Christmas Party Time!

 

Donna W. proudly shows us her "Derby House" quilt. The pattern is from Minick and Simpson. Several of us are working on our own versions of this beautiful quilt. Exceptional!

Meliss stitched her apple core quilt from a large array of red and neutral fabrics. All those curves and that curvy binding, too; someone is going to cherish this quilt. 

Diane J. learned to do trapunto quilting with this quilt. Diane always designs very interesting quilts. 

Leanne T. used in the hoop machine embroidery for this fabulous quilt called "Autumn Days". Wow!

Sue Rap made three unicorn themed  items for her granddaughter who is crazy for unicorns. At the top is a fabric basket to organize her scraps and below that is a quilt with lots of unicorns, all done in the girl's favorite colors, of course. Sue also made a pillowcase to complete the set. It is easy to see that Grandma loves her granddaughter!

Sue introduced Hope H at the meeting. Hope may be joining our group in the future; let's hope she does! Anne T. helped Hope make this nine patch variation quilt. Very lively.

 Using fabric panels and yellow applique hands of all the grandchildren, Joyce created this quilt for her son-in-law. I'm sure her will love it!

A fun time was had by all at our Tacoma Christmas party! A big thank you to our team of Christmas elves for their hard work to make our gathering a success.

Almost Christmas Meeting

 Multiple members were apparently out sick at the December 4 meeting, and I was one of them. Hopefully everyone will be fully recovered and in attendance for our Christmas party on the 18th. I was delighted to learn that we will be having a Stay In Your Own Bed retreat in April. Yay!

Of course there was also Show and Tell, an activity we have without fail.

Lori had several mug rugs she made from patterns on allpeoplequilt.com. I like that these are oval shaped instead of rectangular. 

 

 

 

Lori also showed a 'Point of View' table topper like the one she displayed at a previous meeting.

Susan had a couple of lovely scrap quilts. This one is "Martin's Pennies" from the 'Big Book of Scrappy Quilts' by Gayle Bong. 

There was also a big block quilt (from an unknown source). 

And there was a chenille throw she made from several years ago. I've never tried that, but it seems like an easy quick blanket to make.