Meeting News for August 21

Thirty -Five members turned up to the meeting and throughout the day. It was a rainy day, perfect weather for quilting.We worked on the quilt of Comfort and Remembrance. We will be stretching and quilting it before the September meeting. It will have to be sent away, to be presented on November 11th.The Quild needs 9 more Maple leaf squares to make next years quilt. We would like to make it up this fall to have all ready to show at our quilt show this April. A huge "Thank You" to all the members who have completed and turned in squares. Anyone wishing a pattern to make another block, may pick them up at Faktors or from this web site: http://www.picketfencefabrics.com/documents/CCRP/Maple_Heart_Block_Pieced.pdf

Our program for the evening was making the Bali Bag. As you can see quit a few of our quilters have been having fun with this pattern. Marg L, Marg H, and Adelle were kind enough to show us how to assemble these bags. The pattern for the bag can be found here:http://www.quiltmag.com/pdf/quilt73BaliBag.pdf

We are looking for ideas for the unfinished square for the 2008 quilt show. The last few blocks have been "Canadiana" and "Transportation". Please bring your ideas to the September meeting.

The date for our Crayola Challenge has been extended to November 20.

Our quilt show dates are for April 18th and 19th. We are looking for conveners. Please consider volunteering for a job at the show. Involvement in the show makes it much more interesting.

We have established the dates for the Comfort quilt days. They will be Tuesday September 11th and Tuesday October 9th at the United Church from 9AM to 5PM. Feel free to come out and participate for all or some of the day.

The Quild is working on the dates for the quilting retreat. We will notify the membership of the dates and details in a couple of weeks.

The guild is looking for scrapes from the fabric collection "Heaven Can Wait." I know a lot of you ladies purchased this fabric in pink or green from Faktors in order to make a square for the Breast Cancer "Quilt of Hope" quilt. We are looking for some of this fabric to make "Hug Me Quilts" for our members. Please drop it off with any of our executive or to Faktors. Any pieces or fat quarters of this fabric would be greatly appreciated.

Here is some of the show and tell from the meeting.





The new square for September and October is a very simple four patch. We would like the fabric to be floral. As you can see in the photo below we are making some nice feminine comfort quilts.

To make the four patch square, first cut four squares 3 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches. Please cut these squares as sets of two so each square will be comprised of two colours. Sew these four squares together. As you can see in the picture these sets of two will make the four patch. We also would like you to take those two colours and cut two (1 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch strips) These will be used to make the scrappy border you see in the picture.

In total you will be bringing two four patch squares and four strips of the corodinating fabric, this will give one set to the guild and one set to the draw. I hope that is clear enough. It will be a nice simple square. It will mean more cutting than sewing this time.

Happy Quilting!

July 17th Meeting Highlights

We had a few ladies show their quilted postcards at the meeting. One of our guild members suggested you use a plate holder or small easel to display your cards, or perhaps send a display easel and a card to a senior or another shut in. Then every month or every season change you could make an appropriate card, write a nice note, and send it off, that way they would have a little seasonal display as well as a bit of correspondence from family and friends. Great idea!
We are still receiving the paper pieced star blocks and well as the Maple leaf blocks for the month of August. On a rainy day this summer make up a block and if you don't want to come to the August meeting drop it off with a friend or at Faktor's. We would appreciate a few more blocks. We will be making up our quilt of Comfort and Remembrance as a day project in August.
Here is one of our members showing a finished quilt that she started over ten years ago. It is never too late to finish those UFO's
The Square in square blocks the members all donated have been put together as a quilt top. Now all we have to do is baste it together and get a volunteer to quilt it. We are always looking for volunteers to take our comfort quilts home and quilt them. It is a good way to practice your quilting skills.
Here is a small version of the jar quilt. We have a much larger version all ready to put together.
We are going to be making Lorie's bag at our August meeting. Here is the link to the pattern once again http://www.quiltmag.com/pdf/quilt73BaliBag.pdf If you are interesting in making this bag please be sure to come to the August meeting. Any ladies who have already made "The Bag" bring it to show and tell that evening.

Meeting Notice for July 17th

Guild meeting at Northminster United Church on Tuesday July 17th from 9Am to 9PM. Business meeting started at 7PM.

Last month we demonstrated quilted postcards. It would be nice to see lots of cards for show and tell.

Please remember to bring your bottle caps for the evening project. This should be a more social evening, with our members making a craft for the CQA Convention in 2008.

The raffle tickets are ready to pick up so please see Evelyn for your book.

We are continuing to work on the log cabin quilts, and a "Hug me" quilt, during the day. Please feel free to come out and participate.

See you Tuesday
Happy Quilting!

Meeting Notes from June 19th

Once again we had a full day of quilting and visiting. It was raining hard outside, but we were inside the church totally enjoying our day. We continued to work on the log cabin blocks, and below you will see the basket top we completed.

