hofquiltguild

2020 — JANUARY SHOW & TELL, plus PROGRAM

The January meeting of the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild was held January, 15, 2020 at the Arts Center in Kirksville

Show & Tell:

Scarlett Ragas

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• Wedding ring quilt done by a customer with lots of old fabrics; first time she did curved bias binding.                

Liz Mills

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• Project #8:  Pink and gray quilt for Linus; quilted by Amanda Moots.

Deb Freese

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• Project #12:  Linus quilt done in bright tropical colors.
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• Diaper bag made of ripstop nylon for 39-year-old stepdaughter expecting first baby.
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• Baby quilt made with Lori Holt fabric; free pattern “Ground Cover” by Me & My Sister adapted by Missouri Star Quilt Company and also by Deb; cross-hatched quilting achieved by quilting upside down using the grid on the backing fabric.

Andrea O’Brien

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• Table runner from a kit with fabric featuring hedgehogs and kangaroos.

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• Project #12:  quilt of leftover blocks of pink and yellow with gray and pink backing and sashing.

Susan Chidester

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• “Ribbons and Lace,” old fabrics from Mom and herself; dotted swiss on the back; Barbizon embroidery trim; is a baby quilt from Grandma or Great grandma.
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• Red Valentine’s table runner.
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• Christmas placemats.
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• Mitten ornaments.
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• Tote bag composed of 2016 row by row leftovers.
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• Table runner–birdhouses/birds from row by row leftovers.
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• Wall hanging using leftovers from row by row.
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• Patriotic birdhouses wall hanging.

Ellen Farnsworth

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• Mantle cover for quilt shop composed of leftover blocks; UFO.
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• Table covering from a cutter quilt.
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• “New Things,” snowflake table runner.

Anne Moody – speaker for the evening

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• 12-year-old daughter took a photo at the Atlanta aquarium; daughter dyed fabric in the fall of her senior college year and made this quilt.

Rose Marie Smith

• Project #12: “Checkered Path,” Kaffe Fassett fabrics.
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• Quilt of purples, pinks, and greens; Tula Pink fabrics; Stephanie Soebbing design; quilted by Effie Sickal.
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• “Bits and pieces,” saw this online – scraps in strips; black and white sashing; quilted by Andrea O’Brien.

Program:

Anne Moody, a professor at Truman State University, told us about plans for the Kirksville Labyrinth Center to be located near Spur Pond in Kirksville.  It will be a community place to de-stress.  Check out Kirksville Labyrinth Center on Facebook.  A handout was available.