I goes without saying that I love the ladies in my quilt group, but I'm going to say it anyway, I love them...they are the best group of kind, loving, talented and creative people! I'm excited to show you everything they've been working on this past month - prepare to be amazed!
Kareena started off our show with this "shirt quilt" made from one of her dad's shirts. I think she said she made three of these quilts, each quilt made entirely from one shirt. I found a video on YouTube for cutting up a man's shirt; if you've ever thought of making a shirt quilt you need to know how to maximize the shirt to get the most blocks, click here to watch. It's kind of mind-boggling to me to think this quilt was made from one shirt - well, plus the background fabric.
We hadn't seen Kareena for a while so it was great that she hosted us and even better that she had a stack of quilts to show (I failed to get pictures of all of them - so sad about that!) This Sasquatch quilt has been on my "to make" list for quite some time...I need to get it done before my grandson Max grows up! He and I still go Sasquatch hunting in the forest (our neighborhood park) and I'm not sure how long we'll be able to do that before he realizes his grandma is nuts.
This is what you do with orphan blocks - you sew them onto tote bags. Kareena brought these bags back from a trip to Utah, she didn't make these, but she thought some of us in the group made the blocks and Helen seemed to recognize the fabrics - this was from a project a long time ago. Our blocks do get around!
Barbara was working on this quilt's binding at our meeting - trying to get this finished for her newest grandbaby. Barbara has 21 grandchildren and will probably get a few more! This is such a cute quilt - I love the fabrics - the touch of yellow is perfect with the blues and grays.
Love the toes...Terry was busy using up her scraps and made this fun quilt...I have most of those fabrics so maybe I'll have another "monkey see, monkey do" moment and make one, too!
Stephanie was definitely in the right place at the right time when she spotted these red-work blocks. She purchased them from the Snoqualmie Senior Center Thrift Shop...so now I've added that to my list of places to haunt, Stephanie can't have all the fun!
This quilt, by Stephanie, is just wonderful. Made from scraps...really, really small scraps! I don't know how she does it, it kind of makes my head hurt to think about it because the older I get the bigger my quilt blocks are, along with a myriad of other things. But I love this quilt and I so wish I had the patience to do something like this - maybe in my next life.
This is the back of Stephanie's quilt on the left and on the right, a close up of those teeny tiny strips of fabric. I have got to rethink my scraps...I would have thrown out all of those scraps and not given it a second thought!
After Stephanie showed us her quilt, Helen showed us her bag of scraps...which she gave to Stephanie. I would have tossed that entire bag!!! Maybe a scrap intervention is what I need? Stephanie will make something fabulous out of those scraps and I will be jealous and then mad at myself for being scrap-lazy.
Deborah was able to come to our meeting, which was wonderful because her husband recently had a stem cell transplant and seeing Deborah meant he was doing GREAT - well enough so she could join us! While she's been back and forth to the hospital with her husband, she's been busy working on these incredible pieces of art, which she called her "stitching experiments"...every little thread is a stitch she made by hand.
Couched fabric, hand-stitched and framed. Deborah said by the time her husband is given the all-clear she will have enough of these made to have her own booth at an arts and craft fair and we all agreed she should do that - I'd buy one...or two...
Just look at those stitches...that's called art my friends. Deborah has always been a very creative quilter but now she's moved way past that moniker - she is truly a fabric artist, actually, let's just drop the fabric part and just say artist or better yet, artiste.
Can you even believe this? I think this one is my favorite and I think it should be called bunny tracks because it reminds me of the tracks the bunnies leave in my garden. Just look at all of those tiny stitches...love, love, love this.
This piece could be in a museum and everyone would think it was some antique piece of fabric salvaged from the Mayans...well, I would. I'm gullible like that. I would love to be inside Deborah's mind for a while...
How cool are those little stitches of orange that run through this piece? I think this one should be called a stroll through helter skelter. The orange stitches just meander through all the chaos...one step/stitch at a time. Makes me think of what Deborah and her husband have been doing, one day at a time as they navigate their way through hospitals and medicine on their way to health. Maybe this one is my favorite...
I'll leave you with a picture of the very yummy lunch Kareena made for us - such a beautiful table.
