Tacoma - March 3, 2016

Tacoma Lake Quilters of Litchfield, faced some challenges of snow/rain this week. Many arriving a little later when the roads were better. Our regular business meeting covered various topics. Each month we collect monies for our food pantry -Litchfield and backpack for school children, Gardiner. We also collected many incubator quilts for our charity project that will be given to a local hospital. The winner of our monthly blocks (blue/yellow) was Brenda.  April 7 a busload are headed to MQX Quilt Festival in NH for the day.
We are a busy chapter and enjoy getting together. Our members also meet on the off weeks to quilt, knit, visit or whatever one feels like doing...we call it 'Sharing Threads". We come and go as we want.

We are looking forward to our next meeting, a workshop with Wendy Reed teaching how to make 'potholder quilts'.
Following- Show 'n Tell, Winner of blocks, Workshop teachers.

Kathy B -  'Rail Fence" Charity Quilt

Jelly roll plus scraps

Kathy B - '4 Patches' 

 Kathy B - Made with selvages and quilt as you go.

Will be donated to Maine Quilt Show

 Anne T - Curtain beginning with a wonky log cabin square.

Anne T - Chickens

Workshop with Barb last month.
 She got carried away with her designs.

#1 

 #2

#3

Just love her imagination. She always has fun things to share.

She uses flowers, tassels, doilies or anything she can find.

Amazing talent. 

 Anne T - Lined drawstring bags - pattern Jeni Baker

 Sue R - 'Candystripes' 

American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine 1996

Charity Quilt

Sue R - 'Postage Stamp Stars'

Craft of Quilting catalog 

 Sue R - 'Let Freedom Ring' 

Made for Quilt of Valor

Tree Farm Throw by Thimbleberries

Sue R - 'Lazy Sunday' Pattern - Bonnie Hunter 

 Sally C - Charity Quilt 

 Betsy L - Charity Quilt

 Sue C & Sally C

Versatile Wave Bags

taught in workshop

 Donna W - 'Farm Girl Vintage' 
Lori Holt

 Sandi H - Charity Quilt 
 baffling technique

Frogs

 Sandi H - 'Maine Woodland/Camp Theme

Embroidery Class @ Mystic Maine Quilts

 Jona H -Turning Twenty

made by her grandson for a charity quilt

 used flannel on back

 Vintage - linens - hand-embroidered collection

Judy R - purchased

 Bea M - Charity Quilt

 Blue/Yellow squares

If you make one you get to put your name in 

the drawing each month.

 Winner - Brenda P.

 OUR MINI DEMO -held first meeting of each month.

Ann W - teaching how to layer..marking... pencils...etc.

 Kathy B - Using Domestic Sewing Machine

For those interested in machine quilting we gleaned a lot of

great tips. Very interesting!!
Until next month....

Tacoma - Workshop February 17, 2016

Tacoma Lake Quilters of Litchfield met today on this gorgeous Maine day for a workshop. I arrived a little late and opened a door and it sounded like a bee hive. Excitement was in the air. Barbara D taught,  "Versatile Wave Handbag'.  Many were still working on it and we will have some finished ones next posting.
The Block of the month was red/white and won by Sue C.

WORKSHOP - BARBARA  D.

Versatile Wave Handbag

Attentive participants

Cutting - measuring

Pressing

Making sure it fits

whoo....away we go stitching

Cleaning up - ending the day

Winner of Block of the Month - Sue C

SHOW 'N TELL

Sandy K - 'Round Robin' from Alaska

made by her daughter. Quilted by Sherry F.

 Sandy K. - from her daughter in Alaska

 Betty L - Vera Bradley purse.

quilted and hand stitched.

 Chicken Pincushion Workshop held recently.

Jona....Sharon....Sue K 

 Bea - 'incubator quilt' for our charity.
She used the baffle method taught by Donna M. a few months ago.

 Bea - beautiful knitted scarf. We all loved it!

 Jona "Summer Sampler"

Will be in our Fall quilt show.

Jona -Mini's 

 Missouri Quilt Company patterns.

She resized and did her own thing. Adorable!

Sue C. - "Summer Sampler"

Some of the gals are making to put in our Quilt Show in the Fall.

 Sandy G - "Shiny Ornaments" 

Book 'lots of Scraps - It's time to Quilt'

Cate Tallman-Evans designed

 Sandy G - "Paint the Sky" 

Book - Homestyle Quilts

Kim Diehl & Laurie Baker ...design by Laurie Baker

 Until.....

Tacoma -- February 3, 2016

Yesterday was our business meeting for the month of February; and even though the weather was a little iffy, we had a decent turnout. We took care of the usual events--Fat Quarter Club, collection for Food for Thought, Mini Raffle, and the Block drawing. We also briefly discussed the bus trip--we have planned to go to MQX in New Hampshire in April, provided Anne can make the necessary arrangements. Plans for the quilt show in October were discussed and firmed up some more. All the chairwomen have now been appointed, and we have started selling tickets for our beautiful raffle quilt.

We had a good meeting, with an enticing array of refreshments and a nice selection of quilts for show and tell. AnneT is to be a first-time grandmama later this year and made this cute cloth baby book for her new grandbaby. I expect we'll see more from her this year in the way of baby quilts.



SueC used the "Northwoods Window Pane Quilt" pattern to make this fun quilt.



We had a couple of gals that made fabric wrapped baskets from our workshop two weeks ago. SueK made hers as an oval, which was supposed to be easier to start. Her pretty two-color basket turned out to be a very useful size.



Last week at Group sewing day, Bea hadn't yet started a basket and wasn't even sure she wanted to. Not only did she decide to give it a try, but she made TWO baskets. They turned out beautifully, even if the photo didn't. Her cat has taken up residence in the larger one.



The theme for our quilt show this year is log cabins, and Betty made this cute little log cabin, which we hope might go in the show.

AnnW was busy with Valentine's Day preparations and made herself an apron for the holiday.

Kathy was envious of a quilt carry bag that she had seen one of the members with and finally made herself one. The carry bag is from the book Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott and was taught in a Tacoma workshop by one of our members, Bev, a few years ago.



SueR finally finished her stack 'n whack quilt from a Bethany Reynolds workshop back in 2008. 'Bout time! The pattern is called "Checkerboard Tiles". 

Following the meeting, Barbara did a demonstration for her chicken pincushion. They're quick and easy to make. Barbara had a handout for us, but you can find free patterns on the web. Missouri Star Quilt Co. also has a video tutorial on their website.

 

 

 

Happy sewing!