Quilt Circle of Friends

Time for everyone's favorite monthly post! Quilt Circle of Friends.

Deb S showed us her version of the Barn Quilt Sign Blocks. Remember, this project started with Quilt Circle but they only received a block pattern each month. They chose their own fabrics and setting. We should have several of these on display at our Little Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on June 16.

Deb is also part of an online group doing a panel challenge. This is the panel she was given to start with.

And here it is after she prettied it up!

Deb also shared this picture. Smitten by the Pinterest bug, she hopes to figure out this design on a future quilt.

Kathy H, never one to shy away from a challenge, is making this quilt - - - all set in seams. See how the blocks come together below. This will be a fun quilt to watch grow.

 

Nancy H showed us this little bag, made for her by a friend with an embroidery machine.

And this beautiful quilt top she recently finished!

Here is Jackie O's ugly panel conversion. This started as a panel of placemats and she made this great quilt from it.

Jackie also shared this adorable X's and O's quilt she made for a friend, complete with a wide rick rack trim.

 

Lonnie K shared her version of our Life on the Farm quilt. She added a 3rd row and then adorned the corners with flying geese units. Nice.

Another quilter never afraid of a challenge, Lonnie just finished Gypsy Wife. Very pretty.

And this is Lonnie's version of the Barn Quilt Sign quilt.

 Celia showed us another baby quilt she made for a new arrival coming to her church.

And this fun quilt, finished up recently on a trip to Missouri to stitch with her sister, and our friend, Rozetta. 

 

Kathy H is preparing for her first grandchild! She made this penguin wall quilt to hang over the baby bed. The theme of the nursery is penguins.

She also showed us this lovely teal and grey quilt, originally made to give away but she is so pleased with the way it turned out, it may just stay in her own home. Also, please notice the lovely name badge Kathy made. She whipped that up just moments before the meeting began!

Bonnie N. showed us this block made for the Perry Guild exchange. So bright and cheery!

Marty K made this quilt from 9-patch blocks donated to the shop. She trimmed the outside edge of each block off and then stitched  the trimmings to a different trimmed block. The blocks are set on point with a sashing and a little pink square for the corner stone. Isn't this cool? It will be for sale at our Little Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show library fund raiser.

Marti also converted these vintage knick knacks into pin cushions for our sale. Just adorable.

This is a quilt Marti bought for $1 when out rummaging. She is also donating it to our sale. Plan now to attend. We have several really nice quilted items for our annual library sale. 

This is a new shop sample made for us by Diana W called Cat Walk. Available in kit, of course.

We were very fortunate to have Karen Thompson visit us and do a program on temperature quilts and afghans. First she shared this bag she made from one of our panels.

---- featuring a key fob.

Temperature quilts start with assigning a range of temperatures to a color. Then chart the high of the day wherever you are and convert that to a quilt in cloth.  

 

Karen showed us this afghan she made. Each segment is a month and is reflective of her time spent in Iowa as well as traveling to India.

This is a temperature quilt Karen is working on using flying geese units. Each row represents one month.

Last month, we talked about temperature quilts in preparation
for our June speaker. Nancy took right up on it and made this quilt to share. Each 4-patch represents the high temperature of the day where she and each of her 3 daughters were for one month.

She organized her squares by sorting them into little baggies marked with the temperature range they represent.

So, are you intrigued now to make a temperature quilt?

As always, it was a lovely  evening spent with my Quilt Circle of Friends. Thank you to Jackie O, our volunteer photographer.