We planned the December potluck with a Mexican theme and asked Helen to invite Ellie to join us too. The gift exchange, under $10 please, was a quilting related item. Margie distributed information about the Carson City 4-H fabric and rummage sale. Everyone was asked to bring items to the January meeting.
Margie is making great use of one of Randi's give-a-way books and selected a pattern to make a crib quilt for her friend. She selected the focus fabric border and was on the lookout for color suggestions.
Peggy shared "Herd of Turtles", a quilt made entirely from her stash. She did a beautiful job machine quilting. Peggy insists that is her challenge but she has yet to convince the rest of us. Work is continuing on her addition, just painting and flooring left. Her long arm quilting machine had to be moved and to do so required taking it apart. Yikes!Randi brought along the sailboat quilt she made for her great nephew, Hayden. The little tyke was born June 16, 2008 and
weighed 1 lb. 13 oz. He is home and waiting for his Great Auntie Rand to bring him his boat blanket. Just a few days before the meeting, Randi had her thyroid removed and she shocked all of us by showing up. She moved slowly and acted somewhat drugged but she did it! Little Helen asked her "when they cut your head off, how are they going to put it back on?" From the looks of it, they did a good job.Dawn brought Christmas placemats to Show and Tell. She used fabric
that Randi was getting rid of and when we all saw how beautiful they were, Randi wondered why she didn't 
make them herself. Dawn also showed off her template bed quilt, "Beached in the High Desert." Her sewing machine broke mid project so she had to relearn to quilt. It is just beautiful!Dawn finished quilting the Colonial Ladies quilt that Carol created. Dawn used bias binding on a scalloped border. It was breathtaking! She used Soak to remove all the markings. Dawn insisted that all she did was
"follow the dots" but the rest of us know that it takes talent by the bushelfuls to create such art. The two are quite a team, Carol's applique and Dawn's machine quilting...WOW! Trisha said all that was missing was Shiloh's cat hair.I gave an update on the Sunbonnet Sue quilt. Lacey is still working on her square and Rita finished hers, Sue in the blowing wind with leaves scattered in the background. Once we have Lacey's square, we'll add them to the backside of Carol's quilt, close to her heart. Randi gave each person pictures of their block and the quilt. Thanks for being so thoughtful.
Carol is scheduled to have another round of chemo near Thanksgiving. She completed 19 sessions of radiation. Her vein became infected from the chemo, actually resembled a burn. The chemo drip lasted 96 hours. She is eating better and that is good. She thanked everyone for our love mails and for helping her get through the days. After reading the book, Making Miracles, about 11 terminally ill cancer patients who survived 10+ years Carol said "I don't feel like I'm dying. I'm not afraid and I'm NOT ready." Way to go, Carol! We'll keep you in our prayers.
2009 Quilting Bees Goal Suggestions
Randi- wants to make more patterns from her own magazines and books. Also wants to use more of her own fabric. Randi invited Margie to look through her stash and Margie wants to know if she is serious. She is!!
Margie bragged about having only two UFOs. But, as Helen reminded us, "a UFO is a UFO!"
Tricia has a seven year old project she plans to finish, a queen sized quilt called "Safe Haven" by Thimbleberries, it features bird houses.
Peggy suggested selecting one pattern for all of us to make using fabric from our stash. So everyone is asked to bring a pattern so we can select a group project.
I'll be on to the December minutes soon. Thanks for your patience.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
Keep Bzzy!
Linda
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