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.

UPDATE 4/22/10

Well I haven't had much to post here as Faithquilters has been on hold for a few weeks. I needed to do a little remodeling at the house then tax season hit, then my sister was injured, then . . . as you know it's always something. However we will be restarting the bi-weekly group tonight so hopefully some new pictures and updates are on the way.

This is on my personal blog but since it was a comfort quilt I'm adding it here as well. A lady I know is a caregiver for her grandmother and as we all know that can sometimes be hard so she's been overwhelmed lately. While I was finishing this quilt the Lord told me she needed it so I sent it off in March to it's new home. She loved it and it is my first "no buy" quilt of 2010. Everything including backing came from my stash.

WE'RE ROLLING NOW

This past week was comfort quilt night and Kathy, Ruth, Allie and I all got started on a new comfort quilt. Allie is doing a top of 4.5 in sqaures, Ruth is making a 12.5in sqaure with sashing and Kathy has another Simple Simon in the works I think. I'll be doing a scrappy strip twist I think.

Kathy also took one of our partially made tops and finished it up this week for another comfort quilt. It looks great with the extra squares and border. Check it out.