September Meeting

The Sassy Quilters met on September 8 at Mozelle's house. We had a smaller gathering than last month, but we still had a great time.

Estela asked for volunteers to go with her to meet with the Military Officers' Association to ask for a monetary donation to be used toward the purchase of fabric and quilting supplies for the small lap quilts we are making for the veteran's home. The volunteers are Iris Page, Susan Moore, and possibly Sylvia Allen and Meg Rogers. We are meeting with the Military Officers on Monday, Sept. 26, and will report back to the group at the October meeting.

Estela also asked how everyone was coming along on their sampler blocks. Although no one brought any sampler blocks to show at this meeting, those working on the sampler reported that they are still working on theirs. Estela told the group that she intends to work on her sampler blocks when she attends her quilting retreat in Texas at the end of September.

New member Essie made another quilt! How does she do it? She obviously has a great eye for color and fabric coordination.

Mozelle showed us her finished jelly-roll quilt that will be donated to the Veteran's home.

Sheila is a new quilter, but took on the task of making several of the donation quilts for the Veternan's home; here she is showing one that she just finished.

No show and tell is complete without Susan, who always has a quilt she's just pieced or just finished. Another overachiever! This is a scrap quilt, made from 60-degree diamonds. The pattern is called 1000 pyramids. There may not be 1000 diamonds in this quilt, but it still took a lot of work--and perfect piecing--to get to look so great!

August Meeting

It's September already, but I'm only now getting around to updating the blog for August. We met at Mozelle's house, and everyone was all excited about the evening's program, which was our second annual Quilters' Auction. Present were: Meg Rogers, Mozelle Wilson, Sheila Fulnechek, Eva Simes, Susan Moore, Diane Baker, Diane Purcell, Sylvia Allen, Dollie McCratic, Cindy Depew, Joyce Snodgrass, Essie Helms, Debbie Vaughn, and Mary Ann Center.

Everyone donated quilt/craft/sewing related items, and Sylvia Allen served as auctioneer. Sylvia's glib tongue and savvy chatter kept the action rolling, and prices, which started at $1, climbed higher and higher. Here's Sylvia in the middle of auctioning off some items. And notice that Meg, our treasurer, is right beside her keeping track of everyone's purchases! The auction raised about $195! That's money for next year's community service quilts!




The auction took up most of the evening, but we did have show and tell. Here's Meg showing one of her sampler blocks.

Another of Meg's sampler blocks.

This is Mozelle's Corn and Beans block. Just ask her which is the corn and which is the beans!

Here's Mozelle's black, white and brights quilt. Notice the multi-colored inner border and the piano key outer border.

Meg brought a baby quilt to show. The white blocks were embroidered and then surrounded with bright color triangles. What baby wouldn't love this!

Meg also brought a quilt top that she's been commissioned to quilt. The quilt top was made by a man, who is a prolific quilter even though he started quilting less than a year ago. This memory quilt top has family pictures in each block.

Debbie Vaughn has been very busy sewing and piecing, and she's got some wonderful quilts to show for her efforts. Look at the gorgeous hummingbirds and stars.

Here's another of Debbie's little quilts. What bright and cheery colors!

And yet another of Debbie's quilts. Although not shown, Debbie also brought a beautiful quilt made using batiks. I took a picture of it, but something went wrong and I can't upload it into the blog.

Estela showed the Christmas tree mini-quilt that was made during the "Christmas in July" program at Meg's House. Everyone had so much fun doing this, and it went so fast that everyone at the sew in had time to make two of them.

Here's the second one that Estela made.

This is a very colorful Trip Around the World. The colors are beautifully coordinated.

Susan made a quilted sewing machine caddy. You put it on the sewing table, with the pocket portion hanging down off the table, then set the sewing machine on top to hold it in place. The pockets can be used to hold things like needles, scissors, and other accessories that you need close at hand while sewing.