March 2022 Meeting: Show and Tell and BOM

We met by Zoom in January and February.  

Here are January, February, and March BOMs!

Our members shared their quilts during Show and Tell.

So many quilts were made this winter!

We saw scrappy, work from new quilters, work from retreats, pieced quilts, moons and loons, nine patch, applique, and strips and squares.

So much variety and so much fun!

Created with binding strips.

Our quilters have been so busy this winter!

Quilts presented at Habitat for Humanity House Dedication

 During a South County Habitat for Humanity Home Dedication in Exeter, RI on March 2, Nicole presented three quilts to Virginia and her two children as they begin their life in their new home.

"A house becomes a home when there is a quilt on every bed."

Virginia completed her own volunteer hours, and completed New Homeowner training with Habitat. She did this while working three jobs as a Certified Nursing Assistant and taking care of her family, in the midst of a pandemic. The process took four years- longer due to covid.

Alice H, Pat H, and Mary H. attended as well.

Thank you Mary for the photos taken by your husband, who is a volunteer for Habitat.

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February 2022 Meeting (Zoom)

Our February Meeting was held via Zoom

Our guest speaker was Catherine Redford, who entertained us with her talk, "Lessons learned While Quilting."  She is a fiber artist who zoomed to us from Illinois.  Born in England, she moved to Illinois where she discovered quilting.  She has worked with many techniques and materials and today she works with embellishments such as beads and three-dimensional pieces of fabric and has received numerous awards.  She is known for her innovation and originality and her embellishments and free motion quilting.

She will be hosting a workshop on Saturday via zoom entitled, 

Walking Foot Quilting - Beyond the Ditch.

 * * * * * Show and Tell   * * * * *

Our Show and Tell was prepared by Tina from photos members sent her.  Thank you Tina!

Barb N. shared her Bioblitz quilt created out of twenty years of T-shirts.  The quilt is about 10 x 5 feet and was created for a Natural History group. Her sashing reminds us of tree bark, keeping in mind the natural history theme.  Very nice memento!

Molly O. has completed a colorful heart quilt, measuring about 60 x 60"

Just in time for Valentine's Day!

Merri completed a project from a workshop, "Making Faces" 

and experimented with a self-portrait.

She playfully exaggerated her hair as a bird nest...

...where birds are bringing worms. That is quite an expression on her face!  Oh my!

Merri longarmed her piece herself as seen in this photo.

Laurel N. has completed - and just in time for the baby shower - a quilt with a nautical theme.  Sailboats, anchors, and a whale adorn this quilt we are sure 

her grandson will adore as much as we did!

Saturday m

Morning Sewing put together quite a few blocks of the month.

The block definitely makes a wonderful design when many blocks are put together!

Jackie B. presented this quilt created with earth tone fabrics.

Nicely done!

Tina C. made Hexed Stars- each half star is sewn within half a a hexagon, then sewn together to create a hexagon block.  This technique uses foundation paper piecing! 

Great job piecing those tiny points!

Karen R shared a table runner based on nine patch she made for work to brighten things up for February.  Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  

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January 2022 Meeting (Zoom)

In January we held our meeting on Zoom which began with members wishing each other a very

 HAPPY 2022!

Susan Sherman our guest speaker who works with fibers and fabrics spoke about her work and shared her stories of her quilts and of her journey as a quilter.

Her work often involves animals and she has traveled to many corners of the world where she photographs animals she encounters.  She then uses her images to create her quilts.  She uses threads and tiny beads to produce exquisite details and textures.

Susan also shared her knowledge of Hawaiian culture and shared a variety of examples of Hawaiian applique quilting.  She is presenting a workshop to our guild on Zoom where members and guests will create Hawaiian applique in a two part workshop.

                                              ******     Show and Tell     *****

Show and Tell was prepared by Tina from photos members sent her.  Thank you Tina!

Jackie B. has created another medallion quilt for her lucky granddaughter.

Donna C. created a very special Harry Potter quilt.

It sure looks like she loves it!

This black and white with red sashing Outreach quilt was created by many hands,

 quilted by Merri and binding was hand stitched on during the meeting by Sheila H

Nicole C shared many of her quilts.  This group represents a year of work.

Pat G shared this Outreach quilt with a fun fabric border.  

Her quilt inspector approves.

Roberta B shared this Outreach quilt, created by many hands,

 with sweet frogs on the fabric

Jane L finished the binding and label on this Outreach quilt....

with striking blue squares......more work of many hands

Great teamwork!

See more Outreach quilts on our Outreach page.

December 2021 Meeting

Our December meeting proved to be a fun gathering 

as we spent our evening shopping, sharing quilts, and celebrating the season together.

Members created an array of beautiful placemats 

that will be donated to Meals on Wheels.  

The people who receive them 

get very excited and truly enjoy this special gift.  

Thank you, Donna C. for organizing this project.

A Silent Auction to benefit The New England Quilt Museum

was held with beautiful handmade items. 

Members had fun bidding on various gifts,  

wreaths, jams and jellies, homemade cookies, 

quilted items, knitted and crocheted items and more!

We have very crafty members!

*  *  *  *  *  December Members Show and Tell   *  *  *  *  *

Tina tells the story of her Monoprint Arrowheads quilt.

Tina learned how to create a monoprint at a Ninigret workshop with June House.

Pat F. created a special sewing machine cover and used the rest of her Bernina fabric.

Molly O. used many slight gradations of colors to create a star quilt.

A very colorful quilt by Pat F. 

Pat points out lobster fabric on her disappearing nine-patch quilt,

Tara wanted to create this quilt 

with a cabin feeling for neighbors who live in a log cabin and have dogs.  

Can you find the cute dogs in this quilt?

Outreach completed this kitty quilt using a variety of greens and browns.

Tara started with a kit and made her own changes to create this unicorn quilt.

Margaret Stahl's quilt has a quite a variety of fabrics.

Here are two different styles for Christmas Trees by Pat F.

And of course, more shopping for treasures!