In August

It may be still summer - and the hottest part of it (at least here) but quilts are still being made.  Here's two turned in at our last meeting:

Made by our newest member, Jee Soo and it's her first quilt.

Another one by Gloria.  She used some of the colored blocks.

Just Simple Squares

We're always being how popular these are for the mother's we gift them to:

The fabric was sample flannel squares donated to the group.  Such darling fabrics.  36" square.

Ever so Sweet and Easy

and made by our member, Gloria.  This one has been delivered to a family in our parish that just had a preemie - our prayers are with them. 

June Beauty

A pre-printed panel beautifully put together and quilted by Claire.  

Using Up

Using what we have comes up with some delightful results.

Left Over Nine Patches

These 9 patches came from a swap and are now in a quilt for baby:

I love the stripe that someone donated.  We've been able to make 4 quilts with it - all a different color.

Quilt as You Go

A Quilt as you Go baby quilt. Claire has perfected this method. She does such excellent work.  She starts with a 9" square for the top and a 11" square for the back. A top and back square are sandwiched with a 9" square of batting. She quilts an X through the sandwich of each block. Then taking two blocks she sews a 1"seam (back sides together) that will run right next to the top and batting. She now folds the seam allowance  (one side at a time) in half so the edge of the seam allowance is touching the top/batting.  She folds that over the raw edge of the top and stitches it down as you would do binding.  Now do it to the other side.  Continue to do pair of squares until you have done all the blocks in a row.  Connect the pairs to make your row.  Once the rows are together, she sews the rows together matching the corners.