Delicate Stitchers of Moab

This is Crystal Day, the president of the guild for the last year.  These are just some of the blocks made for Crystal by guild members.  Her next project is  to put these blocks together for her own special quilt.  Blues and lavenders in the same pattern, but the fabrics are from members' collections, each one individual and special. Crystal showed this quilt called "Birds in Flight".  She made it (or at least started) it  in class at a quilt retreat. Love the colors and the adorable pattern.  Beautifully done.  The small, round quilt by Crystal was made at a Sew Saturday.   Called "Circles of Flying Geese",  it is paper pieced in a class taught by Marian.  So pretty, colors, beautifully done. Deb showed us this Christmas tree wall hanging she made in 1994.  It was pieced with red ribbons and golden Christmas charms.  The border is called "piano keys", one of Deb's favorite border patterns.  So Stunning. Deb showed us this "Holly Wreath"

Deb showed us this Darling quilt.  She named it "Solomon, the Elephant".   I call it the Elephant Safari.  She made it for her daughter-in-law for Christmas.  The DIL loves safari animals. A closeup of another one of the elephants. Marian showed us this wall hanging "Autumn Geese".  "I made this for Laura Senter when we did the fabric exchange challenge.  The circle of flying geese is paper-pieced using freezer paper.   I tried to get a closeup of the geese, here it is a little blurry.  The circle of flying geese is very inspirational, a challenging method for a quilting pattern.   This is the back of Marian's Geese wallhanging.  The piece can obviously be used both ways to hang in your house.  Beautiful work as always, Marian.   Lydia showed us this quilt she named "Sparkling Stars".  It is made with her favorite colors of purple and turquoise.  The back is in complimentary colors, the last picture here is a closeup of back, so pretty, and perfec

Peggy was in charge of the program this week and gave a lesson on the "Twista Block".  She had a book of instruction for this block, which showed a variety of uses for this technique.  Use this pattern for everything from small placemats, table runner, whole quilts of various sizes.  Also, the pattern can be made small size, medium or large for the individual pieces.  She showed us one that could be  used as a pot holder.  The next one was the same fabric in a table runner - with borders. Here are two examples of how she used this block pattern.  I know she has several more examples.  Peg will be teaching The "Twista Block" at a Sew Saturday and at a retreat.   Paula Martin, with Halloween approaching, made stuffed bats from a panel and a pattern This quilt, from Paula was "made for my Godchild who loves teal green colors".  The pattern is a "hidden 9-patch" pattern.  This pattern can look complicated as in this quilt.  It is a beautiful pattern