June was Donnis' turn to present our BOM and she chose the Rail Road Block.
Below are the samples she brought in to show us different color choices and how to sew them together.
Deb read the directions and was moving right along. Keep watch of the red, Deb had a different way that she wanted to put this block together.
Judy was able to bring her machine this month and was moving right along.
Shirley is cutting out her half square triangles after sewing them together. Vevia found out that when the directions call for a SCANT 1/4", boy you should pay attention. She had to sew another seam closer in and then un-sew the first seem in order to get the 2 1/2" HST's. Thank you Donnis for the tip on how to resolve the issue Vevia was having.
Judy and Shirley working right along.
Remember the red you were to watch for - here is the finished block for Deb. There were so many ways that you could put the sections together and.....
then after you got them together - we saw how many ways that you could lay several of the Rail Road blocks and get a secondary look.
Judy only had a couple of seams left at the end of the day, she sent this picture so that we could see that she did finish hers. Looking great Judy.
Though Shirley has not always been able to be with us, she is doing this project at home. Here are her finished blocks that we have done and a few extras that she has tried. The pink, black, gray fabric selections make Shirley's look totally different from what the others are doing. Looking forward to seeing everyone's finished quilts.
Susie worked on her wool applique as she had already made this month's block.
This is the book that she got her pattern from, her wool came from the quilt shop in Severy, Ks.
Here is the section she was working on,
this one she had finished. Love the color combinations that she is using.
When Vevia finally finished her block, she went back to working on her French Boutis Embroidery. It combines embroidery - quilting - and trapunto. This is the back where you work from, she is doing the trapunto part now.
And this is the front. Click on the pictures to make them bigger and perhaps get a better look.
Remember Machelle's star quilt that she brought in to show some one how to join the pieces? Well Shirley blessed us with bringing in her completed quilt so that we could see how she finished hers.
Lots of patriotic fabrics, applique, etc in this one. She even has the back looking Red/White/Blue.
Donnis had done an entirely different color scheme and setting, adding extra on the end that goes with the pillows. So many looks for the same project. Thank you to both of you for sharing. A few of us are really thinking about doing this for ourselves. We will have to get with Dee to see if she still has the pattern.
Deb's blessed this year with TWO new ones coming into the family. The one that receives this quilt is going to have a blast learning all the sounds that can go with the pictures. The pattern is darling.
At the quilt show in Wichita, Mark and Susie had bought a couple of these bags and then when they went again, Susie got one also. Very handy for carrying or storing a project in. Susie forgot to bring in the paper that told all about it, hope we get to hear next month. Tells about the African women that make them, dyeing process, etc. And hint, hint - this year is the year for another quilt show in Wichita.
Judy brought in a sample of what we are going to do in July for her block. At the very top of this post are two options to prepare - one is cutting out fabric by size and the second one is for cutting out templates and then cutting out your fabric. Judy did the hard work for all of us ahead of time. Don't know about you - but I am cutting out the fabric and forgetting the templates until another day - or NOT.
Remember next month is moved to the first Tuesday and that we are having a luncheon. See you then.
