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program day for May

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 Ann had her show and tell before I remembered to get my camera...oh the pressure of doing two jobs at once.....these are wonderful reversible placemats. Great idea, Ann!  Lilliane made a bag for her grand daughter's doll, decided it wasn't quite what she wanted to do and did another......  and here it is....both equally as wonderful. This beauty is Pat's and she got it as a block of the month in New Hampshire. Now that she has it all together she wants to get down to quilting it. It will be gorgeous, no doubt.  Vera is hooked on these star patterns. I think she's having some fun. Here's a Christmas material star she is putting together.  Carolyn has been attending the evening sessions and made this great "crap" (Marilyn's word, remember) bag...love the fabric she used.  She also made the  machine mat  and is ready to go for next year.  Clever  Judy stole a shirt from Carl, did her magic and created two wine bags from the sle

Guess Who!

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Isn't this the neatest picture....our esteemed guide on the wonderful bus trip to PEI...who better than Anne of Green Gables.

Bus Trip 2013

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This is the sign that greeted us upon arrival at Summerside, P.E.I. ...sure made us feel welcome....AND to top it off , there were cookies, squares and cold drinks awaiting ...we won't even discuss the fabric, the fat quarters,the patterns and the extra staff to make things go quickly.....we also won't discuss how much money changed hands....right!!! The back of the bus...where all the rambunctious people sit...you will notice that the pictures are being taken from the middle of the bus....where the fence sitters congregate.... And of course, the front of the bus...notice all the white hair....with the exception of Martha's dark hair...do you think that means something other than white haired women are the only ones that realize the importance of a bus trip to a fabric store.???Inquiring minds want to know.  Here we are at the restaurant in O'Leary...now I have to tell you we were very surprised at how well they served a bus load of hungry women

Busy Business Day

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Here it is, ladies, the last hand quilted nine patch  for the year.  This is the one that Vivian Patriquin pieced and the ladies quilted.  They are such wonderful comfort quilts....  Remember the brown bag challenge we started at the beginning of the new year...well, here are half of them all lined up...aren't they amazing?  That beautiful blue star is mine and I can't wait to start quilting it....I think I will do the grid work and work on my machine quilting...I could do feathers, or apple cores..or.....you'll just have to wait to see.  Here's the other half of the brown bag challenge. It amazes me how different they are ....so many talented people and they all look gorgeous...I think we should have them backed and/or quilted and ready for the quilt show next year...they would look so good on the tea tables..wouldn't they? Lucky Muriel is going to become a Grandma and she is excited...can you blame her.  She knows it is a boy and the decor for that bea

What a fun Day!

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 This may look like all we did was watch Gail Mitchell draw on her board but, trust me, that's not all we did.  In these two pictures she is demonstrating how to locate your grid, where to start your pattern and how to proceed so that it flows into a continuous line.....ALL important points to know when free motion quilting. Once we got the information from several different patterns it was sit at your machine and sew, sew , sew.  It was sooooo much fun , especially when you could see the possibilities.  Now, let's face it, we did not expect to be as fluid in our sewing with curves and shapes as Gail (not me, the teacher Gail) was but you know it takes practice, practice, practice. Eventually, we will get there. Just a little note about Gail Mitchell, ...she is a wonderful teacher.  Stays on track, gets the relevant points out there and is very tactful when she comes across someone (not to mention any names, but one starts with G and ends with an L) making a lot of booboos