15 and still counting.....

What a great meeting GRMQ had last Tuesday!  We're growing as word gets around.  We had three guests who want to join.  A hearty welcome to Lindsey, Holly and Cathy!  Already our group has learned from your participation.  Lindsey was the winner of  our purple, yellow, green and white blocks!  Anxious to see how she puts them together.  While we have around 30 members, we need more interested quilters curious about modern quilting.

Our monthly skill demo was done by Caroll D.  The knowledge she has to share - oh boy!  A new tool is available in quilt stores, the exact name I am unsure, but it's an ironing device to assist in opening seams in quilt blocks.  Simply, a DYI project that requires a piece of scrap batting, a double layered piece of cotton and a piece of molding used around floor edges.  Glue the batting edge to the bottom of the molding, wrap the batting around and then glue again at the top edge.  The cotton cover is wrapped with a large "flap" to enable you to sew it as close as possible to the molding on all three edges.  Trimming the excess batting is a good idea before sewing.(No pictures because you just had to be there to enjoy it.....as we all are members)!

However please enjoy the work of our members:

 Linda shows us her circles quilt - all hand done.   I love the blanket stitch but have yet to conquer it.  Notice how she finished the edge......

 Nancy, above, must love triangles....it's so cool to look at.....

 Becky shows us a pattern from Jay Bird quilts, Northern Lights.  How timely with the summer solstice and northern lights showing just a few days prior!

 Becky is keeping her Curve It Up ruler skills honed.  The square is so neat, at first the curves are not visible.  Her use of colors is quite fascinating.

 Lindsey, one of our three guests, shows us her quilt with an Alice in Wonderland theme:  We're All Mad.  Minky fabric was used for the back and consequently no batting was needed.

 Lindsey also showed us her crazy quilt square she's working on....

 Roni's baby quilt is adorable....this grandchild to so blessed.

 Adrienne showed us her quilt that was displayed last October at the West Michigan Quilt Guild show.  The judges thought it needed more quilting, it's still gorgeous!  Thought for the day:  when does a quilt have too much or not enough quilting in it?

 Roni had her Modern Amish block of the month squares to show.

One of the cutest quilts shown was from Minion Rose.  My friend Caroll D took a picture so I opted not to, but I haven't seen it on her blog yet, so here is a picture of the quilt from Google Images.  So sorry Rose, but what a great quilt.....
 Several kits were available on-line, but I'm not going to promote other sources.  Just in case you can't quite place Rose's handle, she writes the newsletter for Queen Bee Quilt Shop on Division near 60th Street, maybe they have the pattern.....hint, hint!

Piece N Quilt has a cute modern block called Confetti.....try it and send me a message......