Guild Night

The fish quilt is over half quilted now. The outside border and the cornerstones have dragonflies quilted into them. They were fun to do. I took the "quilt in progress" for show and tell at guild tonight, as it will be gone by the next meeting if all goes well. Tomorrow is Hole in the Closet Club at our local quilt shop, so I should be able to get most of the quilting completed.

One of the quilters showed her wholecloth garden quilt tonight. It is so beautiful! That reminded me that I have the same quilt in the closet, only partly hand quilted. I think I started it in 2002.

I brought home a charity quilt kit for children's aid, to be stitched on during the Pat Sloan Sew Along retreat this weekend. I chose one that was not precut because the colours called out to me.

My friend Joan completed a wonderful tapestry tote bag for me, and it was delivered by our friend Christine at guild. It is huge and roomy, with 2 zippered pockets in the interior and two big outside pockets. It is stiff enough to stand up, but soft enough to be comfortable to carry.
I carried the fish quilt and some library books home in it from tonight's meeting. There are enough scraps left to make some accessories to hold my sewing tools.