SHOW & SHINE -- 11 Jan 2016

January was a pretty quiet month for Show & Shine.  There were only 3 members showing a total of 6 quilts.

1.  Judy Prince has been using up her salvage edges.  She has finished two queen size quilts with salvage edges as the main feature.
     a.  Squares on point. 

         The back view gives you the story about how this quilt is put together.

        b.  This looks like flying geese.

            Again, the back tells the story.  What a lot of work!

2.  Helen Wilde's first quilt inspired our request to have her demonstrate how to make a scallop edge on a quilt at our next meeting.  Take a look at this quilt and you'll know why.
     a. 

          Close-up of the corner of her "9 patch" quilt.  Perfect scallops.

   
      b.  Stars within stars, now this is impressive.  A number of our guild members were wondering if they could borrow the pattern.

          Here is a close-up of the machine quilting she did on this quilt. 

3.  Dawn Collins showed two small projects she made over Christmas.
     a.  A small Christmas table runner.  She thought the colours weren't great but you work with what you have.
               Photo to be added soon.

     b.  A Moon Santa table topper.
               Photo to be added soon.

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR & GUILD MEETING REMINDER -- 11 Jan 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

We're into a New Year and I can feel it's going to be a good one.  Is everyone ready to get back to quilting?  Has anyone stopped quilting?

 

It's almost time to get back to some wonderful new quilting information, tips, techniques and demos.  Remember, our first Guild Meeting is on

 

11 January 2016

10:00am at the

 Tanner Seniors Centre.

 

Who has set themselves a quilting related New Year's Resolution?  Let's hear some of them.  It would be great to see some of your resolutions written up as 

comments to this posting.

 

I've set myself a goal for 2016. (one of many...lol)

 

I would like to add 50% more authors to this blog.  I'm looking for more participation.  It can be in the form of comments or new postings, or even looking through some of the postings.

 

Let's get QUILTING!

 

Your blog administrator, Dawn

SEASONAL WISHES -- Dec 2015/Jan 2016

Hello everyone!

This is a brief note to pass along my wish for each and everyone of you.  

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Season

and have a

 Happy New Year!

From your Blog Administrator, Dawn.

SHOW & SHINE -- 08 December 2015

Some of our quilters have been busy this past month.  Wait 'til you see these quilts.  Five quilters brought 11 projects.  This doesn't include the 47 Wheelchair quilts that were dropped off at the entrance.

1.  Gail Erickson...
     a.  This jean quilt cost her several broken needles but what a wonderful
          quilt.
          The next photo shows the back.

        b.  This is a very delicate, and well made Christmas Countdown
             Wall hanging.

        c.  Gail told us she decided yesterday to make this cute table runner.
             There were several gasps from the group.  The back of the runner
             used up the remaining fabric pretty much completely.

 

2.  Heidi Sharp has been very efficient this past month. 

     a.  Not strictly a quilt, Heidi showed her crocheted, entralac throw.

      b.  This is a quillow for her granddaughter.  This has beautiful machine embroidery of horses.  Once opened the second picture shows what it looks like.

       c.  Here is the second quillow.  This granddaughter loves kittens so, kittens it was.



 3.  Joan Strang bought a set of templates.  One of these templates helped her create this beautiful quilt.
      a. 

4.  Linda Scott ...
     a.  This amazing redwork quilt besides having a border of various sizes and block types has a center panel that is completely hand embroidered.  There are three close-ups of parts of this panel.



b.  This is the second time Linda has made this pattern.  It is one of the first patterns put out by Heart to Heart.  This is Nancy Halvorsen's company.

 c.  Another project not strictly a quilt was sooooo cute.  This crocheted owl is a bunting bag.

 5.  Sylvia Pankhurst...
      a.  Sylvia is interested in the Underground Railroad that ran from the U.S. to Canada that runaway slaves took to be free.  This quilt is made including the quilt blocks that were used to pass information of what to do and the direction to take.  To further demonstrate the uniqueness of each block they are quilted with a different pattern.  The back is the easiest way to see the quilting.
           - The next photo shows the blocks from the front.
           - The final photo is the explanation of each block.  This label is attached to the back of the quilt.



GENERAL MEETING NOTES -- 08 December 2015

We had a short meeting so we could get to the fun.  There were no demos, tips or techniques.  We did have lunch and played some games, but more of that further down the page.  Our Executive did a wonderful job of decorating and organizing this event.  Specific thanks goes to Sharon Quinton for the best Hay Stacks ever and for taking on the preparation and delivery of the Wheelchair Quilts; Betty Trudeau for making all the mini Christmas Stockings and assisting with the decorating; Gail Purnell for all the decorations; and Sheila Kimberley for guiding the ship and for preparing all the quilt kit prizes, getting the patterns copied, etc., etc. 

