Country Piecemakers - Melons and Curves - and Antiques
Today I attended my first Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild Meeting - in fact it was my first GUILD MEETING EVER….a milestone event. I had a wonderful time and everyone was so nice.
I made it to Powhatan without getting lost - so right away I knew it was going to be a great day. And indeed, the day just kept getting better and better! I had NO IDEA I would be treated to a mid morning feast - as well as lunch (hosted by the HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE.) It was absolutely WONDERFUL.
Lo and behold - one of the SCRAPPY SISTERS was the President. I already knew Sara (who is FAMOUS for her long arm quilting cottage) but this is the first time that I had met her sister Nancy!
Everyone in the guild has made a SUNBONNET SUE quilt block to represent who they are……here are a couple of close ups. Now the new kids, (Linda and me) need to make one! (We also get to make a fancy fabric name tag - I need to get my brain in gear!)
I wish that I could have taken pictures of all of the SHOW AND TELL PROJECTS (that was really a lot of fun)…..I did get a couple of pics of the NIC (NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE) Quilts - some little babies are going to be very cozy.
Isn’t this a wonderful wall hanging?
and I love this one that Nancy made!
This was my LUCKY DAY because not only did I get to join the guild (there are now 39 members and the membership is temporarily closed at 40 because of space in the meeting room) but I also got to register for the GUILD’s QUILT RETREAT in Massanetta Springs, October 2- 5. I am so excited - I even have a roommate - Karen! It gets better - Karen even said that she would drive - and for someone who is majorly geographically challenged this was a major cause for celebration.
After the guild meeting, Patsy taught us how to make a MELONS AND CURVES QUILT.
Look at Patsy’s quilt with crystals - wow, my grandmothers would have never believed that you could put iron-on crystals right on your quilt! :) I think that I just might have to try this! They iron on and stay on.
It was really a lot of fun to make these blocks and the curves were not as difficult as I had imagined. Here are my four blocks that I made today - and I am trying to decide WHICH way to set them together….any votes? Decisions decisions!
Before we left, Catherine had a surprise…….now this SUPPOSEDLY is the TRUTH (everyone says it is true) - she has NEVER made a quilt before - she has woven fabric - see her holding her work of art…..
and I BELIEVE that she made this block out of her PAPER LUNCH NAPKIN—
BUT SHE HAS NEVER MADE A QUILT!
However she IS GOING TO MAKE HER FIRST ONE - A MELONS AND CURVES KING-SIZED QUILT…..this is her making her big announcement!
And notice the notebook that she is holding - made from jelly-roll strips (I think.) Every member has one - and I got one today as my new member gift! It is so nice!
After I left the Guild Meeting I actually did get lost (TWICE) - but that is OK because I got to see the HISTORICAL POWHATAN COURTHOUSE (and yes I took a picture but when I downloaded it, it had a fatal error!) And there was also a FATAL DOWNLOAD ERROR on a picture of the HOLLYWOOD CHURCH and the beautiful country side (I figured I might as well enjoy myself while I was lost! I only wish my unplanned detour pictures would have downloaded onto my website - they are cute pictures because I can SEE them on my camera!) 
Once I got back on the right road I found the POWHATAN ANTIQUE STORE. I was thrilled because there was no one in the car to tell me that I couldn’t stop - SO I STOPPED! Antiques are high up toward the top on my LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS!
And I didn’t leave without a very cute angel rag doll and some “country boxes!”
My husband loves ships and lighthouses - and so I found his Christmas - or birthday present - three framed lighthouse pictures at the antique shop. (Can you believe the luck of this poor man to have his birthday fall on DEC. 26?) I love the frames that the lighthouses are in too. I am sure that he will like them - and I don’t have to worry about him seeing these pictures because DH doesn’t even KNOW that I have a blog! :) SHHH!
THIS WHOLE DAY IS A GOOD THING!
When I got home my DH had made FROM SCRATCH CORNBREAD - yum -
and I found a squishy in the mail - a log cabin block from my decentralized online LOG CABIN BLOCK SWAP friend from Missouri! In July we made COURTHOUSE STEP BLOCKS to exchange. This is really a lot of fun for me to get squishies in the mail! (I also like to get presents in the mail from QVC - but that is another story!)
Since this has been a VERY GOOD DAY - I think I will go look on E-BAY for a P. Buckley Moss print. Ever since I saw my friend Marla’s MOSS ART COLLECTION I can’t stop thinking about it. So I just said, “SELF, that is what you are giving yourself for your birthday!” Just out of curiousity, does anyone else do this? I give myself a birthday, Christmas, AND a Mother’s Day present! It makes me smile!