So, What Can You Do With A Panel?

Last month, at the September meeting, Cheryl from the Sewing Basket in Plymouth showed us all kinds of great ways to use printed panels to make quilts.
Below are some of the photos I took.  BEWARE:  they are not very good photos, but I think they give some idea of what a good presentation it was.

What can you do with a panel?  Well...
You can start by simply cutting out the best part of a panel and quilting it:

 Or maybe adding a decorative border or binding.

 Some panels have multiple elements that can be separated with borders to great effect.  And the borders can be just on two sides instead of four, if you like.

Squares are great additions to panels for borders, too.

Or you could put the elements of a panel into the center of star blocks, like this.

 What about this kind of border for a Halloween panel?  Spooky!

Maybe some simple sashing to separate the sections/blocks would work.  Doesn't this quilt look nice on this couch?

Here's my favorite:  animal blocks separated by alternate blocks with snowball corners.

There are so many cute panels in the stores, just waiting for us to try some of these ideas with them.

I'll bet you can think of a few more.  Maybe you'll bring them to show and tell when they're done!

Thanks very much to Cheryl from the Sewing Basket for her presentation, and to our own Cheryl and Gail for bringing her in.  It was a fun evening.

Speaking of fun, our Ties That Bind October meeting is this week!
Here are the details.

October Meeting
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
6:30 p.m.
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
462 Meadowbrook Drive, West Bend, Wisconsin

All are welcome.

This month's speaker is Tricia Franklin, and her presentation is called "You Are Sew Worth It!"  She is a member of the Badass quilters.  I can't wait to hear about that.

And now here's Homework Puppy to tell us what to bring to the meeting.

 Your Name Tag (doesn't have to be fancy--WEAR IT)

Block of the Month (if you made one.  The pattern is HERE.)

Cash for the Food Pantry (if you care to contribute)

PHDs (Projects Half Done, if you are participating)

Show and Tell

See you on Wednesday evening!