Estela turned in a little lap quilt to be quilted as a donation quilt. We will be making donation quilts again this year, but have not decided on who the recipient group will be. We know that we plan on making some bed-sized quilts to have on hand for whenever we hear that some family has lost their home to a fire or in a natural disaster.
Eva is showing us the pieced back of a quilt that she made.
This is the front of the quilt that Eva made. She used blocks that were hand-embroidered by Diane Purcell's mom. This would make a great quilt for a child who loves farm animals.
Debbie Vaughn almost always has a quilt to show, and this month was no exception. The pattern is called Mexican star, and is done in some lovely blue fabrics.
Essie is another one of our very productive quilters. She made this quilt using the pattern that Diane Purcell showed us last year. The block is first pieced, then cut, and you get two blocks at the same time. When the blocks are sewn together, they form a pinwheel pattern and a secondary pattern too.
The Sassies put together a lovely box of fat quarters for Estela to show their appreciation for her having been the group's leader last year. The box is beautiful, too. This box is a smaller version of the box that Mozelle used to hold the goodies that went into the "mystery box" that was raffled at the group's Christmas dinner. Estela was the winner of that box, too! And she loves all the goodies in it.
Here's a picture of a beautiful hand-made card crafted by Susan Moore and signed by all the Sassies. The card accompanied the thank you gift given to Estela.
Speaking of Susan, here's another of her gorgeous quilts. This one is done in browns, turquoise, and cream. The pinwheels in this quilt also form a secondary pattern. Beautiful!
Most of the meeting was taken up by the lesson given by Susan, Meg, and Eva on how to make sharp mitered corners on binding, and how to join binding ends when finishing a quilt. I didn't take any pictures of the lesson in progress, but it was a very useful exercise.
