Casey Quilt Group

Busy week with Quilt groups...today we met at Sherry's and these are some of the things we worked on....we meet at 10am and have dinner together leaving around 7pm. It is always a fun and relaxing time...

These are melted snowmen!!! How cute are they each with their own little personality as Sherry would say. She had made several at Christmas and taught us.

A work in Progress by Laura....one thing about a group you can bring something and get all kinds of opinions and their were many ideas tossed around on how to finish it off. The dark piece has all the little colorful figures in it...and she will accent with yellow....just adorable.

Laura's black/white/yellow quilt she got the binding on...again stunning!

This is Day & Night by Eleanor Burns. She includes an Acrylic template. Barb demonstrated the 'how to'. It can be done with 2 or 3 colors and looks like you put a lot of work into it but is really simple. Some of us are planning to do this soon.

2 color Day & Night. Sorry it is blurry but you get the idea.

Pam finishing one of her UFO's. And of course, it is delightful as I really like anything with trees.

More Star Candle Mats that were started in our Tacoma group on Weds. The blue was the original that Pam had made and demonstrated. Barb's is the red one.

Another of Laura's creations. Made for twin grand babies...all hand done...They are so sweet..a Grammie's touch and what a treasure they will be.

That is it for today.....And of course, there were other projects. Sherry has a wonderful design wall to display and work from. Until .....

Tacoma Meeting

Our meeting was cancelled because of a promise of snow....BUT 'No snow it's a go'....snow never came but we did with our President, Barb sharing a Chenille demo, 2 new rulers called 15" 'Trapezoid" and a 60 degree quilateral triangle and piping of different sizes and feet. We all agreed it was excellent. And of course we had show and tell. The gals like it online because those that are unable to get there are able to see the wonderful creations.

This is a Bargello by Janet...it is 8' x 10' with 64 different colors and 4,725 pieces. It was absolutely gorgeous. Quilted by Ann a local gal. Pictured are L to R....Donna, Janet and Carol.

This was adorable made with chalk board material by Sandy.
Sandy's 'Morning Star' 64" square. This will be part of a challenge by our group to be displayed in the Maine State show in July.

These were the finished 'Star Candle Mat' demonstrated by Pam last month. Amazing how different they are.

L to R. Bev, Carol, Rainey, Lori and Bea.

This is mine...if you notice above I forgot to put the finishing border on it..I wondered why it was so small when I put it together with the batting and backing. Well it is done and I will do some hand quilting on it.

That it is for this week. Enjoy!!

Autumn Opulence

It is done!! Finished putting the binding on last night...It is called 'Autumn Opulence' taken from Fabric Trends Fall 2009. What a joy this has been to make for my friend. Quilt designed by Pine Tree Country Quilts for Henry Glass & Co. Opulence fabric designed by Brenda Pinnick, of Stillwater, Maine. It was quilted by Ann on her long arm.
Also note my header: ...This is the ice jam that happened within minutes a couple of weeks ago and caused considerable flooding along the Kennebec River from Augusta-Gardiner, Maine. This view is in Farmingdale and the ice jam is 2 miles or longer and we all await how it will empty itself. Everyone along the river is anxious and ready to move to higher ground if it lets go.

February Quilt Group

Just received this morning from Tacoma friend, Marilyn and hubby Wayne our snowbirds...who enjoy square dancing and will be back in June....she is also involved in Fl with a lot of quilting and always has things to share with us. Thought our group would like to see plus other who check in periodically. KEEP SCROLLING FOR PICS OF TACOMA GROUP MEETING...

Today was another wonderful meeting of Tacoma Quilters. About 18-20 attended. We had a couple of demonstrations. One was Sue below teaching us freezer paper piecing....you can see her delight and a lot of felt the same using her technique. You can check out her blog. Here is a site you can see it demonstrated. It is called Twiddle tales store.

Rayna's quilt with all kinds of wild animals. A real Maine Quilt.
This is the Star candle mat using Thangles taught by Pam. She did an excellent job. Our goal is for each of us to have one done for the next meeting. Mine is already on the design wall waiting to sew.

Rainey made this huge king size quilt and intends to hand quilt. Beautiful!!

Here is another of her's...looks like and 'I spy' quilt.

Pam finished the top of her 'Morning Glory'. These are being made by several of us to display at State show in July as a chapter challenge.

Janet made this bear paw design. Very colorful!

Bev was the winner for the month of December blocks. Members made them and a name was drawn. We get these wonderful block and then have to decide how to set them. She did a great job.

Another Morning Star by our Pres. Barb.

This is one of a group of antique quilts that were going to be tossed out and they were salvaged by one of our members. Don't we love to get ahold of an old quilt and see how it was done

Well that is it for another meeting...Enjoy!!

I am working on several things and will post when I get them done...Until....