Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Sept 2019 Meeting

Sept 2019

Another fun meeting last month at Maurene's. Thanking for hosting and thank you Jeanie for helping with the lunch! This month, October 30th, Jeanie will be hosting with Robyn helping with the food. Also be sure to mark your calendars for our annual Christmas meeting which will be on Dec. 4th (no meeting in Nov). Jeri is hosting. More info will be coming.

Here's the pics from our meeting in Sept:
Monica made this stripes quilt.

Jean made these wool pillowcases.



This is a quilt Jean made using a free pattern from Charmalade.

Jean also made this quilt using a pattern from Eleanor Burns. It's called Patches of Life.

Monica got this panel from Quilt Crossing and added the arrow pointing to Idaho, then put it together as a fun quilt.

Cindy made this travel purse and wallet.


Cindy made this using leftover fabric and will be donating it to Sleep in Heavenly Peace.

Lenette made this patchwork heart quilt.

Jeanie made this quilt using a die cut giraffe. She got the pattern and die cut from Stitch N Snip in Garden Valley.

Jeanie used minky for the back.


Rachel saw a pattern similar to this, but made her own version.


Rachel also made this navy, grays, and white quilt.

Rachel also made this and used a cream colored minky for the back. She found a great price for the minky online called Pumpkin Vine Quilting.

Kathi made this panel quilt for her granddaughter. She used a fun polka dot minky on the back.


DEMO
Jeanie demonstrated how she made the fabric strips for this basket/purse. 










LUNCH


Aug 2019 Meeting

August 2019

Here are pictures and info from our last meeting. Thank you Rachel for hosting and Corrie for helping her! For September we will be meeting at Jeanie's on the 25th and Caren will be helping. October's meeting will be at Maurene's/Robyn helping.

Jeri-block #1 from our group block-along

Jennifer made this flower wall hanging for her granddaughter.
Jean-block #1
Cindy-block #1

Cindy also made some connecting blocks to place between her blocks.

Rachel made this Halloween wall hanging and below made it again as a Christmas wall hanging.



Rachel made this camera strap.

Rachel made these blocks using this Waterfront pattern. She is using the leftovers from the block-along

Jeanie-block #1

Linda made this using gingham flannel.

Linda used chicken scratch embroidery to make this baby quilt.

Diane made this spider web baby quilt using scraps.

Diane also made this Suburbs quilt using Sweetwater fabrics

Back of Diane's

Diane made this scrappy quilt from Cluck Cluck Sew. It was quilted by A Quilter's Corner (Ustick/Cole)

Back of Diane's

Corrie made I Spy quilt from a panel by Ann Kelly

Corrie also made this peek-a-boo bag using Red Riding quilt material

Close up of Corrie's quilt

Back of Corrie's quilt


Monica made this quilt top

Close up of Monica's quilt
Monica-block #1 #2

Nancy-block #1 and #2

Nancy made these shirts for dolls given to children in hospitals so doctors can explain to the children what will be happening in their surgery.


Demo (making a design board) by Rachel



LUNCH

Yummy salad

Roast beef sliders au jus

Peach dessert with ice cream