Friday, October 11, 2013

"Quilting with Friends" Show

On October 5th and 6th, 2013, the Heritage Quilters had a quilt show in Crown Point, and our Guild was invited to participate.  We had a small exhibit of members' finished pieces, education pieces and information about our Guild.

Here are the photos (sorry about the reflections--there were a lot of lights)...

 




 
Exhibitors were:
Aggie Grimmer
Amy Parker
Carol Lee
Patricia Bellinger
Becky Maraszkiewicz
Deborah Landman
Janet Charleston
Pamela Schopp-Young
Chris Retseck
Karen Pinta
Renee Reimer
and unknown stitchers of education projects.
 
Volunteers who helped to set up,
take down and/or chat with the public were:
Renee Reimer
Becky Maraszkiewicz
Carol Lee
Janet Charleston
Barb Poi
Sue Hanson
 
Thanks, ladies!
It was a great event!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

October Show & Tell

September must have been a busy month for our members, because we had lots of beautiful finished projects on display.

We started off with a reveal of our Challenge projects.  In January, Challenge participants were given fabric and threads and were instructed to create a stitched piece using only the provided materials.  Here are the spectacular results:

Sue P fashioned her Zodiac sign.
 
Amy P created a box insert.
 
Diana S created a life sampler.
 
Marj H designed a biscornu and brought her notes, too!
 
Pam S and Renee R also did pieces,
but I did not get photos.  Sorry, ladies!
 
For regular Show & Tell, we had:
 
A darling Halloween decoration from Anne L.
 
A finish of last month's education project
from Debbie L.  Quick and cute!
 
Another quick and cute finish of the same project by Pam S.
 
(Did I get them mixed up, ladies?)
 
 
A darling stitched piece with a quilt theme
and a lovely hardanger bookmark from Carol L.
 
Amy P showed this cute finish...
 
...and brought this stunning piece for the Guild's
exhibit at the upcoming Heritage Quilters show
in Crown Point.
 
Pat B showed several seasonal smalls.
 
Chris R had a tree theme going
with three beautiful pieces--this one...
 
...and this one...
 
...and this one.
 
Janet C showed her stunning dragonfly, now framed.
 
Elaine H brought this lovely piece.
 
Becky M did two cute Halloween kitties.
Can you spot the difference in the pieces?
 
 
Last but not least, Renee R
brought some sweet finished--and almost-finished--
pieces to sell at the upcoming
Quilters Plus Boutique--
more about that in another post.



 
Kudos to you all!