Bloomin' Rose Block Party

One thing almost all quilt groups are good at is having a party. Heaven forbid there not be cake, or puppies or husbands hanging around. Of course we played games. Sherrill and Evelyn are having a discussion concerning their winnings. We used just such an occasion to have our chance to show off all the quilts we'd made. Last December, instead of a gift exchange at our Christmas party, we had a signature block exchange for the members that wanted to participate. We exchanged 16 blocks with each other, and added a lot more or a few more to come up with these lovely quilts.

Shirley hosted us at her home and made a rag quilt version of the blocks, quilting as you go and leaving the frayed edges, thus the rag quilt look.

Sherrill made extra blocks and made butterflies and add a striking blue sashing which fit just right.

Evelyn is our Queen of the guild. She isthe longest attending member of the quilt guild. She showed her stuff with making, I think one of the largest quilts. What is most impressive is she does most, if not all her work, by hand!

Lovely Mary makes the most lovely quilts. If we were to award a prize, we all agreed, she would win.

Ginny got the prize for using up the stash in the best way. This border fabric is from a retreat trip we took several years back.

Our group is blessed with some particularly great quilters. Joan is one of those. She is, what I call a master quilter. In her other life, she taught home economics, has been published in magazines and sews anything and everything quilt or not related. She was also the first to complete her quilt for the Show and Tell.

CiCi is a newer member that has created this lovely quilt with the leaves as a secondary design-very nice movement in this quilt.

Carol is another new quilter that continues to amaze us. I can't wait to see her interpretation of a quilt she's working on.
Yours truly. I was the only one that pieced the border. I like the way the hourglass blocks mimicked the center blocks. The corner blocks were free motion quilted roses.Deloris made a lovely quilt, choosing just the right colors in the borders.

Dot did the most innovative piecing technique for the group project. She butted the blocks together and fused the striped sashing over the top. Then she zigzagged over the top of the fused sashing. Click to enlarge to see the borders better, sorry about the blurry picture.
Ruth lightened up the design with a delicate looking quilt that is very nice.

We had to add some extra signatures but, that was half the fun, finding your name in another person's quilt. Some of us added our name more than once...oh well...smile.

A good day was had by all and we went on our way looking forward to planning another year together, parties, Sit-N-Sew and travels.

Brainstorming planning day Tuesday, July 10 from 10:00 to 1:00. If you are looking for a new group to join, check us out at Northeast Christian church.
Happy Quilting!

Lavenders, Bread of Life, and King Quilt Products

Northeast Quilting Friends was on the move in style to the hinter lands of Kentucky. We drove and we drove through the beautiful rural country side around Danville and Liberty, Ky. Miles and miles of 4 rail wood fences and lovely stone fences escorted us along our way.

Fifteen of our members made the annual trek to, first off, Kings Quilt Products in Liberty, Ky. If you go with a large group, to any of these places, they really appreciate a phone call to give them a chance to have the extra staff to handle that many people.

Here we are filing in and browsing through $2.00 a yard fabric and finding lots of goodies. Now, I must give a bit of caution, several of the bolts did have a "seconds" sticker on them, but not all, so buyer beware. Built alongside the quilt shop is everything you need for the farm The farm supply side had, what I think, was the largest selection of bib overalls I've ever seen....imagine that...smile...

Following Kings, it was on to The Bread of Life,
a restaurant that helps support the local economy and gives some aid to people in need. Anyway-great buffet-good 'ole country food-and the best warm chocolate cake with peanut butter icing-I've ever eaten. '
The chewy praline fudge is also highly recommended.

Then it was on to Lavender's Quilt Shop.

The store is deep in the country with a few Amish that still need a hitching post where they can tie up their horses.

What fun we all had while the husband and wife team that lives near and owns the shop, cut our fabric for us and also kept us entertained with their humor.

My oh my what a wonderful day!