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2020 — FEBRUARY SHOW & TELL

What a wonderful Show & Tell we had this month! So much progress going on. Members are cranking out the projects, that’s for sure.

Debbie Hudnall

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•  Wall hanging.
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• Ball of barn doors made for granddaughter instead of a baby quilt.

Sherry Calloway

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• Christmas-themed quilt; quilted by herself with a pantograph of berries and holly leaves.
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• Panel quilt so she could practice quilting.
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• Lighthouse quilt for her son Scott.
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• Panel quilt for a little girl in emergency foster care.
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• Quilt for a little boy in emergency foster care.

Barb Roberts

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• Doll quilt of strip pieces.
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• TINY Half-Square triangle star quilt.
• Project #2:  big star block quilt from leftover pieces; already given to Linus; quilted by Deb Freese.

Diane Bloskovich

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• Project #2:  Table runner of gray, turquoise, and pin; nephew has four children and a long table.

Diane Schulte

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• House wall hanging from class with Andrea O’Brien and Allice Allinson.
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• Quilt of gray blocks surrounded by little blocks for granddaughter’s 16^th birthday; quilted by Alice Allinson.

Kathaleen Winkleman

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•  2016 UFO of log cabin blocks; practiced free motion stitching.
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•  Prayer quilt block with a Mardi Gras theme.

Rose Marie Smith

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• “Kaffe’s Kites” – table runner composed of Kaffe Fassett’s fabrics.

Bev Winn

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• Top made of flower pieces and other blocks.
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• Project #2:  “Peach blast.”
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• Quilt of jean pockets.

Susan Chidester

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• Quilt of mother’s embroidered blocks.
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• Bow tie quilt; someone gave her the blocks.
• “Blessed are the quilters.”
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• Row by row houses for either a wall hanging or a table runner.
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• Tree skirt quilted with gold thread.
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• Disappearing hourglass quilt of 10” squares of purples, pinks, and greens.

Teddy Cave

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• Redwork quilt by her mother in the 1920s.

Mary Shoaf

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• King-size top of multicolored scrap pieces.

Scarlett Ragas

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• Baby quilt of blue and light blue stars; finished six years ago.

Sarah Spearman

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• Gold and maroon small wall hanging; kit belonged to her mother.
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• House wall hanging from class with Andrea O’Brien and Alice Allinson; work in progress.

Linda Kowalski

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• Redwork quilt by her mother.
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• Project #2:  “Witches Night Out,” Halloween theme made from stash fabrics.

Shelly Pagliai

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• 36” quilt for a veteran; friend in St. Louis awards quilts to those on an Honor Flight.

Cathy Poyner

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• Project #2:  Sampler quilt for a missionary just engaged; used Shelly Paglia’s block of the month for Sew Sweet; quilted by Wanda Cagle.

Deb Freese

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• Library ordered a book Sunday Best Quilts because she asked about it; made a sampler quilt using blocks from the book in turquoise, melon, and lime green.
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• Purchased 70 string pieced blocks from garage sale of Evelyn Glasglow’s belongings; blocks were backed by Good Housekeeping magazine pages from 1940 to 1948; the magazines belonged to Mollie Glore; quilt was made with the string blocks; “Mollie, Evelyn, and Me.”
• Project #2:  finished; “Flower Power;” given to daughter for Christmas.

Alice Allinson

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• Baby quilt with large giraffes for a friend.

Deb Freese and Barb Roberts

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• “Fiesta Quilt made with fiesta ware colors; for Kathy Hatfield’s recovering mother.

Barb Bevell

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• Rescue double knit quilt #2; quilted by Deb Freese; has blocks of checkerboard with 36 pieces in each block; backed by a paisley print minky; for the camper.
• Wedding ring quilt top made with double knit (Future “Rescue Double Knit quilt #3); bought by Bev Winn and sold to Barb.
• Two rag quilts for babies; has pockets for toys.

2019 — OCTOBER SHOW & TELL

Once again the Show & Tell was fantastic! Loads of beautiful quilts and fun stories were shared. I know you will enjoy each one of them.

