February Meetings and Current Events

Notes from Linda about upcoming events:

The next meeting will be on Febuary 23rd and we are starting the meeting at 6:30.

You will need to bring 1 yard of ugly fabric for an activity. The block exchange is a 12 1/2 " unfinished square, in blues, greens, and white, and a star pattern.

The retreat in March is set for the 13th-15th at the Bishop O'Connor Center in Madison. We are not limiting this to Guild members. If you have a sister, Mom, or friend you would like to bring along. Sign up and enjoy the sewing therapy.

Anyone who wants to attend the Sewing Expo at Southwest Tech. ***Correction - Anyone that has attended recently should still receive a catalog. For those of you that have not registered for classes in the last 3 years the SW Tech organizers are sending out postcards. If you plan to attend, please send the postcard back along with the $3.00 fee for the class catalog. If you would like more information you can visit the website at http://www.swtc.edu/

Lorna, sent the following info:

"Fairy Land of Fabrics"

View Victorian Crazy Quilts at the UW School of Human Ecology exhibit. Reception Sunday Jan. 25th 1 to 4

Opens Wednesday and runs through March 8 at the UW SoHE Design Gallery. 1300 Linden Drive. Hours are Wednesdays - Fridays 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Noon to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

http://www.designgallery.wisc.edu/

Suzanne, is holding a class at Schmitt Woodland Hill Feb 11,18,25 from 6-8. 1 1/2 yard background fabric and 16 up 35 fat quarters for the rest of the quilt. Let her know if you are interested or for more info.

Anyone interested in going to Paducah let Maggie Mezera know. Her cousin has two cabins we can help share. April 22nd-24th.

We will have a class at College for Kids this year. July 20th-24th more info in Febuary.

We were able to make 40 plus pillow cases. Suzanne will not be turning them in until mid Febuary. Feel free to drop some off at her house. Nobody home just leave them on her front porch.

Stay warm and quilt till you drop.

Linda

Brief Note from Linda About the Sleep In

Just a quick reminder from Linda:  I will be at the church by 2:00 Friday so come on down.   If you don't want to sleep you could sew on Friday and come back on Saturday and not have to take down you sewing machine.

Feel free to bring snacks and your own drinks.  Pam is bring coffee grounds so we can make a pot  of coffee on Saturday. You will need to bring your own breakfast for Saturday.  We will be ordering Pizza on Friday night.

We will  be painting, discharging, and other fun stuff on fabric.  Bring an old shirt it could get messy.

I will have a Baked Potato bar set up for after the meeting.  Everyone is welcome to join in.

Help chase away your Cabin Fever!! Come sew with us.

Linda

January Meeting and Overnight

Please note the January 2009 guild meeting will be held on a special day and time. Our monthly meeting will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 24th.

Our annual Sleep-In will be held at the Town and Country Presbyterian Church on Friday evening January 23rd & Saturday January 24th.  Linda will be at the church as early as 2:00 on Friday.

Sleep-In highlights:

Fabric Embellishment: On Friday night you will have an opportunity to work with fabric embellishments such as paint sticks, Fabrico markers, fabric paints, foam stamps and color discharge. Please bring your own fabric to experiment on.  All are welcome to join in.  This is a great opportunity to try out some of the different products on the market without the expense.

Pillowcases for Children with Cancer - Suzanne will be demonstrating pillowcase construction at this overnight.  Our guild will be making pillowcases to be donated to children that are currently being treated for cancer.  Children range in age from infant thru 18 years of age.  Kid friendly/age approriate fabric can be used. 

- Fabric Requirements per pillow

3/4 yard for body of pillow - to coordinate with:

1/4 yard cut across the width of the fabric (not a fat quarter)

Fabric Suggestions:

Children's prints

Woodland prints

Large scale floral (Amy Butler style, etc) w/striped fabric edge

10:00 am Saturday - January meeting. 

- Please bring your show and tell.

