March 5, 2020 – T-Shirt Quilts
Thanks to Barb Rumple for presenting the program on T-Shirt Quilts. She explained the process she uses from start to finish, and shared many tips on how she addresses different issues from cutting and stabilizing the shirts to layout and quilting. Barb shared several quilts she has made. She used t-shirts on front and on […]
February 22, 2020 – Quilters’ Day Out
Quilters’ Day Out (QDO) is an annual gathering of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society’s District 6 guilds to celebrate our love of all things quilting. This year’s QDO was held at Paroquet Springs Conference Center in Shepherdsville on Saturday, February 22. Louisville NimbleThimbles always has a guild booth and a boutique at QDO. At the […]
February 20, 2020 – KHQS President’s Challenge
Each year the President of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society presents a challenge to its members. The challenge for 2019 was The Churn Dash; submissions needed to include at least one recognizable churn dash block. Thanks to KHQS for loaning us the quilts, and to Susan W. and Debbie B. for sharing them with the […]
February 18, 2020 – QDO Pricing Day
The sole fundraiser for Louisville Nimble Thimbles is our boutique at Quilters’ Day Out, an annual gathering of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society’s District 6 guilds to celebrate our love of all things quilting. Our boutique helps provide much needed funding for LNT activities such as our instructional programs, the annual Children’s Quilt Show, and […]
February 6, 2020 – Pillow Topper
Thanks to Brenda C. for teaching us how to make Pillow Toppers so we can change our pillows according to the season. Congratulations to Brenda F. for being the first one to finish. SEW AND TELL Debbie H. – Just in time for Valentine’s Day! Polly – two quilts for her grandson Sandy – paper […]
February 6, 2020 – Maryhurst Bag Cutting
A group of LNT members spent some time at Maryhurst to cut out fabric to make bags for the children and youth who live there. Using donated fabric (Thank You, Donors!), they cut enough fabric to make 440 bags! Thanks to Betty, Brenda, CJ, Debra, Janet, Mary, and Ruthann for preparing the kits for members […]
January 16, 2020 – Cuddle Care Minions
The Cuddle Care Committee has been at it again! They prepared kits for members to make these darling Minion quilt tops for the children at Norton’s Hospital, and we had a great time working on them. Over a dozen tops were completed today, and many others were taken to be finished at home. Thanks to […]
January 2, 2020 – Selvage Coasters
Angelique, our resident “selvage expert”, shared some of her completed selvage projects as well as some “tips and tricks” for helping us complete our coasters. Help! I’m drowning in selvages! (Plenty of selvages were available!) What’s this!?!? A snarl contest!?!? Even President Bill got in on the sillies! These two beautiful tops were donated […]
December 5, 2019 – Christmas Dinner
The 2019 LNT Christmas Dinner was full of food, friends, a block challenge, recognitions, show-and-tell, and much laughter. Thanks to Robbie and the Christmas elves for preparing the room for this big party, complete with holiday centerpieces for door prizes and embroidered ornaments for everyone. Here are our four Susans. We also have lots of […]
November 26, 2019 – Maryhurst Bag Cutting Day
Eight LNT members had a blast “cutting up” at Maryhurst while “cutting out” fabric for Maryhurst bags. Thanks to a generous donation from Boone Fabrics, we were able to cut fabric to make 320 bags to give to the young people at Maryhurst. And we still have more fabric! The cut bags filled both the […]