Guild Day, July 16, 2024

Once again we had a very busy day with 15 members engaged in various activities including machine quilting, pin basting, hand stitching and creating new tops from orphan blocks.

Sandra is finishing the quilting of this sandwich using free motion quilting. She’s using a different design for each block.

Bev and Susan were the basting crew today. They pinned 4 quilt sandwiches which can now be taken by members for machine quilting. This is one of the EMS quilts.

Lorna is pressing one of the orphan block quilt tops. Four tops were created today with  the possibility of another four from still more of those orphan blocks. It’s surprising how quickly those odd blocks can accumulate.

Moira, Iris and Evelyn spent a good part of the day hand stitching bindings on as the last step in quilt construction.

This comfort quilt was put together by Judy and had the binding hand stitched by the “binding” ladies.

Another comfort quilt sewn by Judy and hand stitched by the crew. These are still some of the camouflage pieces donated to us over a year ago!

This quilt was sewn by Rae. The next photo will show the backing which is a lovely Indigenous fabric. 

           This fabric beautifully compliments the yellow top. Thank you for the comfort quilt Rae.

This is the fourth batik quilt we made from our batik leftovers. Susan and I added borders and I took it home to quilt and bind. I wanted to try the technique where you wrap the extra binding to the front after trimming it to the desired width, then mitre the corners and machine stitch it down.

      This quilt and those in the following two photos were stitched by Marg for emergency services.

             Thank you, Marg for the work you put into these quilts. EMS will surely appreciate them.

There are now 18 EMS quilts completed. Audrey will wait till some of the wild fire frenzy is over before she makes arrangements for donating them.

Thanks to Marg and Eileen (nice to have you back!) we have 5 more flimsies ready to sandwich and pin.

Marg made up three animal themed tops and one bird themed one from a bag of assorted fabric pieces she took home while Eileen put together a top from green comfort blocks stitched by members in 2020. Marg donated a bolt of fabric she had to make the backings for the tops she put together. Thank you for your generosity, Marg. Once we have these quilts completed we’ll be showing them off to you!

We made a very special presentation this evening to our fellow member, Donna. During the Sourdough Bay fire she and her family lost their summer home at Sourdough Bay along with all their possessions there some of which were very special and irreplaceable. We know we cannot replace the special things she lost but we hope the quilt we presented to her can offer her comfort in knowing that we care.

This is “It Takes a Village #2” which Donna herself helped to put together. We hope you enjoy it, Donna! 

Show and Tell:

Bev made a set of Christmas placemats for her son-in-law’s mother’s 70th birthday. She used the quilt as you go method, and stitched down the binding with a serpentine stitch. 

Bev showed us the flimsy for this quilt shortly after she returned from her winter stay in Arizona. It has now been quilted by Sheri and bound by Bev ready for use. This was made using the Five and Dime ruler.

Eileen has been busy finishing off projects that have been in progress for some time. She started this table runner in 2020 and has now completed it. She used a very simple and effective quilting pattern, straight lines, close together.

                    Her choice of backing fabric makes for a reversible topper. Lovely, fabric, Eileen!

She calls this her three year project. It’s a wall hanging for her only sister or a table topper if she wishes.

                                    This cute little teddy bear is a gift for her new grand -niece.

Eileen chose the Highway 10 Designs pattern, Washboard Road, to make this quilt for her great-nephew in Iqaluit. The colours are vibrant and masculine.

Audrey shared her third project from the SUN retreat held in Creighton. This is called reversible patchwork known as Punjabi. All the seams are flat-felled so there are no raw edges. This piece can be hung in a window and the flat-felled seams will show as dark giving it a stained glass effect.

Phyl found a piece of pink twill in the guild cupboard. She stitched this bag, embroidered it with her machine and added some handles from Emmaline Bags. This will be for the quild to use as a quilt bag or perhaps for a draw.

Program:

Tonight’s program was presented by Sandra D. and Rae.

                  This block is called the Strawberry Scraps Block adapted from @sewmaryhappy.

Kits with fabric for the strawberries have been made up and picked up by members. Members have been asked to donate the background pieces, low volume in beiges, and creams, but no whites. Once the blocks have been made and handed in they will be put together in an offset way.

               Sandra made up this top for herself to illustrate what the final comfort quilt will look like.

And that is a wrap for this month! Enjoy the summer weather!

Gladys