West Houston Quilters Guild Show 2017 Part 3

Rainbow Sheep

Wall Quilt Pieced -First Place

Pieced and Quilted by Kathy J.

West Houston Quilters Guild Show 2017 Part 2

The Owl Was Too Creepy

Pieced and Quilted by Casey K.

There was suppose to be an owl flying over the horseman, but

the quilter found it too creepy and left it off.

Up, Up and Away

Mixed Technique, Second Place, and Judge's Choice

Pieced and Quilted by Dianne K.

January - April Tablerunners

Pieced and Quilted by Becky H.

May - August Tablerunners

Pieced and Quilted by Becky H.

Home Decor - Third Place for August

September - December Tablerunners

Pieced and Quilted by Becky H.

Home Decor - Honorable Mention for September

West Houston Quilters Guild Show 2017

The West Houston Quilters Guild had their biennial Quilt Show last weekend.  I took some pictures and will share them with you in several posts.  I obtained permission from several ladies to post their name with their quilt.  I do not use names unless I ask first, so most quilts are for your viewing pleasure without names.

Alice Sadeghpour with her quilt.

Her quilt won First Place in applique

and Best of Show.

Beautifully quilted by Mary Jo Yackley.

For the Birds

Third Place in Hand-Quilted

Pieced and Quilted by Jean Ann Bryant

Hop To It

First Place in Hand-Quilted

Pieced and Quilted by Jean Ann Bryant

Blood Donation T-Shirt Rag Quilt

I decided to use my Blood Donation T-Shirt Collection to make a rag quilt.  I need to make four T-Shirt Quilts from a collection of expensive shirts that my Husband brings from his travels.  So, I plan to get comfortable cutting up my free t-shirts first.  This quilt will be 56" x 70" and I want to quilt it myself so I will make it rag style.

I cut each shirt into a 15-inch square.

This is my favorite.

Here are the 25 t-shirts all cut into squares.

I cut the usable backs and plain white t-shirts to use as the back of the quilt.

These are 15" flannel squares to use as batting.

I will keep you updated on my progress.

Monopoly Quilt Top Finished

The Monopoly Quilt top is finished.  I planned on sewing the two borders on at our Saturday sew-in, but I ran into a problem with the large blue border.  The second one that I sewed on was about an inch too short.  I thought all four borders were the same length, but evidently not.  I had to get the old seam ripper out.  This was a UFO , a bag of squares, blue borders and five yards of fabric for the backing.  I am so glad that I finished it.  It is simple, but still makes me smile.  Now I just need to seam up the backing and get it quilted.

66" x 83"

Dr. Seuss Quilt

Yesterday, the Houston Texans lost and will not be playing in the Superbowl next month here in Houston.  I miss J. J. Watts and this makes me very sad.  So, my next choice would be the Steelers and they just won and still have a chance for the Superbowl.  While watching the Steeler game, I am binding my Dr. Seuss quilt.

I purchased this kit several years ago at a Quilt Show.  It is a flip and sew and was a lot of fun to put together.

Dr. Seuss flip and sew quilt.

Love this fabric for binding.  It is cut on the straight of grain but looks like it is cut on the bias.

Backing

Quilting in the New Year.

We woke up to 20 degrees weather yesterday (Saturday) morning in South Texas.  So, I pulled out my coat, scarf, and gloves that only get used about 4 or 5 times a year. Seriously, we are expecting 78 degrees by Wednesday.

The Bee that I belong to has a Sew-In on the first Saturday of each month.  We have 11 members and 8 were able to attend.  That is good for us.  One was sick and one was working and I did not hear from the third absentee.

I chose to put borders on a Monopoly Quilt that I started last year from a UFO package of cut up squares.  It is shaping up into a real cute quilt.

I thought my hair looked better than that when I left the house.  I think that my coat hood did a number on it.

I added the small black border and the wider blue border at the sew-in.