Here's a massive Thank You to our executive for all their hard work! 

 

Take a look at some of the decorations...

 The nativity Set played Christmas Carols.

The tables were all decorated with these gorgeous Centerpieces.



1.  Birthday Girls this month, Donna Prince &
                                           Sheila Kimberley

2.  Donations for our local seniors facilities were piled up on two tables as everyone dropped their quilts off when they came in.  Take a look at all these beauties.

Linda Scott is looking at Donna Prince's contribution.  The pattern for this block is on this blog.  Search for Quilt Pattern Instructions to go to the posting.

Janet Walton is in awe at all the beautiful quilts to be donated.

 LaRae McKinnon and Linda Scott are busily going through all the quilts.

3.  Early Bird winner was LaRae McKinnon.  She was first to arrive for the meeting today.

4.  A large jar of candy canes was set up on the table as we entered.  We were asked to write down the number we thought were in the jar.  We had three winners!  Each had guessed the number was 300.  The actual number was 309.
Donna Prince, Gail Purnell and Dawn Collins each received a quilt kit of their choosing from the selection at the head table.

5.  Beginning in January 2016, LaRae McKinnon will be presenting stories about quilting each month.  Thank you LaRae!

6.  We each received, upon arrival, a sheet with a selection of Quilt Acronyms.  We were all trying to fill in what each represented.  Here are the answers for those who are interested.

     B.O.M. -- Block of the Month
     D.S.M. -- Domestic Sewing Machine
     F.A.R.T. -- Fabric Acquisition Road Trip
     F.O.B. -- Fear of Binding
     F.Q. -- Fat Quarter
     H.S.T. -- Half Square Triangle
     L.A. -- Long Arm
     L.A.Q. -- Long Arm Quilting/er
     L.Q.S. -- Local Quilt Shop
     M.A.Q. -- Mid Arm Quilter/ing
     O.B.W. -- One Block Wonder
     PhD -- Project Half Done
     P.I.G.S. -- Projects In Grocery Sacs
     P.P. -- Paper Piecing
     Q.A.Y.G. -- Quilt As You Go
     R.R. -- Round Robin
     S.A.B.L.E. -- Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
     S.E.X. -- Stash Extension eXperience
     S.I.D. -- Stitch In the Ditch
     S.n.W. -- Stack 'n Wack
     Squishy -- I'm not sure of this one.  Can anyone help?
     S.T.A.S.H. -- Special Treasures All Safely Hidden
     T.G.I.F. -- Thank Goodness It's Finished
     T.O.T. -- Tone On Tone
     U.F.O. -- UnFinished Objects
     V.I.P. -- Very Important Project
     W.H.I.M.M. -- Works Hidden In My Mind
     W.I.P. -- Work in Progress
     W.I.S.P. -- Work In Slow Progress
     W.W.I.T. -- What Was I Thinking
     W.O.F. -- Width Of Fabric
     W.O.M.B.A.T. -- Waste of Money, Batting And Fabric

Ruby Quinton had the highest number of correct answers. 

 

6.  For our last game we played Strip Poker.  Now before you all get excited, it means strips of fabric.  The people who went home with the most fabric strips, our BIG Winners, were Gail Erickson, Betty Trudeau, Gail Purnell, Linda Scott, Jo-Anne Schindler, LaRae McKinnon and Shirley Paulson.

I hope everyone will have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Keep On Quilting.

P.S.  Don't forget to take a look at our Show & Shine post.  We had some really spectacular quilts shown in December.

DON'T FORGET -- GUILD MEETING CHANGE - Tuesday, 10:00AM 08Dec2015

No Guild Meeting on Monday! 

 

Meeting changed to

 

Tuesday, 10:00AM 8 December 2015.

Please bring your Wheelchair Quilts to this meeting.

ARE QUILTERS NORMAL PEOPLE?

I saw this article?, poem?, in "Quilt Almanac", 1984, pg 52.  With a few adjustments to account for the difference in country and to update to 2015, I enclose this for your enjoyment.

ARE QUILTERS NORMAL PEOPLE?  
(Changes are identified by italics.)

A look at the good life                       by J.E. Russell 

There are two kinds of people in this world; those who quilt and those who don't.  Quilters feel that they are really no different from other people, but let us compare:

Quilters have basements filled with boxes of fabric, and rolls of batting leaning against the wall.  Normal people have large screen TVs, game controllers, pictures on the walls and empty suitcases.

