April Meeting 2012

 Cindy, Diane B., Sylvia look on as Meg helps to arrange the strips of "bricks" made by each of the quilters in advance of the April meeting. The trick here is to get the colors just right.

 Diane P. and Debbie work on the "brick" strips while Dolly and Cindy watch Dolly's granddaughter's, Charlie, "help" with some of the strips.

 Ta-dah! The brick strips have been pieced into a quilt top! Dolly will take this home and put borders on it, and it will become a donation quilt. There were enough strips for a second quilt top, too!

Mozelle is holding up a quilt made by Meg using fabric that Meg hand-dyed. Meg has offered to teach us fabric dying on the Saturday after the July meeting. Sign up now for this class--it's only $25 and you'll get seven yards of hand-dyed fabric to take home.

We all loved Linda's stained glass quilt. It would also look great using hand-dyed fabrics! Diane P. suggested that we could have a Saturday sew-in to learn how to cut and piece this quilt.
                                                                                                                                       

  This is Eva's sampler. The picture does not do it justice. In reality the colors are stunning, and the brown/gold lattice sashing, combined with the nine-patch cornerstones is very effective in separating the blocks so that each is clearly delineated from its neighbors. 

                                                                                                         

Wow! This baby quilt looks like sherbet! These large pinwheels form a secondary pattern that will provide a lot of visual stimulation for a baby. Who says that baby quilts have to be made using pale pastels?

Meg has been very busy finishing up quilts that she had cut or started some time ago. This is a pink and purple lap quilt that uses the "night and day" star pattern. It's not hard, if you don't mind paper piecing!

Another baby quilt that Meg finished.

And another one. This one has embroidered butterflies. The border looks pieced, but it's a print.                                                                                

    

Meg saw this quilt pictured in an ad for a quilt kit.  The kit was made for 8 inch blocks, but Meg wanted 12 inch blocks, so she drafted out the pattern for 12 inch blocks, and chose her fabrics from her stash. There are actually 6 different blocks in this quilt, and they have to be arranged just so! 

Novelty print nine patches

             
These nine patch squares were made from the novelty print fabrics that were donated to the Sassies. Aren't they colorful! They will make wonderful donation quilts!