Paper Piecing Class...

 

Foundation Paper Piecing Class

at The Harlan Valley Quilters

I brought along a few of my

Paper Piecing books for inspiration...

A few paper pieced quilt blocks

for even more inspiration...

This is a bare bones beginner class:

Everyone completed a square in a square

aka Economy Block with great success...

It was time for a bit more difficulty,

so we are making a Rainbow Star,

which is a 4 section paper pieced block...

Everyone had an opportunity to try out

an Add-A-Quarter Ruler

and liked them very much...

By the end of class,  everyone completed

a Rainbow Star....clap, clap, clap !

Paper Piecing class was a huge success !

Way to go Quilters !

Everything is Better When It is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Swoon Quilt-A-Long...

 

Swoon Quilt-A-Long

April, May & June

The Harlan Valley Quilters

continue to work on our Swoon Blocks...

We began making a block 

each month in April...

We all chose our own fabrics

for our Swoon Blocks...

These are 24 inch blocks...

9 Blocks will create an 80 x 80 Quilt...

The first Wednesday of each month

is our day to piece our Swoon Block...

We have all made 3 blocks so far...

By the end of the year we will have

our quilt tops completed...

It has been FUN for us to share

our completed Swoon Blocks 

each month...

We all look forward to meeting up

at The Quilt Palace every Wednesday,

but Murphy enjoys it the most !

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Everything is Better when it is Quilted

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Swoon Quilt-A-long

 

The Harlan Valley Quilters

are having a

Swoon Quilt-A-Long

Each month we will each create our own 

Swoon Block

April is Block #1

LuAnn

Debbie

Betty

Linda 

Melissa

Linda

Group photo of all of our

Swoon Blocks

24 x 24 inches

The first Wednesday in May

will will create Swoon Block #2

Everything is Better When It is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

HVQ Quilters Spring Retreat...2024

Harlan Valley Quilters

Spring Quilt Retreat

2024 

The table is set for.....FUN !

Keep On Quilting....Hot Pads

Fat Quarter Fabric.....Cupcakes

Quilter Friendship Bracelets

Cheers !

6 Quilters attended Spring Retreat

Debbie is making chickens...

4 Quilters participated in our

Flower Petal Pillow class...

Flower Petal Pillows

Quilter Zip Cases...

Smiles all around !

We look forward to a full week

of Quilting together every Spring...

A great time was had by all !

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Everything is Better When It is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

HVQ Quilters Autumn Retreat 2023

The Harlan Valley Quilters is 

Celebrating 20 years...

We have given away more than

100 Comfort Quilts to 

members of the Harlan community.

We are having our annual

HVQ Autumn Quilters Retreat...

 

We had a Zipper Bag class on Monday...

We learned to create zipper tabs,

make linings for our bags,

square up the bottom of the bags

and use Pellon Flex Foam

Let the Games Begin !

The Jumbo Ric Rac was very popular...

The square bottom on the bag allows the

bag to stand up on its own...

We also used the leftover zipper ends

to create a handle on the side...

Once we got going...

it was hard to stop !

Our bags are done in time

for holiday gift giving...

The Harlan Bag Ladies

What a FUN week of creating zipper bags !

Everything is Better When It is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters