On November 7 the Crocus Quilters met with 24 members in person and 10 on Zoom. Also by Zoom we enjoyed a guest presenter, Ralph Jarvis from Newfoundland. Ralph is a co-owner of a business and book, “The Quilted Stash” and information about their products can be found online by googling The Quilted Stash. Ralph is an artist and he designs applique and collage patterns. Ralph offered a door prize to our Guild and Verla Baillie was the lucky winner, so she has chosen the pattern “Spring Sparrow”. Ralph introduced the class, “Caribou Borealis” that he will be presenting via Zoom on November 26.
Show and Tell
Our quilters have been busy and we enjoyed seeing a great variety of items.
Leanne A. started the display with a huge number of Christmas gift bags. They are all different sizes and are made with a wonderful variety of colours and fabrics. What a great “green” idea and these bags can be used for many years!
In keeping with the Christmas theme, Leanne also showed a table runner that used the “Waffle Time” pattern. Leanne got the fabric from Eileen Wright and Leanne really likes her fabric choices. This was a fun project to make and Leanne loves this border pattern, so she might use it on a large quilt. The backing is similar colours with music designs. She quilted this herself.
Leeann M. finished this interesting lap quilt at the recent Circle Square Ranch Retreat. The pattern is “Rhythm and Blues” and she found the pattern on Pinterest, and the fabric is the Indigo line which she had before she found the pattern. Colleen did the longarm quilting using a border design, “Retro Revolution”. Congratulations to Leeann on being the lucky winner of the Guild’s UFO draw!
Leeann has a very unique husband who surprised her and purchased this “Dragon Quilt” kit at Peachtree by himself (Wow!) for her because he knows she loves dragons! Well done, John! This lap quilt uses a panel and a border print by Robert Kaufman. Colleen did the longarm quilting with a “Pearl Desire” design.
Marg S. has completed a fall cushion called “Count Your Blessings” that was a kit she purchased at The Quilt Patch a long time ago. It is appliqued and hand embroidered. Marg stuffed the cushion with batting scraps.
Marg is preparing for Christmas and she has made these two table runners using “The Big Easy” pattern. The focus fabric on the silver and cream runner was purchased from Eileen Wright and Marg put the same patterned fabric as the backing. The second runner is made with fabric purchased at Sew and Sews in Carlyle.
Marg’s baby quilt is “hot off the press” as Colleen just finished doing the longarm quilting using a “Meandering Star” design. This quilt will go to Nelson, BC for a great nephew to be born in January. The quilt was a kit from Peachtree and it has blue Minky as the backing, and Marg altered the kit by adding the sashing.
Linda K. loves doing half square triangles and she had never used two colour neutrals as a background before, but she really likes the effect. The tree uses different tones. She did the quilting using different threads and free motion using her walking foot. She may add some hand sewing yet. She found the pattern in a Christmas magazine. What a beautiful wall hanging!
Elaine D. has finished this lovely UFO queen-sized quilt. The “Chandelier Quilt” pattern came from Dorothy B. and Elaine purchased the fabric in Edmonton. Elaine’s daughter-in-law picked the fabric and it is a gift for her son and daughter-in-law. Colleen did the longarm quilting and Bonnie M. sewed on the binding.
Joanne B. finished this cute baby quilt that was a “Charm Box” and free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop online. She used up a package of charm squares that she had forever, and she used the extras for the binding and back along with the blue Minky. She used Susie’s Magic Binding. This baby quilt is for no one in particular but she is sure it will find a home soon. Joanne did her own quilting and instead of doing stitch in the ditch, she did echoing quilting, and it looks really nice.
Dot B. has finished two lap quilts using panels. The first one is a pretty mountain view using coordinating blues, greens and browns. Colleen did the longarm quilting using a “Bora Bora” design. This quilt will be going to Arizona for a raffle with her quilt guild there.
Dot’s second lap quilt is another landscape as she likes the colours. She did an interesting border. The backing is Fireside. This one will be donated to go in a hamper. Colleen did the longarm quilting using denser swirls.
Cheryl G. purchased a panel at Peachtree and she added the sashing and border to make this quilt for her daughter. The different angels have lovely affirmations. It is fuzzy on the back.
Heather D. showed a lap quilt called “Painted Ladies” that she made for her older sister as she had visited Newfoundland this year. This quilt is suggestive of the “Jellybean” houses there rather than San Francisco that the pattern referenced. Colleen will do the longarm quilting. Very unique!
Jaynie showed a pretty Welcome bag that she made that will donated to Charity.
Jaynie also showed a very colourful table runner that she made and quilted at a Retreat. She used assorted scraps and she pieced strips together and then cut them into new strips and rearranged them to put them into the final runner.
Bonnie M. told of visiting Signal Hill and visiting the Cedar and Vine store there. Marnell Rasmussen gave Bonnie a tour and she showed how they use a lazer cutter to do the sewing of the linen items they sell. Bonnie was given a tub of scraps and anyone is welcome to use her scraps. (Jaynie dyes and uses linens for her landscape fabric art, for example, in creating grass or fringes.)
Bonnie showed a sample she made after taking the “Curves and Circles Class” that our Guild recently had with Tannis Fahlman.
Bonnie also showed an interesting “Iron Caddy” that she made for a mini-iron that can be taken to a Retreat. The bag opens to become the ironing pad. Very slick!
Next Bonnie showed a very colourful lap quilt, “Strip Twist” that she made to use up some scraps. She quilted it herself. The backing is also pieced scraps.
Below are running shoes Sherrill made at a workshop that Regina guild sponsored. She quilted peacock feathers on the tongues. The soles were attached by hand stitching. She said the runners were very comfortable. They have a very good insole which makes them comfortable. What an accomplishment! Sherrill showed the runners to our Guild at the Tuesday quilt chat.
Extras
Some of our Guild members will be at a “Sleep in Your Own Bed Retreat” on November 17 – 19 plus there will be the Collage Class with Ralph Jarvis on November 26, so we look forward to seeing lots of Show and Tell at the December meeting.
The December meeting will be our Christmas supper on December 5.
Happy Quilting!
Weyburn Crocus Quilt Guild 