Fall Quilt Retreat October 13th and 14th, 2023

 We had a fabulous retreat this fall! Twenty-two members came out to sew and twenty-four members took in the catered turkey dinner on Friday evening. Everyone was busily working on an assortment of projects from bag making to completing quilt tops in progress.

Jennifer from Needle Crafts and Studio in Beausejour was in attendance with a variety of fabrics, kits and patterns. She brought a selection of Tilda fabrics to tempt us as well. Whenever we took a break from our projects we were able to browse and shop. 

Vendor sales were open to anyone wishing to come in and shop. Jennifer had a varied array of quilting goods on display.

                           Judy, Myrna, Evelyn, Lynn and Bessie were set up at this group of tables.

                                      

                                     Another group of ladies were busy working at this station. 

                                            One of the three pressing stations in the room.

                                     Accurate cutting is a very important first step in quilting.

On Saturday we held an open house. The public were invited to drop in and observe what we were doing and ask questions about our projects. Also set up in the sanctuary was a display of member’s personal quilts as well as quilts made by the guild for donation. Visitors were able to enter their names for a door prize and the last of the tickets for our fall raffle quilt were available for sale.

Anyone interested in taking beginner quilting lessons were able to sign up for classes beginning on November 4th. 

A big thank you to the Credit Union for the grant that allowed us to purchase a new sewing machine.

                                                              Members personal quilts.

                                                                    More personal quilts.

                                                              And a final personal quilt.

                                                                   Quilts for donation.

More donation quilts, among them were quilts stitched by members of the current beginners class. There were more donation quilts to put out but we ran out of room!

At the end of the two days, Sandra was able to display a completed quilt top. She had been working on the pineapple blocks for well over a year. Beautiful job, Sandra!

As we were winding down on Saturday afternoon, the time had arrived to make our various draws.

June won the fabric bundle, Cindy, Susan, Bessy and Bev B. won the other member draws and Evelyn O. won the door prize draw for community members. Congratulations everyone.

Then it was time for the main event, the quilt raffle draw!

                                         Jennifer, our vendor, drew the winning ticket.

And the winner is Terri Brown! Congratulations Terri!  No one was more surprised than Lynn when Jennifer handed her the ticket. Terri is Lynn’s daughter.

That was the end of our retreat. We were all tired from the work and excitement but a few days rest and we’ll all be back for more stitching, visiting and comaraderie.

Gladys