Quilt Club!

The second Friday of each month is Quilt Club over at Blakeman Vacuum & Sewing.  That means several days of preparation of scrap stash projects, printing pattern copies, and getting everything together so everyone has an awesome time.  This month we looked at more quilty projects we can make from either cut fabric from our stash or a precut jelly roll plus some background fabric.  This adorable basket table runner can be found under the free stuff on Laundry Basket Quilts; it measures approximately 14" x 28".  I used a jelly roll plus background fabric for the runner, more jelly roll strips for the binding and more jelly roll strips for the pieced backing!  It turned out great!  This is one way I get to make things for ME!  The baskets were quilted with stitch in the ditch and feathers were used in the setting triangles.  It will be stationed in my dining room on my buffet.

And here's another free pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts: a thread spool pin cushion!

Pieces from the same jelly roll were used and the top portion of the pin cushion is quilted with stitch in the ditch prior to attaching to an outside backing.  It's small, about 4" x 5", but very simple to make and I filled it with rice, uncooked of course :)  !

And finally, the proverbial pot holder!  Actually, I really need potholders, I don't know where all of mine went to.  So I used the same jelly roll still and am still making pot holders!

These pot holders take about 20 minutes!  I took a 9" square of fabric for the back and laid it wrong side face up.  On top of that I layered two 9" squares of Insul-Bright.  It's time to sew!  One jelly roll strip was placed in the middle from point to point.  Another was placed on top of that, right sides together, and stitched with a 1/4" seam. Open it up and continue the same process to the edge.  Then repeat for the opposite side.  Prior to binding, I cut it down to 8 1/2" and then chose another strip for the binding and attached it with my Bernina. That's it!  Done!  

Quilt Club down at Blakeman Vacuum & Sewing is a great time for quilters to relax, connect and enjoy an hour of quilty show and tell and demonstrations. This year we are also starting a quilt along where portions of a pattern will be signed for completion prior to the next meeting.  And this week we celebrated the day of showing love with a gift exchange.  All gifts were to be homemade, preferably from those HUGE stashes we all seem to have, and relatively nominal in commitment of time.  Yesterday about 20 ladies showed up for a great gift exchange.

Show and tell is a highlight at Quilt Club:

I hope your week was a good as mine!  I'll be linking up with some of the parties on my side bar as well as Crazy Mom Quilts at http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com, so join me in seeing all the creativity!  Have a great weekend!