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:

February Quilt Meeting

Remember ladies that we will be meeting at Debbie Fort's on Thursday, February 25th to work on pillowcases for charity. You will need 7/8 yard fabric for the main body, 1/3 yard for the border, and 1/8 yard for the accent strip. If your fabric for the main body is directional, you may need 1 1/4 yards. Look through your stash and see what you can put together. A few of us will need to bring sewing machines. I'll bring mine, Debbie will have hers, and the first two to email me can bring theirs. It will be a lot of fun. We'll start at 7:00.

Background Fabric for our Star Blocks

So I went to Bits and Pieces Saturday and got the neutral background fabric for our star block project. (Bottom picture on the right.)

It seems to have a gold undertone and I think it has a nice texture. The middle picture gives a comparison of it to the three neutral fabrics that we picked from Thursday's meeting. Pretty close, I think.

The number of choices was actually somewhat limited since we needed 12 1/2 yards. So the woman who helped me and I could only look for very "fat bolts" because bolts in general only have 14-15 yards on them (interesting fact to know).

FYI, at the top is a picture with the "color wheel" of jewel tones.

If I bought the full (rest of the) bolt, Bits and Pieces gave a 25% discount. The bolt had 13 1/2 yards, so I went ahead and got the whole thing to get the discount. So I do have extra fabric for anyone who wants more than a yard and a half. (Laura already has dibs on 2 yards.) I have not done the math yet to determine individual cost, but will do so soon. Just wanted to get these pictures up quickly. Call me if you want me to cut you a piece and get started!

November Meeting

At our last meeting we shared some sample jewel tone fabrics that we thought would work well with for next group project. Below is a sample of a gold background fabric and some Jewel tones that we could use for our "Valley of the Sun Stars" Or should I say our Jeweled Star Quilt. Some of us chose our star pattern from the Quilted Cache Website http://quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore58.html. So take a look and choose your star. See you at our next group meeting!

Our next project?

At our November "mini-meeting," I said that I would post a picture of a sample block that I put together from the choices on the Quilters Cache site that were suggested last time. And here it is! (The hardest part was figuring out how to post it here.) We thought that in January we might make a plan (including block and colo choices) for possible completion in May or June. Something to be thinking about. -- Linda

Valley of the Sun Stars

It was great getting together with everyone. We had a really fun night. We decided to do the Valley of the Sun Stars from the Quilter's Cache website http://quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore58.html for this year's group project. We talked about using jewel tones on a tan background. Each person would choose a color on the color wheel and use its complementary color as a contrast fabric. At our next meeting we need to bring some fabric color swatchs from our stash to show and then we will discuss how we want to proceed with the project.

Debbie, Jeralyn, Patti, and Pam shared some of their projects with us. Check out the pictures below.


Debbie's quilt for new grandson Calvin. Made from super soft flannel and hand quilted.


Jeralyn's, from a kit she purchased at a quilt show.



Disappearing nice patch by Jeralyn. Check out this link for instructions. http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/04/disappearing-9-patch-tutorial.html


Pam's quilt top for Ashley is finished and ready for the quilters.


Patti's found treasure. Patti found this quilt while cleaning out her mothers house. Made with 30's and 40's prints and hand quilted. A good lesson on why we should label our quilts. Her mother can't remember where it came from.


Of course we topped off the evening with a yummy treat. I tried a new recipe from the Cooks Illustrated Lost Recipes Cookbook "Peach Puzzle". The ramekin is placed upside down in the center of a nine inch pie plate. I arranged whole peeled peaches around the ramekin poured syrup over the peaches and then topped the whole thing with a pasty dough and pressed it around the peaches Not the plate. After baking you place a serving plate over the pie plate and flip the dish over. The sauce has collected in the ramekin ready to serve with the peaches.

I created a link where we can list our favorite quilt shops. If you're not sure how to do it just send me the name and I will list it. Pam's is Starry Night Hollow in Encinitas.