Monday, December 12, 2011

2011 Challenge Quilts......REVEALED


Welcome to our Annual
Quilters Holiday Luncheon


We are setting the table for lunch
and displaying previous challenge quilts
from past years...



Hanging on the walls are Challenge Quilts
from 2006 to 2010





This is our 6th year creating Challenge Quilts!





It's FUN to get them out and look at them again.





Frieda made these TREE Napkins for the table...





This starts out as a circle....
and folds into a Tree



Drum Roll Please...

Let's REVEAL the
2011 Challenge Quilts:




Betty Kessi
2011 Challenge Quilt





Kathi Borrego
2011 Challenge Quilt





Barbara McDaniel
2011 Challenge Quilt





LuAnn Kessi
Nature Walk
2011 Challenge Quilt

CLICK HERE to watch LuAnn create Nature Walk



Viewer's Choice:


Betty Won the prize package...
Bobbin Winder
Fat Quarter Bundle
Carol Taylor DVD
Patchwork Book
Quilting Magazines




Thank You
Challenge Quilt Participants



Our Challenge for 2012 is.....UFO's
Un-Finished Objects

Each member chose a quilt....in progress
that she plans to finish in 2012:


Betty plans to complete her Star Quilt Top





Betty also plans to create a quilt from these
Bear Paw Blocks





Barbara's UFO for 2012
Asian Themed Quilt
She plans to do some creative Machine Quilting!





LuAnn's UFO for 2012
Wedding Star Quilt
Paper Pieced Pattern by Judy Neimeyer





Frieda plans to complete this
Wedding Ring Quilt in 2012


Kathi plans to complete a Rust Dyed Quilt
she has in progress...
Sorry, I didn't get any photos.


We had a lovely day full of inspiration and also that wonderful
feeling of.....completion!
Aaaah, how good it feels to finish a quilt project.

Follow along as we get those 2012
UFO Quilts completed in the coming New Year...


The Harlan Valley Quilters would like to give a warm THANK YOU
to the Chapel of the Valley here in Harlan.
We have met here every Monday for the last 8 years.
The church has donated their fellowship hall and all of their facilities to us so that we can create Comfort Quilts for the Harlan Community.
We appreciate the time we have spent here, the classes we have had, sharing quilting information and bonding with fellow members.

In January please join us at our new location:
The Harlan Community Hall
The hall has recently been remodeled and is our new home.
Join us Monday, January 2, 2012
to create Comfort Quilts
Everyone is Welcome!




Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi
kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Flowers for Mama......2011 Raffle Quilt

Flowers for Mama
Created By:
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Donated To:
The Women's Cancer Coalition

Will be raffled off October 2011

To view a Slideshow

CLICK HERE to view: Raffle Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Free Motion Quilting

CLICK HERE to view: Challenge Projects


Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better When it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Monday, September 12, 2011

Welcome Back Quilters...

We're Back !


After a 3 month summer break....we're back!



This is a Sampler Quilt Kit that was donated to HVQ



11 Blocks have been pieced so far...



This is a future comfort quilt that will be given away
to comfort someone in our community.



Wedding Star Quilt



Frieda is putting the final touches on this quilt today.




It is a beauty



In May we put together this quilt top...



It is now quilted and ready for binding...



Jean McDaniel donated her Long Arm Quilting
time to finish this for us......Thanks Jean!



This quilt has been donated to
as a 2012 Raffle Quilt.


It was a great first day back...


Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Quillows...


Comfort Quilt Project:

Quillows for the Old Mill School

HVQ has a long standing tradition of creating Quillows
for the Old Mill School in Bellfountain.

Here are a few that our members
Betty Kessi & Barbara McDaniel have created:

Click Images to Enlarge:

The fabric and batting are donated...




You can pick up a Quillow Kit at
Quilt Work Patches on 3rd Street in Corvallis




Sew up the Quillow...
You can tie it or quilt it, your choice



Return the completed Quillow to
Geary at Quilt Work Patches




Creating Quillows was our very first class at HVQ
We donated 12 completed Quillows to
The Old Mill School....8 years ago



The new school year will be starting shortly and the
children will all need a Quillow for nap time.

Won't you call Geary at Quilt Work Patches
541-752-4820
and ask her to have a Quillow Kit ready for you to pick up?

Many Thanks for sharing your heart and your hands.


Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi
kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Monday, May 23, 2011

Summer Break...


We are working on our own personal projects today


Click Images to Enlarge:

Claudette is doing some Free Motion Quilting today









LuAnn is still working on her Round 'N Round Quilt Top




Barbara is working on a comfort quilt for a baby






Kathy is making a child's quilt




This is the last day the
Harlan Valley Quilters
will be meeting.

We are breaking for the summer.

See you in September !


Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters

Monday, May 16, 2011

Raffle Quilt...........Work Day


Check out these FUN Floral Fabrics...


Click Images to Enlarge:

What a way to spend the day...




These large prints have been cut into large strips...








Kathi is keeping our group organized today...




Many Hands Make Light Work...




It has become a tradition for
The Harlan Valley Quilters
to create a raffle quilt each year...








We donate the Raffle Quilt to
The Women's Cancer Coalition (WCC)




The WCC sells Raffle Tickets for an entire year...
















24 x 24 inch
Center Block




We're almost there...








Quilt Top....... Complete
80 x 80 inches



Now we need to get a backing pieced...

Center of the Back...




Cutting more Backing Fabric...




Frieda is piecing the Quilt Backing Fabrics





Quilt Backing is..... Done





This Quilt will be donated to:
The Women's Cancer Coalition

Raffle Tickets will be sold in 2012

Proceeds benefit Women's Cancer Programs
funds raised will go to the WCC via the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation


Many Thanks to Jean McDaniels
for Donating her Time & Talents
to quilt this for us.



CLICK HERE to view 2011 Raffle Quilt

CLICK HERE to view 2010 Raffle Quilt


Our Comfort Quilts and Raffle Quilts are created with donated Fabrics, Battings and Threads.
If you would like to donate cotton fabrics or other materials to this worthy cause, please contact LuAnn Kessi kessi@pioneer.net


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,
The Harlan Valley Quilters