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.