of course candy.

 Anne T, - Calendar Holder 

 Anne T. - UFO from auction. Her first binding.

Anne T. - 'Migrating Geese'

from Broone Street Patterns

made with Tonga T. 5" Sq's.

 Barb D - Table topper done in reds/white

Barb D - place mat with napkin 

 Jackie C - her first quilt - strip quilt

 Donna M - Baffle quilt finished from workshop

she taught last month.

 The back side of baffle quilt

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

See you next year - 2016

Tacoma - December 2, 2015

Tacoma Lakes Quilters met today ...it is a soggy, rainy day ....the sun may not have shined outside but it did in our hearts as 32 of us met for a business meeting. Always lots to discussion and decisions made. An abundance of goodies as usual and lots of conversation and laughs among the members. Following our business meeting we had a demo by Donna M on "baffling your quilts" by Wing Span Crafts. The block of the month was 12 1/2" of Christmas fabric won by Bev D. And of course our 'Show 'n Tell.'

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

 Winner of the 9 blocks - Bev D

 The Machine Quilters Raffle Quilt

"RASPBERRY PATCH'

Bargello in Greens/Pink

Pieced by Judy Ducharme; Quilted by Ann Freeman

Only 300 tickets will be printed @5.00 each.

 Sandy K. "Travel with Grandma"

made for her grandson with matching

curtains and pillow shams.

 Cars done in batiks. Her own pattern. 

He will be delighted this Christmas.

Sue C - 'Snowman in the Window'
Quilters Magazine - Quilting for Christmas
Through a Winter Window
Holiday 2004

 Betty Jean L - 'Turning Twenty'

First experience quilting on her mid-arm.

Looked great!

 Suanne - 'Carpenter's Star' 

quilted by Ann Hussey

Suanne - "Curvy"

Purples/Pinks

She made for granddaughter. Quilted by Ann Hussey 

 Helen - small stockings made for grandchildren,

teachers, bus drivers and great for candies etc.

Eleanor Burns website - 'strip stocking' - free pattern.

 Workshop 'Baffling your quilts'

taught by Donna M

 Trying to get an birds eye view.

It was a great day ...until next time...Christmas Party!!

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Tacoma Workshop 9.15.15

Tacoma Lakes quilters met for an all day charity sew. We make baby quilts approximately 36" x 36" to be used with newborns. Some will be going to Barbara Bush hospital. We brought potluck ...'our ladies know how to cook'...to be shared. This will give you a sense of our day with some pics we got...others we missed. A great day for us all.

Donna M 

Kat 

Ann W 

Sue C 

Helen 

 Rae

 Jona

Sue B 

 Sue R

 Judy L

Barb D

Margo 

 Sandi H

Until next time.............

Tacoma - November 4, 2015

Tacoma Quilters of Litchfield held their second meeting in our new home, Morning Star Lodge (you can find info on the side bar). This was our monthly business meeting that was full of information for the coming months. Each month is a BLOCK DRAWING with a theme and a winner chosen. The FAT QUARTER CLUB (members exchange) We reviewed our very successful AUCTION discussing how to improve it for 2017 One of our CHARITY PROJECTS will be making incubator quilts for NICU at our next meeting. We also will be making a CHARITY QUILT for the lodge to raffle in 30's material. We will be having a 'QUESTION CAN' entitled "What would you like to know." Sometimes you just do not want to ask that 'dumb question' because you think everyone else may know the answer and you do not. We have all levels of quilters and many times we talk right over their heads and they do not have a clue what we are saying. We also received instructions for our CHAPTER CHALLENGE called 'Full Deck of Cards' and you will be hearing more about that in the months ahead. Each month we collect monies for 'Food for Thought' in Gardiner and the 'Food Bank' in Litchfield.

 As you can see we are a busy group and enjoy one another and all the fun things we do. Christmas is just around the corner and that is already in the planning stages.

Barbara D - our Area 4 Rep shared news from the state executive level.

Sandy "VALIANT EAGLE' - Fons and Porter pattern

Sandy 'GARDEN QUILT'  

Donna W.'MINI' made from McCall's Magazine

Jona ' FROM THE SCRAP BOX' made from leftovers.
Will be a donation quilt.

Jona 'TUMBLERS QUILT'

Betsy L "BABY QUILT' featuring 'orange by request'
her own pattern.

Betty L 'MINI quilt'
made at class at Maine Quilt Show 

Sherry 'BASKET CASE' by Daniela Stout
Crazy quilt designs strip quilting.
She used 2 1/2" strips from our
 'Strippers for a Day.

Margo 'POPPERS RUNNER' 

Class taken with BRQ and Mystic Maine groups

Taught by creator of poppers - Sharon Mayers 

The winner of BLOCK OF THE MONTH
Barb D. - Fall Theme

Following each business meeting we schedule a demo.
This month was 'Disappearing Hour Glass Pattern.
Jona and Helen instructed us with written instructions.
Below are some of the ways you can cut and turn to make
different designs out of one block. It is very unique and simple to do.
We also saw a couple of completed quilts using this method.

Until next time....enjoy! If you would like to join a morning group. We invite you to come and check us out. Everyone is welcome!