- sign up for March retreat at Bishop O'Connor Center March 13-15th  $30.00 deposit required.

January lottery block theme is "Black and White and Red All Over". Your block (s) should be 12-1/2 " unfinished.

Meals:

Friday Dinner -  we will order out for pizza (bring some cash if you want to join in)

Saturday Breakfast - on your own

Saturday Lunch - Linda is putting together a Potato Bar for a nominal charge

Bring a sleeping bag and stay the night if you like.

Monthly Block Lottery

Linda K. was our January 2009 Block Lottery winner. She chose the block for the February 2009 exchange. Blocks are to be 12.5" unfinished or 12" finished. Block colors are Blue, Green and White with a star shape as the theme.

Mystery Quilt - Part 1

Scrap Mystery Quilt - Part 1



This is a very quick to piece scrap quilt that can be made with a minimum of six different fabrics (3 lights and 3 darks), it can be done with scraps in your bag from previous quilts of by trading with friends, or it can be done as a charm quilt with every patch a different fabric (it can not be strip pieced if you are making a charm quilt.



This pattern will make a 36"X36" quilt top with out borders.



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Part 1

Fabric option #1

If you are using scraps from your scrap bag you will need the following:

36 darks measuring 2.5"x2.5"

36 lights measuring 2.5"x2.5

36 lights measuring 4.5"x2.5"

36 darks measuring 4.5"x2.5"

36 lights measuring 3.5"x2.5"

36 darks measuring 3.5"x2.5"



Scraps from your scrap bag will equal to the amount of fabric listed below:



Or Fabric Option #2



If you are using just 6 different fabrics (3 light, 3 dark) you will need the following:

1/2 yard of 1 light (Part 3)

1/2 yard of 1 dark (Part 1)

1/3 yard of 1 light (Part 2)

1/3 yard of 1 dark (Part 2)

1/4 yard of 1 light (Part 1)

1/4 yard of 1 dark (Part 3)



Using the 1/4 yard of light and the 1/2 yard of dark fabric (or the equivalent from your scrap bag):



Cut light fabric in strips 2-1/2" wide by the length (approx 44")

Cut dark fabric in strips 4-1/2" wide by the length (approx 44")



Strip piece them together so you will have a strip similar to figure 1. Use a 1/4" seam allowance with 12-15 stitches per inch. Press toward the dark fabric.

Cut across the seam for pieces that are 2-1/2"x6-1/2". You will need 36 pieces of the configuration shown in figure 2.

When you have completed all of Part One, you can go on to Part Two

Mystery Quilt Part 2

Part 2

Using the 1/3 yard of each light and dark fabrics cut the following (or the equivelent from your scrap bag):

Cut light and dark fabric strips 3-1/2" wide by whatever length (if this comes out of your scrap bag it is whatever length available, if cutting from a full piece of fabric it will be approximately 44")

Strip piece them together so you have a strip similar to figure 3

Press toward the dark fabric.

Cut across the seam for pieces that are 2-1/2" x 6-1/2"

You will need 36 of the pieces of the configuration similar to that shown in figure 4

When you have completed all of Part Two, you can go on to Part Three

Mystery Quilt Part 3

Part 3

Using the 1/2 yard of light fabric and 1/4 yard dark fabric cut the following (or the equilvent from your scrap bag):

Cut dark fabric strips 2-1/2" wide by whatever length (if this comes out of your scrap bag it is whatever length available, if cutting from a full piece of fabric it will be approximately 44")

Cut light fabric strips 4-1/2" wide by whatever lenghth (if this comes out of your scrap bag it is whatever length available, if cutting from a full piece of fabric it will be approximately 44")

Strip piece the light and dark fabrics together so that you have a strip set (or several strips) similar to that shown in figure 5

Press seam towards the dark fabric.

Cut across the seam for pieces that are 2-1/2" x 6-1/2"
You will need 36 of the pieces of the configuration similar to that shown in figure 6

When you have completed all of Part Three you can go to Part Four