My Day with Bonnie K. Hunter and the Colonial Piecemakers

Posted By on August 2, 2008

COLONIAL PIECEMAKERS QUILT GUILD August 2, 2008

 

I joined the Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild in Williamsburg, VA and today I attended my first meeting!  Actually, I had one of those “PERFECT DAYS.”  I didn’t get lost (thanks to my GPS – LOVE LOVE LOVE IT) – the quilters were SO NICE – and surprisingly I saw lots of former friends there!  The icing on the cake was the program featuring BONNIE K. HUNTER herself!  After Bonnie’s WONDERFUL SHOW AND TELL, that was amazing, she taught a workshop on how to make her STAR STRUCK quilt – pictured behind Bonnie.

 

 

 

Bonnie at Colonial Piecemakers 8 2 08
Bonnie at Colonial Piecemakers 8 2 08

 

Before I get to more about Bonnie, here are some highlights of my day with the Colonial Piecemakers – and I just HAD to take a few pictures of the SHOW AND TELL part of the meeting – what inspiration!

 Colonial Piecemaker’s SHOW AND TELL – August 2, 2008

 

Colonial Piecemakers
Colonial PiecemakersWOW – twin quilts with lighthouses! 
Unfortunately I can’t identify who made each of these wonderful quilts – and these are only a FEW of the many SHOW AND TELLS!  And just a couple more…… 
Underground Railroad
Underground RailroadShow and Tell
Show and Tell

Show and Tell

A Few of my Friends – OLD AND NEW

I was happy to see some of my “already friends” (this sounds better than OLD FRIENDS!) and some of my new friends!  First, my FAMOUS “Birth of a Sampler” teacher……

Sherry - LUNCH TIME
Sherry – LUNCH TIME
Linda, Bonnie, SAO and Patsy

Linda, Bonnie, SAO and Patsy

I thought Carmen was in this picture with Bonnie, Patsy, and me (SAO) – here she is happily sewing away on her Singer Featherweight!
Carmen - Colonial Piecemakers 8 2 08

Carmen - Colonial Piecemakers 8 2 08

 

Oh yes and my NEW BFF- Kaye – who fed me chocolate!
Kaye with her CHOCOLATE that she SHARED!!!!!!

Kaye with her CHOCOLATE that she SHARED!!!!!!

BONNIE K HUNTER – The Program and the Star Struck Workshop
Bonnie was so much fun to listen to and her quilts are amazing!  Bonnie carries her quilts in HUMONGOUS DUFFLE BAGS!

Bonnie's Quilts in duffle bags! 

Look at ALL OF THESE QUILTS!
Bonnie's Quilts

Bonnie's Quilts

Bonnie is so creative and has so much energy – and she is never still a minute – no wonder she is so trim and slim!  She has to keep moving to use up all of her stash – she says sometimes fabric just appears on her doorstep.  She modeled a recent gift – a 4X recycled shirt – lots of fabric – we will have to watch for it in her future quilts!
Bonnie modeling her 4X recycled fabric (in its shirt form!)

Bonnie modeling her 4X recycled fabric (in its shirt form!)

 I think Bonnie inspired a lot of us to organize and use every bit of our scraps to produce unexpected masterpieces!  I love how she uses thrift store cotton shirts and some of her own clothing to recycle into her quilts.  And she even makes beautiful and interesting quilt backs by using 10 1/2″ squares….I love this idea!  Bonnie is doing her part to make sure that NO BIT OF FABRIC ends up in the landfill!  🙂
Bonnie's Scrappy Quilt Back

Bonnie's Scrappy Quilt Back

 

And Bonnie always keeps her eyes open for NEW/OLD fabric – here she is picking out some recycled STASH for her ugly fabric quilt challenge!  Bonnie says there are NO RULES in quilting and you can mix fabric styles – 30’s with batiks, civil war with COW PRINTS.  And if your fabric is ugly – cut it into small scrappy pieces or strips – and viola – it becomes beautiful.
Bonnie and some UGLY FABRIC for her stash

Bonnie and some UGLY FABRIC for her stash

Bonnie Colonial Piecemakers

Bonnie Colonial Piecemakers

Look at what Bonnie made from the little BONUS triangles cut from the corners when making  Flying Geese blocks…and to think that these could have been trimmed and discarded! 
Left Overs made into a beautiful quilt!

Left Overs made into a beautiful quilt!

Here are a few of Bonnie’s SHOW AND TELL – but check out her quiltville website (www.quiltville.com) for more!

 

Y-Seam beauty!

Y-Seam beauty!

Food Chain Quilt

Food Chain Quilt

Carolina Crossroads MYSTERY QUILT

Carolina Crossroads MYSTERY QUILT

Star Struck II

Star Struck II

Isn’t it amazing how orphan blocks can turn into a fabulous sampler?  I just have to learn to make these letters and words in the borders……that is one of my NEW GOALS!
Bonnie's Sampler

Bonnie's Sampler

LOVE QUILT

LOVE QUILT

We all had fun, were inspired, learned a lot – and Bonnie may have even been a bit inspired to get her own HELLO KITTY sewing machine – she sure liked Linda’s with all of the Hello Kitty stickers on it!

 

BONNIE AND HELLO KITTY

BONNIE AND HELLO KITTY

As I was leaving I just couldn’t resist taking a picture of Bonnie’s license plate.  🙂
Bonnie Hunter's License Plate

Bonnie Hunter's License Plate

 Thanks to Bonnie and the Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild for a GREAT DAY!

 

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3 Responses to “My Day with Bonnie K. Hunter and the Colonial Piecemakers”

  1. Sheddy says:

    I’m so jealous! Glad you had such a great time. I almost feel like I was there with your great pictures and commentary.

  2. What a great day. I know just where you are coming from. Our quilters are so prolific and full iof ideas. I come away from meetings wanting to set the world on fire.

  3. […] with her because it's so easy to carry!  Here is another article about a local quilt guild and a member who brings her Singer Featherweight along to the meetings. There are so many people who prefer the Singer Featherweight 221 because it is a convenient, […]

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