Embroidery Quilt Show and Tell

WOW!  Inspiration and stimulation to spare.  That's what we had when our members had the first "Airing of the Quilts".  For the long life of your quilts, you should, from time to time, unfold your quilts so they don't get creases in them.  Rotating your quilts from different beds-out of the sun mainly is also a good way to prolong the beauty of your quilts.  What better way to do this than to bring them out and share them with an appreciative audience.  

These are some of the quilts we had shown from some of the members of our guild.  

Several ladies brought quilts their mother's had made.  Our newest member, Doris, brought her mom's Bread of Life quilt and a wedding ring quilt her mother also made.  Ruth brought her Sun Bonnet Sue that her mother had made.  

Joan did a red work quilt and a leaf and acorn quilt from a cross stitch kit.  

I had my Fancy Cats quilt on display.  It has been in Paducah and won a blue ribbon at the Kentucky State Fair.  

Carol brought in two crazy quilts, one from 1927 and another from 1895.  

Sheelah had my favorite block the hexagon quilt all hand stitched from silk.  This is probably another Victoria era quilt.  She also brought a chubby Sue!  It was made for her by her "Aunt Rosy".  

Shirley has done many embroidery quilts, including this red work quilt and these baby quilts.  

Betty and Dot also did lovely red work quilts and a baby quilt.   

Quilts weren't the only embroidery items on display, here is a pillow case for her granddaughter, that Ginny brought.  

Mary brought this quilt the other day.  

Great Outing to See "Women's Work" at the Oldham County History Museum

Once again our intrepid quilters went out and about in the crisp winter air for a group outing.  First stop was the Oldham County History Museum which has an exhibit called "Women's Work".  This exhibit highlighted some famous women of the 20th century.  The artist, Rebekkah Seigel, made quilts for Lucille Ball, Elenore Roosevelt, and a few others, using a paper doll technique.  You could move the clothing around the quilt and change the clothes around.  Lucille Ball's quilt had some very famous outfits, the candy factory and the Vetavitavegiman dress.  They were all period clothing, very interesting quilts.  

Our next stop was at a quilt shop also in Lagrange, Kentucky called the Gathering Room.  Michelle Klein is the most gracious shop owner.  Her beautiful shop has a lot of civil war and vintage styles of fabric...beautiful!  We went as a group and got a nice discount for all.  

Then we walked on to the Irish Rover on Main street in Lagrange.  Most all of us got the fish and chips-yum.  

After that walking back to our cars, it was a stop in at an antique shop called Three Peas in a Pod, which sadly is a casualty of the economy and will be closing soon, but, it was our great find, because there was lots of discounts and sales.  

Tuesday, February 24t Field Trip!

Our group will be leaving the church at 10:00 to arrive at the Oldham County History Museum in LaGrange, Kentucky.  They are having a quilt related exhibit called, Women's Work, by Rebekah Siegle.  The works highlight careers of women of the 20th century, Lucille Ball, Elenaore Rosevelt, to name a couple of the pieces in the exhibit.  

Then, we thought we would travel to 2 quilt shops in the area, but, alas there will be only one quilt shop to see this time.  The Three Pines Designs in Buckner is not there any more, which really saddens me, because it was the closest one to my house, and the owner is a lovely, friendly woman.  But, we will try out The Gathering Room, of the Quilters Calendar fame, not too long ago.  Lunch will be at the Irish Rover and there are a couple of other fabric/yarn themed shops in town, plus Christmas in Kentucky.  

2009 Calendar-Through July

We had a very productive day of planning.  First we started with our Brainstorming Session-everyone contributed to some high level ideas-the stuff dreams are made of.  Then we became practical and realized we just can't do everything, but, what we chose was a wonderful assortment of learning, show and tell/airing of the quilts, and travel.   

Our quilt group meets every Tuesday at Northeast Christian Church, from 10:00 to 1:00.  The Church is located at 9900 Old Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40241.  502-426-6668

There are no dues to attend.  We have everything you need to make a quilt, including sewing machines.  

Ruth will set the room up for February.  

Activities:  

February 17th, Julie will demonstrate making a stitched spider's web for a embellishing.  

February 24th, Shirley will lead us on an outing to 2 local quilt shops, lunch and a visit to the Oldham County Historical Museum where we will see a quilt exhibit called "Women's Work".

Deloris will set the room up for March.

March activities:

March 3, Joan will demonstrate an embroidery stitch

March 5 through 7 Indiana Heritage Quilt Show

March 6, Jennifer will have her gallery opening for her art work.

March 10, Pat will demonstrate an embroidery stitch

March 17, Sheelah will demonstrate an embroidery stitch

March 20, Quilts are due to Quilter's Day Out for Judging

March 21, Quilter's Day Out  

March 24, Ruth will demonstrate an embroidery stitch

March 31, Mary will demonstrate an embroidery stitch

Dot will set the room up for April.

April 7th, Show N Tell/Airing of the Quilts.  Bring any quilt with embroidery on it.  

April 14, Joan will demonstrate how to make a rope basket.  

Joan will set the room up for May.

May 12, Joan, Carol, and Julie will demonstrate rug making techniques.

May 19, Show and Tell/Airing of the Quilts-bring any quilt you have made as a group exchange/effort to show.  

Sheila V. will set the room up for June. 

June 9, Betty will plan our trip to Lavenders and Kings.  

June 18 to 20 The 40th Annual National Quilter's Association Quilt Show in Columbus, Ohio.  

Carol will set the room up for July.

July 21, Party at Shirley's House.  Bring your completed top from the fabric handed out last year-surprise us!

Quilter's Day Out 2008 another huge success!

All our gals had a grand time hanging the quilt challenge for Quilter's Day Out 2008. We even enlisted a remarkably handsome hubby to help the cause. This is Deloris and Bobbie. Now we had some ideas about putting the show on with some basic plans to hang our quilts, but, the Great Bobbie had way more experience with tools and was able to help make the show right and what it should be, for the Viewer's Choice Springtime in Kentucky Quilt Challenge.

Here is our group working on the show.

This is us at the show.


First place, second place and third place respectively.

This is Jennifer's Quilt. My daughter has Ewing's Sarcoma cancer and she's undergoing chemo for the next few months. Quilter's rally around a cause and I am so grateful they did this. It has truly lifted my daughter's spirit and she needs a lot of that.

Thank you gals.

We had another party!

Our group of intrepid quilters are nothing if not a bunch of party animals. Oh yes, we had another party. This was our annual end of the year get together in Old Louisville at one of our member's homes. Sheelah is a quilter that hasn't made a quilt...yet. We are working on that. You know making a quilt is a pretty big endeavor and Sheelah's life, it seems is always on the go. You quilter's out there know this is not a good way to make a quilt. Although, I do know of people that quilt in RV's and such, so it is possible, but, our friend is on the road a lot and is driving so there's no "down time" in the back of the RV to make a quilt.

Anyway, as a token of our love for her, we all made a block and the lovely Joan, sewed and quilted them all together. Great job Joan! Oh my goodness such nice people belong to our group.
Next we show off our lovely socks.

Remember: Tuesday, January 8th we meet at 10:00 at the back parking lot of the church for another Sit N Sew at Joan's house. Lunch will be at the Hawk glass blowing studio.

Regular meetings in the church on January 15th.

Merry Christmas!