Busy June Meeting

 Our last meeting for the 2021-2022 season came to an end at our June 1 meeting. We had a full agenda with lots to discuss. Our charity of choice, CROWNS, will continue through 2023. There were many donations for the Maine Quilts "Quilter's Walk". Too many items for just one basket. Let's hope our donations will make some lucky winner happy and raise funds for PTQG. 

Barb kept a tally of those who participated in this year's bucket list challenge. Many completed old ufo projects and some made quilts they had long-wanted to sew. A reveal and prizes will likely be on the agenda for a fall meeting. 

Tacoma will hold a Quilter's Yard Sale in September at the Masonic Lodge. All sorts of craft items will be up for sale. Time to clean out your sewing room and earn some cash! Fabric, notions, patterns, books, whatever lurks in the dark recesses of your workroom! Not limited to quilting, if you have any other hobby...knitting anyone? ...all are fair game. 

We had a report from Carol T. and Sandi H. about a possible quilt retreat location. They visited a camp owned by the Baptist Church and we were impressed with what they told us. Plenty of space for a large group, meals prepared on site, and 2 bed bedrooms for overnight. We have chosen a tentative date for Sept 20, 2022. Start thinking about what big project you could work on or keep it simple if you just want to sit around and eat and chat-either one sounds good to me!

Our next get together will be a picnic at Donna M's camp in Wayne on July 13. 

Andrea made a wedding quilt for her son and his bride-to-be. Ann H did the machine quilting. Andrea flipped around rectangle scraps and came up with this design which turns out to be an old quilt block called "Windmill". Andrea's son Anthony works for a solar power company that uses windmills, so very appropriate! Andrea needs to hurry to get that binding on before that June wedding. A gift of love, that's for sure. 

Ann W always has the most interesting quilts, don't you agree? The bright floral blocks or 10 inch layer cake squares. Pattern  is "BQ" (big quilt)  from Maple Island. 

Janet showed us a variety of patchwork tote bags she has been making. This one featured the log cabin block. 

A pretty tote bag with crazy patch blocks by Jane C. 

Don't you love this photo of Jean P and her Cathedral Windows tote bag? Machine stitched Cathedral Windows! 

Jean P with a zippered pouch. The pattern is from Missouri Star. 

Jean P. with an "Improv Bag" from The Crafty Gemini. 

Jean P. made "It's a Snap" by Donna Robertson to donate to CROWNS. Someone will love that quilt!

Clever Jean P. figured out how to make this "Shimmering Triangles" quilt and stitched up this beauty! Machine quilted by Kathy Boudreau. 

Judy R borrowed a free pattern from a Tacoma member to make this patriotic bargello wall hanging. Called "Firework Flag", the pattern can be downloaded from Quilt Daily. 

Beth (me) attended a PTQG workshop in Sept. 2021 given by Nancy Mahoney. This is my version of Nancy's quilt "Dot to Dot" that I call "Hopscotch" A fun class with a good teacher, machine quilted by Kathy Boudreau. 

 

Sue R showed us several charity quilts she will be donating to CROWNS and to Margaret Murphy school. She also showed us several strippy quilts using a design that she and Margo C had made in the past for charity quilts. 

A lovely baby quilt by Sue R. More scraps in a rail fence pattern. 

Proving that no scrap is too small, Sue R made this little Christmas quilt.