Trinia‘s first post for the Bonnie Bucket Bag sewalong went up today! We’ll update this post as she moves through the steps. Take as much time as you need and have fun sewing along!
January general meeting
January’s general meeting was a great kickoff for the new year! We discussed our:
- Bonnie Bucket Bag sewalong
- guild quilt challenge
- upcoming weekday sew-in in March
Everyone’s show and tell items were amazing!
Val and Norine made a beautiful Swoon for their friend.
Val also made a fun Road to Hana quilt.
Trinia made her husband his own Ten Squared Too quilt!
Nancy and her family made this absolutely beautiful Starshine quilt for their mom. Her husband quilted it!
Amber showed us her adorable improv baby quilt top…
… and also a totally covetable Cotton & Steel patchwork quilt top.
Alli made a scrappy Hazel Hedgehog quilt.
Sue made an all-solids Follow the Trail quilt.
Jackie made a beautiful Ethel and this “Drinks on the” Patio quilt out of novelty whiskey fabric for her dad. 😀
Norine had so many quilts to share! A block challenge quilt…
… a colorful mystery quilt…
… and a nifty exploding pineapples quilt.
Everyone made amazing things! 🙂
Epically long January sew-in!
We just had our first (properly) epically long sew in this past weekend — it ran from 10am til 8pm! It was wonderful seeing everyone who came, and people got a lot done. There was a ton of food, so we got to munch on yummy things all day long. Norine’s Ritz+Rolos were awesome!
I spaced out and forgot to get pictures of Val’s and Norine’s projects, but I can steal a pic off Val’s instagram feed… during the sew-in, we found out from Mai that our local Fabric Mart was carrying bolts of Cotton & Steel! Val and Norine left right away to build their stashes. 😀
Emily stopped by for a few hours to work on a beautifully precise star quilt for herself.
Jackie the super sewer finished an entire quilt top for her dad and two dresses for her daughters!
Trinia worked on adorable little boy quilts — many people commented on the cute lobster print!
Mai continued with her seriously gorgeous Aviatrix Medallion quilt. She’s going to have to keep an eye on it when she brings it in for show and tell, cause it could grow legs and walk away (back to my house)…
Holiday Meetup and Mini Swap
Our holiday meetup and mini swap at Ricado’s last night was so much fun! We played a bunch of games, and Trinia donated fat eighth bundles in our guild colors for prizes. We also exchanged our two-color challenge minis, and everyone who participated in the swap went home with something beautiful.
Trinia was a real taskmaster on this challenge; these were the requirements for our minis:
- Between 12″ and 18″ square
- Minimum of 25 pieces
- Quilting cotton
- Natural fiber batting
- Backing with label (name, date, location, title [if applicable])
- Colors: Kona snow + 2 colors (can have different values of each color)
Here are the minis (usually photographed with the recipients)!
Val made an adorable red and blue Norway.
Megan made a fabulous black and white feathers mini.
Sarah made a fantastic fussy-cut pineapple.
Jackie made a beautifully quilted sunset mini.
Ronnie made a super modern improv mini. The title is perfect: Which Way Is Up?
Mai made a terribly cute aqua and coral flying geese mini.
Trinia made a craaaaaazy intricate zig zaggy mini with over 400 tiny pieces! It was inspired by Gently Down The Stream.
Alli made a Bartow mini with matchstick quilting.
Leah made a lovely Christmassey Swoon.
Norine made a wonderful blue and grey mini.
Finally, Nancy missed the swap signup but brought a mini top to show — she made a gorgeous carpenter’s star that we all loved.
Thanks to everyone who celebrated the end of the year with us! 2015 is going to be even more fun! 🙂
Star Challenge Quilt donated!
Our guild made a complete team effort to put together and donate the quilt made from our August star challenge blocks! Thanks to everyone who contributed!
- 12 blocks pieced and donated by membership
- Sashing fabric donated by Alli
- Top pieced by Jackie
- Backing fabric donated and pieced by Trinia
- Batting donated and quilting done by Sarah
- Binding fabric donated by Sue
- Bound by Alli
- Label designed by Executive Board and donated by Trinia
The finished quilt was donated to the Hale Ola/Windward Spouse Abuse Shelter in Kailua.
NICU quilts donated
In June 2013, OMQG members sewed many baby quilts and donated them to the Tripler NICU!
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