October 2014 Meeting Highlights

We had a small group working on guild projects during the day and 32 members and 2 guests for our evening meeting.

During the day we were busy finishing the binding on the Elk's baby quilts and they will be picked up by the Elks at our November meeting.

We also finished piecing our second Christmas raffle quilt that will be drawn for at the Cranberry Portage craft sale.   It is now quilted and just needs the binding.

We had a great display of the button hole circle and cat applique blocks made by members.

The first round of the guilds Round Robin was completed and the next months instruction is to add a border.

Our Program for the evening was making Strip blocks using Bounce Dryer Sheets, demonstrated by Marg Faktor.

The guild is going to make a quilt using this technique and asking member to make a block in shades of  BLUE to bring back to the November or December meeting.  The blocks should be trimmed to 6 1/2" x 9".

We had a nice turnout for our October Fall retreat at the church.  The Pot Luck supper was delicious and members were busy working on a lot of wonderful quilting projects!

The Swan River retreat as also a success and plans for another on in April 2015 is in the works!

Now to Show and Tell 

Our Christmas Raffle quilt is very well at the Creighton Craft Sale, thank you to everyone involved in its making and that sold tickets!

Happy quilting!

Kathy

September 2014 Meeting Highlights

We had a snowy September meeting but that didn't keep our members away.   The evening meeting had 34 members present and 2 guests.

This month was the start to our Round Robin project and we have 11 member participating.  Each member brought a quilt block and they were exchange with the instruction to 'add a border.' Looking forward to seeing how these blocks change each month!

Sheri handed out prized for the UFO Challenge and Sandra Schroeder won for the oldest UFO, from 1972, and Marg Faktor won for the most UFO's completed.

19 baby quilts were made for the Elk Christmas hampers and some members took them home to finish the binding.  We will share pictures next month!

There is a new quilt shop opening in Winnipeg called Keystone Quilts and they are having a Grand Opening Event on October 10 starting at 10am.  Here is a link to there site and they also have a Facebook page.

There was also information shared about the Ricky Tim's and Alex Anderson Seminar at the Peace Gardens.  The event date is May 21 to 23 and you can find more information on his website here.

Program
The evening program was Buttonhole Stitch demonstrated by Rae Baumgartner.   We hand stitched around pre-fused circles and then had the opportunity to take a Cat and Mouse applique pattern home to make and bring back.  Member supply the fabric for the cat and the quilt will be made into a kids quilt.

Show and Tell

Wonderful Show and Tell this month ladies!  Now that Autumn is here just imagine what we will have to share next month!

Happy Stitching!

Kathy