Margaret G competed a most beautiful King size !!! quilt made with Bold Over Batiks.

Abby Z completed her friend Casey’s wedding quilt. It is on its way to Seattle!

Tress M made the “10 Minute Block” quilt. It probably wasn’t quite that fast!

Denise W hand quilted “Hovering Hawks,” a traditional block with hawks in the north, south, east and west corners and the Sacred Circle of Life in the center, along with the 3 rivers of the Nottoway people.

The back view shows off some of her quilting!

Sandra B did a beautiful job making this fantastic paper-pieced pineapple quilt!

Suzy B made pillowcases with Boy Scout flannel she found, some holiday prints, and our cute bug jar fabrics, too!

Celeste M showed off the latest quilt for her West Coast nieces. It is “Yellow Brick Road” and has Olivia’s name in glow-in-the-dark fairy frost. Since she sent pillowcases in December, this will be a “Christmas in July” gift!

Thank you everyone!

Mary Terry

Here is a very cute little mushroom needle case, made by Crystal K:

Debra K has been having fun making lots of bags! Here are gorgeous tropical birds appliqued on a bag:

and a few more bags she plans to use for gifts:

Here is Diane M’s quilt from the May/June 2012 Quiltmaker magazine. The pattern is “Path to Cobbled Court” by Marie Bostwick, author of the Cobbled Court novels.

Thank you, everyone!

Mary Terry

Here is a quilt that Laura H started five years ago. She used Marti Michell’s Winding Ways templates:

Faye G finished her pretty Goose in the Pond table runner from Phoebe’s class:

And getting even more projects done, Faye brought in her Asian pagoda panel quilt:

Jocelyn is playing along from out of state, and here is her first ever finished and bound quilt!

Katie E’s wonderful blue and yellow scrappy one!

Janet S completed her circles and squares:

Easter pillowcases for the grandchildren were Angela B’s project to finish:

Michelle S completed her Party on the Block quilt:

Thanks everyone!

Mary Terry

Betsy A made a Blooming 9-Patch all in shades of blue!

Anne T made Augusta Cole’s Snappy Scraps quilt in queen size as a wedding gift for her brother and sister-in-law. On the back she incorporated all the memory blocks!

Deb G has been having lots of fun making little 12″ square quilts from Lori Smith’s Quilt Squares patterns. She likes them because they are small enough to finish something new, while working on UFO’s! (And you know we sell these great little stands in the shop, right?  They’re available in many styles and if we don’t have the one you want, we can special order it for you!) Here are a couple…

Thanks, everyone!

Mary Terry

Fantastic and bright batiks from the “Buck-A-Block” program we had a few years ago, finished up by Jacqueline C:

A “scrappy” quilt made from the Lucky Stars pattern, finished up by Judy B:

Batik Bear Paws top finished by Doris D:

Heather Z finished Chaos Harmony from a block-of-the-month program at a shop in Georgia:

Judith F made the Party Bags pattern which she filled with stuffed animals for little Vivienne:

and the back:

Thanks everyone!

Mary Terry

And now on to some show & tell:

More terrific projects to share!

Soundra B is ready for her new granddaughter expected to arrive in May:

Laura H made the Paducah 9-Patch in awesome brights from a quilt tour in 2010:

Shelia H brought in her big purple star quilt:

Felecia D took Joyce’s Happy Villages class, then turned hers into a pillow with a terrific striped back. We have this class on the schedule again in July (hint!).

Thanks everyone!

Mary Terry

Crystal K made a couple of very cute little items . . . here is her pirate lunch bag from the book “One Yard Wonders” ~

and her butterfly tote bag with a drawstring top ~

How about a very bright and cheerful baby quilt? Betty S. made this one from a kit that included the cute animal print panel. Since there were left-over blocks on the panel, Betty added them to the back!

and the back ~

Have you heard about the crayon challenge some of the guilds are doing? Well, Shelia H picked purple and orange crayons, so here is her gorgeous quilt in those colors with an awesome scalloped border ~

Thank you for sharing your work!

Mary Terry

A terrific fresh contemporary quilt finished by Jessica W, using the Hope Valley fabrics!

Tress M finished a baby quilt made in 30′s reproductions:

And how about a cute “Bugs” applique quilt finished by Elaine McC? Look for ladybugs,  caterpillars, butterflies and more among the flowers:

And here is Tammy W’s Blooming 9-Patch. Made all in black and whites, she calls it a “Blended 9-Patch.” One of the fabrics is a black-eyed peas print! For years it has just needed to be bound – and now it is complete!

Penny S completed another “Show It Off” pattern from Joyce’s Stashbusters class – here are her eagles:

And here are a few from Deb G. She loves these little squares “From My Heart to Your Hands” because they finish up quickly, and the directions are very good to follow. Here is her patriotic one:

and Deb’s pumpkin table topper, the log cabin pumpkins! She quilted it herself and you can see some of her pumpkin design in the second photo.

Here’s one that will make you smile ~ a Winnie the Pooh quilt, followed by a Playtime mat (yes, we have the pattern!) done in Dr. Seuss fabric , minky, and flannel. Both are baby presents made by Brenda B.

Thank you for sharing, everyone!

Mary Terry

Eye candy!

A completed quilt top of  Desert Sky from Lucille Amos’  paper piecing class a few weeks ago! What fantastic color choices by Beth S. If you would like to learn this very organized and painless approach (!), Lucille will be back to teach us another one, soon!

Here is a duvet cover Suzanne V made from clothes and tea towels, and embellished with embroidery, too!

And another by Beth S ~ a happy Peanuts and the Gang quilt!

Nancy S came back from Raleigh, NC with her finished whimsy! Here is “Clucky” and her brood!

Thank you for sharing your work, everyone!

Mary Terry

Next Sunday, we have a new class with Laura, Heidi’s Garden Machine Applique.  This is from a design that Laura did for a quilt for her granddaughter that WILL be a pattern (you get the handout free in class!):

Okay, so talk about technical difficulties – the only picture I can get at right now is tiny!  By the time you read this, you can probably follow this link to the May calendar, look for Heidi’s Garden on May 6, and when you click through to the class you’ll see a nice big photo.  (And maybe while you’re there, check out some of the other cool classes on the schedule for May!)

So, ANYWAY – the class is Sunday, May 6, from 12:30 to 4, and I’m giving away a free spot to one lucky winner who leaves a comment below before noon on Wednesday, May 2.  If you are reading this on Facebook, please click here to go to the blog to leave your comment (Facebook comments can’t be entered in the drawing, sorry).  And don’t worry if you don’t have a fancy sewing machine – if your machine can do a zigzag, you can do this!

Good luck!
~Joyce