Quilters' children wear shoes at all times and never crawl once they have learned to walk.  Normal peoples' kids run barefoot through the house.  They have no fear of pins in their feet.

Quilters have the ironing board next to the sewing machine.  Their points and corners are perfectly pressed.  Normal people have pressed skirts and pants and they have all the buttons on their shirts.

Quilters have co-ordinated bedrooms, with matching quilts, pillows and wall hangings.  Normal people have co-ordinated wardrobes.

Quilters read quilt magazines, quilt books and pattern instructions.  Normal people read the newspaper on-line, the latest novels and Reader's Digest.

Quilters families eat chili, meals from the Crockpot and anything they can fix themselves.  Normal people eat quiche, fresh vegetables and home-made cookies.

Quilters travel across and out of country to visit quilt shows. Normal people visit [ ] Parks and historical monuments.

Quilters receive e-mail flyers from fabric stores announcing sales.  Normal people look for coupons on-line and take advantage of refund offers.

Quilters receive a discount at the local quilt shop.  Normal people have credit cards for major stores.

Quilters use their dining room for quilting.  Normal people have silk flower centerpieces and guests for dinner.

Quilters save milk cartons [ ] for storage. Normal people recycle their trash.

Quilters carry 3x5 cards covered with yardage requirements and snips of fabric to match.  Normal people carry lists with the family's sizes written on them.

Quilters carry photos of quilt shows and their finished projects.   Normal people carry pictures of their children.

Quilters have rough hands, split nails, rounded shoulders and saddle bag hips.  Normal people have manicures, straight backs and trim hips from attending fitness classes.

Quilters have [ ] glasses and purple shadows under their eyes from sewing late into the night.  Normal people get eight hours sleep and wear contact lenses, if they need glasses at all.

Quilters have needle-nose pliers, razor blades and sandpaper in their sewing boxes.  Normal people have two spools of thread -- one light, one dark -- and a few assorted buttons.

Quilters will never live long enough to finish everything they would like to do, and usually wear themselves out trying. Normal people make a will and wait for the end when they quietly fade away.

Quilters leave works of art filled with memories that will one day be of historic importance.

Normal people leave ...............?

WHEEL CHAIR QUILT PATTERN OPTION

Many of you have used squares you've got in your stash or strips to make your donation quilts.  If you are not comfortable with creating your own pattern and would rather use a pattern, there is one below. This pattern will go together very quickly.

 

 

Designed by Dawn Collins.

2nd ANNUAL HILL SPRING QUILT SHOW -- April 19, 2016

Below is an announcement for the Hill Spring Quilt Show. 

They will only be accepting the first 100 entries so get thinking about what you'll be entering!

QUILT CHALLENGE FOR 2015/2016 INTERIM BLOCK SUMMARY

Our Quilt Challenge this year involves making a quilt that includes all the blocks demonstrated each month at our Guild Meetings.  These quilts should be completed for the final meeting of this year, June 2016.  Feel free to make more than one of the blocks in order to create your quilt.

I thought that a summary would be appropriate now since we will not have a demonstration in December.

Here are the blocks by month thus far.

September Demo Block

1.  Flying Geese Blocks arranged as shown created using 1/2 square triangles made 8 at once.  Demonstrated by Sharon Quinton. 

October Demo Blocks

2.  Snowball Blocks created and demonstrated by Gail Purnell.  Gail also showed us what the block would look like with only two corners used.  You can see a block like this in the background of the picture below.

3.  1/2 square triangles demonstrated by Heidi Sharp.  An alternative method of creating 1/2 square triangles from strips sewn together.  Since it was only the 1/2 square triangle square demonstrated, you can create just about any  arrangement you prefer.  There are three examples, of so many available to you, shown below.  You may also consider using this square for a border.

November Demo Block

4.  The 10-minute block demonstrated by Sylvia Pankhurst.

 

Now you have a summary of all four blocks to be created for your challenge quilt.  Hopefully everyone is keeping up with these blocks.

 

HAPPY QUILTING!

 



SHOW & SHINE -- 09 Nov 2015

With an expanded Quilt Guild enrollment this year, our quilt production has necessarily increased.  Add to this, our efforts to create 60 Wheelchair Quilts for donation to the Cardston Hospital Auxiliary and Lee Crest Seniors Home, results in a long list of quilters and greater number of quilts.
 
Prepare to be impressed!
 
We have 16 quilters that created 39 projects.
 
1.  Kristy Stewart
     a.  Pot Holders
     b.  Coasters.  Kristy holds both projects up with a pile of reproductions on the table.

