May 2021 Show and Tell
Delicate Stitchers met at Rotary Park for our monthly meeting. First meeting in 2021 Sans masks. Slowly things are returning to normal. Crystal taught a lesson on labeling quilts. She showed many innovative ways to make labels with markers, micron pens, and stamps. They can be hand or machine embroidered and be printed with an inkjet printer using the computer. In addition to a label, you can add a pocket to put a written history in. Labels add to the history and sentimental value of a quilt. Information that can be included on a label: Date, Quilt maker's name, Name of quilt pattern, Name of the recipient, Name of quilter, Location made, Occasion quilt made for, Personal message. Here are some of the beautiful samples she showed. Crystal then started out Show and Tell with her La Passacaglia quilt she is making with English paper piecing. Similar to a flower garden…. spectacular….with so many tiny pieces of all s...