Guild Day, Tuesday, July 15, 2025

 There were twenty members out today. Everyone was anxious to reconnect after our month of evacuation and hear where everyone went and the stories they had to tell. We were all happy to be back and get into  a more normal routine. 

Five quilts were pin basted and our hand stitchers sewed down the binding on Rae’s comfort quilt. 

                                  Thank you Moira and Iris, your stitching is much appreciated!

                                Sandra is working her free motion magic on a children’s quilt.

Donna is attaching the binding to our fall raffle quilt. We now have the tickets for it. If you do not have yours yet contact Cindy R. or any one in the guild and we can get some to you.

                            Myrna and the rest of us took a minute to sing happy birthday to Donna!

                                 Marg and Susan were busily pin basting another child’s quilt.

             Bev was pressing the final additions to a quilt top made of flannel from Marg H’s stash.

Susan was back to sorting a bin of bits and pieces, odds and ends, so they could be used in the construction of more quilt tops. Nothing goes to waste, especially orphan blocks!

Cindy spent a good part of the day checking and updating member information as well as distributing ticket books for our raffle quilt.

Comfort Quilts:

After today’s additions to our comfort quilt bins, we now have fifty-six quilts of various sizes.

Moira and Iris cut, pieced and stitched three rag quilts from Iris’s stash. She had more flannel than she could use so very generously, with Moira’s help, they stitched this quilt and the two following ones. Thank you for your work and donations.

                                                       #2, please excuse my poor focusing!

                                      #3, the borders they added are a nice finishing touch!

Marg was very busy stitching and quilting. She had quite a number of quilts she donated  to the guild. As someone said, “When do you sleep?” Her answer, “I love quilting!”

                                  #1 This one has a variety of fabrics and is backed with fleece.

                             #2. The writing on the large squares says I love grandma and grandpa.

                         #3 This was a paper bag mystery started by Marg H. and finished by Marg F.

     #4 Again Marg H. had some embroidered squares that Marg F. used to assemble this lovely quilt.

#5 A variety of fabrics were used for this quilt, corduroy and pleather among them, and then tied rather than quilted. This is going to be an emergency services quilt.

                                              #6 The focus fabric in this one has trolls on it!

            #7 This one says I love mommy and daddy. The number of beautiful flannels is unlimited!

                                                 #8 And this one has turtles on the focus fabric!

                                                   #9 Another version of the 6-hour quilt.

                                     #10 Cathedral windows in my favourite colour palette.

   #11 One more I love grandma and grandpa. Thank you Marg for all your hard work and creativity.

                          Rae donated this one. She cut, pieced and quilted this colourful little quilt.

              Rae quilted this one as well. We’re not sure who pieced it but agree that it likely was June.

                                                 Susan pieced this one and Audrey quilted it.

                                          Another pieced by Susan and quilted by Audrey.

Demonstration:

Lynn demonstrated the chandelier block and had kits prepared for members to stitch. This will be one of the quilts we will sell tickets on for our Christmas draws.

This is not a difficult square to piece but when set on point and assembled it makes a striking pattern.

Quilter’s Corner:

Lynn also shared her knowledge of the Juki machines with us on this month’s edition of quilter’s corner. These machines are not computerized but sew excellent seams. There is no zig zag stitch available but for piecing and free motion they do an excellent job. The machine does not have plastic in its construction including the various feet. Many quilters call a machine like this a work horse. The quild now has two of them and several of the members also. Lynn has owned one for several years and is our resident expert. Thank you for sharing with us, Lynn.

Show and Tell:

This is the second of Marg’s pieces that I neglected to photograph at our last guild day. It was a kit she had  in her store and this piece and the one you can see hanging beside it were completed by her this past winter. These are lovely, unique pieces.

Audrey and her daughter were doing some quilting during the evacuation and this Carpenter Star cushion was one of her projects.

Audrey’s second project was a wheelchair quilt for the Wawanesa personal care where her Mom is a resident.

Heather stitched this I Spy quilt for a special little three year old girl whose favourite colours are pink and purple. The label on the back says “You are Awesome”. She is going to love it!

Lynn shared the quilt she made for her grandson as a grad gift. What a beautiful momento for him.

The winner of the six month show and tell draw was Marg F.  Heather was the winner of the membership draw.

If you have the time, drop in to the Creighton Community hall where the SUN quilters are holding their retreat on July 21, 22 and 23. Mama Bears Quilt Shop will be there as a vendor. She may have just the piece of fabric you need (or want!)

Happy quilting!

Gladys