Christmas Party

Let me tell you- crafty ladies know how to party. Enough food for a group three times our size, a fabulous gift exchange and sewing late into the night. I heard a rumor that the evening lasted until 4 am for some!















More details on some of the gifts can be found here, here, and here.

Reminder

Christmas Party and Sewing Night is tonight! 7 pm at the Hen House (behind the Quilt Barn). Potluck dinner with ham provided by the guild. Gift exchange. Sewing into the wee hours of the night. I'm so excited I could squeal. See you there!


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Last Minute

Sewing Night Tonight! 7pm until we all get tired and go home. At the Quilt Barn. Come and bring friends!

(Sorry for not posting this reminder earlier but my laptop has been having problems this week.)

Alright ladies! I'm here with a little meeting recap and a few announcements. If you weren't there, our meeting this month was an absolute hoot. Lots of girl talk (which I will not post here), lots of great show and tells, and Tara demonstrated paper-pieced hexagons. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so all I have are two not great camera phone pictures.





I hereby promise to bring my camera to meetings from now on so we can share more of our wonderful creations here on the blog.

If you missed Tara's demonstration or would just like to know more about English Paper Piecing, here are some great online tutorials.
Quiltville
Sew Mama Sew
The Sometimes Crafter
Crafty Stylish
How to Sew a Patchwork Ball
Of course, there are a ton more tutorials out there and a ton of shapes other than hexagons.Do your own web and Flickr searches. It will keep you busy for days. I'm working on a paper-pieced quilt using diamonds right now. I'll bring it again sometime to show and tell.

Alright- listen up. Time for announcements.
1. We decided to change the date of our Christmas party/potluck/sewing night. It will be December 10th starting at 7 pm in the Hen House- the retreat center behind the Quilt Barn. Don't worry, we'll have someone out in front of the store pointing out the way. The Guild will be providing a main course. Bring either a side or a dessert (or both!) to share with everyone. We'll eat, have a small gift exchange, tell racy stories and sew late into the night. This is our only meeting for the month of December. Everybody come! It is going to be a fantastic evening.
2. I've started a Flickr group for our Guild. Join it! Right here. Seriously, click the link right now and go join the group. While you're there, add any pictures of anything you've made for a guild swap. Heck, add any quilty pictures you want.
3. If you have a crafty blog, let me know (trinasdoings@gmail.com) and I'll add it to the list on this page.
4. We have a Facebook group, as well. If you are on Facebook, you have to add me (Trina Rowlands) as a friend and then I can add you to the group. I want to try and get the group more active- get some quilty discussions going to tide us over until the next guild meeting.

I think that's all for now. Thanks for reading to the end. Thanks for participating in the group. Quilt guild nights are the best nights of the month. I love talking to you ladies and seeing the things you create.

Trina
(the new quilt guild internet diva)

Charity Quilting Weekend

hello!

As some of you know we were going to be having a charity quilting blitz this weekend.

We are going to have to postpone it and replan for another time, maybe next weekend.

We are still having out late night sew this Saturday 7-12 PM.

I have also posted on facebook. If you know of any members who arent on facebook or read the blog please pass this message along.

See you Saturday!

Cathedral Window

This Thursday, August 11, is our next Guild meeting. I know the summer has been (and still is) a busy time for all of us so we really appreciate the efforts of everyone. Some guilds dont have summer meetings and I am glad we are still meeting up.

I am demo'ing cathedral windows this month. I know, not such a modern block. However, this block is all over the blogaspere. Everyone is trying their hand at this block. It involves alot of folding and you can use your scraps for the windows.

I am going to use Hyena in Petticoats' tutorial. She does a great job showing how to make this block. The great thing about this block is that it is a quilt as you go. No backing required. Hyena in Petticoats even shows you how to add a bit of batting to the windows to make it a bit warmer. A great way to use up batting scraps.

Here is the link. I will come back later and add a picture of the block I will be demo'ing. Hope you can make the meeting. See you there. Tara

Hey everyone!

Don't forget that our fun picnic is tomorrow (August 4th) at 6 pm at thompson park over on addison! Hope to see you there!