Quilt Circle of Friends annual party

In Quilt Circle of Friends, we have a tradition of skipping our December meeting and having our holiday party in January. Monday was the eve for our party.

This annual gathering always starts with a potluck. I made ham balls, Trish made cheesy potatoes and everyone else brought side dishes. It was perfect - - - and yummy.

Following dinner, we shared some Show and Tell. These are appliance covers Bonnie made for her kitchen. 

Bonnie just finished up this bright little quilt.

And she showed us this panel quilt she finished up, reminiscent of her days as a school teacher, beautifully hand quilted.

These are the blocks for our Barn Quilt Sign BOM. Quilt Circle did these blocks as a group project this past year. Here is Trish's version of them all set together with a sweet little shadow border on each block.

Lonnie showed all her most recent shop sample quilt, Shoji Screens. So bright and happy.

Marti finished up this quilt top that was donated to the Des Moines Quilt Guild for their charity project. She pointed out how pretty a quilt can be, even when the fabrics and colors are so eclectic.

And this is a quilt Marti put together using a stack of "found" blocks. The units are all like a snowball block but with cheater corners on just two corners rather than 4. By making half dark with light corners and half light with dark corners, you create this design. Such a pretty quilt to study.

Then we moved on to our Get Er Done quilts. This annual party is the deadline for completion of these projects. Many of these have been posted along the way and here they are one last time.

By Bonnie N.

Theresa H.

Lonnie K.

Margaret B.

Jackie O.

Marti Klatt

From names of those who completed their Get Er Done quilts, we drew for 3 - $25 gift certificates:

• Abbie Allen
• Theresa Hane
• Deb Semmens

In accordance with the contract signed at the beginning of last year, anyone who did not complete their Get Er Done project needed to have a really, really, really good reason. Here is Joyce explaining. "My name is Joyce and I'm easily distracted". 

Jackie O shared these blocks given to her by a friend to complete a few moons ago. She is pledging these as her Get Er Done project for 2018.

2018 Get Er Cone contracts are due by our February meeting.

Then it was on to our holiday game. This year, we did the stuffed socks again. Members were asked to bring a pair of socks and stuff one with quilting notions and goodies. Here are a few.

 

We played a little game to exchange. 

Children in the room, please look away. This sock includes a naughty word. :) :) :)

and then each put on one new socks and posed for this picture.

As always, it was a great evening with my Quilt Circle of Friends and thank you to Jackie O for taking and sharing these pics.