2019 Second Challenge Quilts

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Our Monday, November 11 meeting was well-attended with 34 quilters coming to hear Carol's @supersunshinemine program "Pressing Matters."

She shared lots of good information about different sizes and brands of irons, types of pressing cloths, pressing mats, spray starch, and various types of spray bottles.

If you'd like to make your own spray starch, Carol has provided the recipe found here on the PatchworkPosse.com website, or below. Thank you very much, Carol, for such helpful information!

Spray Starch Recipe:

• 3 oz. Vodka

• 24 oz. DISTILLED water

1) Mix water and vodka
2) Blend well
3) Use a funnel to pour into spray bottle. Use!

CHAPTER CHALLENGE

By member request, each year we're offering two chapter challenges. Beth @blue_dragonfly5 is ably leading our challenges. (Look for our next challenge announced in January 2020.)

This meeting was the big reveal of quilts our members put together for the:

TRADITIONAL BLOCK CHALLENGE

Rules were to:
1) select a traditional, named block that begins with one of your initials; 
2) and, make a quilt at least 20" X 20".

Here are the selected traditional blocks, and each person's modern interpretation of a it.

Cindy @cbubblesnsews chose the Churn Dash block for her first name. 

Here's her 24" X 24" interpretation called Churned Mod. She quilted it herself on her domestic machine.

Linda @FlourishingPalms chose the Log Cabin block for her first name.

This is her 43" X 48" interpretation using only solids. She walking foot quilted on her Bernina 770QE using a diamond pattern, and half-circles on the four corners. Batting is Quilter's Dream Puff, and the quilt is finished with facing.

 

Rosemary @daisys_driver chose the Rocky Mountain Puzzle Block for her first name.

This is her 50" X 50" interpretation. She quilted it herself on her Viking sewing machine. 

Marie @pottersewer used the initial of her last name "D" to draft a paper-pieced interpretation of a Dresden Plate.

She calls this 25" X 25" quilt Dresden Rainbow. She quilted it herself on her Brother Luminaire. 

Mel @snomelt shared the quilt made by her mother, Janice (AKA "Mamacita"). Janice used her middle name initial "M" and chose the Mariner's Compass quilt block. 

Janice's engineer/husband helped work out the math and piecing for this 32" X 32" quilt. Janice quilted it on her Bernina 550.

Karen @sunrayatplay chose to use her last name initial "E" to make an End of Day quilt block.

Karen's interpretation is 29" X 35" and she calls it No End to the Day. She quilted it on her Janome 9400. 

Betty @zcabed used her first name initial and chose the Bouncing Betty quilt block.

Her interpretation is 22" X 22" and she quilted it herself.

Our other Bette @quiltlady1 also selected the Bouncing Betty block! (They didn't know each other had selected the same block.) 

This is Bette's 18" X 23-1/2" interpretation called BB Made Modern. She quilted it herself on her domestic machine.

Margaret chose the Harrison Rose quilt block for her last name initial "H."

Margaret's 24" X 22-1/2" quilt is called Mimi's Garden. She made and quilted it on her Bernina 880 and APQS Millennium longarm.  

Beth @blue_dragonfly5 is our challenge coordinator, and she chose her last name initial "S" to make her interpretation of a Snail's Trail quilt block. 

Beth's 26" X 31" quilt is called Roses Among the Thorns. She domestic machine quilted it with a walking foot and free motion quilting designs. 

What great, original designs from our makers! So much skill and talent!

Next blog post... our November meeting Show and Tell.