Lori and Kathy continued to entertain us for the demonstration part of the evening. We learned to make postcards and I am sure we haven't heard the last of that. I tried to make a couple, and believe me, they are quit addictive. They kind of fill the gap for some of us who, would like to make cards, but are committed to our quilts. You can dive right into postcard making with a commitment of less then 2o Dollars. Good Fun!
We had our transportation block competition. We received a nice variety of blocks, with Marg F winning the Viewers choice block, and Evelyn B. winning the draw prize. Here is Marg's winning block.
Listed below are a couple of Show and Tell items. With Robin M. making a very nice cat quilt out of our quilt mystery from a couple of years ago. Also Lorie finished quilting her round robin.

We are going to make another Canadian Comfort and Remembrance quilt for the surviving spouse or parents of a member of the Canadian armed forces killed in the peace keeping efforts.Here is a link to the site http://ccrquilts.ca/ with the leaf patterns and updated photos of last years quilts. See if you can find our quilt given in memory of MCpl. Timothy Wilson 2006 Afghanistan. We are asking for our members to make more blocks as we must have the quilt completed and ready to send in September to be given for Remembrance day. The patterns for the leaves are on this web site. We will accept any of the three construction methods on this site.

We are also asking for the bottle caps from your water bottles for the next meeting. We will be working on a small project for the CQA in Newfoundland. Please come out and participate, it could be fun.

Wishing you all a Happy Canada Day, and Happy quilting, and on that thought here is a link you might find interesting. http://www.cornwallismuseum.ca/TributetoCanada.html

Meeting Notice June 19th

The June quild meeting will be held on Tuesday June 19th at the United Church from 9Am to 9PM, with the business meeting starting at 7PM.

We are sending out one more plee for transportation blocks. Members are voting on their favorite blocks that evening. You still have time to complete your block before Tuesday. The more blocks we have to make a fund raising quilt for an organization, the nicer the quilt. Look how lovely the Quilt of Hope hanging in Faktor's is with the large variety of blocks. We will have two prizes for blocks that evening, a viewers choice award and a basket draw award. You could be lucky.

We will have the pleasure of learning, and being entertained, by the "Lori and Kathy Show". Below you will see a photo of the quilted postcards for their program.

In the afternoon we are finishing our "Bears Need Homes Too" log cabin quilt, as well as putting together the basket quilt and we might just have time to start on the Canadiana quilt. We can always use some extra hands with pinning, pressing, and yes, seam ripping.

Our raffle quilt is hanging in the Libray for the months of June and July, if you want to drop in to see it or to show it off to visiting family and friends.

See you on Tuesday, and Happy quilting.

Meeting May 15th News

We had a small turn out last night, but we had a lot of great show and tell.

One of our big worries is the transportation block that is due in June. We are hoping to have at least 18 to 20 blocks to make a nice large quilt. So far, we only seem to have about 10 of our members participating. Please consider making a block for the June meeting. It should be 13 inches square so we can trim it down to 12 1/2 inches before piecing. The crayola web site: http://www.crayola.com/ has some great transportation pictures suitable for applique. There are planes, trains, car, buses, and trucks. Have a peek, and see what you can come up with for the June meeting.

Marg F. is demonstrating the paper pieced square for the next comfort quilts. It is a really different square which changes with the different colours used. Pattern can be picked up Faktor's. It is worth giving a try and seeing the surprise stars.

Below are some photos of the ladies holding up their show and tell last night. This is just a small sample of what we were shown. If you showed your item or items and your photo is not on the blog after the meeting, please do not feel slighted. The photos are taken and shown at random. However, if you really want your project posted, please let me know at the meeting and I will try to accommodate you.

There are still a few crayons left for the crayon challenge. Please check back to the earlier blogs for all the rules under the title Crayon Challenge.

In the July meeting we are going to make a small fun project to give to the CQA for their convention. Please save and bring your caps from water bottles.

We are still busy putting together the blocks from the log cabin block of the month. You should see the exciting things we are putting together. We finished basting two of the quilts and have finished putting together two more tops. We are looking for some machine quilters. Any ladies wanting to take a quilt home to machine quilt, please contact any member of the executive. Machine Quilters Wanted!

Until the next meeting, Happy Quilting!

Meeting Notice May 15th

Next guild meeting is Tuesday, May 15th at the Northminster United Church. We will be at the Church from 9AM to 9PM. Business meeting starts at 7PM. All are welcome to come for the whole day. Bring Lunch and supper and enjoy the fellowship.

May's program will be Colour Play demonstrated by Marg Faktor. The paper pieced pattern she is using will be the next comfort block for the months of June and July. This pattern changes with colour values. Should prove to be an interesting demonstration.

We are looking for some new program ideas, so think about what kinds of demonstrations you would like and talk to one of the executive or leave a comment on this blog. We are always looking for new ideas and suggestions. New input makes the group more interesting.

We are basting two quilts during the day, so we could sure use some extra hands.

See you on Tuesday. Happy quilting!