14th Annual Back Country Quilters Quilt Show

A success! After all the hard work, I have heard nothing but positive comments from the attendees.  I have to say it looked beautiful, so i will give you a peek.  I am not posting pics of individual quilts because I didn't take pics of all 80+ of them so will show an overview and some vendors and helpers.  Please don't be offended if I didn't get you in action-I was working as well as taking pics.

Susan Porter and Candy Mittag at front desk signing in attendees and giving them programs

Susan, Candy, Sherry Mc Clendon, Dot Koerner, Mary all greeting people when they arrive

Beautiful opportunity baskets

Jean Scofield selling tickets for baskets

Mary looking sassy from head to toe as she sold opportunity tickets and handed out I Spy sheets for the I Spy game

Ruth Rudeen ran the Consignment shop.

With a little help from her friends-Diane McKee was doing a shift

One side of the autotorium-a group of Tiny Treasures (a class taught at The Crazy 9 Patch) on far left.

Debbie Branch did all the fall decorations with donations from Eanne Hamp, Debbie Heaton and Cecelia Hart

Jant Haas organized a jelly roll race to benefit diabled children-these are a few of the tops that came out of the race. There are place mats as well that the ladies made for the senior center

A wide variety of things to purchase

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Crazy 9 Patch

My camera is acting up so the other ladies are fuzzy-sorry

Tracy Potter and her antique quilts

Ellie Cormier making a sale

One of our members from Julian, Ida

And jewelry

Paradise sewing and Jinny Hoffman

A quilt pattern by Kathy of Material Obsession, made by Dawnell and taught as a class at Crazy 9 Patch-The Crazy 9 supports Back Country Quilters and has wonderful classes-check them out!

OK, so I am including a personal quilt by Dot Koerner.  She started it in the 90's and just finished it.  There are a million points and seams on it and she didn't lose a point and every seam is delightfully spot on. 

Brenda Caster-Miss Sassy Pants and our beloved MC

I had to include this picture.  Janet won't let me ever take a picture but I caught her looking under all the tables for the table she left last year-too cute-and, yes, she found it.

The Quilt show was a lot of fun-thanks to everyone who came and who worked.  I missed getting pics of several hard workers and I appologize-especially Karen Motta who worked so hard in the kitchen serving wonderful lunches to all of the attendees.

October 2013 Meeting

Things of note:

QUILT SHOW October 18th and 19th. 10-4 at Mountainview Community Church

Christmas party at Ramona Grill (used to be the Sizzler) December 4th at 6:30pm

Free Quilt Pattern:
This quilt pattern is available until October 31 from Michele Foster on Quilting Gallery.  There are 18 lessons which cover 1/4" seams, 1/2 and 1/4 square triangles, square within a square etc.  You can download the pattern for free.  You can click on the Aiming for Accuracy button on my blog to access the patterns:
Elaine's Blog

There is a checkered border (2"squares) that hasn't been added yet

We had a great meeting to get ready for the quilt show that is quickly approaching.  We have just under 100 quilts to display, great food in the snack bar, vendors to purchase unique gift items, and the consignment store to buy affordable yardage, kits, patterns, etc. There are also tickets to buy for the beautiful gift baskets made up from donations from businesses in our town, and you still have an "opportunity" to buy opportunity tickets for the beautiful crazy quilt..

Remember all proceeds from the quilt show go back to charities in the community.

Sharing

Candy and her Halloween Stockings

Debbie and the door prize tickets

Janet Haas made this beautiful quilt for her son's orchestra to raffle off

Backing and close-up of embroidered instrument-beautiful!

Pat had several things to share-she made the beautiful scarf that Ida had demonstrated a few months ago

and Pat made potholders

and double sided napkins

and 10 key fobs-whew!!!

Jelly roll quilt by Linda Secord

Judy Byrnn's Jelly Roll Race quilt

The back

Next month's meeting will be at the regular time-the 3rd Wednesday at 6:30 at the C9P-see you there!

September 2013

September's meeting was a great get together.  The Crazy 9 Patch walls were bulging and we had a great demo by Emily Wyatt on rug hooking.

Benni did this amazing quilt on her embroidery machine-isn't it gorgeous?

Linda Secord went to the Jelly Roll Race at the library and this was the end result of her day-a quilt to benefit a Tom's Kids student at Ramona High

A UFO bag finished-beautiful!

Pat is sooo happy to finish this large quilt.  She got her picture in the Ramona Sentinal in an article written by Dot Koerner about the upcoming quilt Show.

I wish I could remember who is behind this quilt-I almost do-but not quite.  I do remember that it was a lovely warm quilt.

Decor for the quilt show

Cecelia's embroidery work-these are sooo cute.

Another product of the Jelly Roll Race Day!

Les Hart sewed this quilt for the Prayers and Squares group at his church

Janet had some instruments left after she made the instrument quilt for her son's orchestra to raffle off (see October's sharing)

Emily Wyatt demonstrated rug making

The machine she uses to cut her wool

Eanne and Les look on as Emily demonstrates

Debbi Branch starting the door prize part of the meeting