Friday, November 17, 2017

November 16 Program and Show and Tell

During the guild's program meeting, members showed quilts and fiber art pieces to demonstrate the theme, "What? Not cotton?".

Glenda showed a small wall-hanging created as the result of a guild retreat class on burning holes in synthetic fabric.

Glenda showed this quilt made with polyester fabric.

Kate demonstrated her process of using ties to make Dresden plate blocks.

Katy's talents of quilting on leather are shown above and in the following two photos.




Kay showed this crazy quilt and the one pictured below. Both were made using polyester and wool fabrics.


Kay made this wall hanging mostly from silk dupioni.

Linda made this appliqué quilt using wool.

This bow tie quilt made by Linda used silk ties.

Linda made this silk tie quilt for her husband's retirement.

Linda made this wool quilt for her father-in-law.

Marilyn showed a "Sugan" cowboy quilt made of wool squares and hand tied.

After the program, members showed their recent quilt projects.

Delberta showed a child's quilt she made using a pattern she found on the "freebie" table.

These quilts were made for JBER children under age 6 whose parents have recently been deployed. It is a project sponsored by the Armed Services YMCA.

Lynne showed a string quilt she made.

Nellie made this wall-hanging for her military son.

Ruth showed a quilt which started as a table runner but grew.