Tacoma picnic by the lake

 

Tacoma had another delightful day by the lake at Donna Maxim's cottage. What a treat to be in such a beautiful setting with our quilting friends. We had show and tell, of course, and we got to see what our stitching friends have been up to since last we met.

Meliss made the traditional Roman stripe block done Amish style. Interesting stripe border framing the twelve blocks. 

Andrea showed off her applique shirt that she made years ago. We were all admiring her flowers in the parking lot before we carpooled to Donna's cottage. Andrea is always stylish! Wonder what she said that made Meliss laugh so hard?

I have been busy making small quilts for charity lately. I used a Creative Grids log cabin ruler to make this quilt that features farm animals. I bought the fabric at a quilt group auction some years ago. There are pigs, tractors, cows, and blue skies in this quilt. I'm hoping some future farmer will love this quilt as much as I do!

Another quilt using the Creative Grids log cabin ruler. I like the calming greens in this one. 

I bought another ruler recently after we had a demo from Sue Rap at our last meeting. The ruler is for making folded corner blocks. The ruler was perfect for making this snowball quilt. I chose lots of bright happy prints for the "snowballs". I also tried my hand at free motion quilting on the border using a quilt stencil I have had for years. It was fun to free motion stitch the design and much easier than I thought it would be. Who knew?

Donna had lots to show us, I guess lakeside life agrees with her! 

The Maine themed quilt is from Jane's Quilting and Design Tea Party. 

                                        Donna designed this quilt!

"Dancing Diamonds Gem Bag" from Plum Easy patterns by Bethany Miller. 

Sweet dreams with this sweet pillowcase!

Jean calls this "Woolly Joy" and it is her own design. Good job, Jean, and a nice addition to our Christmas Word challenge. 

Donna W. created another of her fabulous applique quilts. This one is from Yoko Saito called Vases of Flowers. One of the great things about Donna's work is that she finishes what she starts! Amazing, right? 

Speaking of amazing, Leann designed another wonderful quilt using EQ8 software. She calls this "Ribbons of Whimsy". 

Last but not least, Barb designed her own "Christmas Candy" quilt. Who doesn't love Christmas candy?

We all had fun at our midsummer picnic. Here are a few of us enjoying the day. 

Thank you for inviting us, Donna M!