Recently finished quilts

These will have to wait a few weeks to get blessed but they are done.

""Plaid Comfort"

Quilt made by the group from plaid shirts requested from the church members. Check out the "Izzod" label. LOL

"Winter Warmth" made by Mary Ellen.

I need to learn to write straighter...lol Fast labels made it done!

This quilt I absolutely LOVE! "Janet's Awful Quilt" was a UFO of Janet's and we added borders, flange and a popping binding to make it FABULOUS! Love this....

All three of these will be blessed on May 8th (Mother's day)

Few quilts heading out...

Here are a few quilts we recently delivered.

This was given to a long time parishioner (Bill D) who has been dealing with dementia and while we don't give quilts out to those battling with mental issues unless hospitalized, this man had a seizure, fell and is in rehab.

Pop-Art Floral

This quilt went to a parishioner (RK) who is suffering with ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease)

"Teal Snowballs & Diamonds"

This one was made with blocks called Tesselating blocks by Janet, given to an elderly woman who was having major surgery.

"Wild Tess"

Quilting with Squirrels

Yes. That's right, I said 'with squirrels'!!

Okay, so here is the story... We had a few quilts we'd been pinning, tying, etc. and once it got near lunchtime, I said I'd get the tea water going (again) and we'd break for lunch. As I headed for one door, one of the ladies said they saw 'a cat' scoot through the conference room (where our cupboards for fabrics are kept)  then into the kitchen!
A cat??

Yeah, a cat.

I walked into the kitchen to see a squirrel creeping out from under the stove! Once he saw ME, he scooted towards the other door (which we'd now closed). Because both of those doors have windows in them, we could keep him trapped in the kitchen and watch  My 'wall of tables'  him. He went up the wall to the fuse box (near one window), sat and watched me  and Jane who was watching him through the other door.

I had a plan.
I'd lined up heavy 6' tables on their sides to make an alleyway to the back door which I'd propped open. Then I opened the side door (that went into the conference room and followed the 'path') and I went to the far door and started talking to him.

See the microwave? I NEEDED it for my lunch!!

I'm trying to tell him that he should follow my path, but he wasn't listening. He then decided to crawl up the wall and the water pipes up to the ceiling and I realized the 'plan' wasn't gonna work. They JUMP, AND they CLIMB! My 'wall of tables' wasn't gonna restrain them from leaping over them and heading further into the church. I closed that door and now he's back to being trapped in the kitchen.

In the meantime, Jane had called Randy B (building and grounds committee member)  even though my next thought was to call animal control with the local police. Before Randy arrived, I darted into the kitchen, closed myself in there with the squirrel, talked nice so I could scoop up all the 'food' we had out on the tables (strawberry cupcakes with peanut butter frosting, wine cake, crackers, plates, and two items in the frig) and bring it out to the sewing area so we could eat. Realizing that MY lunch would be better heated up and the squirrel was just above the microwave (guess I'm eating it cold), I now wasn't speaking as nicely to the animal! Now I'm getting 'hangry".
Meanwhile, everyone is laughing their pants off in the other room (asking me to poke my head in and snag the silverware and napkins).

Randy shows up, says there ARE no 'squirrel traps' that the church owns (we just have a 'trapper-guy' we call, puts on heavy duty gloves , grabs a blanket and a bucket (what is he gonna do with THAT??). I quickly head back IN the kitchen with the crackers and toss two on the table near him, one on the floor, one on the window sill (after opening it), and opened up a stepstool near the window, then ran out of the kitchen and closed him back in. As the squirrel looks rather interested in the crackers, Randy comes in and starts waving a blanket to scoot him towards the window. finally, Randy says he thinks the squirrel flew out the window (two stories up, mind you). We quickly closed the window and cleaned up the stuff knocked over by the panicked squirrel, settled down to eat our lunch and get back to sewing! Whew! What excitement...
So here are the photos from the day.... enjoy them.

Which Way Red?

 This was our Red/Pink Heartstring quilt. We'll take it to Marden's in 'April to find a backing.

Janet and Dee pinning this lap sized plaid quilt, named "Plaid Comfort".

 All this quilt needs is tying (done) and stitch in the ditch along the orange flange, then bind with orange.

Margaret and Kathy pinning "Janet's Chaos" quilt.

This is the color of the month for  March. We have a plan for the yellow-green for the 4-patch blocks below. See June's photos.

This is the color of the month for April.

Delaney looking for purples in our strip boxes.

