The gals from my grams' quilting bee and a friend came over today for a quilting party.
We put one of my quilts in the frame, rolled it up so it could fit into the house, and did a little quilting.
It was a hoot!

http://meyer1031.smugmug.com/gallery...76624098_gnZZ5

That looks like so much fun!! I bet ya'll had a great time!!

Looks like fun!

We really did.
I looked around a few times and noticed that everyone was smiling.

looks like a great party - its a shame we don't live near each other.

Like in the good ol' days ! Actually it looked so pretty outside I would have been tempted to wotk on it outside and enjoy the weather !
Sharon

I am very jealous, you look like you were having so much fun together :D :D :D Thanks for sharing your party with us!!!

What a great day and what a great quilt!!! This is one of many of what is so great about quilting!! Thanks for sharing-Skeat

WOW! Great pictures!
I love the lady in picture #25.
She's just caught my eye with her smile, what a pretty lady!

Well duh on my part! So glad you said that terri...for I hadn't even gone past the firsr section of pics!LOL And, in the first page it looked like a great get together....and there was more!!! Wish I had been there!!:)I'd hug that good look'n #25 and peel that thimble right off her finger....:)Skeat

Skeat, doesn't she look like you just wanna run up and hug her?
Her smile is awesome!

Thanks for sharing the pix with us. Looks like everyone had a great time!

oooh I cant' see the photos... I go to that link and there is nothing there.. sniff sniff..

Sounds like you had a wonderful time Skeat!!! It's so much fun to sew and quilt with others!

She does!! Like she'd adopt all of us in a minute...as long as we pulled our own weight:)Don't ya wish we were there in that sunshine filled driveway?:)What was for lunch over there??:)

Oh, I know!
Yea, what was for lunch that we missed! There sure was enough people there, I'm sure you bbq'd something!

Skeat, and everyone,
It would be great if we were all able to quilt together!

I served fruity sun teas, crackers, cookies, and a carrot cake.
Then as the afternoon went on, margaritas and wine!

I had to push the snacks on everyone... their hands were busy quilting.

The gal in #25 is the cutest, sweetest gal. She was my grams' best quilting friend. They'd quilted together, once a week for years before grams' passed.

This is the group that my grams finally let me sew with (after 8 years or so of making quilt tops). about 2 years ago, grams' let me put one of my tops in the guild's frame and they quilted it for me (windmill quilt). Since grams passed, then, they've done one more for me. (red zig zag).

Those are really nice!

You tell that nice lady that I want her to adopt me!
I'll bet she is the sweetest thing, but am sure she's full of trouble too! Just look at that smile! :) :) :)

Looks like you had a lot of fun at your quilt party!!!! And your quilts are gorgeous!

how wonderful. Wish we all could do that.

That looks like so much fun!! I'm not too sure about the margaritas and wine, my stitched would be all over the place!! :D

Oh my gosh ... This is so very neat. I just love all the pictures of your quilting bee with the girls. Absolutely inspiring pics to join a group/guild, huh? :wink:

That looks great. What a fun day.

I'm envious!!!! What a great party!!!

I am so dumb!!! I was surprised to see them all handquilting. My first thought was that it was a rack to be used with the machine. It looks like so much fun. I wish I had quilting friends near by.

I did had to go back and see that ladie on pic 25. She looks like anyone's grandma. I also wanted to go give her a hug.

Maria

those pics really made me miss my mom. she and I shopped for material, helped her cut some pieces and roll up the quilts on the frame. Was working at the time so she did all the hand quilting. Yes, us kids do have one each - she's been gone for over 16 yrs and I think that is why I so enjoy quilting - keeping in touch. Thanks for the pics :)

These pictures brought back a flood of the sweetest memories for me. Thank you
Hey we live in the same area!

What a great party! It is wonderful that you can make such memories with you GMa.

Oh yea, I'd bet she's the one with all the good stories, too. There's got to be one in every bunch to keep the party going. Thanks for the show. It seems that it was so cool out that day.

Now that is my kind of party!!
Looks like you had a great time!

I want to come too. What fun!!! Nice quilt too.

What a wonderful day you had... :-)

What a wonderful twinkle in Gram's eyes. Her love and joy of what she is sharing comes through in every photo. Thank you so for sharing. Also it seems to be a good website, how hard is it to navigate?...

smugmug is absolutely wonderful...

My first choice would have been a free site, but for about $20 a month, there's no ads and I can put up as many photos I want.

Highly recommended.

(I'm not a salesperson but if you decide to do it... let me give you a referring code or something... )

wonderful ladies, but also wonderful quilt. did i see no basting but all pins? :thumbup: way to go! how big is the quilt and how long did it take them to do it?

We just started last sunday... I hope it goes quickly.
I'm trying to do a little each day on it and I hope to have the gals over regularly to do some quilting with me!

Oh My

Looks as if you all had a real good time together. It must be so special to be able to sit down & work together as a team.

I loved your pictures everyone looks so happy. Maybe one day I shall be abe to do something similar with a group of quilting friends. :wink:
Many thanks for sharing such a special occasion.

Tisha

We should all be so Blessed. How wonderful!

Looks lile a fun time....... wish I could have been there.
Happy 4th of July

Scrap Quilter

That does look like you all had a great time! I hand quilt with a bunch of seniors at church, and we use a frame like that! We are getting fewer and fewer! :?

It looks like quilting in "paradise!" Especially with the carrot cake!