Some SPECIAL PROJECTS at the Colonial Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild 2012
Posted By drsao on September 24, 2012
I decided to give a SPECIAL place to some SPECIAL PROJECTS. First, Catherine challenged us and taught us to make receptacles out of jean legs. That was EVER SO MUCH FUN. I call them JEAN TUBS but I don’t think they are REALLY CALLED THAT. You can make them large or small, short and round – or tall and skinny (depending on the size of the jeans and how much LEG you use!) ……..too much fun! LOOK AT OUR CREATIONS!
You can even use jeans that are RIPPED!
sao’s Jean Tub
Bonnie’s Jean Tub
Catherine made the one with BROWN PLAID FLANNEL TRIM IN THE FOREGROUND OF THIS PICTURE!
Add some specialty fabric and you have a messenger bag with the TOP of the jeans! This became EMBELLISHED into a masterpiece!
Barbara’s Jean Tub
- Erika made THREE JEANS BAGS!
Bonnie taught us to make the CUTEST EVER MINI DESIGN BOARDS….covered with batting and trimmed with quilt binding -adhered with a hot glue gun. That was fun….I hadn’t used my glue gun in YEARS!
Bonnie’s Design Wall
Catherine is making the BACK of hers into a memo board!
Catherine used decorative black and white DUCT TAPE instead of a glue gun!
The front of Catherine’s Design Wall
Note this precious ANTIQUE PHOTO bordered with silk fabric!
Catherine and sao are using their DESIGN BOARDS!!! Thanks Bonnie for this fabulous project!
Finally, Sherry will be happy to know that some of us worked on our CHILDHOOD MEMORY CHALLENGE QUILTS! I didn’t get a GOOD PICTURE of Erika’s but it is ADORABLE…..made from childhood dresses.
Here is Cathy’s denoting BUBBLES AND PINWHEELS….don’t we all have fond memories of this kind of fun!
Bubbles and Pinwheels
sao worked on hers – GRANDMA REITER’S COLORADO HAPPY HIPPOS……FIVE GENERATIONS ago, Grandma Reiter cut these hippos out for Shirley to make a quilt with for her first born child (who is now 45 years old this year!)
sao’s Grandma Reiter’s Colorado Happy Hippo Quilt
Thanks, Catherine, for putting the eyelashes on the hippos and for drawing the little birds!
Finally – inspired and helped by Catherine – I worked on my Michael Miller Circle Challenge Quilt (a Richmond Modern Quilt Guild event brought to us by Catherine!)
sao’s Michael Miller Circle Challenge
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