Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Meeting Highlights for May 2013

There were  24 members and 5 guests at our Guild meeting on May 21


Library Report

Spring update 2013 Keepsake Quilter

May/June 2013 Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting

Several new patterns were added to the library.

The membership draw was won by Rae B

Old Business

Nadine presented three more lucky recipients with quilts from her challenge.

The guild will be supplying quilts for a mother and her 10 year old son that will be living in the Habitat for Humanity home.

The May 11th UFO had 20 ladies attend.

No final results from the Northern Juried Art Show are available yet.

Below is Audrey proudly showing our latest quilt of Valour, which will be presented to a wounded Canadian soldier.





Here is one of our completed Comfort quilts.
A curved nine patch.







New Business

Thoughts and ideas are needed to decide the guild`s participation in Culture Days this fall.

The next UFO will be Saturday May 25th at 9am.

Lorna H will be demonstrating a Promise Squares quilt in July.

Marg F will lead a class during the August guild day on how to make a woven basket.

May`s Quilting With Friends and sales from Fabriculous had a good turnout and were attended by people from several communities.

The Arts Council has announced that their Christmas Craft Sale will be held Nov. 9, 2013 where the Cattails in the Meadow quilt tickets will be sold.

A call is out for volunteers to help with the cutting of Cattails in the Meadow quilt.

Fabric and a pattern has been chosen for the day quilt at the Northern Country Crafters Sale in Creighton.

There are brochures available for anyone wanting to take part in Project Linus.



 And to end the evening Kathy demonstrated the final section of the mystery quilt.





Nadine's Project









Show and Tell


























 Happy Quilting
Sandra D

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