A VIP visit!

 

We waited so long for it to get here, and national teacher, Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill, was worth every minute of the wait!  Lucky guild members were able to spend two days in class, learning techniques to make fabulous quilts!

We met in October at the First Presbyterian church, where the classes were held.  They have a lovely meeting room, with upholstered chairs and a built in sound system!  (such luxuries)

  The venue is great, but the one drawback is not having the stage for show and tell.  Apologies in advance for having people's heads in the pictures, and incomplete images- especially on Sheri's work.

                                Nancy Bow made this disappearing 4-patch.  I missed who it's for.  

                           Barb Sage finished this runner from the beginner  quilting classes

Barb also finished this from the beginner classes.

                          Her other finishes gave Barb the confidence to make this baby quilt!

Dee Waldraff proudly shared her oldest UFO (13 years old) - released from "time-out" and finally finished. It is hand appliquéd and hand quilted.  

Chris Kuehl is also finishing UFOs.  These mats were part of a flower of the month series at Mt Pleasant.  Chris only bought this one as it's her favorite flower

Chris had a hard time matching the colors exactly to finish painting this piece from the classes we had with Linda M Poole.  She also vows no more pebbles!

                                               Jeannie Glozer made this cork bag at a retreat

                                    This quilt is for Jeannie's daughter, in colors her daughter chose.

Connie is working steadily on finishing her UFOs as well.  This quilt was a pandemic top, using up scraps.  

Connie taught some fourth grade students to sew and had them sew scrap squares to plain fabric as practice.  This quilt is made of those pieces.  Both of these are for community service.

 

This was started in a "Cheater bargello" class we had years ago with Marija Vucjic.

This was in with some Community Service donations.  Connie figured out why it might have been "accidentally" thrown away when she decided to finish it.  This will be in the December auction!  

Mary Beth Letson used her "Twister" tool to make the borders on this baby quilt panel- to be a gift for a friend.

Mary Beth found the panel for this adorable little witch doll on a recent shop hop (at the Quilter's Daughter) 

                    Jennifer Grimsley made this in neutrals as a gift for a baby coming soon.

Kathi Everett is still dyeing bits and pieces (above and below) she finds using natural dyes.  

Kathi is also still doing collages with online groups.  This tiny collage is part of an "Artist Trading Card(ATC)" swap.

Martha made four of these placemats from panels she bought last October at a shop in Portland, OR.

Here are the results of the classes- Eula never did get hers opened up, I guess.   (there's a better picture on the guild facebook page)

Piecing Curves with Confidence

Hawaiian Appliqué

When Sheri shared her story of being a quilter and designer, (and lots of her quilts!)she added stories about her inspiration- which she finds everywhere!  She does all of her own work, and loves walking foot quilting (On a domestic machine)  You can learn more about her work at her website.

Sheri's first quilt- very heavy due to the number of seams- inspired by Denyse Schmidt  It is hand quilted.

This first version of the curves quilt from class was done as part of a challenge.

The first version of this quilt sold at QuiltCon 2015, so she played with the design and made it again.  This is what the word love looks like as a sound wave!

                                    This version is a pattern available at Sheri's website

                               Sheri likes working in series, and was fascinated by some bugs!

This piece was inspired by a desire to travel during the pandemic.  Sheri hosted a sew-along with quilters around the world to make this quilt, which is paper pieced.  

This piece was a fabric challenge and she didn't like the fabric. So she pondered the process of making a quilt to come up with this design! (Paper pieced) 

                                         This piece was inspired by a Hawaiian sunrise.  

Sheri likes typography and designed a way to piece all the characters shown, then made some words.  

                                                     Sheri's dog sleeps with paws up!

Sheri showed several lovely botanical quilts- most are block of the month patterns.  Sadly, the pictures I took weren't worth sharing.  Please visit Sheri's website for more information!

(If we go back to this venue, I'll have to find a better vantage point to photograph.)

Coming in November is our annual Demo Day.  (Contact Joann Flynt if you have demo ideas- she might still have room!)  

In December we'll have our annual holiday party with lots of excellent food and our December silent auction.  Contact Jen Grimsley if you have items to donate!

 

I was absent that day

 I was unable to attend the September meeting, so I truly appreciate Alex for taking pictures for me.  It looks like I missed an awesome meeting!

So first is the show and tell of work from the members lucky enough to HAVE sewing time.  

Baseball panel quilt by Liz Scott

Another great panel quilt from Liz

Some bits and bobs Kathi Everett dyed, and a concertina book- shown below.

Stephanie Mott finished her block from the straight line quilting class!

Mary Beth Letson made this for the QCNYS "Wee Little Quilts" collection

Mary Beth finished this UFO from her mother's stash

A quilt in neutrals for Mary Beth's grandchild

Connie Grimsley showing off some Community Service quilts

Connie is still on a roll finishing UFOs

                                       

                                             Connie made this in a friend's favorite color

Connie made this for Community Service with the economy blocks they've been collecting

Connie bought a bag of blocks at the Perinton quilt show, and turned them into this

Connie said this UFO is of "Unknown Origin"  

Connie made this Spock quilt as a gift for Jenny- very logical.  (sorry, I had to) I added Connie's picture because she looks so pleased with it 

 

                                     Jenny Grimsley made this sweet dog quilt as a fundraiser

I wish I knew the story for this- the picture is labeled as an ode to Nancy Schrader's mom, Mickie

And we have our first finish from the "fusion" classes earlier in the year , by Sandy Shufelt

So, the program in September was mini trunk shows by several members.  I don't know what order they were in at the meeting, so I chose alphabetical.  There's too many to add names or descriptions (plus it was hard for Alex to get all the info and I don't want anyone to feel slighted).  Sorry.

First up is Mary Ellen Ames, who we all know loves more geometrical designs.

Next is Jean Butzer, who brought a wonderful selection of her work!

                         

                          Next is Tracy Jachimowicz, whose work blends tradition and whimsy.

And lastly, Carolyn Stegman spoke about the surgical caps she makes for the Sawgrass center

Thanks to all of them for sharing their work, and to the members who helped by holding the quilts!

In October, we'll be enjoying our visit with Sheri Cifaldi Morrill, of Whole Circle Studio.  

REMINDER: the meeting will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street.  Information will be in the newsletter.