A great week for my stitching and a quilting celebration. First the Virginia Star Quilt Guild celebrated their 40th anniversary. We are set up as a social club rather than an educational group. So, we decided to have a formal tea to celebrate our 40th year. Here are a few pictures from our celebration.
Guests were greeted with name tents. The flowers in the back were arranged by our member Mary. (I donated the use of my favorite vase which had been my mother's.)
One of the table decorations before all the other items were added.
Yummy scones were served. Notice the cookie (!) that had a special design on it celebrating the guild's anniversary.
We also had a display of several quilts from our members. This one 👆🏼is a president's quilt from several years ago. The members made houses to be put into the quilt.
Most of these pieces were from classes the guild sponsored. The big quilt 👆🏼 hanging is Jamestown Landing made by Shirley K. from a class by Bonnie Hunter. (I have a matching one in turquoise from the same class. You can see it here.)
We had a Pat Sloan workshop. This is Linda K's result of the class. 👆🏼 Below 👇🏼 is Karen E's version. They are both called Mama's Garden. What fun to see two very different quilts from the same class.
Now on to my normal Monday blog content! It was a good week for stitching. Here's my goals list from last week.
4/21/25
✅Make Cali-Co quilt along April Block — done.
✅Quilt Orange Peel on domestic machine — done, waiting to bind.
Finish another hat — half made.
✅✅Make 2 more Equilters 9 patches — finished the cut out ones from last week and 3 more done.
I'm enjoying working on each block of this mystery quilt along from Coriander Quilts. This week I cut out all the white strips and a selection of squares for the corners. (That'll save time while making the rest of the blocks.)
It's such a good feeling to make lots of progress on an old top. I started by quilting the big circles the peels made. One column done. Then I started on the next column. Except, um, I got lost following the circles and made a wrong turn. Ok, I can deal with that. By the end of the day I had echo stitched all the peels but not as big circles. 👇🏼 The stitching still enhances the big circles but also the inside of the circles.
The next day I got the borders done. (Pictures to come.) Which brings me to this week's goals. Yep, I'm planning on doing the binding.
4/28/25
Bind orange peel quilt
Finish knitting hat
Begin 3 yard quilt project
Make more 9 patches
Attend dress rehearsal and sing two concerts with Spotsylvanians
My 3 yard quilt project has a deadline. It was originally Sunday the 4th. Luckily it can be postponed to the end of May instead. The fabric comes in tomorrow so I can get started on it. It's a secret project that will be a gift. I'll tell more about later.
My 15 minutes of stitching has been successful again this week. Yee haw! I doubt if I'll make it all year but it feels great to keep this up!
W/ending 4/27/25. 117 days of 2025
- 15 minute days/Apr = 27/27
- 15 minute days/2024 = 117/117 days
- Success rate = 100%
I'll be linking with my regular parties. Check out these parties to see what quilters are doing this week.
It's going to be a long week with not as much stitching time as I would want. But I'm actually looking forward to having Monday evenings at home instead attending rehearsals. We'll be singing the National Anthem at the Fred Nats minor league baseball game later in the month. And the neighborhood chorus is getting ready for concerts at the end of May. So I'll still be singing.
That's it for me today. If you are interested in mysteries and sew alongs I posted May's info on April 26.
Happy Quilting All! Bonnie
