Today I got to go to our Quilt Bee that meets at the Stitching Corner fabric shop. This quilt was hanging over a quilt rack and we decided to take a picture of it for future reference. I really like the use of all the scraps and the 4 patches in the outside border too. The back was made from probably 8 different fabrics also.
This is Claudia working diligently on red work from a project that she has had for a couple of years and decided she needed to get busy on. She has some red fabrics from another unfinished project that she will put with this red work to make a quilt.
Suzanne appliquing leaves and flowers on a beautiful quilt. She also brought a wonderful Fall colored quilt that she wanted our opinion on the borders. In the end we decided on a narrow light gold border, followed by a pieced strip and then a rich red fabric outer border (you can see the red fabric on the table behind her). Suzanne does beautiful applique work that I quite envy. 
And Ina putting the binding on a Young Women's Values quilt. She makes them for each of her granddaughters. This one used a coloring technique that was outlined with embroidery stitches. There are also cute little 3-dimensional flowers. Ina says no dull fabrics for her....she prefers bright cheerful fabrics. 
Here is the 3rd Christmas quilt for the year that I was working on. I was so sure I would get so much done that I brought 2 sets of blocks ready to machine applique and I even brought the fabrics for Mrs. Moen's mystery quilt so I could get them cut out. With all the talking I only managed to complete the blocks for 1 quilt. I'm not complaining tho because it is just so much fun to see these women that I have missed so much. Thank you to them for changing their meeting day to work with my day off from work. Only 4 of us came today but hopefully more can make it next time.
As I was sewing away I noticed that my machine is sounding a little clunky and had a slight whistle or something. It is really time for a tune up for sure. How can I live without it for a few days tho????
Happy quilting to you all. Lynda
