Tacoma October 11, 2017

Tacoma Quilters of Litchfield held their business meeting Wednesday. It was a week later than usual because a group of us went to Jackman for 3 days of quilting. A beautiful area as the leaves literally turned color before our eyes. The room had windows so we could view the mountains all day. What an inspiration!
A great time and a lot accomplished.

Our recent yard sale was very successful and we sold a lot so of course, we can purchase more.

We are doing a Block of the month. Each month we choose the size, in our own color and style. The purpose is learning how to put them all together using fillers. A challenge for many but there was great participation. The block this month was 12". You will see them at the end of this posting.

Next month sizes are 5" x 8" and 3" x 5". 

We also had demos on how to make "perfect 1/2" square triangles". We had 3 gals using different techniques.

And of course there is always Show'n Tell.

Janice C- bag made by Helen G as a gift to her.

 Janice C - Tuscany Tote

Full Moon Collection by

Nancy & Michelle Green

 Janice C - Letter from Home

McCall's quilt June/July 2017

pieced by Janice and machine quilted by Sherry F

Janice C - Harmony

Needle in a Hayes stack

by Tiffany Hayes

 BJ - 'Bricks' scrap quilt

 Sue C - Camping wall hanging - Patchables

 Sue C - The Batty Quilter

Halloween trick or treat bags 

 Lori H - Blue panel Quilt at the Lake

 Kat - Bargello Quilt - absolutely stunning

Barb D - Salvage ends facsimile bag  

 Barb D - UFO - Christmas quilt....just had to add binding. 

 BLOCK OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE

26 TOTAL SO FAR - some gals made 2.

 PERFECT 1/2 SQUARE TRIANGLE DEMOS

BARB -  Using 10" Squares 

SUE R - Thangles 

Also displayed the quilt she used them on.

BETTY L - Bloc Loc Rulers

We did it in rounds....3 groups moved from table to table.

It was great because you could really see and ask questions.

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A great Meeting....see you next week. 

JANET C WILL BE TEACHING A WORKSHOP ON

 HOW TO  MAKE A BARGELLO 

We choose either a TABLE RUNNER OR

PLACE MATS. 

Tacoma YARD SALE -September 23, 2017

Just want to share a few pictures of our successful Yard Sale held September 23

at the Litchfield Sportsmen's Club.

We set up on Friday...women bringing boxes...bags...sewing machine....quilt racks....food.....and yards and yards of material....yarn......card stamping ....you name it we had it. It was an exciting fun time had by all.
A big 'thank you' for the men who helped carry our 'stuff'. It was so appreciated.

Posting a few pictures so you can get the flavor of our day.
Just before we opened and in the process of getting ready. 

Tacoma - September 20

Tacoma Lakes Quilters met and held a workshop to make name tags. A new gal walking into our group has a difficult time with names as well as some of the old timers., so we decided that it was time to do something about it. So armed with machines and a packet by Brenda and Brenda we set out to decorate ours. We will wear them at meetings and area group functions. 

We are getting ready for our Yard Sale to be held this weekend so tied up some loose ends.

 And then of course Show 'n Tell is always popular whenever we meet. 

SHOW 'N TELL

Sue R "Baby Hunter's Star"
From Cora Swalec's workshop with Tacoma

Sue R - "Stack 'n Whack

Front and Back

 Kat for Lisa Gowell family

Betty L - "Bricks" 

using small scraps

Betty L  

"pink squares" quilted by her.

Betty L 

Thanks for visiting. 

YARD SALE - SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

First Meeting Sep 2017-18

Tacoma Lakes Quilters met Wednesday for our first meeting of the new membership year 2017-2018. It was good to see old friends again and welcome a few new members. We have a couple of new officers this year, and we're looking forward to another great year of programs and activities.

Dues were collected, a budget was approved, Sherry conducted the mini raffle, funds were collected for Food for Thought, and we discussed the upcoming Area 4 meeting. We also held a brief discussion about our upcoming YARD SALE, which is September 23 at the Litchfield Sportsman's Club. We will continue with the NICU quilts as our charity project, for the third year in a row; and KathyB plans to create a challenge for us for Maine Quilts 2018.

DonnaW introduced a new Block of the Month program for this year. She and Margo will be specifying a size for the blocks each month, and perhaps a theme or color and each participant will make and keep her own block and assemble a small sampler by the end of the year.

There were quite a few projects for Show and Tell, and it was fun to see what members had been doing over the summer.

DonnaH - Winter Song Cardinal

BettyLam's selvage pillow

BettyLam's red and white quilt, Missouri Star

SandyK's star quilt, made by a friend

CarolT's knitted hat and fleece square

Betsy's fabric mountains

Betsy's phone carrier in felt and leather

 SandyG's red and yellow quilt, and matching table covering

DonnaW's applique baby quilt "Woodland Friends"

KathyB's bag, outside and inside, "Taglalong" by This &That

KathyB's nine patch and snowball quilt

SueB's birthday cake, made by Pam

Pam's animal quilt for Eldercare

Pam's quilt using digitally transferred fabric from Nancy's Notions

Pam's scrap quilt using 2-1/2" wide strips

Pam's Halloween strippy

Pam's scrap quilt

Pam's heart quilt, from scraps

Andrea's Twist and Turn quilt, made by Rayna Boothby

Andrea's red and white quilt, hand embroidered, assembled in the potholder style

Kat's scrap quilt, signed by her camping friends, and assembled in the sew-as-you-go method. It took her a year to make this quilt.