Yeah! We finally get to have a meeting

We finally got to meet and go over the schedule and update all our lists. That doesn't mean there isn't still room for a newbie! So come on down if you see what you like. Look to the right side of the blog and click and check us out.

We all have been working hard on our Ohio Star quilts for the Christmas in July party. In years past it has been a double secret project but, this year for some reason we chose to show our quilts a little early to help others with ideas. One of the best things about a blog is it serves as a catch up for those that couldn't make it that day. So for those that could't make it today her is your Ohio Star inspiration. I'm jealous because so many people are almost finished with theirs or are finished.

Pat's only been in the group a short while but she's already making her own patterns like this blue Ohio star quilt. This is her One Block Wonder quilt WOW! She is prolific.

Sheila V. is putting us all to shame for the Ohio Star quilt, she's made two! She has finished a quilt for her sister, Jackie and one for her daughter, Whitney who loves her cat, Simon the "Little Man" quilt.

Marie is not to be outdone as well, she's brought in a quilt that she wants to put at the top of her UFO list with a quilt that is 20 years old and all it needs is the borders to be mitered.

She's also found a woman to make quilts for her at a very reasonable price. This are two star beauties she's had made and will soon be quilted.

The icing on our cake that was our first day back in a long time off due to snow was our wonderful Mary who did a lot of house cleaning for a moving day and so we were the benefactors of this bonanza. Thanks Mary!

Happy Quilting!

More One Block Wonder Goodness

We are a One Block Wonder making group. It's really a fun pattern, you just don't know what you get until you start cutting and laying them out. Then the real fun begins. That is creating the design in your piece.

Pat brought hers in to the group meeting for help and advice and well you know we are quilters and they usually aren't short on those things.

Our planning meeting took most of our time, but, it was worth it. It's a good time to join us if you like. Look to the right of the blog for more information. You will love it!

Back Together Again...smile

It's been a long time since our Christmas Party. I think we had a meeting scheduled after that, but the weather was too bad for us to make it to church. Even though the snow was still on the ground and it was darn cold, we got to see each other and it was good. By the way, notice the completely clean cabinet. We've been together for 10 years now and it has never been completely emptied and cleaned. We sent a bunch of things home with member and the rest is going to Goodwill. We did keep the sewing machines of course, irons and we still have everything you need to make a quilt.

The girls have been busy with a wide variety of projects. The most popular quilt to make in our group is the One Block Wonder Encore pattern. Here Mary has made a couple more.

There are endless designs you can make with this pattern. Here you can see 2 different looks made from the same material.

One Block Wonder Encore

We had part II of the class for the One Block Wonder Encore quilt. The ladies are finding it pretty challenging. But, the results are worth the effort.

Classes like this are wonderful examples of getting a finished quilt with lots of advice and help. We are planning on bringing the finished quilt to the Christmas party at Sheelah's house for Show and Tell.

Next Tuesday we are having another class for the Quiet Village. This pattern is from the Mccalls Quilting magazine, which requires you to purchase 3 magazines to get the full pattern.

One Block Wonder Encore Class Begins

TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN!


Northeast Quilting Friends Quilt Guild is starting our new "season" off with a bang. We are learning the technique of making hexagons from the One Block Wonder Encore book. Most of the group chose to participate in this class. We took four hours and one quick lunch break to learn how to align the fabric, cut the triangles and sew the half hexagons. The interesting thing to me was how 2 sets of ladies chose the same fabric for the class. Oh well, with this design there is no possibility of them being similar, unless they began with the same alignment points-which they did not.

This picture is the "before". There's no stress in quilting, but, sometimes there is intense focus.

These are another set of ladies that bought the same material to work on. Amazing, or maybe not, we travel to quilt shops all the time and I guess it would be possible to pick it up on the road, especially if it was part of a great sale.

Mary has an extremely large repeat, 24 inches. It will be interesting to see how hers turns out and really they all are so interesting, it's just that no one has a repeat that large.