Monday, December 23, 2019

Congratulations to our very own BMQG member and Social Media Coordinator - Sarah Lefebvre

Three of her recent quilts have been accepted to QuiltCon 2020!!

We are so happy for you Sarah and we look forward to enjoying your quilts at the show!



Blossom Burst - Riley Blake Designs Fabric Challenge (2019, First Place), MQG Showcase International Quilt Festival Houston (2019), QuiltCon (2020)


Kangaroo Court - QuiltCon (2020)



Chirality - QuiltCon (2020)

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

General Meeting, December 8, 2019, 

Cockeysville Public Library


Our holiday party included goodies to eat, lots of time for happy chatting, quilt-themed Charades and a fat quarter exchange. Here are the show and tell details:





Susan  Brightman shared a brief demo of making 
pillowcases with the burrito method (a stash-busting project idea). 
She uses yardage to create pillowcases for gifts and 
charity donations (House of Ruth).



Valarie McNeese shared her finished Quilt In A Box (2018) project.




Sarah Lefebvre shared her completed Hoffman Challenge 
project for QuiltCon (the background print is palm trees).





Monica Richardson showed her quarter log 
cabin with a detail of the big stitch hand quilting; 
she did say she would use  a quilting hoop the next time she does this.




Monica finished foxy baby quilts for a co-worker's twin girls.


Monica also finished a Range back pack using fabrics from Domesticity.






MJ Snyder has been making some fun holiday projects

including machine embroidered snowballs, 

a mug rug and a foundation pieced polar 

bear block from Quiltmaker Magazine.





Jane Schiemer shared two completed quilts. The top (sharp points) project was foundation pieced and took ten years to finish; the bottom quilt is an Almost Amish puss in the corner design.




Gayne Barlow-Kemper's son's girlfriend recently completed her masters degree in Library Science and Poetry; Gayne made her a book shelf quilt in commemoration.




Daniela Syed made a Thanksgiving turkey pillow 
and a cute vintage snow globes table 
runner from a design by Lori Holt.


Phyllis Cook finished the top to commemorate 
her daughter's wedding ... made from the table
 toppers she created for their reception.






Jenn Paulson made a Christmas quilt for her 
parents, partly as a challenge from her son.







Laura Baltatzis completed an online bee, added an applique turtle and finished it as a donation quilt for Head Start. She also made a third Christmas pillow for her mother in law.





Marsha Barnes made a lap quilt for her tall husband.




Kathy Palmer made a Lotties Block for a family friend's baby.




Wishing you all a happy holiday season!
Linda Schiffer