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.