Sunday, December 22, 2024

SUNDAY SEW AND SEWS 2024

Since 2017 a small group of quilting friends has met at my house for fun, learning, and companionship. We began working on Block of the Month quilts from The Quilt Show, starting with Halo Star Medallion, designed by the late Sue Garman. We meet for about 2 hours on a Sunday. This past year most of us worked on Feathered Star blocks. 

Over the years much more than quilting has come from this group. It is truly an important part of our lives, as dear friends. Each year it changes a little, some come, some go. And sadly, two have passed away. 

Each December we do a "potluck" holiday meal where we share food and laughter. This year a few were sick or had other obligations, so the annual photo only shows 5 of us--I took the photo so we were a party of 6 instead of 13!


Show and Tell is always the highlight of the day. Here are some photos from our last gathering:

Pam R's Feathered Star quilt with Fussy Cut centers

Victoria's baby quilt before it was gifted to the new one

Susan with a couple more borders to go


Show and Tell at our December party featured these gems:

Cheryl finished one of Janet's projects she left behind when she passed

Cheryl made this comfy throw for a little boy--it has a soft fleece-like back that is so cuddly!

Cheryl got her Patchwork Barn done in time to gift it for Christmas--this proves that an edge-to-edge quilting pattern can work for a lot of quilts--that was all this one needed to be functional and wonderful

Holly finished her Feathered Star quilt and quilted it on her longarm. She said she learned a lot about making perfect points

Susan finished her Washington Medallion top. It is perfect in Black/White and Red. Sue Garman would have approved!

My 3 recent finishes were on the design wall. Charming Kaffe, top left, is a new sample for my Charming Sampler Class. Oh My Small Star! is a sample to teach the basics of this pattern with an adaptation that removes the Y-seam construction. The quilt on the bottom is Scrappy Star Sew Along,  made from instructions on Instagram from "reproquiltlover"--the idea was to replicate an antique quilt she owns, using my fabrics to match the antique as closely as possible. It was FUN!


Another quilt I made and finished this year is Papaw's Choice, pattern by Ricky Tims. I took his online class to learn this and highly recommend his classes. Find them on Let's Quilt Together, his quilt teaching website:
80" square, using mostly hand-dyed fabrics

I really enjoyed coming up with the quilting designs

Having a group of friends you meet with regularly is a joy and will enrich your life. I encourage you to start one if you want to be part of such a group. All I did is ask "Would anyone be interested in..." When we got to 15 people quickly I knew we were on to something.

In 2025 some of us will work on the 2025 Block of the Month quilt from The Quilt Show, LAUREL RIDGE. Some may be "inspired by" the original, yet not make an exact copy. Here are two plans friends of mine have been playing with. See how much fun it can be to play with COLOR and VALUE:

Cyndi

Sally

I have written about this group numerous times, use the SEARCH box above to find them or this link should work: SUNDAY SEW AND SEWS

Let's quilt.

Barbara


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