January Guild. . .Start of a brand new year

The Kennel girls met for their January meeting, and what a fun time we had!

 

Many were out of town or sick.  We missed them and hope to see them next month at our Doggy Treat class.

Those in attendance were:

 

Janey, Lynda, and Marilyn

 

Susann and Chris

 



 

Jolynn, Sydney, and her cute daughter.

 

Nancy and Jann

 

This is Nancy, our new president.  She's showing one of her cute wool creations.

 

 

She is on the ball and has some fun things planned for '2018'.

 

One of them is for us to bring some of our quilts to share each month.  January's assignment was to bring 'Our Favorite Quilt'.

 

It was fun to see and hear why it was their favorite.

 

This is Joylynn's favorite quilt because it contains a piece from each of her sweet Dog Kennel Quilt girls.  It was made from one where we all brought 10" squares to exchange.  We were to make a quilt that contained a star design.

 

Sydney's favorite because it took her out of her comfort zone, using fabrics she didn't like.  It also reminds her of the wonderful women in California at a quilt shop she worked for the year she lived there.

 

Nancy loves this quilt just for the colors.  Also, it involves traditional piecing and one of her favorite blocks, Burgoyne Surrounded.

 

This double Irish Chain is my favorite for a few reasons.  1.  I love Aunt Gracie fabrics, 2.  It was a fun quilt to make and 3.  I learned how to miter a corner on a quilt.

 

 

Susann's favorite.

 



 

Chris's favorite.

 

This is Cheryl's favorite Buggy Barn quilt.  It is bright and fun and lights up her house every Halloween.

 

Janey loves this quilt because it was on her bed when she was growing up.  She loves the colors and the fact that her Grandma Crockett made it.  The only grandma she knew.

 

Lynda's favorite.

Marilyn's favorite.

 

 

After sharing our favorite quilts we had show and tell.

 

Marilyn fell in love with Cheryl's Indian Code Walker quilt when she shared it last year and had to make one for herself.

 

 

She also created this darling snowman quilt.

 

The snowmen were suppose to be appliqued, but she chose to embroider it.  She also added extra borders to this quilt.

Chris shared her amazing new ruler,

 



As well as these two cute quilts.  She told us a few times how much she loves to strip!  (lol!)

 

 

Nancy shared this darling spool one.  Love that red plaid fabric!

 

 

and this sweet Americana one.

 

She designed this fun wool needle holder too.

 

As you can tell, the Kennel Girls are keeping very busy!

 

Keep on quilting,

the Kennel Girls