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Friday, February 18, 2011

February SEW and TELL

There was a fast and easy four patch demonstration by Sylvia. See Sylvia for instructions.

“Frayed Fish” by Diane Gardner. She will be demonstrating how to do this at Quilt Days.



Diane also makes wonderful doll clothes for the American Girl Dolls.




Forty years ago Barbara Hiatt made a promise to make a wedding quilt and a baby quilt for all her nieces and nephews. This beautiful pink quilt is the last one she will make to fulfill this promise.


Barbara entertained us with the story of how a fast quilt for a teenage girl turned into a lot more than that.




Shery Walker made this “Material Girls” quilt for her friend who belongs to a group called “Material Girls”.




Gail Gillespie shared this peach Christmas beauty with us.




Cindy Braby awed us with this cute “Gingerbread Man” quilt that was a result of an exchange at Canyon Corners.



Chris Robinson shared this beautifully colorful bag that she made while recuperating from her surgery.
Types of batting were discussed and “Bamboo Batting” is the recommended one to use. It is light in weight and hypoallergenic.
Fun was had by all. Hope to see you all for our “Charity Sew In” in March.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

February Guest- DONNA SINE

DONNA SINE TRUNK SHOW

Donna started sewing with doll clothes for her Barbie. She showed us items made by her Grandmother.

Donna’s Grandmother’s crocheted tablecloth.

Donna’s Grandmother’s embroidered basket quilt.

Donna’s Grandmother’s fan quilt, top made for Donna and quilted by herself, her sisters, her mother and her Grandmother.

Donna’s first quilt – made of little hexagonal pillows sewn together.

Donna’s hand quilted zoo animal quilt.

Donna started at Sandy Quilts.
Small American flag.

Donna got her long arm in 1998. She bought her Gammill in 2000.
Flamingoes – Donna’s first machine quilting for a customer.

Poofy quilt for Donna’s mother from her mother's dresses.


Cobblestones and bow ties back to back. Donna quilted this with swirls.

The next five quilts were quilted by Donna for customers.
Fast Fun Four Patch – kaleidoscope.

Fast Fun Four Patch – purple.

This was dubbed the “Ugly Duckling”.

Lewis and Clark.

Lewis and Clark quilt back.

Zig Zag quilted with flowers.

The next seven quilts were made and quilted by Donna.
One Day at a Time.

Fast Fun Four Patch – Virginia Lee method – Umbrellas.

Cats – Fast Fun Four Patch.

Cabin in the Woods.

Cabin in the Woods – back.

Block of the Month from Quilts Etc. – The Oregon Trail.

Hidden Weels – taught by Ruth Moon.

Disappearing Nine Patch in yellows, greens and pinks.

When asked how she is inspired to quilt a certain pattern, Donna said that she puts the quilt on the couch or sits on a chair and the quilt talks to her and tells her what is needed.

This was quilted for Pat Hansen – Stars and Eagles quilted in gold thread.

Another quilt quilted for Pat Hansen.


Front and Back of a challenge quilt – Support Our Troops.

Another challenge quilt – Circles.

This antique quilt top was bought on the internet for Donna to practice her longarm quilting skills.

This beautiful quilt was quilted with three threads.

These ferns are a Fast Fun Four Patch and were quilted using a pantograph.

This incredible Cardinal Quilt was a challenge. The challenge fabric is the narrow piping visible between the red and green border.

The back of the Cardinal Quilt. Is it not as beautiful as the front?

This very colorful quilt was a First Saturday Block of the Month using Aunt Gracie fabrics.

Aunt Gracie Quilt (Back). The black borders around the blocks are Donna's grandmother's fabrics.

This quilt was from the Sandy Stitchers Dresden Plate challenge.

This quilt is called “The Temple Within”. The Salt Lake Temple is elegantly quilted in the center of this masterpiece.

A Block of the Month quilt – “Christmas Stockings”.

Donna’s first paper piecing project – “Starbursts”.

Pat Hansen did these beautiful appliqued flowers and Donna quilted them.

Another Fast Fun Four Patch embellished with beads that look like rocks.

Linda Roderick’s “Giraffes” quilted by Donna.

This is the conclusion of a fantastic trunk show by Donna Sine. We appreciate so much that she took the time to share her beautiful work with us. The beautiful quilting that she does cannot be captured in pictures on a blog. The beauty of it must be seen in person.