companion quilts

Here are current companions at Plymouth House of Healing, wrapped in quilts made by the Plymouth Piece Makers.

april 12 meeting

Flora hosted our meeting this month, with a real wood fire warming her comfortable living room. The evening was capped by a tour of her studio and boysenberry pie.

Show N Tell:

Harriet completed this wonderful lap quilt out of the wacky squares she made last month. Flora gave Harriet a pair of fun chair earrings, honoring her wonderful quilted covered chairs. Harriet is the maker of the YF labels this year. Thank you!

Pris is almost finished on the quilt with all the teeny weeny squares. That one will be for a companion at Plymouth House of Healing. She is making a tricky quilt with circles for her YF student that will challenge her to get disciplined and follow instructions.

Having the group at her home motivated Flora to get her studio even more organized, especially her jewelry section. She is having fun making a bedding set for a doll bed and a doll crib. Flora also showed us a seat covering she wove.

The modern pink and gray YF quilt made by Shannon is hanging in the Bernina store. She checked with The Mom and learned that her student loves pink.

Miriam is working with the 1.25 inch squares she got from Melanie. She's benefiting from the pink flannel we acquired for free two years ago and making an inspired baby quilt.

Miriam also signed up the Piece Makers for an apartment (#201) at Aurora Supportive Housing. We will have a fab kit with a bed quilt, quilted placemats and a few other hand-touched details. Miriam will keep us all on track with this special project.        
                            

Diane, who was teaching a class on the night of our meeting, sent her top along for all to enjoy.

Patricia brought news of StashFest. It was a big success—meeting its fundraising goals, bringing the quilting community together, and being a great start for a new event.

march 12 meeting

Our evening was hosted at Pris' home with cookies fresh out of the oven and butter caramels from Montana. Seven Piece Makers gathered for a cozy evening on a blustery night.

Show N Tell

Janet had a good week health-wise so she was able to join us for the third month in a row! Her YF quilt, with purple pinwheels, was quilted with her 12' Gammi! She is working on an arty quilt with gorgeous green sashing that features two organic circle shapes in each block. Who is that for? Janet!

Miriam has completed the lap quilt she made with the giveaway strips. The lucky recipient is an 88-year old who lives at Hearthstone. Plymouth is still getting its full share with Miriam having just delivered two small quilts to June and finishing up her YF quilt—another spectacular blue jean production.

Harriet brought us some inspiration with tear sheets from a stylish magazine. She has been madly making random squares—about 30 of them. Plus Harriet has begun to make two scrappy quilts with more of her stash.

Shannon brought a class sample—a zipped bag made in colors that a young man would like—per a request from a young man. The red and black quilt she showed to us last month closed at $450 in the Ballard High School auction. She is finished with the pink and gray YF quilt that she made, but she's wondering if it's too pink. If so, she'll work on a back-up one with beach balls.

Pris showed us a wonderful confetti quilt that she's made out a donated 9-squares. The finished quilt will be given to a male companion at Plymouth House of Healing. Then she'll move on to this year's YF quilt.

During the meeting Flora was madly sewing on the binding of a YF quilt. She is glad to get to the end of winter as a dark seasonal disorder touched her this year. Flora celebrated her 65th birthday on March 13. She has started a new endeavor—Folio Flora— where she is focusing on Fiber, Crafts and Writing. What a talented gal!

All Patricia could talk about was StashFest. It has consumed her quilting time and energy. At the end of March, it will be a huge fundraiser for the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum.

february 12 meeting

Shannon treated us to cookies from Larsens and exquisite jasmine flower tea. Eight of us gathered for a great evening of sharing quilts.

Show N Tell
Patricia told us about her work on StashFest, a fundraiser for the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum. She is also planning to finish up her lap-sized quilt, Babbling, in time for a quilt contest.

 

Our hostess Shannon showed us three quilts she’s working on. The top quilt, with machine embroidered alphabet squares, will hang in the Bernina NW store when completed. The black and white quilt will be donated to an auction at Ballard High School to raise money. And the pink and grey quilt, made from a modern quilt book, will be given as a YF quilt, once finished.

Pris brought her completed bird quilt and granddaughter Hailey. The huge quilt is hand-stitched—both the piecing and the quilting! It is incredibly charming.

Miriam has been busy. She produced a House of Healing quilt, two comfort quilts and a comfort afghan. (All of us love the colors in her crocheted afghan—brights on a dull green-grey.)

Janet has been working too hard at home proofreading PATH documents. She needs some time to play with her quilt projects!

Harriet made pillows for her neices in Colorado that match their wonderful quilts.

Shannon’s neighbor LeeAnn joined us for the evening. The author of the Nifty Quilt blog, she likes to make bold, colorful quilts.                                                                                                

jan 12 meeting

This month’s meeting was hosted by Patricia with guests Harriet, Miriam, Janet and Pris. The evening featured a birthday cake from Bouteloua Bakery in Ballard to celebrate Maurine’s 80th birthday. Regretfully Maurine was not able to join us.

Show & Tell
Patricia went on and on about StashFest, a fundraiser for the La Conner Quilt Museum. As the coordinator, she is working hard to coordinate many different parts—a bevy of fabric presenters, a Book Sale, a Flea Market and exciting quilting Experiences—all to sell at the two-day event.

Janet was well enough to join us! She has been home-bound for months and tonight she drove to the meeting. We were all thrilled to see her. In the last few months she bought a top-of-the-line Gammill long-arm and she has been quilting up a storm. Her very first quilt will be given to Plymouth House of Healing. She had a baby quilt with a top pieced by Jeanne and delightful butterfly stitching. Janet also had the batik quilt top from Maurine that she is thinking about how to quilt next.

Pris made a set of napkins and a table runner with a rooster theme as a Christmas gift. She is knitting a sweater and still finishing up the fabulous bird quilt for her niece in California—which she is hand-stitching five hours a day! She has two other quilts in the works—her YF quilt and one made with tiny squares adopted from Shannon’s friend.

Miriam brought a big bolt of fabric with red swirls on white—15 yards total—that she is prepared to share. She brought a fun baby quilt with cutesy jungle fabric. The big splash of the night were two blue jean quilts she produced for Patricia and Shannon—absolutely fab and fun!

Harriet gets the title of professional carpetbagger with her huge bag stuffed with quilts. She made two jazzy scrap quilts—one for a neice, the other for a nephew; a burgundy and green quilt for Plymouth House of Healing; a square-in-square quilt for Kristin Remole; and a quilt with outdoor scenes for another nephew. Whew!