May 2023

Weyburn Crocus Quilt Guild On May 2 our Guild had its annual May Wind-up with a delicious dinner at Cecilia’s, followed by a brief meeting plus Show and Tell. Show and Tell Amber showed three grad gifts that she made for her triplet niece and nephews. The three double-size quilts are the “Typsy Diamond” pattern by Tannis Fahlman that was a guild mystery quilt this year. Amber quilted the quilts herself and she used Susie’s Magic Binding. The three quilts are similar but slightly different colouring using the Weyburn Comprehensive School Eagle’s colours. In the corner of each quilt Amber had the embroidered “WCS GRAD 2023” added at Grand Magic in Weyburn. What lovely gifts! Dot showed a very colourful table runner called “Jelly Roll Twizzle”. She liked the curves and decided it was a good use of the beautiful Kaffe Fasett fabrics. Dot did her own quilting. Below is Colleen’s Double-size quilt that was a Melissa Marginet Mystery Quilt, “Building Blocks”. It was an online Facebook group and over eight days, she was sent two blocks a day. For three days, Colleen prepared the fabric that she had in her stash, cutting all the half square triangles. Then she twisted and turned the triangles to make the 16″ blocks. Colleen really enjoyed making this quilt. Colleen did her long arm quilting using the “Easy Orange Peel” design. She added Susie’s Magic Binding and she used flannel as the backing (which helps to keep the quilt on the bed better). Melissa Marginet has put the blocks and construction into a 75 page e-book, titled “building blocks”. There are 75 pages of layouts. The second quilt that Colleen showed is a baby quilt that she designed herself as the fabric was the star! It is a play quilt for her three year old grandson who loves dinosaurs. She did the longarm quilting design, “Dinosaur Tracks”, and she used “Shannon Cuddle” as the backing. She used a new and simple way to bind the quilt with Minkie from a method she saw from Missouri Star whereby she brought the fabric from the back and zig zagged on the front (1 3/4″ flip and stitch). Another cute baby quilt is one that Charlene showed, “Giraffe Twins”. She bought the giraffe fabric twenty plus years ago and finally found a pattern that was fun and easy. The pattern called for one giraffe but she put two. The giraffes are appliqued and Terry Whitman did the longarm quilting. The pattern called for wide rick rack but Charlene made Prairie Points instead on the mane, and she added two flanges in the border. This quilt will be for a “Great-Grandbaby”! Charlene was this month’s UFO Challenge winner. Adeline showed a blue 29″ x 29″ table topper, “Spirals” that she made bigger than the original pattern from online “Designs to Share with You”. She made it for her sister-in-law who likes blue and has a round table. She also showed her blue Mondo bag using 2.5″ squares that she made in a class this winter in Osoyoos, BC. Below is another striking bag that Adeline completed. It is a 14″ x 17″ duffel bag that has three compartments and two pockets. Below is a very interesting “music” lap quilt that Leanne designed herself to give as a gift for her sister-in-law who is very musical. Being scrappy it used a lot of brain power to make up the design. Terry Whitman did the longarm quilting and she put great music detail in the quilting, including the words “symphony” and “orchestra”. What a beautiful and meaningful gift! Leanne took a recent “Aviary Feather” wall hanging class that Christa Marcotte gave in Weyburn and she showed her lovely finished product. The feather is one batik fabric plus the black fabric and it is appliqued. This was a new technique for Leanne. She did her own quilting but she is not sure what to do with this wall hanging as it is a bit big… Jaynie also took the Aviary Feather Class and she enjoyed seeing the different fabrics selected by the participants, as well as the variety of styles shown by Christa. For the feather, Jaynie chose a variety of fabrics in her stash that had different values. Her background is denim and she left the binding as a raw edge. Jaynie did her own quilting, and she said decorating the feather with designs and stitches as well as doing the quilting was fun — note the two feathers stitched in her quilting! Jaynie wore a beautiful embellished Jean Jacket that she adorned by appliqueing used silk scarves and sparkling bits from her stash. How creative, unique and attractive! And last but not least, Jaynie brought a magazine that she was delighted to see had an image of her work as a full page in the spring issue of “Quilting Arts”. The theme in the magazine where her wall hanging was shown was “Sustainability”. Congratulations, Jaynie! The page in the magazine shows the 16″ x 20″ wall hanging that Jaynie made to go into a Manitoba exhibition with a texture theme. The sun print fabric had been in her stash and it seemed to be a good place to start. After stitching the background it needed some details for a focal point. The branch and dragonfly provided the necessary points of interest. The techniques that Jaynie used were sun printing, free motion stitching and applique. Charity items In addition to Show and Tell, the Charity Committee showed the items that our Guild members have completed this year. There were 5 Walker Caddies and 9 Welcome Purses for the Special Care Homes, plus 14 Sensory or Fidget Mats for Alzheimer patients that will be distributed. Thank you to all the Guild members who made these items for Charity, and thank you to Eileen W. for donating fabric for some of these items. What great ideas, Charity Committee! The picture below shows close-up the Purses and Walker Caddies at this end of the table. Pictured below close-up are the Sensory mats. Our Guild quilting year has come to an end and we wish all our members a safe and happy summer! Happy Quilting! Our next meeting will be on September 5!