fallonquilter

What would be a fun project for our small quilt group, of ten women, to do this year?? We meet weekly at my house. And are looking for ideas of what others do as a group.
We did a shoe box quilt last year and that was fun. The year before we did a mystery quilt. So something along those lines would be great. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

QuiltnNan

how about string blocks, maybe with the same fabric kite center... usually makes a stunning quilt and will help with all those scraps we seem to have.

thimblebug6000

There are eight ladies in my group, one year we decided to make a "house" quilt and swap blocks with each other. So I made 8 blocks with the same pattern but colours that I thought each person would like and added embellishments. A few people asked for one colour sky and they gave each of us a piece, I decided to give everyone a piece of the grey mottled fabric to include a small piece at least in each of the blocks. It was fun, one lady made an outhouse, one lady a log cabin; one has 3 birdhouses in it; one is a barn, one is an old school; the bottom row has quilt shops. The ninth block we got our group picture and transferred it to fabric and I appliquéd our little logo of a ladybug crawling out of a thimble. Each of us ended up with a similar but unique wallhanging. Here is mine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]585940[/ATTACH]

love to sew

This would be my suggestion to, as it is on my list to make and I love using up my strings.

thimblebug6000

Another year we decided to make blocks for each other. We each chose what pattern and colours we wanted; then we chose names to see who would go first, etc. I chose the Jewel Box pattern in greens, reds, lights -- all scrappy. Here is a picture of mine. [ATTACH=CONFIG]585941[/ATTACH]

One lady chose the Dresden Plate, so when it was her turn we all made blocks for her. We decided how large of a quilt we would make and then asked for that many blocks from our friends. We all made large quilts.

Gannyrosie

embroidery blocks, something fun. Pick a theme and colors.

Kelsie

On a slightly different note. The group I just joined, all the ladies have Singer Featherweights so they each made a quilted carrying case for them last year. I just saw the pattern the other day but I can't remember where.

Jingle

Very pretty quilts thimblebug6000.

jmoore

One of the groups I am in is doing a traveling quilt...each person started with a theme and a notebook about what kind of quilter they are...modern/traditional and colors they enjoy etc... We each made our first block and then passed it onto the next person. It has been a lot of fun to see what has been created each month to the quilts and it has been a great way to get to know the group.

fallonquilter

It's beautiful-Thanks for sharing Thimblebug.