• Beverly Compton
  • #7 project:  quilt for Linus has Mary Engelbreit fabric in large blocks.  Quilted by Brenda Moore.
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  • Quilt for Linus done in a variety of large bluish blocks with a blue border.
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• Krista Baker
  • #7 project:  quilt made with squares in a box she got at the Community Mission.  She is donating it to Quilts Beyond Borders.
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• Teddy Caves
  • Quilt top done of pictures and scenery with fusible applique.  “Home is where the heart is.”  Seasonal theme.  Her favorite type of quilt.
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• Kim Sampson
  • Patriotic quilt composed from a jelly roll.  Donated to the veterans committee.
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• Barb Roberts
  • #3 project:  kitties.
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• Susan Guffey
  • Patriotic quilt with white stars on red stripes and blue stripes; probably for her brother-in-law.
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• Elaine Scudder
  • Forty-year-old project with a giant owl applique.
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• Christa Thatcher
  • Kinship fusion sampler quilt; block-of-the-month; has 100 blocks.
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• Liz Mills
  • Project #7:  Linus quilt with turtle fabric.
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• Meredith Willcox
  • “How much is that doggie in the window?”  Dog faces have flowers on their heads.
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  • Great-grandson, 14-years-old, designed and made this quilt
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  • Quilt of embroidered scenes of kids; sashing composed of small squares; quilted by Joan Harrison.
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• Michaella Peck
  • Was married September 28^th; her new name is Gua (pronounced Gwa).
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• Elsie Gaber
  • Project #7:  cat attitude quilt; left it in her car so we didn’t get to see it.
• Marilyn Peck
  • String quilt for charity.
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• Mary Magruder
  • Project #7: “patches of scraps.”
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• April Bartlett and her mother
  • Tile mosaic done with double-sided adhesive and tulle on the top.
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  • Another mosaic: “Home is where God sends us.”
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• Shelly Pagliai – has a quilt in the National Quilt Museum; done with Victoria Findlay Wolfe.  Congratulations, Shelly!
  • Project #7:  Kaffe Fassett pattern “autumn daze;” scrappy back; donated to Community Service.
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• Rose Marie Smith
  • “Seeing spots” quilt; quilted by Andrea O’Brien.
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  • Quilt of English paper-pieced blocks; hand pieced and hand quilted.
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  • Small quilt of houses; quilted by Andrea O’Brien.
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  • UFO quilt; Shelly Pagliai’s pattern “Starflowers” (retreat 2016); gold, rust, and black fabric; quilted by Effie Sickal.
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2019 — JULY SHOW & TELL, and PROGRAM

There were lots of beautiful Show & Tell quilts for July. Our guild is very, very busy!!

NOTE: The names and descriptions are shown below the photos and are taken from the July minutes.

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• Deb Freese
  • Red and white quilt; pattern was the 2018 Christmas countdown blockheads from Moda; a block was posted each day during December.

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• Michaella Peck
  • Getting married in September; fiancé is from Guatemala, and they are trying to get several Guatemalan table runners to use at the reception.  She showed off a couple.

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• Carol Cunningham
  • Bought fabric from a lady from Paris at the 2018 Paducah quilt show; made a purse with it; this is her first attempt at making a purse.
  • Red and black buffalo plaid baby quilt with appliqued bears; black print on the back.

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• Andrea O’Brien
  • Quilt using Bonnie Hunter’s En Provence pattern; swallows and circles in gray are on the backing.

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• Sherry Calloway
  • Country quilt for sister-in-law whose favorite color is red; red pieces on the back.
  • Blue flower panel quilt; quilted by Andrea O’Brien; has bargello borders.

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• Elsie Gaber
  • Cut-up panel used for a baby quilt for Kelsey’s little girl; done in pinks; it’s a family secret why a ladybug and butterflies are included in the quilt.

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• Joan Harrison
  • Linus quilt made with a train panel.
  • Quilt with a train panel but done in a different setting; brother-in-law is a model train collector.

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• Marilyn Peck
  • Baby quilt done in pinks and gray.
  • Scrappy veteran’s quilt done for sister’s brother-in-law; he served in Vietnam and lost both legs; he now is retired from the post office.

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• Meredith Willcox
  • Quilt done in red fabrics.
  • Scrappy quilt with butterflies.
  • Quilt of embroidered blocks surrounded by reddish fabrics.

Program

Our program tonight was given by Kay Beach. Kay shared some of her antique sewing boxes and the stories behind them.

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2019 — MAY SHOW & TELL

What fun it was to see everyone’s quilts! Enjoy the Show & Tell for this month.

• Deb Freese
  • Moda blockheads 2 quilt in teals and corals; new block every month; quilted by Deb.
• Barb Bevell
  • “Forgotten Beauty;” started 12 years ago at a two-day retreat; New York beauty; pipping in the binding; quilted by Alice Allinson.
  • Graduation present quilt for the daughter of their deceased pastor friend, Richard Schlueter; quilted by Wanda Cagle; has pockets in which Mom will place written notes and memories from her dad; quilt shows highlights of his life.
  • “Triangle Salad” design of Shelly Pagliai; calls her version “Chopped Salad with Black Olives;” bias binding made with four colors (used the big square method for making bias binding); quilted by Shelly Pagliai.
• Amanda Moots
  • Quilt for an air force veteran made with scraps from Diane Bloskovich and pieces of chicken fabric.
  • Patriotic quilt made from pieces purchased at Nana’s Corner.
  • Quilt composed of chicken pieces.
• Marilyn Peck
  • Stash quilt made up of four patches in colors surrounded by black and white.
• Sherry Calloway
  • Quilt with teal and black; pieced backing; quilted by Wanda Cagle.
  • Quilt top for brother who moved to Montana; buffalo panel surrounded by Indian motifs.
• Kay Beach
  • Showed a Linus quilt made by Sarah Spearman.