Thirty Two members and Four guests turned out for our April Meeting. Most of our snowbirds have returned. This made for a full day of fun and quilting, with so many of our members home for the summer.
Correspondence
An invitation was
received from the Northern Health Region to attend a volunteer luncheon on
April 22, 2013.
Below are Three of our comfort blocks sewn into quilt tops. Now to get them quilted. If any of our members want to take a quilt home to practice their machine quilting, or if you want to assemble a quilt from some of our fabric, please talk to Audrey or Kathy.
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This quilt top sewn from some of our comfort blocks, is being completed and will be sent to a wounded Canadian soldier, as a quilt of Valour.
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Library Report
May/June 2013 Quiltmaker
A pattern book
called Big Book of Scrap Quilts
Lotus Lullaby
pattern
Old Business
The April 6 UFO
day had 16 members attend.
The entry “I think
I can wait til morning” is on its way to Churchill for the Northern Juried Art
Show.
Two ladies were at the meeting and were presented with their quilts from
Nadine’s personal challenge.
Several quilts are complete and ready to go to other recipients.
Some upcoming
quilt shows are in Lethbridge AB on June 14th and 15th.
Also in Winnipeg MB on May 24th to the 26th.
The guild is
gathering a collection of metallic fat quarters and Moda Marbles or Moda Mates
yardage if anyone has some to donate for future projects.
New Business
The next UFO day
has been booked for Saturday May 11, 2013 from 9 to 5.
Marg F made a
motion that after you attend three UFO days the fourth one you attend is
free.
Rae B showed the fabric purchases she made for the guild while she wintered in BC.
Eileen showed purchases she made for the guild while at the Arizona Quilt Show.
Plans are in place
to begin production of the “Cattails in the Meadow” quilt for next year’s quilt
show to be ready to start ticket sales in November.
Rae B made a motion to sell Quilt Show raffle tickets the fall before the quilt show
at the Cranberry
Christmas Craft sale and to raffle a day quilt there every
other year.
The new comfort block is an orange square, supplied by Nadine, and sewn as you can see in the photo below.
Program
Kathy from Tamarack Shack had on hand for sale some Sew Fine thread from Superior
Threads and a list of battings she has on hand.
Kathy also
demonstrated month 4 of the Double Trouble Mystery Quilt.
And for all our members and readers who doubt we will ever get Spring let alone summer, here is proof there is hope
Nadines Challenge quilts.
Some of these a made by Nadine and some have been made by other members. If you want to be involved in this challenge, talk to Nadine.
Show and Tell
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Happy Quilting!
Sandra D
