Design Wall Monday

The pattern name is Honeycomb Waffle.

Blogs are wonderful for being able to look back several years to determine the name of the quilt, when I took the class, who taught the class, etc.  I found the info. I needed on a post in October 2012.  This quilt was UFO#6.  I finished the top in October 2012.  In 2015, I had Susan Shea, my favorite long arm quilter, quilt it for me and this morning I finished hand sewing the binding.  Now I just need to make the label.
The class for this quilt was given by Libby Smith of Nashville at our Guild in June 2008.  The info. was listed in our Guild Newsletter, Issue 137.  A Clearview 60 degree ruler was needed.
(I used Sara Nephew's Triangle Ruler dated 1986).
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Design Wall Monday

Here it is--Wednesday evening and I haven't even posted anything for Monday's Design Wall.  Probably, because the Design Wall is presently empty.  We did errands on Monday and I did binding for one of my UFO's.  It still needs to be sewn on the quilt and hand stitched down.

Yesterday, was my weekly group's sewing day.  We are getting ready for Project Linus Day on Saturday, May 16th.  One of our group's leader, RJ, sent me home with enough flannel to die cut over "75" flannel squares, each 12.5 inches.  One of the ladies on Saturday will be surging around each square.  I didn't catch what they making.  I was focusing on what I was suppose to do and the size to make them.  I lost count at about 35 squares. 

Since my Design Wall is totally empty, I thought I would just post a picture of some flowers.  This picture was taken last year when our iris were beautiful and happy.

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Happy Mother's Day

"Tennessee Iris" taken in May 2014

Photo taken in May 2014

Photo from Iris in neighbor's yard  May 2014

Close-up of Iris shown above

Our Quilting Guild turned 20 years old on May 9th

Yesterday, our Quilting Guild turned 20 years old.  We had one Founding member and four Charter members in attendance.  Our current Officers organized quite a celebration.  I had the pleasure to create a 36" x 48" Tri-Fold foam display board for showing pictures of our founding members and the history of how our Guild began.  I loved searching through all my pictures and choosing the ones that I liked best.
Mildred Locke, the Founder of  TVQA was the one who encouraged us to start our guild.  Our first meeting was held on May 13th, 1995 and we formed our guild with 27 Charter members.

I found pictures of our first Birthday party, held on May 11th, 1996.  On that day, Lolita, one of our Charter members gave a Trunk Show of many of her quilts.  That was a grand celebration with 24 members present.

Pictures were also found of our 1st Brown Bag Challenge held in 1996.  Several members in attendance yesterday, found pictures of their wall hangings where other guild members had added fabrics and design details to their quilts. 

Yesterday, the Founding member and four Charter members were given sparkly crowns to wear, along with glittered sashes. What a happy sight we were!  We each received a gift bag of  "32" Moda fat quarters, donated by Old South Fabrics.  You can check out Wanda's website at:  Old South Fabrics.com
The fabrics I received were Moda's Crazy for Red by Minick & Simpson, which were red & cream & tan. 
We also played "Quilto" with prizes for each game won.  Before "Show & Tell", we shared a Potluck Lunch.  What a wonderful day!  

Design Wall Monday

Finished QOV this afternoon and Presentation Case was finished this evening.

Long Arm Quilting by Wanda Chaumont in Kinder, LA

Back of Quilt of Valor

Presentation Case

Will try to write more tomorrow but wanted to get pictures posted.  Jump over to Judy's Blog at Patchwork Times.com to see what other quilters have been doing this past week.

I Spy 80 Fabrics

Just finished sewing 80 different fabric blocks together for an "I Spy" quilt.  The blocks finish at 5" for a quilt
measuring 40" x 50".  It was fun to add a few tags for extra interest.  Some are cotton and some are fleece.  This will be for Project Linus, since our semi-annual Linus day is coming up in mid May.  Just need to get it sandwiched and machine quilted.  As I was saving this picture, I noticed that I made an "I Spy" quilt top exactly one year ago this month and named it, "I Spy 80 Blocks".

Design Wall Monday

Last week, I started on a Quilt of Valor.  I have enjoyed making the Carpenter's Star before and thought I'd make another one.  Only one red strip will be sewn on each side even though I have 2 hanging on the sides.
The border at the very top would have looked nice but I calculated incorrectly and I don't have enough of the red,white & blue tiny star fabric to make (24) HST.  (I was thinking I only needed 16 HST)

QOV Carpenter Star 2015

Last Friday, a few of us from our weekly sewing group ventured out to the country to sandwich some Project Linus tops   After lunch, we walked over to the barn to see the baby goats.  They are adorable.
Here are the best pictures.  Not all the goats stood still for very long...

What a Sweetie

Shirley is my favorite

Here are some of the Mamas and their kids

                                                                 
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