Catch Up Time

So many things going on these days - hard to keep the straight!

Gabrielle has started a Saturday morning quilt group.  We gathered in February to share completed projects and talk about different finishing techniques.

JayDee is holding a beach towel to which she's added a fabric "sleeve" at the top.  This sleeve goes over the top of your lounge chair to hold the beach towel in place.  Love the bright fabrics.

Here's a completed basket quilt - was it Kay's?  Beautifully completed.

 Also in February was the Guild's annual auction.  Just look at the items waiting for eager bidders.  We raised over $1,100 at that meeting.

 We did have Show and Tell but I couldn't tell you who made these two T-shirt quilts.  I like the way solid fabrics are interspersed with the T-shirts to help fill out the quilt.

Another reason I've been busy has been my new job - Executive Director at the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic.  We just held our Phil!Tastic fundraising event.  Love the decorations and the colors used in the decorations.  We had both a Silent and Live auction to raise money for the orchestra. 

 Entertainment was The Singing Hoosiers.  What a wonderful group of talented, young people.  This was the only shot I got of them but they had a few dance routines and at the end of their performance, they came down on the dance floor and got people up and dancing.  It was a super fun event.

 Finally, back to quilting stuff.  Deb, Kathy and I made our annual foray to the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington, Indiana (not Bloomington, IL as Bonnie Hunter posted on her blog).  There weren't as many quilts this year - don't know why - but the quilts on display were a wide mixture of techniques and designs.

 Birgit Schueller had this eye-catching quilt.  Her quilt last year had concentric circles in the piecing that were very restful.  This really makes you take a step back, doesn't it?

I loved this quilt with the penguins marching among the rocks - or seals!  Look closely and you can see their cute faces among the rocks.  I see at least 5 seals - how many can you see?

Of course, there were fabric purchases involved.  Now to quilt!!!

Cheers!

Margaret