A night with LAURA PATTERSON from Bay City

LAURA PATTERSON from Bay City came to our guild and gave a trunk show of her past quilting projects.  Her quilts were featured in the Bay City Heritage Quilt Show.  During the trunk show she explained how she made many of her remarkable quilts.  She gave a demonstration of how to hand piece, how to use ultra-suede to make SKINNY applique motifs. and how to embroider and using beading on organza to make your own applique.  Laura stated that hand piecing was faster for her then machine works as she pieces when goes on trips, waits for appointments or watches TV.  She said she is rarely without a project.  

I am posting just a few of the many pictures I took of her quilts.  I took over 45 pictures and would have taken more but my battery died. 

 

Front close up of STACK AND WHACK QUILT TOP

 

BACK of the STACK AND WHACK QUILT TOP

LAURA taught herself to hand piece using JENNY BEYER'S HAND QUILTING BOOK ... this is a TESSELLATION QUILT

 

UNDER THE SEA ... demonstrating Laura's love of beading 

bad picture of one of Laura's beaded book cover

MICHIGAN MOTIF QUILT ... designed by Laura

Laura's award winning quilt from BAY CITY HERITAGE QUILT SHOW ... designed by Laura

http://www.bchsmuseum.org/id51.html 

BAY CITY HERITAGE QUILT SHOW ... 2018

30th Anniversary Quilt Show & Exhibit 

"A Sharing of Quilts XIV"

April 6 & 7, 2018 

11am to 7pm 

 Silent Auction & Vendors 

Opening Reception: April 5, 2018   5:00-7:00pm  (Silent Auction begins)

Quilt Exhibit remains through May 18, 2018 

  Tuesday-Friday:  11am-5pm

Thursday:  11am-7pm

Saturday:  12noon-4pm 

    

Studio 23/The Arts Center

901 N. Water Street 

Bay City, MI 

(989) 894-2323

www.studio23baycity.org 

NOTES from the Guild Meeting MARCH 29, 2017

 BOARD MEETING will be April 4th at  1pm at BIG BOY'S in IMLAY CITY... All members are welcome to attend.

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Secretary minutes from board meeting was read.

Budget flyers were passed out.

NEEDED:  A guild member to write and send out the newsletter.  In the mean time this blog will have all notifications.  They will also be posted on the Facebook group.

On the web at   http://eveningstarquilters.blogspot.com

FACEBOOK :  https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheESQG/

Calendar:  http://eveningstarquilters.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html 

April 26, 2017 -          
Speaker:   Betsy Koss from Boyne City –

Old Quilts Workshop ..... How to use your old blocks, unfinished tops and vintage quilts and be able to use them.   Linda's workshop is a wonderful opportunity to learn about designing a quilt without the use of a pattern.   

Workshop to be held at LINDA'S COUNTRY QUILT SHOP  ....
April 27th at 10:00 am 

COST $15

We have 4  paid attendees we have room for several more.  Contact Anna Palmer 

810-667-3504 if you would like to attend.  Arrangements can be made.  

PICTURES on the blog and in Facebook Group:

IF you do not want pictures of your quilt posted on the blog please tell the photographer ( Anna) that you do not want pictures posted when shown at show and tell.   Pictures will be edited to NOT show pictures of people when ever possible. 

Cameo Quilt Guild will be selling raffle tickets for their lovely quilt at the April guild meeting.  

We will be starting our membership drive in April.  Dues can be paid at that time.  Forms for membership will be available to fill out. 

The STARS came out to play tonight: 

 RED WHITE AND BLUE QUILT BLOCKS

 EYE SPY QUILT BLOCKS 

ANYTHING GOES QUILT BLOCKS.

 

 

WANTED …. QUILTS FOR HURLEY HOSPITAL NICU

Hurley NICU is requesting quilts to cover the isolated/ incubator   

Desired size 52 inches by 54 inches

Backing should be BLACK

Any type of top …. NICU quilts are kept at the hospital but they are washed extensively so they do wear out. 

They request that BATTING NOT BE USED.  Flannel or a plain back so that the quilt drapes over the Isolette / incubator to block light. 

 THANK YOU

STAR CHALLENGES - - QUILTER'S CHOICE

Since the beginning of the year Charlie has been presenting us with various star patterns that we can use to make quilts.  She even purchased a projector for herself in order to demonstrate the steps in making the blocks at a guild meeting.  Charlie sent me links for instructions for making SAW-TOOTH STARS as well as links for the other stars she has demonstrated.  Since the beginning of the year Charlie has been presenting us with various star patterns that we can use to make quilts.  She even purchased a projector for herself in order to demonstrate the steps in making the blocks at a guild meeting.  Charlie sent me links for instructions for making SAW-TOOTH STARS as well as links for the other stars she has demonstrated.  

Charlie's challenge:  SEEING STARS

Make a 12-1/2 inch (unfinished) block with star points each month until the end of the year. By then you will have enough to make a quilt! 

Also, make ONE EXTRA BLOCK FOR CHARLIE. She will then assemble them into a quilt for Charity! They can be whatever fabric you like! She will make it work! Please have a star block for Charlie by May if you can! 

 
VETERANS CHALLENGE  for MIRACLE QUILTS

ANNE'S CHALLENGE :PATRIOTIC STARS

Make a 12-1/2 inch (unfinished) STAR block. 

center should be red. 

The star points should be blue and then white for the background! 

Anne will be assembling a quilt for Wounded Warriors!

 
I SPY QUILT for Safe House ....  LESLIE'S CHALLENGE

Make a 12-1/2 inch (unfinished) STAR block. 

The center of your star block will be any picture that you have fussy cut to size! Examples: animals, flowers, cars,people, alphabets, numbers , the choices are endless! 

 Leslie will take ANY star block as long as the center is one of the above! No specific colors!

Please join these ladies in the guild challenge! It's a lot of fun!

 LINKS FOR STAR PATTERNS:

 HOUR GLASS STAR POINTS

( Just  a reminder the pictures are of the wrong color placements) 

http://eveningstarquilters.blogspot.com/2017/02/star-block-for-charlies-project.html

Leah Star:  *** This is an 8 inch block  *** 

FREE pattern from QUILT IN A DAY
https://www.quiltinaday.com/freepattern/

Sawtooth Star:  ( known by many names, including evening star ) made with flying geese.

http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/evening-star-quilt-block.html

http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html


http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SawtoothBlock.html

http://suzyquilts.com/reverse-sawtooth-star-quilt-pattern/




MAKING FLYING GEESE LINKS:

http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/no-waste-flying-geese-quilt-blocks.html
No waste method flying geese

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-flying-geese/

http://www.quilterscache.com/H/Howtomakegeese.html

http://blog.patsloan.com/2015/01/pat-sloan-tutorial-flying-geese-sew-and-flip.html

http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilting-sewing/how-to-sew-flying-geese/
4 TECHNIQUES for making flying geese

**** LINKS will be updated as new patterns are provided ****