RUTH'S MAGIC TILE

Here is another quilt ready to go. Ruth made her husband and sister each a Magic Tile in bright primary colors with black grouting. Ed's has black grouting with small colored dots. These came out simply stunning and she did an amazing job of putting everything together. The back was done in card pattern farbic as Ed loves to play poker. Great job Ruth.

KATHY'S LION QUILT

Wow we have gone from no new pictures to an abundance of them. The ladies have certainly been busy. Here is one Kathy just finished. It certainly made the rounds. I cut the squares a couple of years ago and never did anything with them and they passed to a previous group member. She started sashing one or two blocks and didn't finish so it was passed along to Kathy who finished sashing the blocks, added some really nice border fabric and put everything together. It's now with the charity quilts for future use. She did an excellent job finishing this up.

JUNE WORKSHOP

June workshop was the pattern called Hole in One. This month we had Kathy & Ruth and both were able to get quite a bit done. I believe they each went home with all their blocks completed. Now all they have to do is piece all the blocks together and their new quilt top is ready. Here's a picture of the ladies sewing away.

July is UFO day so maybe a few more things will get finished. I have one quilted and will post the pictures as soon as I get the binding on. ANd I just quilted 2 for Kathy so we'll post those when the binding is done.

FINALLY A PICTURE

Well we finally have one done completely so I can post a picture. Here is Ruth's first charity quilt for 2010. In fact, I think it's the second quilt she started. She just joined our group about 2 months ago and has already made 3 or 4 quilts. She made 2 magic tiles which were simply stunning, a couple of baby quilts and this. I'll post those pictures here as soon as she's finished all the binding. Nicely done Ruth. We look forward to more in the future.

MAY 17th WEEKLY UPDATE

The ladies are really rolling along and should actually each have a comfort quilt done by the June deadline. In exchange for free lessons I required they turn in a charity quilt in June and November. I have Kathy's completed and put away, I quilted Ruth's and Kathy is currently in the binding stage and Alison's was quilted last night. I'll return it to her this week so she can add the binding.

I think the Alison and Ruth are pretty much done squaring up the sand casltle blocks and are starting to assemble them. After that each will go from here and decide what they want to make. As for me . . . I'm not only on a no buy till 3/15/11 but I've put all my quilts aside till I can get the ones I have lying around basted and quilted. This week I finished Ruth's and Alison's tops and started a top that Kathy took over from a previous member and finished up. After that I have 2 or 3 tops of my own that need to be quilted them I'll start on Karen's housewarming quilt. I might finish by the time she's lived there a few years.

MONTHLY PROJECT FOR MAY

This weekend was our monthly project which for May which was the Magic Tile. It's one of my favorite patterns and I can honestly say it's just beautiful no matter what colors you choose. Kathy choose some muted colors with very vintage hues and designs along with beige grouting. Ruth is making two so she'll have one for herself and one for her sister. Both are solid colors and have black/print grout. I can't wait till they are finished and I can post the pictures here. I think Kathy got as far as finishing up thru the 3rd cut on her blocks and Ruth stayed till she got her whole top assembled. As soon as they are basted and quilted I'll post some pictures.

As for me I helped the ladies and worked on quilting one while they were sewing. I am not starting anything new till I can get some one the ones I have finished and posted here.

KATHY'S NEWEST

Here is Kathy's newest quilt. She made this for one of our church members that is moving to another state. I'm sure he loved it. SHe did a great job. It's a Tossed Nine pattern done in red white and blue. We don't have a picture of the whole quilt but you can see how nice it looks.

I think she has a few more done and is just waiting for me to quilt them. This one she pieced and quilted herself.