Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Little Houses....Table Runners

 It is Monday and we are all creating

Little Houses Table Runners...


Raw Edge Applique'






Debbie is creating a 

Halloween theme runner...





Melissa is using floral fabrics...





Betty is using soft colors...





Linda's is bright and cheerful...





The houses have been fused to the 

background fabric and now 

the stitching begins...





The first two borders are stitched on...



Here comes the completed runners:


Debbie





LuAnn





Betty





Linda





Melissa




We all had a great time creating runners !

Yes, we are making more !


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters


Sunday, May 7, 2023

Spring Quilt Retreat...2023

Harlan Valley Quilters

Spring Quilt Retreat 2023

@ The Quilt Palace

 


Time for our annual Tea Party...

Fat Quarter Cupcakes on the table





Cheers !





Everyone is greeted with a

Denim Jeans Bin





Time For Scribble Stitching class...





We all learned to create

Scribble Stitch Note Cards...





Debbie's cards...





Linda's Kitty Cards...





Melissa's cards...





Camper Cards...FUN !





Once you learn...

you just can't stop making cards !





Larissa shows off her Sampler Quilt...





She learned lots !





Our new resident Quilt Palace Kitty...





He spent most of his retreat

sleeping in the fabric scrap pile...



I stitched on a couple of quilt tops:


Moda Love Quilt

Flower Power Fabric Line





I also finished my Barn Panel quilt top.


We had a FUN week @ The Quilt Palace !

Our next retreat is in November.


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Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters


Monday, January 4, 2021

Pick Up Stix.....Quilt Blocks

Today we are stitching up

Pick Up Stix 



1 inch fabric strips





1st strip purple inserted into 10 inch square of fabric





A 2nd cut is made into the block...





I chose a red strip of fabric...





3rd cut is made and an orange strip goes here...





We are stitching a 1/4 inch seam allowance...



You can make as many cuts as you like
and add as many fabric strips...



Pick Up Stix Blocks





These are so FUN !





We are planning to make 30 blocks




It doesn't even look like we made a dent
in that big pile of fabric strips:


More to Come...


CLICK HERE Pick Up Stix Tutorial


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters


Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Denim Quilt...




After collecting jeans and cutting them

into 6 inch squares...


Larissa finished her denim quilt



98 x 107 inches




This is a gift for her brother



Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Messy Painted Canvas...


We are BACK at it again...



Messy Painted Canvas





A FUN time out of doors...





Tweeking the canvas with paint markers...















5 of our 10 members participated...










Everyone left with a full 6 foot canvas...





What a great way to spend the day !






Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Monday, March 23, 2020

Fabric Face Masks...


Hospitals across the nation have sent out 

a request for sewists to fire up

their sewing machines

and create Fabric Face Masks



The Harlan Valley Quilters stitched

37 Fabric Face Masks





Lady Bug Face Mask





Ice Dyed Face Mask





Fabric Face Masks




Many Thanks Quilters!


These masks are on their way to a 

designated drop off point, 

where they will be sanitized

and shared with our medical community.


Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters


Friday, December 20, 2019

Quilters Holiday Luncheon....2019


It's that time of the year...



time for our

Annual Quilters Holiday Luncheon











The holly is courtesy of a holly tree

in the back yard of the Quilt Palace...















The table is set...





all of our favorite quilters are here !

Let's  party girls !



Happy Holidays

from the

Harlan Valley Quilters

2019