I predict that there will be some happy babies in the near future.  I think the animal quilts are really cute and I only wish that I could identify who made which quilt – but there were lots of people  away today to be with their mothers for Mother’s Day so whoever held the quilt up for us to ooooh and ahhh over was not necessarily the one who made it!   I was also in the parade WITHOUT MY CAMERA.  I wish I had pictures of all of them….but they will soon be on the guild’s website with proper identification!

Enoy the animals on parade!  We hung them in the library to admire.  :)

There were so many highlights of the day! 

We had three guests – and ONE of our new members is my neighbor – can you believe it!!!!!  Barbara lives right in my neighborhood and we met for the first time on Saturday.  WHAT FUN!  Welcome to our guild!

Then Catherine came walking in – and YES I SAID WALKING IN.  WOW.  She brought lots of her beautiful new creations – and she gifted us all with darling little heart boxes with embellishment!!  How does she manage to do all of this!?  It was such a feat of strength and determination for Catherine to make it to the meeting.  In the pictures you will see that Donna brought Catherine the DOLL HOUSE that she wanted from the Clothes Closet!  Thank you Donna for being so kind as to pick up that Doll House for Catherine!!!!  I hope your cat will survive it being gone!

And…..that is not all.  Our IF I WERE A CHALLENGE QUILTS were on display at the Powhatan Library and it was SUCH FUN to see our quilts hanging!  They go to the Goochland Library in August. It was really lots of fun to see them all on display!

We had a SHOWER of baby quilts too – and Sara won the drawing for several cool prizes – jelly, tomatoes, a casserole carrier – and there might have been more – but I think my attention drifted about that time!  Anyway it was GREAT that Sara won because I imagine that she quilted most of the quilts that the rest of us brought in!!!!  I tried to take pictures of all of the baby quilts – they were wonderful – but sometimes the viewing time was short!

AND SPEAKING OF BABIES…..

Heidi is expecting in December!  CONGRATULATIONS HEIDI!

and Jane brought pictures of her new grandangel twins born July 2!  (She made two baby quilts for the ICU in each of their honor!)

SPECTACULAR SHOW AND TELLS…..

Cindy shared her two new tattoos – fresh from a lot of fun in VEGAS!  Maybe I should go to Vegas with Cindy sometime – I wonder if I would come back “permanently embellished?”

We got to see great bags, books, antique memory quilts, and we got to see our BEAUTIFUL RAFFLE QUILT – we will be selling tickets in September! 

I MAY have taken a few pictures of some very cool shoes too!    Hey, when you are wearing a boot – shoes are a major item of interest!!!

BROWN BAG EVENT! 

And….if that wasn’t excitement enough, we had the unveiling (or should I say the de-bagging) of our Brown Bag blocks.  That was really a lot of fun!   For those of us who participated, a new person each month took our bag and made a block for our quilt – but we didn’t see them until yesterday.  We all got at least 6 blocks  – but some had a few more – if they were lucky enough to have Colleen as one of the block-makers….:)  I think she made at least 2 blocks for each person. 

I love my blocks – made by sao (*me), Linda, Heidi, Donna, Barbara, and Sandie!  THANK YOU THANK YOU!  I am already working on putting them together! 

We also got to see the FINISHED quilts from those who participated in the BROWN BAG last year.  To see the BEFORE and AFTER for these quilts go to www.countrypiecemakers.org and click on BROWN BAG 2009. 

 AND DO NO ASK ME WHY – but the LAST pictures are shown first – and since there are SO MANY – I am going to let them stand – so enjoy the pictures from the END to the BEGINNING.  Trust me – it will be fun.    I know, I know – it is a bit strange to see Catherine LEAVING before she ARRIVES – but hey – pretend that it is creative! 

These quilts were all made with a lot of help from four of my cats – and yes the quilts will be washed before going to the hospital!

I also made a label for my nephew Joey’s FOREVER PLAID QUILT – and I made my MODA SELVAGES 09 Blocks and Filler for July.  My filler block is unique because I used some tiny nine-patches that I had leftover from earlier months. 

First – my Quilter’s Corner 30’s Club Blocks  for June……

30's Club June 09

30's Club Piece N Plenty June Block

I really like the little filler block for  the Piece N Plenty Quilt – I added the little bunny! 

30's Club Filler Block

I also completed my CHAIN OF FOOLS July Block of the Month at Quilter’s Corner ….

Chain of Fools - July 2009

My PEPTO CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO QUILT now has borders and is with my long arm quilter Sara – complete with a little label!!!!!  I really like the border fabric that Susan picked out…..hot pink!  I got the pattern from Augusta Cole’s CUTTING BEE in January but the fabric was all from my stash – I have been collecting pinks for awhile……and there is barely a dent in my pink fabric. 

Borders on Pepto Chattanooga Choo Choo Quilt

THE LABEL!

Creative Labeling

I am currently working on my CELTIC KNOTWORK Block one – a picture will no doubt appear soon!  If you want the pattern click on lynnes fresh hope quilting on my blog roll (she doesn’t use capital letters and so I didn’t either!) 

Wanna see what I left?

OK….I have  pictures of five of them.

sao's FAIRY STARS QUILT

I didn’t take a picture of the second FAIRY QUILT that I made – I named it SISTER FAIRIES.  I will put a picture on my blog when it is finished!

The 3rd quilt that I left for Sara is my SCRAPPY SPLIT NINE-PATCH QUILT……this is the outcome of a YAHOO online block exchange that I participated in last year.

sao's SCRAPPY SPLIT NINE-PATCH Quilt

sao's LITTLE BEAR BLUE

sao's LITTLE BEAR PINK

sao's SNUGGLE KITTIES