July Meeting

We had a small turn out of 20 members and one guest for our July meeting but it still was a great day to quilt!
Our Little Hex's are looking fantastic and the blue pinwheels are going to make a wonderful quilt.  You still have time to return any of your comfort blocks that might be sitting around your sewing room as Audrey pointed out we have not put together any quilts using the comfort blocks she has organized since taking on the role of Program Director ( that is a whole year!).  We plan to start working on those comfort quilts in August as well as baste a few quilts.  

Here is the link to Quiltmakers blog that Audrey was talking about http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/

The lastest news from the business meeting is that we will be having a Retreat on Friday Sept 30 and Saturday October 1. We will also be participating in Culture Days by having an Open House on Saturday Oct 1 during our retreat. This will allow the public to view a variety of quilting projects as well see where we meet.

Now to our Show and Tell.

Glenna's quilt she designed on EQ

Lorna's Batik and Denim placemats

Eileen's Twister Tabletopper

Lynn's Mystery quilt

Alex's Touch quilt

Alex's doll with quilt block dress

Lynn's landscape quilt

Robins strip pieced quilt

Eileen's Mystery quilt

Nadine's baby quilt

Nadine's crocheted table runner

Kathy's Hopscotch quilt

Have a great summer!

Kathy

June Meeting

We had a very busy meeting in June with members working on our Touch Quilt projects during the day. We had ten quilts completed and about 50 kits made for members to take home to work on.
We were also busy working on our new Bargello Raffle quilt for our next quilt show. Lori was very determined to have it finished by the end of the day and it was!  The trip to the ER with a needle protruding out of her finger didn't even get in the way. ( I changed the wording on the poster above her head to apply to the situation!)

We had 34 members and one guest for our evening meeting.  Our program for the evening was Machine Applique and Audrey demonstrated a few techniques.

We had a fantastic Show and Tell so lets start with our guilds quilts!

Winterwear Quilt being donated to CADAC

Snowman Quilt for our November Craft Sale Raffle

Bargello Raffle quilt ready to be quilted

Mystery Wall hanging ready to be giving to the Manor for display

Now to our members Show and Tell, here we go!

Nadine's Snowman quilt

Nadine's baby quilt

Helen's Emergency Vehicle quilt

Jackie's Butterfly quilt

Audrey's Ice Cream Cone quilt

Kathy's Mexican Star

Sasheen's Hawaiian Fabric 

Ray's bag and Halloween wall hanging

Rae's pillow

Rae's Black and White Wedding quilt.

Sasheen's Mystery quilt

Audrey's Caterpillar quilt

Orla's BOM quilt

Val's Sampler

Melba's Sampler

Melba's Stack N Whack

Cheryl's appliqued bibs

Hope your having a great summer so far!
Kathy

Meeting Date Change Reminder

Just a reminder that our July meeting date has been changed to Tuesday, July 12 as the church is having their Vacation Bible School on the week of our usual guild day.
There will also be an executive meeting at 5pm, everyone is welcome so please come and share your ideas for new programs with the executive.
Looks like the forecast for Tuesday is hot and sunny so you might want to enjoy the air conditioning indoors at the meeting :)
Hope to see you all there.
Kathy

Touch Quilt Project

Just a reminder that at our next meeting is on June 21 and we will be working on the Touch Quilts starting at 9am and going until 5pm. You can bring your sewing machine if you are interested in sewing and quilting the tops together or just come to help organize and baste the quilt tops.  If you are donating textured fabrics please cut them into 6" squares and bring them at the church during the morning so they came be used that afternoon. We are using cotton or poly batting in the Touch quilts. If you have scraps of batting that you would like to donate to this project please piece them so they are 40"x40" square and the same size with backing pieces.

The Touch Quilts we make will be donated to local seniors with Alzheimers.

See you Tuesday
Kathy

Northern Juried Art Show Entry

Hi everyone

Here are the banners hanging at the show

Rae

May 2011

There were 36 members present and no guests at our May meeting.

Kathy showed our members the completed comfort quilts returned to the meeting.

These two quilts were made from our  member's orphan blocks. 

 Kathy and Eileen are displaying the quilt made at the April meeting, using the twister ruler.  What a lovely quilt.

The ruler was so addictive that some of our members came to to meeting with projects they completed using the ruler.
 Eileen's lovely place matts

 And Kathy's baby quilt.

A few of our members have completed their mystery quilts from last winter

Organizing and sewing quilts for the Touch Quilt project in support of the Alzheimer’s Society will be the activity for next guild day (June 21 from 9 am to 5 pm.  Donations of 6 inch block of various textured fabrics are welcomed.).  The guild received a donation of fabric from CADAC.   Some of this fabric can be used for the Touch Quilt project.

 Sherri is holding up a sample of a touch quilt. 

Our winter wear blocks were sewn together, and once the quilt is quilted and bound, it will be donated to CADAC for their raffle.

 Some of the little hexs blocks have been turned it.  This photo should help you with ideas for your own little hex square.

 The new comfort quilt block for June and July is easy pinwheels, as demonstrated by Kathy and Robin.

We had a small turn out for the meeting, but that didn't dampen any one's enthusiasm.  We had lots of show and tell.  So sit back and enjoy.

Happy Quilting!

Sandra