We're not just here for the snacks, you know

"Breakfast of Champions"

Carol knows how to start the day off right!

A bright and lively quilt from Carol. 

Anne is wearing an intarsia knit sweater from a vintage Kaffe Fassett 1984 pattern. The pattern was republished in the 40th anniversary edition of Vogue Knitting Magazine in 2022. Knit by Kate LaMontagne using her own yarns and randomly knit colors. 

Both Anne and Donna are wearing dresses made by Kate. They look happy, don't they? 

 

Elly used homespun fabrics to piece this large quilt. Elly did not like it but the rest of us certainly did! The pattern is called Star Gazing, from Bonnie Hunter's Scraps and Shirttails book.

This one is more Elly's style and colors. "Glow in the Dark" from George Siciliano. 

"Take me to your leader!"

Well, maybe not. Elly says this is a brand new toilet bowl brush. Can you guess what she uses it for? She swishes it over her design wall to remove threads. Ha!

Here's me with a funny look on my face...sigh. My quilt is called Baxter, my own design. When our kids were little we went to Baxter State Park every summer. I used a photo transfer to capture memories of happy days in the woods and on the water. 

Sherry used 1930s fabrics from her stash to create these wonky pinwheels. So pretty. 

"Celestial Stars" made by Leanne. We hope she enters this beauty in the PTQG quilt show this summer. Fantastic piecing and colors! Pattern by Linda MeGibbon, Lakeview Quilting, foundation piecing. 

Leanne showed us this vintage quilt top from her mother. Embroidered and pieced. 

We think this piece was meant to be used as a doily. More vintage embroidery from Leanne. 

Oh, how I love this quilt! Diane made it from a pattern-Tree of Life from The Rabbit Factory. So charming. 

Sue says this purple and gold quilt is called :"RST2 (Right Sides Together Squared" from 3 Dudes Quilting. 

Sue made a wonky pinwheel block for this colorful quilt. Kathy B showed us how to do this at an earlier meeting. 

Sue has been busy! She decided to finish up this "disappearing sampler" following the guidance of Brita Nelson on YouTube. 

Susan showed us several quilt tops she made. This blue top is made with jelly roll strips. 

Susan said her quilts use up scraps and several of these were free patterns found online. She based her Chinese Coin quilt on a quilt made by Ruth Swasey in 1987. A traditional design. 

This little quilt top was made using a pattern from Dots 'n Tots called Framed Bow Ties. 

And this one is the Staggered Strip Quilt from The Quilting Compound. 

Kat has been making quilts for the children and grandchildren of a family member who died recently. It is a big family so she has plenty of quilting time ahead. Kat's family will be very grateful for her kindness. 

Barb said she made this cheery wall hanging some time ago and always thought she would write up a pattern for her design which includes a 3D Dresden Plate. Well, as with many of our plans, life gets in the way and the little quilt top remained unfinished. Recently,  Barb pulled out the unfinished pieces and finished her project. No pattern but a lovely design!

"Scalloped Garden" from Thimbleberries is another old UFO that Barb finished. The scallop border is fused and sewn with a machine blanket stitch. 

Kathy made a quilt out of vintage fans. What a great design!

Elly showed us how to use striped fabric to make interesting blocks. Kathy made this geometric wonder using that technique. 

Kathy made another quilt using vintage blocks, this time the blocks were from "someone's Aunt". Well, Auntie would be happy to see this pretty little quilt, don't you think?

Kathy used the Granny Square quilt top for this colorful quilt. 

Kathy shows off her "favorite" scraps which are 2 1/2 x 4 1/5 in this quilt. . We've seen many colorful variations from those scraps by Kathy over the years. She is our Scrap Queen!

Betty closes our Show and Tell with this quilt. She got the pattern from The Fabric Cafe's 3 Yard Wonder books. 

Until next time, keep on stitch'n!