Ladybug Quilt

I started this quilt a few years ago and finally got it done and to the quilter's. It is for my niece. I had made a similar quilt for my daughter, Kim, for her baby, and when my niece saw it she wanted one, also, for her little girl (who was a baby at the time!). I know she will still love and appreciate it, even though that baby is nearly 3 years old. This is actually the first quilt that I have had someone else quilt. I am going to bind it in black.


This is the back...


and this is a close-up of the quilting...

Quilt Group at Ann Marie's

The entire group met on April 21st at Ann Marie's home. Many of us had not seen their new addition, so we got the tour. It is beautiful, just beautiful. I personally could take your new kitchen and put it right in my home and be happy. A lot of us had things to share that evening. Here is Jane's Christmas tree skirt...


Here is the quilt that Ann Marie is making for Stephen when he returns from his church mission in Florida...


Linda's beautiful paper-pieced iris...


Another of Linda's creations, a batik wall hanging...


Jeralyn's Apple Cake quilt...


These are examples of a quilt our group did quite a while ago, A Spring Garden Quilt - Jeralyn's...


and Ann Marie's...

2011 Meeting Schedule

I've been meaning to post this for a long time--so here it is (finally)! Mark your calendars for:

January 20 at Patti's house
February 17 at Linda's house
March 5 workday at the church
March 17 at Laura's house
April ?? another work day at the church
April 21 at Ann Maries's house
May 19 at Kathy's house
June 16 at Jane's house
July 21 at Debbie's house
August 18 at Jeralyn's house

I'm not posting addresses or phones for privacy reasons, but I think we all know how to get in touch with each other to find out.

We talked about two goals for this year:
- finishing (and sharing) projects already underway
- doing heart pillows as a charity project, possibly in May or June

New News

We held a successful work meeting on March 5, 2011. Lots was accomplished - including eating lots of good food and lots of visiting! We met again March 17 at Laura's. Jeralyn demonstrated a darling Sweet Treat Bag made with 1 1/2" strips. Cute, cute, cute! She was kind enough to make up kits for those that wanted one - Thanks, Jeralyn! She also shared two quilts that she completed. One was a darling Easter quilt - see photo below - the other is a wedding gift for Bracken Rawlings, whom most of us know (did not get a photo of that one!).

Another setting for the star blocks

I saw this on Lisa Coulombe's Facebook page, and loved the starry sashing. I might consider something like this (in jewel tones) for setting our shared star blocks.

Perspective

March meeting

As always fun to come together for inspiration.

Jeralynn shared with us what she learned on using perspective in a quilt. Below is a sample of one of her quilts.

Star blocks inspiration?

Ladies: I saw this image of a quilt on The Quilt Show's email this morning, and it made me think of our star blocks project. Maybe this will provide inspiration/ideas for how to set our blocks: