December 2019 meeting

Happy New Year to all! Here are the pics from our end of the year 2019 Christmas meeting. Thank you Jeri for hosting and Monica helping out with food. A big thank you to Darla also for bringing so many fabric scraps to share with all of us.

Rachel made this pillow from wool.

Rachel's wool ornaments were made using a pattern by Wooden Spool Designs. They are a local pattern maker.

This wool wallhanging was also made by Rachel.

Another wool piece by Rachel.

Rachel finished her vintage truck quilt.

This is a scrappy Christmas quilt made by Rachel.

Here is a wool snowman table topper made by Susan.

This large wool sampler was also made by Susan. It's a pattern from All Through the Night.

Maurene made this baby quilt for a new grandbaby.

This is a snuggly minky quilt Maurene made.

Lenette made these group challenge blocks-Meet the Makers.

Monica made this Christmas tree wall hanging

Monica also made this bear paw/log cabin quilt

This is a baby blanket made from flannel by Monica.

Monica also made this ruffled baby blanket from a panel.

Cindy made this quilt top using Jean's scraps.

Cindy made this travel purse.

Here is the pattern for the purse Cindy made. It uses dollar store dog collars for the hardware.

Jennifer made this cross stitch sampler.

These are Nancy's block of the month from our group's challenge-Meet the Makers.

Nancy made this quilt top using vintage fabric/Liberty of London fabric.

Nancy also made this pear table runner.

This is a baby quilt  with minky on the back made by Nancy

Nancy made this wonky star quilt using the Second Star Pattern.

Jean made this San Diego picture quilt for her son and even added palm trees in the quilting.

This gingham star quilt was also made by Jean.

This is a table topper that goes along with the star quilt above made by Jean.

This card trick quilt that Jean made will be given away as a humanitarian quilt.

Jean made this All Through the Night Christmas quilt.

These are Jean's blocks from our challenge/Meet the Makers blocks

Jeri made this civil war star sampler quilt.

Oct 2019

October 2019 Meeting

Here are the pics from our last meeting. A big thank you to Jeanie for hosting and Robyn for helping with the lunch! Our next meeting will be the last for the year and it will be our annual Christmas meeting. It's going to be at Jeri's on Dec. 4th at 10am.

Jean made this flannel plaid top for Christmas.

This is a pillow cover made by Jean.

Jean also made this Thanksgiving wool pillow cover.

Jeanie made this baby quilt and had enough material left over for a burp rag.

Jeanie also made this cute baby quilt.

Cindy made her version of the Thanksgiving wool pillow cover.

Lenette made these three travel purses.

I crocheted this large basket for her daughter using t-shirt yarn.

I also made these crocheted trays to give away for Christmas.

Nancy C. made this Halloween pillowcase.

Nancy C. also made these hooded towels for her children.

Rachel finished her ice skate quilt and did some machine applique on the top also.

This is a succulent quilt Rachel made.

Rachel used chalk to make this pumpkin stack wall hanging.

This is another quilt top made by Rachel using Halloween colors.

Rachel used a jelly roll to make this quilt top. The pattern can be found here.

Rachel also made this Pumpkins and trucks quilt. The pattern can is called Vintage Fall Truck and the pattern can be found here.

This is a quilt that Rachel made for her king size bed. 

Jennifer shared several linen cross stitch kits with us. She loves getting her kits from Country Stitching and gets her wool pieces from Prairie Point Junction.

Jennifer picked up this fun new slotted ruler.

LUNCH

Zuppa Toscana

1 lb. sweet Italian sausage, casings removed

2 ½ lbs. russet potatoes, cut into ½” cubes

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 large onion, diced fine

Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes

6 c. chicken broth

6 c. curly kale, stems removed and leaves

roughly chopped

¾ c. cream

1 tsp. white wine vinegar

Cook sausage until brown and no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Transfer to paper towel-lined plate to drain.  Add potatoes, garlic and onion to drippings and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 6 to 8 minutes.  Season with crushed red pepper flakes.  Add chicken broth, increase heat to high and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender and cooked through, 12-15 minutes.

Add kale, cream, and sausage and cook over medium heat until kale is tender, about 5 minutes.  Stir in vinegar just before serving. Serve with parmesan cheese.