Plaid Comfort

Here are Jane, Margaret and Kathy tying the plaid HS quilt. We'll roll the green plaid backing to make the binding,

This is what I was working on, but if you interrupt my attention often enough,  I can sew right through my 'markers"!! (At least it wasn't a finger!!)

 All in all, we had a great day!! Ending it with what I saw as I left to go home

First blocks I've Received

Thanks Mary Ellen for sending in your  blocks! Not quite  sure  which  design  I like better...

March meeting- GREEN

Here are photos from the March meeting...

This is the color for March (appropriate for St Patrick's day, isn't it?) The trick is not to make it too blue or too yellow-green)

This was the first few blocks I received form the group. Mary Ellen always makes her four match.

I tried to see how I'd like the grays with a splash of bright color! Love it.

Love the selections of grays I had too (but I did go out and buy more, lol).

Kathy made this beauty (rectangles of green and 4-patches), I may call it "Raspberry Garden"

Here is the back.

Love the border, too

Cream Fun Heartstring

Mary Ellen made this one a while ago, we're just getting to pinning it to the back (wood grain).

Delaney is great at doing design work, so she's in charge of the Feb blocks.

Picking out a backing for the Jan blocks... decisions, decisions, decisions.

 All pinned and ready to tie.

Second red one was more red/pink than just red. Notice the arrow design?

Good design, Delaney! Now to pin it and I'll take home to put together.

Kathy enjoying the process while I sew the binding on.

"Red Raspberry" top is done.

How does this look for the leftover blouse blocks?

AKA "Blue Belly Paisley"

"Bellies on the Couch" is done.

Rainbow lasagna is finished and ready to comfort someone! Good job, ladies!! 

Homework done...

Actually, homework is done plus MORE! I finished a red quilt to the point where it needs one more border (and I have the red for it). We'll find a backing for it at the March meeting.

I chose a raspberry red for the inner border because Mary Ellen had a raspberry in her blocks (four of them that were identical)... Looks nice, I think.

This is my 'gray' experiment.... I had to go out and get a few grays since I don't think anyone has many of them. I didn't have many in my stash. I think they have a calming affect... The bright streak through it, will be duplicated on an inner border with gray squares (4" sq) as an outer border. I am not sure how the diagonals will move but I think it could prove to be interesting. (Margaret has previewed it and isn't crazy about it but I think it could work). We'll see as it progresses. I'll post better photos when the lighting is better.

February's color of the Month-Blues

At this month's meeting, we pulled another paint chip... Medium blues/slate blue.

Here is the blocks I had a chance to finish by Valentine's day... I'm liking it!

February mtg--But January's color of the Month-RED!!

Wow! Did we do good for our LAST night meeting! There was only four of us, but did a lot!

Janet did this one (a UFO) and it's a perfect wheelchair quilt. One her 'mom' said would be perfect for a nice old man".

This quilt went to a lady married to Janet's husband's co-worker. His wife has ...ready?... three cancers (bone, brain and lung) and isn't doing well.

Stonehenge

I'm naming it "Stonehenge", since some of the 'bars' seem to be upheld by the verticals.

"Bellies on the Couch", because the center belly of the blocks are laying on a border fabric that remind me of an old-fashioned couch.

One of the designs with the red fabrics... then more blocks showed up and that always changes everything!  Lol!

Mary Ellen made this top... I pulled it out to see if we can find a navy blue/dark blue border for another day... Janet took it home to add the border.

Kathy has been at it again... Making three snowball variety quilts. This one is beautiful teals. "Teal Snowballs and Diamonds".

Dark Cherries and Raspberries

Maroon/raspberry using animal jelly roll fabrics. We may donate this small quilt to Project Linus.

"Red Animal Snowballs"

"The Heart Behind the Plaid"

Janet G finished this little wheelchair sized quilt, but laughed when she realized she had lots of beige strips (sewed end to end) leftover. (ps... she was supposed to use it as a thin border before the outer red plaid border... Oh well. It's fine...

Cute back to the plaid quilt!

After getting Margaret's blocks and the ones the ladies brought, this is the design for one of them. I like the name "Which Way, Red?", since the red diamonds look like the arrows go off to the sides, not knowing which way they should go.

We came up two blocks shy...This is more red (vs with pink), so maybe the name should be "Red Diamonds" or "Red Quartz".

Kathy added a couple more that night. Looks great now!

Janet added the border on this one and brought it back, now we're pin-basting it.

I found some orange fabric for the binding! It will make some of the colors in the quilt POP!

This is as far as we got... We'll sew it in March. Thanks ladies.

Blessed quilts

One of the red quilts with a raspberry border...nice. We'll add more to enlarge it.