March meeting re-cap

Those who braved the torrential downpour to make it to the meeting Thursday afternoon were treated to a fantastic program by Jackie. Members cut stamps from corrugated cardboard and foam. The sticky backed foam was then attached to plexi-glass plates. Thanks to Bob, Jackie's husband, for cutting the plates and supplying the plastic to cover the tables.

The program for April will be presented by Miriam and will be painting washers with alcohol ink. These  can be made into beautiful necklaces and earrings. You will receive a supply list but if you do not get one contact Miriam before the meeting.

MAY PROGRAM NEEDED    What can you share with your quilting buds?

The June meeting will be on handbag embellishment. Everyone needs to visit your local thrift shop and purchase a purse to work with. Come with your purse and supplies to begin working on it at the meeting.

July will be  button embellishment, presented by Sandi.

If you would like to participate in the Bernina, quilt a murder, block of the month beginning in June, contact Lauren Byrne at quiltamurder.com

If you missed the meeting be sure to stop in at the Bernina shop. Bill and Melissa have expanded the store, it looks fantastic and there is sooooo much room. The wall color is gorgeous....very modern!

Jackie's folded tie dye

donut tie dye

Diagonal tie dye

hand dyed batik

stamping with hand made stamps

Project made from hand made blocks

Hand stamp made with corrugated card board 

Denise's fox faces and upside down houses  (O.K.....it does not look like a fox yet, maybe next month)

Denise's baby quilt. Quilted by Rhonda Fulghum

June playing peek a boo with her Frozen quilt

Back of Frozen

Close up of Jackie's detail

From a distance....Wow!

Shibori

donut twist

Hand stamping 

Hand stamping

Miriam's bird

Hand stamping 

hand stamping 

Hand stamping

Kim's fish

February meeting recap

There were 18 fiber artist at the GreatFul Threads February meeting with four of those being guest. It was a meeting full of creative energy.  Don't forget to let Jackie know if you can be at the Children's Discovery Museum Saturday, March 20 (a couple of hours in the afternoon) to help  children make zip bags. The children are such fun and so eager to sew on the machines. This is our golden opportunity to hand our quilting enthusiasm to the next generation!

Congrats to Nancy Packard. Her "Vortex" quilt was accepted to a show at the Quilt Museum in Texas.

I apologize for some of the pics  being blurry. It's a good thing I don't make a living as a photographer!

Denise

GT leader, Jackie Cory

Jackie's quilt with multiple surface design techniques

Jackie's "Dianne Hire" type quit from January's program

Jackie's sample of her upcoming surface design retreat

Vista's Modern photo interpretation

Vista's "Dianne Hire-Quilter's Playtime" from the January meeting

Danglers to add

Snippet Valentine card. Charles is lucky to have such a loving, talented wife!

Karen's Sashiko handwork

Sandi's showed us how to tie square scarves together to make gorgeous shrugs 

This gorgeous quilt is a mystery  because I cannot remember who made it! Please forgive me but let me know who made it and I will give you much deserved credit.

Miriam's "Dianne Hire" example. Loved the raw edge

Patricia's stained glass

Patricia using yoyo technique

Patricia's Modern photo interpretation

Patricia's guild challenge, "Irish Dance"

Michelle's guilt for her brother

This is the back of Tracey's quilt for her friend Shelly

Front. Shelly came from CA just to get her "lover of shoes" quilt

Melissa's baby quilt with the ruffled border

Melissa's Swedish Weaving on Monk cloth

Another Swedish weaving. I see a class in her future

Martha won Karen Sperry's art work! Can't wait to see what Martha gives away in March

Brenda gave a great program on paper quilting

Brenda's paper quilted name tag

Jackie's framed paper quilting artwork, #1 of 3 

#2 of 3

#3 of 3

Paper quilting

Working on paper quilted name tags 

I think there is a glare covering Mic

Sorry about the blurry Suzanne. I was so excited to see you  I was shaking!

Tracey's name tag 

Miriam's name tag

Sandi's name tag 

Karen's name tag