February 2011

Saturday Sewing Day this Saturday Feb 12th at Town and Country Presbyterian Church.  Linda is bringing bean soup and Marcia cheese and crackers to share.  If you plan to attend, please consider bringing a side dish to pass...

Here is a note from Amy to catch you up to date with past and upcoming events: 

Greetings to all,    Hope the big snow is not getting you down,  keep your head up SPRING WILL COME!

We had a great time at the January over night.  Although no one slept over several sewed on Friday night and there were 12 members there on Sat.   Chris D. made some great barbecue and everyone else brought food to share for lunch.  

Some worked on "Quilts of Valor" and some worked on their own projects.  Marcia has batting she will sell the guild at $3.00 a yard and backing for $2.00 a yard for the Quilts of Valor.  If you are working on one and will be quilting it contact her to make arrangements to get batting and backing.    We saw lots of neat projects during Show and Tell.  There was a good discussion about having demo's and guest teachers along with our new more relaxed meeting and sewing time.  Many felt there was no reason we can't have both.  If you would like to do a demo or have a suggestion for a class or teacher let Amy know so we can work on it.

I am looking into a play or musical we can attend as a group for a fun outing.  "A Day About Town" or something like that was suggested, would anyone like to plan this, maybe for spring?  Talk about it at the next meeting. 

Our next meeting is February 28th Cathy V will open the church and former president Pam will preside over the business discussions.  Chris Daly will be doing a demo about adding piping to borders. Linda is bringing treats. 

   

  

   

January 2011 - Meeting and Overnight

Reminders for everyone: Sleep-over is Friday Afternoon Jan. 21st & Saturday Jan 22nd at the Town and Country Presbyterian Church.  The Quilts of Valor will be worked on during the sleepover - Linda K. is heading this project.  She has the colors, measurements, etc. that are needed.  If you have not submitted your 10 1/2" squares of red, white, blue please bring them to the sleepover. We will hold our January guild meeting on Saturday January 22nd at 10:00 am. If you plan to spend the night on Friday please contact Linda K.

2010 Quilt Show photos

September 2010 Meeting and October 2 & 3rd Quilt Show

Greetings!

Just a quick update on information going on in the guild:

Our quilt show will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 2 & 3, at Schmitt-Woodland Hills. If you have quilts you would like to show, you may either bring them to the quilt guild meeting on Monday, September 27, or have them at Schmitt by noon on October 1. Please write up a brief description - pattern name, who pieced and who quilted (either one by hand or machine).

Everyone is asked to bring to the September meeting 10 1/2" squares of fabric (one each color) in blue (navy), red (burgundy) and white (ivory) for the Quilts of Valor, which will be pieced at the January sleep-over at Town & Country Presbyterian Church. It is hoped that we will have a quilt to donate to one wounded soldier in each county that is represented by members of the guild from the counties of Richland, Grant, Iowa, Crawford and Vernon.

In the August meeting, we signed up for various projects, events, treats and teaching techniques. If you haven't signed up yet, be sure to sign up for those that interest you!

Jean G. will be having her rummage sale this weekend (Sept 11th weekend).

REMEMBER: The church will be open at 6:00 to set up your machine and start sewing on the project of your choice! A brief business meeting will begin at 7:00. If you are coming for the business meeting, please stay for show and tell and the fellowship of quilters.

See you at the meeting on the 27th!

Blessings,

Deb

August 23, 2010 Meeting

Greetings! Just a few quick reminders for the Monday, August 23rd, meeting: 1. The church will be open at 6:00pm to set up your sewing machines. Bring any project you would like to work during this open sewing time. 2. There will be sign-up sheets for the events we discussed at the last meeting (ugly fabric, challenge, quilt show trip, shop hop, day in town/country, cookie exchange, theater trip, block of the month, table runners, treats, willing to teach a technique or class) 3. A very short business meeting will be held at 7:00pm - remember, we voted to take our guild time for sewing, classes, show & tell and fellowship - not for lengthy business meetings. We also voted that decisions will be discussed in the business portion of the evening with the executive committee making the final decision based on the discussion. 4. Come ready to sew, show what you've been doing, have fun & talk! One agenda item will be whether or not we will have a quilt show this year. If you have any other agenda items, please contact me (Deb B.) either via e-mail or phone. See you Monday! Blessings, Deb

NEWSLETTER July 2010

Summer is Here

Maybe I should call it “weeding season”! They sure are the fastest things growing with this heat and rain! At least we all know we’re not alone out there “weeding” through the weeds. Everyone I’ve talked to claims his/her grass and weeds are growing twice as fast as anything else. Some vegetable gardens are not as productive as people had hoped. I still like this time of year – fruits and vegetables are easier to find and diets are easier (and cheaper) to stick to with the fruits’ and vegetables’ availability.

Another Quilt Year Ahead

I’ve been thinking how I can make the guild better for everyone. I know that not everyone will be “happy” but then when does that happen? Do circumstances really occur that make everyone happy? If you know how to make that happen, please let me know. I will tell you that I’ve put a lot of thought into this year and have a few ideas that I will share at the guild meeting on Monday, July 26.

I’ve enclosed a questionnaire that I hope everyone will take the time to fill out. Remember this is YOUR guild too!

New Books

I’m not usually one to buy new books, but these are so good I did buy 4 of them*! Check them out:

Farmers’ Wife (traditional blocks)

Hobo Quilts (blocks With the Signs the Hobos used)

*Bargello Quilts With a Twist (bargello quilts made using blocks)

*Quilted Symphony (a very good art quilt design book)

*First Ladies’ Quilt (a history & block for each First Lady)

*Bead Creative Art Quilts (very good instructional beading book)

Birthday Blocks

If you’ve signed up for the birthday block exchanges, please follow through. It’s interesting each month to see what people have made.

See you at the Guild Meeting, Monday, July 27, 7:00p.m.

Deb

February Meeting Update

Just a reminder that our meeting will be Monday, February 22 at

7:00. The church will be open at 6:00 for anyone who wants to work before the meeting.

We will be discussing a change of our meeting time. There has been some discussion about moving the meeting time to Saturday mornings. Or only doing Saturday morning once every three months. Think about this and we will discuss more on Monday evening.

I will need all of the completed applique blocks for the walk with grace quilt. We also need more fabric for the 9 patch blocks. Any pastel colors will do. We need 4 1/2" squares.

Birthday block for February is Jean Fuller. 10 1/2" blocks, bright colors, any pattern.

Julie would like any fabric that you will not be using to make pillow cases with her other quilt group. She needs at least 1/4 yd pieces.

I will need all Project Linus quilts. We will also do a picture for the paper.

See you Monday evening.

Pam