Feed Dogs Down: The latest show and tell

April 2015 Meeting

My quilt group met at Cindy's this month. Thank you Cindy for hosting. Since we have finished our Pizza Box Exchange, we talked about some possibilities for projects as a group. A couple suggestions were to have one meeting where we all made "green" totes using some type of repurposed fabric, then bring them to the meeting and exchange them with each other. Nancy will look for patterns and head it up for our meeting next month. More info to come on that.

Another idea is to have sewing projects or "classes" within our own group where we can set up our machines, watch or listen to a tutorial and make a new quilt project together, making a big bag to carry our cutting boards, rulers, etc, making seasonal table runners. Please share any other ideas you might have with all of us so that we can have some "on purpose" sewing projects that take us out of our quilting comfort zones.

Darla won the door prize which was the pair of wool mittens shown in the demo by Cindy.

Here are our show and tells:

Kathi made this scrap quilt and put a little minky on the back also.

Cindy made this Ducky quilt.

Cindy also made this Black and Bright quilt using flannel on the back.

This is a quilt Cindy started at Corrie's retreat from a purchased kit.

Cindy's daughter is getting ready to serve a full time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so Cindy made this cute pillowcase for her to take.

These are three sets of luggage tags Cindy made. One set is for her daughter and the other two are for her daughter's friends who are also getting ready for their missions.

Cindy made her daughter these slippers from Sherpa wool from Outdoor Wilderness Fabric in Caldwell.

This is a Peek-a-Boo pouch for first aid supplies that Cindy also made for her daughter.

Nancy made this zipper pouch and learned how to attach the zipper following a video tutorial from Missouri Star Quilts on Youtube.

Jeri made these Peek-a-Boo zipper pouches for her granddaughter to use to keep her dance clothes in.

Diane helped make this quilt for her niece as a graduation present. It is made using fabric from her niece's dad's shirts as a memory quilt honoring her dad who passed away a few years ago. It's going to be a surprise gift given at her graduation.

Jeanie made this "Books on Shelves" quilt using all scraps. Carolanna quilted it.

Jeanie also made this giraffe quilt and burp cloths for her 18th great grandchild.

Maurene made this baby girl quilt with pink minky on the back. It is quilted by Rachel.

This is the back of the baby girl quilt.

This is a close up of the back also.

Maurene also made this oversized fence rail pattern quilt.

Darla made several of these little wallets. These are just a few of them. They are made from a pattern by Valori Wells of the Stitchin Post.

Rachel made these wool candle mats.

Rachel also made this wool Shepherd boy wall hanging. She is going to frame it with barnwood.

This is a chicken wool mat made by Rachel.

Rachel made this baby quilt using Fig Tree Somerset fabric. The pattern is Paganini Schnibbles.

While in St. George visiting, Rachel was able to find lots of great fabric. At the Clover Patch Fabric Store she said fabric is still $7.99 a yard. The Ace Hardware also has a back room that carries lots of fabric. She was able to find this fun fabric/panels and made one Elk quilt for her husband and one for her husband's friend.

DEMO

Cindy gave us a demo on making mittens made from repurposed wool sweaters. After purchasing several large sweaters, Cindy washes them in hot water, then dries them in the hot heat dryer. They shrink up and become very dense and perfect for making wool mittens.

The bottom of the sweater is cut off and can be used for the cuff around the top of the mitten.

The arm cuff (if large enough) can also be used as the cuff of the mitten.

One more example of a cuff.

Outer piece of mitten.

Inner lining of mitten which is made from fleece.

The finished mitten with the cuff attached and a button sewn on for embellishment. Cindy said they are very warm, soft and comfortable and very quick to sew. She sewed the matching pair to this mitten which we watched her. Here is a link to the LifeHacker tutorial.