Our November guild meeting was very satisfying as the group worked on several service projects. We finished 17 mealtime clothing covers for our friends at the skilled nursing facility. Stuffed animals and blankets were completed and taken to the hospital for children that need comfort while there. We also completed 12 beanbag items for the premature babies at the NICU in St. George. We enjoyed donating these items and know that they will be well used.
Pamela demonstrates how the beanbags are assembled and showed a picture of a tiny preemie weighing 2 pounds that these items will help.
Jeanette shows a finished beanbag that is snuggled around the tiny babies to keep them secure.
Chris and Addie Lou prepare the fabric for the clothing covers.
Addie Lou shows the finished product!
Ilene shows some of the darling critters and blankets for the hospital.
Then it was on to show and tell. Pam started with this beautiful quilt that she just finished for her precious daughter. Pam did the quilting herself and it is amazing.
Alana was next with this gorgeous log cabin variation. Marla quilted it and it is just stunning.
This baby quilt is a raw edge circle quilt that Alana made using lots of different scraps. She put minky on the back and quilted it herself. It is so colorful and soft.
This baby quilt is made from a darling panel with minky on the back and quilted by Alana. Lucky baby that gets these little quilts.
Chris used her telephone book template pattern for this colorful quilt. She made this for her great nephew. The corner blocks are made from fabric with mustaches. Special meaning for her fun great nephew.
Nanell finished this beautiful quilt and showed how Linda quilted a sun in each block and it went from rising to setting sun. Beautiful!!
Nanelle made this beauty from a class that she took last year at Ruby's. It turned out really nice.
The next two quilts are for great-grand babies that will arrive soon. They are so colorful and fun.
Alana told us about the trip that she took with Micky to Missouri to visit some fun quilt shops. They saw all the Missouri Star Quilt company shops and also Kansas troubles shop and they both shopped until they couldn't shop anymore.
Jeanette shared a very serious incident with her iron. She had it plugged in and was working away on a quilt when she heard a clicking noise and in short time realized that her iron was billowing smoke and burning. She quickly took it outside and it continued to smoke for a long time. She says that from now on she never leaves her iron on between pressing jobs. It is much safer to turn it on just before you need it. Thanks for the warning Jeanette.
After lots of sewing and talking and sewing and talking some more, this group of gals is ready for some delicious pizza.
Ilene reported that if you are interested in the ruler that she demonstrated last month you can find it here: http://www.karenkaybuckley.com/index.php
Margaret said that the blog from her quilt guild in Alaska is up to date and if you would like to see it click here: http://anchoragelogcabinquilters.blogspot.com/
Everyone had a very enjoyable time together and look forward to our next meeting.
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