2.  Helen Wilde ...
     a.  Wheelchair Quilt #1

     b.  Wheelchair Quilt #2

     c.  Wheelchair Quilt #3

     d.  Wheelchair Quilt #4 wasn't held out long enough for me to get a photo.
 
3.  Judy Salmon
     a.  This was a fabric panel which Judy whipped-up.

     b.  Judy's October Sew Day Project completed.  Cute.

     c.  Computer Bag in Purples.  Very nice.

     d.  Calendar block for November.  Judy designed this block herself.  Everyone was delighted with the end result.



     e. & f.  Wheelchair Quilts #1 and #2.  These weren't shown. 

4.  Heidi Sharp
     a.  Heidi will be away next month so she brought this quilt which isn't quite finished.  There is a close-up of the quilting for each block.  Heidi, you're getting very good at machine quilting.

     b.  This quilt was a gift for her daughter for last Christmas.  It's finished this Christmas.  The quilt was cross-stitched by a friend and machine quilted by by Heidi.

 
5.  Gail Erickson ...
     a.  Gail likes to have baby quilts on hand all the time.  I think she said that this is the last for the time-being.  They're all so delicious.

 6.  Raeola Baker ...
     a.  Wedding quilt made with letters of vinyl. This was a kit quilt from Village Quilts.

     b.  This quilt was made with assistance from the great people at Village Quilts.

 
7.  Ruby Quinton ...
     a.  Ruby makes such wonderful quilts.  This is a Disappearing 4-patch pattern.

 
8.  Sharon Pitcher ...
     a.  I believe this is the first completed quilt Sharon has shown.  It's unusual construction appealed to Sharon.  It makes both sides of the quilt at the same time and only takes 2 jelly rolls to complete.  I believe the quilt name is Mile-a-Minute quilt.

9.  Lisa Comin ...
     a.  loves to make wall hangings because of how quickly they make up.  She's all about the colours.

     b.  Lisa has made a shaded dark to light vertical Chevrons wall hanging. 

     c.  This is her version of the Fall Pumpkin Sew Day project made as a wall hanging.

 
10.  Dianne Oertli ...
     a.  I've been waiting to see this quilt, Dianne, ever since I saw you working on it at one of our sew days.  It's gorgeous, and I'm not saying that just because I love green.  The design is called French Braid.

     b.  The fabric in this single-bed quilt is very special.  It is fabric purchased in Alaska while Dianne was on a cruise. Her great granddaughter should be pleased.

11.  Judy Prince ...
      a. loves to work in wool.  This Applique Cornucopia is wonderful.  The wool makes everything look so rich.

      b. Judy made the next two Wheelchair quilts using the demo block for this month.  Sylvia is holding up these samples.  10 Minute Block

      c.  This is a shorter version for a lady.  They both have pockets.

      d.  Judy is showing her reversible Nativity quilt below.  She has been collecting Nativity fabric for a long time.  She still has plenty left for making more gorgeous quilts.  The back of the quilt is a completely different design so that this quilt can be reversed.



     e.  This is another quilt Judy brought to show our meeting demo 10 Minute blocks.



    

       f.  Judy made this lovely quilt by cutting up a fabric panel and adding frames, pieces between the blocks and some poinsettia applique.

12.  Gail Purnell ...
      a.  This scrumptious quilt is made with a pattern called Love Knots.  Very impressive, great colours and wonderfully made.

 
13.  Betty Trudeau ...
       a.  completed this project given to her by Donna Prince, at least that is what I understood.  Log Cabin

       b.  Betty's pumpkin table runner from the Oct Sew Day pattern.  It's so interesting to see everyone's version of this project.

       c.  Betty made an additional Pumpkin Sew Day project but again added her own twist for Halloween by adding the face.  The fabric that you've used for the border is adorable.

 
14.  Sharon Quinton ...
       a.  agreed to bring this wall hanging to show someone at the meeting.  We made her show it but she didn't want to show it for very long.  I think, even with the blurring, you can see the design.

      
     b.  This Hexagon Table Topper was begun at one of the Sew Days last year.  It was worth the wait.  It is made perfectly with a great design!

 
15.  Sheila Kimberley ...
       a.  never wants to show her work. When she brought her Wheelchair Quilt to explain how she made the self-bound edge, I took a picture. 

       b.  Wheelchair Quilt she didn't show at Show & Shine.  I'll try to get a picture in December.

16.  Donna Prince ...
       a.  decided to make her two Wheelchair Quilts with the blocks used in the Raw Edge Scrappy Quilt.  We have this pattern on the blog.

       b.  Her second Wheelchair quilt is longer for use by the gentlemen. It is also made with the Raw Edge Scrappy Quilt.

Keep on Quilting!