October Fellowship Quilters

 Greetings to all the Fellowship Quilters who were at the last meeting.  We had a record number of members, over 60,  and lots of beautiful quilts to  enjoy as many of you  have been busy.  Must be the cold weather!!  Or maybe it is the UFO challenge!
Mary had a few projects and they are beautiful as usual.  (sorry for the blurry picture)

                            Karen does such great wall hangings..she is an inspiration!!

 Just so we don't think that all she can make is artsy wall hanging/art pieces she showed this fantastic quit.   I can't remember the pattern but took a close up of the block below...Great job Karen!!

  Joy put lots of work into this one...love the outdoor theme and the different blocks.
               Judy had this top done but not quilted yet...love the pattern and colors

 Bobbie has been into her quilting room lots as she showed two quilts she finished..beautiful as usual.

                                        Bev made this attractive jacket...I love the colors!!

 We do the block of the month to help increase our stash of charity quilts.  It is so fun to learn a square that you would not have done yourself. Jackie is presenting the block above.

Our program today was to bring our fabric cut into specific pieces and the placed in a paper bag.  With various trades and much laughter we each ended up with 4 different fabrics and this is the block we made.  It will be very scrappy, each block different, with the white star in the center to sign for quilts for members in need.   Thanks to our Leader Tracey for this fun project.
 The work bee is already past and our new project is to make some weighted quilts for special needs children.  Hope it went well and I am sure we will be working on this for awhile.
Thanks to everyone for such an enjoyable day!!  Kathy

New Quilting Season

Greetings Fellowship Quilters!!
The new quilting season has started and I have already missed two meetings due to family conflicts.  I even missed the meeting that I was to do the program!!!  It is a good thing that I have a friend who has my back ... Della  taught you how to make the mesh snap bags.  Sounds like everyone liked making them...I did too.
Tracy looks hard at work with the quilt block carrier and I look forward to seeing the finished products.
Della also took pictures but no commentary so we will have to all provide that ourselves...

                                                 Lots of laughs and fun as usual!!

                              We are a group of very hard workers when it comes to quilt projects!!!

                                   So add your own comments and make up some stories to go
                                                   with the rest of these great pictures

                                 This looks like a block of the month project...great job everyone!!!
I hope to see lots of you at the next meeting in October  and look forward to laughs, fellowship and inspiration   from my favorite group of quilters!!!    Kathy

  

June Picnic

It is hard to believe that another year of Fellowship Quilters has flown by and we are into the summer of 2014!!
As usual it has been a wonderful year with some great programs and the fellowship for which this quilting group is famous.  We are a friendly and supportive group of women with such a love for quilting that it blows me away!!
The June picnic was at Joan's community center for which we thank her very much...the food was spectacular as usual..such creative cooks!

 Several views of the tables with all the smiling faces!!  I tried to get everyone but I think I missed a few tables.  We had about 40 members present!!!

 Claudia raises the bar very high with this  beautiful quilt.  The writing is felted wool cut on the bias and then sewn on.  Love the skill of the work and the sayings of the quilt.

 Linda made this gem to brighten her walls this summer.

 Bobbi had several quilts to show but this one was a surprise..a block of the month from several years ago that had been forgotten.  Turned out wonderful!

 Marva has been hard at work for the little people in her life...this is one of two she showed.

 Lynn made this from blocks  from Marcia's stash after she passed away.  So special.  She also announced that she has only 2 items left in her UFO box!!  Wow!!!  She is my hero!

 Sharon made this beautiful wall hanging..what you can't see is that there is yarn around the edge of the flower and the pistol...it is a feast for the eyes.

 Margaret took the half square triangle exchange we had several years ago to make this great ...not sure if it is a wall hanging or a table topper...and shows the true meaning of scrappy.

Dianne brought this quilt top that was a paper piece project the group did..it is really stunning and was a true exercise in points!!
I will be sending a reminder for the Summer Strip Party on June 24th in a week or so.
Thanks to all of  you for enjoying this blog...I love being able to share with all of you.   Kathy

May Fellowship Quilters

Fellowship Quilters met for the May meeting with a variety of programs and lots of fellowship.
We had Sue show how to make a shawl and Ruth repeated her math and measure program as many snowbirds missed it.  They both had lots of tips for us to make us better sewers.
There was  big group and we had fun with a few extra demo's by Sue for the block you see to the left.  Can't wait to see that block put together and quilted!!

The block below is a fun one ...made from flannel and the edge of the small squares will fray when washed.

We have been doing a charity block of the month this year and this was last months that member brought back to be put together.  What a great scrappy block...called Snowball!!

Karen showed her project that was the program Della presented earlier in the year.  Love the flowers!!

I don't usually put my quilts on this blog but have to show off this little one.  Former member Ruth died last December and we inherited much of her sewing room.  She had written out her plan for this little gem and started by fussy cutting the blocks.  I was very pleased to finish her work and sent an email picture to her daughter.

Bobbie has a stunner in the quilt above and it  is a very interesting block.
  Linda has a winner with this quilt below  and it would be a great stash buster.  It is one block and turned on its side as it is put together.  I love it!!

The RQK quilt group is raffling off this Dear Jane quilt below with the proceeds going to charity.  What a wonderful quilt to see and many of our Fellowship members made some of these blocks.  Lots and Lots of love and work.  How do you put a price on a quilt like this...Priceless!!

We finish our quilting year with our June Picnic on June  10th    Hope to see lots of you.  More info with my next email.   Kathy

April Fellowship Quilters

 April is half way done but the weather in Traverse City is still on the cool side.  The spring flowers are trying to bloom but it is not quite warm enough yet.  However the Fellowship Quilters are heating up with major quilting and projects being completed.  We had a great morning class with  artist/quilter
Robin Webb Bransky who brought some beautiful art quilts using a wide variety of different processes.  She uses water colors, batik type painting, fabric dying and lots of imagination as well as her quilting skills.  It really got all the creative juices going and we were wowed by her work.

 The poppy above was done with many little pieces of fabric and glue as well as the quilting.. ..the picture does not do it justice.  It is the same with the sparkly flower below.

 Our project for the morning was to bring an orphan block and re purpose it into something else.  This is Robins block below.  It is amazing to see how one plain block can end up so wildly different.

 Show and Tell is my favorite time in our group.  Lots of great items at this meeting.   Above is Shirley with the quilt she made for her granddaughter...a memory quilt as she is graduating from High School.  Sharon brought the quilt below that she has been working on for awhile...I missed the name of the pattern but it is absolutely beautiful

 Jackie is the queen of the wool hooked rugs and she showed us this vest she made with labels from many clothing items she re purposed.  It is unique with many familiar names that you do not hear any more...like Jacobsens...for those of you that grew up downstate and shopped there.  I grew up in Jackson which was their headquarters so I was there often with my mother.

Linda brought this eye popping quilt...it looks so great and she said it was easy to make.

We are starting to wind up the year and have the May meeting and then the June picnic.
Barb reported that the work bee's have been busy and she had lots of quilts to distribute. 15 to Munson maternity, 10 to neo natal ICU babies, 3 to Hospice House , 5 to meals on wheels, 5 to the Infusion clinic, and 6 to TCHS Pregnancy Teen Program.   Impressive ladies!!!!  Hope to see you all in May...Kathy