November 19, 2025

Here is my (Beth) Hatched and Patched quilt pattern by Annie Downs. I modified the pattern, instead of doing wool applique for the motifs, I traced the designs with a micron pen and then colored the design with fabric markers. How fun and easy was that! 

 

Betty with one of her Christmas stockings. Wouldn't you want to have a big stocking like that? 

 

 

Mary must be in the Christmas mood, too. Here is her version and it looks pretty roomy, too!

 

 

Hope made potholders in various colors.  She watched "The Sewing Room Channel" on YouTube for inspiration and to learn the technique of making these. 

 

  

Lori designed her neck scarf. She used wool felt. Pretty amazing!

 Leanne made her tablerunner using the Cut Loose Press pattern "Illusionary Tablerunner". 

 And then she showed us this spooky Halloween quilt! The pattern is "Skinny Halloween" by Farmer's Daughter Quilts. I think Leanne is going to add some eyes to her Trick or Treaters. 

 Anne made a house using free pattern from "A Year at Home."

Anne T. made a "French pocket" based on an old pattern  before pockets were sewn into clothing. This one actually looks much more spacious than the little things we have today.  

 Sue R brought in a quilt that Susan H. made. This is the Iceberg pattern that has been so popular. 

 

November already!

Sharon Costedio was our guest workshop teacher at our last meeting. Sharon taught a workshop last October called "Kylee's Kite". Since that workshop was such a success, we invited her back for another session before she heads home to Florida. Originally from Brunswick, Sharon is a dynamic and patient teacher. This year she guided us in making a pineapple block using the Creative Grids pineapple ruler. At our next meeting, many Tacoma members brought in their pineapple blocks. 

 

Barbara with her tablerunner.

 

Jean made a one block mat and a three block tablerunner. 

Carol finished her cheery red tote bag and a Christmas panel quilt. 

Ann T. finished two bumble bee print blocks. 

 

Donna M. used some of her favorite blue scraps for her pineapple block. 

Wow! Donna M. made this gorgeous quilt using an Edyta Sitar Laundry Basket Quilt pattern called "Alaska Rainbow". 

Leanne made a drunkard's path variation for her Heather Kojan inspired quilt block. Leanne is making up many variations of Heather Kojan's Interweave block for a workshop Leanne is going to lead in May. 

Meliss used one of her Aboriginal fabrics for the back of this quilt for her grandson...

...an eclipse quilt to commemorate that event last year. The pattern is a Miss Make Pattern Maker called Clava. I'm sure he will treasure this little quilt!

 

Kat with her bright and beautiful pineapples. 

Leanne made a quilt for a friend whose husband died. The pattern is Maple Fluries by Judy Niemey of Quiltworx. Foundation piecing, of course. We all liked this one and what a treasure for her friend since she used the husbands shirts for this one. 

 

Susan H. made this very green quilt. Simple and delightful.

 

Donna W. with her pineapple tablerunner. That lime green is one of Donna's favorites. 

 

Diane J. used a quote from a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem to make this quilt while "brooding" over the environment. The nest is made of narrow strips of brown fabric knotted together. Very tactile. 

Sue K. with her cheery pineapple block. How interesting to see how this block changes with the fabrics chosen. 

Lori brought in a number of pieces she has been working on. The first is a small desktop organizer. 

Lori with a Christmas tree made of scraps, her own design. 

The Christmas tree really changes with the different fabrics Lori used. 

Our "group shot" of the many pineapple blocks we made.

Barb showed us a number of blocks she has been working on. This one uses the Star 60 ruler from Studio 180. 

These candle mats use the Happy Holidays pattern from Atkinson Design. 

Andrea made 80 red strip blocks to make this quilt for her granddaughter. Bright and beautiful!

Sue R with 2 tablerunners. Aren't they beautiful? The blue one is from Donna M's workshop and the summery buoys was a kit from the Fabric Garden.  

 

Happy sewing everyone! I hope you are inspired by one of these gorgeous quilts!

Sew Chateaux

I heard from several of our chapter members who visited the new quilt shop in Lisbon, so Barbara and I decided to take a trip out there ourselves to see the shop. For those who may be curious as we were, Sew Chateaux is located at 8 Oak Street, but it's actually right on the main street in this lodge building. A sign at the front door directs you to a  side door at the left of the building. 

There are a couple of parking spaces on the main street in front of the building, but if you turn right at the corner of the lodge, there's a parking lot, and that's where the side door is. 

 

The shop is nothing like I expected. I thought it was going to be more of a gift shop, but it's definitely a quilt shop--two rooms with lots of notions, lots of beautiful fabrics, patterns, and a few items that you wouldn't expect to see in a quilt shop, like paints. Not sure what those were for. 

Precuts are plentiful. There are no loose fat quarter cuts at present, but owner Michelle plans to have those available at some point in time.  

 

 

A lot of quilt shops have sort of their own flavor, be it modern, primitive, traditional, and so on. Sew Chateaux has its own flavor too, but I'm not sure what I'd call it. There was a big section of bolts of Tim Holtz's Eclectic Elements in all the different colorways plus fat quarters bundles; a collection of William and Morris type larger scale prints; a collection of Gustav Klimt's painterly fabrics; background fabrics, Christmas fabrics and Halloween fabrics in non traditional styles and colors. Not many blenders that I could see, but I might have missed them. There were some quilt kits too. I did buy a bundle of Gustav Klimt fat quarters in neutrals, golds and blacks with lots of gold metallic.

 

First time in a quilt shop I've never been to is a little overwhelming, especially if you don't have a shopping plan in mind. Rather, this was an exploratory trip, and I was happy with what I saw. I'll definitely be visiting again.