September Quilt Guild Meeting

We had lots of fun at our September meeting and learned some very useful things. 
Our alphabet blocks for this month are S, T, and U. Ellie choose Shoofly and Tulip Lady Fingers and Vickie choose Union Squares. They are very pretty blocks and we will soon be at the end of the alphabet with beautiful quilts.

 Micky was very excited to show her bright fun quilt made from a jelly roll. She was able to make two of these quilts from one jelly roll.

 She also showed some darling pillowcases that she made as a thank you gift. All are very colorful and cute.

Ilene showed the raffle quilt that she won. It was made by the guild and donated as a fund raiser for the local skate park.

 She also made this cute baby quilt from a panel.

Lynda shared this quilt that is a prototype of the project that she is teaching to the 4-H kids. Very worthy cause and we appreciated learning about it.

The quilt will be for tramatized children and will include a bags with small gifts. 

 Lynda also made this beautiful trip around the world quilt.

Nayna showed her completed panel project. She received this panel as a gift from her sister who purchased it in China.

 She also showed this applique quilt and we all loved it.

Pam showed two of the many T-shirts quilts that she has made for her grandchildren when they graduate from high school. She told us the procedure for making t-shirt quilts and how she uses light weight fusible pellon to stabalize the t-shirts, then cuts them into blocks and puts them together in a variaty of ways.

She said that her grandchildren just love them.

Sue Jones then showed us a very easy way to make hexagons from a circle of fabric. She showed how to fold the circle to find the center, then take a small stitch in the center and bring each side down to the center and tack it down. You will end up with a perfect hexagon that just takes minutes. Great job Sue.

 Everyone gave it a try and were very pleased to see how easy and fun these hexagons are.

Last but certainly not least we talked about our service project. We will be buying small stuffed animals and making quilts that are size appropiate to the animal. We will donate these animals and quilts to a hospital or organization that can distribute them to children when needed.