WELCOME TO OUR NEW AUTHOR/MEMBER

Welcome to our new author. 

Alice Sheen

We're glad to have you on board.

SHOW & SHINE -- 11 May 2015

We had a wide range of projects shown this month.  There were 10 quilters showing 27 quilting projects!  What a haul.

1.  Ruby Quinton
     a.  Mexican Flower Applique Quilt. Front, back & close-up. Ruby has been very busy this month with three full-size quilts completed as well as 2 small projects!  I believe this quilt was hand-quilted.

     b. & c.  Hexagon Table Toppers  She made 2 on Sew Day. It is in browns directly under the 'Sew Day Fun' sign.  She used brown rick rack for the edge.

     d.  Black, white & red quilt. Front and back.  Hand quilted.

       e.  Pink, White and Green Floral Bed Quilt.  Front and close-up. Hand quilted.

2.  Barb Sheen
     a.  Vintage Square Crib Quilt (dark on light).  Quilt front and close-up.  All the pieces stitched onto the background are pinked by hand.

 

     b.  Vintage Square Crib Quilt light on dark.  Quilt front, close-up & back.

  

     c.  Vintage Circle Crib Quilt.  Quilt front and close-up. 

     c.  Paper pieced Feathered Star in batiks.  Heidi Sharp (l) and Christy Stewart (r) are holding Barb Sheen's quilt.  Christy said that this was as close as she was going to get to a quilt this difficult.   Barb told us that she's already started on another paper pieced quilt.  I can't wait till she brings that quilt for Show & Shine!

3.  Sylvia Terry

     a.  Hexagon Flower Quilt.  This is raw edge applique.  It was blanket stitched by hand by Sylvia.

     b.  Friendship Applique Quilt designed by Sylvia (l).  Each "person" is unique. Heidi Sharp (r) assisting.  Almost all of her quilts contain embroidery.

     c.  Twist & Turn Appliqued Quilt designed by Sylvia.  The pattern for this has been provided by Sylvia for posting on the blog.  See separate posting. Search for Twist & Turn Quilt.

       d.  Small applique wall hanging.  Quilt front and close-up. I believe this quilt is a designed and constructed by Sylvia.



4.  Dawn Collins
     a.  Applique Wall Hanging called "Catch & Release".  Front and close-up.  This is incomplete at the moment but will not be available for viewing once complete.  It is heading to her father for his 88th Birthday.

 

     b.  Hexagon Table Topper made on Sew Day.  Dawn's hexagon was made with upholstery fabric.  Of the three, Dawn's is the top right hexagon in gold, red, green, blue and tan.

5.  Betty Trudeau

     a.  Hexagon Table Topper made on Sew Day.  Betty didn't have enough repeats on her fabric to do all 6 pieces the same so she did 3 and 3 and alternated these pieces.  This turned out very nicely.  Betty's hexagon is the bottom right.  Betty used rick rack around the edge of her hexagon.

     b.  Mother's Day Applique Fancy Boot Wall Hanging  This wall hanging was designed by Betty.  I think she is making one for every month.

6.  Raeola Baker
     a.  Hexagon Table Topper made on Sew Day.  Raeola put extra large rick rack on the edges of her hexagon.

7.  Alice Sheen
     a.  Hexagon Table Topper made on Sew Day.  It is identical to Raeola's.  The only difference was Alice hadn't quite finished hers.  It will likely be done within a day or two.  Alice's hexagon is the bottom right.

8.  Donna Prince
     a.  Hexagon Table Topper made on Sew Day.  Donna's hexagon is the top left, made with Santas, snowmen & reindeer.

9.  Sheila Kimberley
     a. to e.  Hexagon Table Toppers  Sheila made quite a few of these as examples for us to see at the sew day but then she made a few more for the meeting.  These are on the table in front of her.

     b.  Applique Bunny Crib Quilt  It's strange how many applique projects were shown this month just when we had an applique demonstration.

10.  Heidi Sharp
       a.  Crib Quilt with the backing wrapping to front making the border and binding.  The recipients name is embroidered onto the quilt -- Gideon.

 

Keep on Quilting ...

TWIST & TURN APPLIQUE QUILT -- Quilt Pattern Instructions

Twist & Turn Applique Quilt Pattern Instructions

This quilt was designed and approved for posting by Sylvia Terry. 

The template shown is not actual size. The blog does not have enough room to show the template at full size. You can get the actual size template by contacting Sylvia Terry or Dawn Collins. 

 

You will need approximately 2 1/2 meters of each of two fabrics. 

 

This is a set of blocks showing the correct placement of triangles for the blocks and the whole quilt block layout.  Additional rows and columns of blocks will expand the size of the quilt.  Of course, you'll need to adjust the amount of fabric you use.

 

 

When Sylvia was asked how long it took her to turn the triangles she said, "It takes me 2 episodes of 'Coronation Street' to turn all 96 triangles."  It's an interesting way of calculating time.

GENERAL MEETING NOTES -- 11 May 2015

Quilt Shows and Workshops

1.  Information was provided for Heritage Park Quilt Show May 23-24.  Entry fee is $25.75.  There is a 2 day workshop prior to the quilt show on 21 & 22.  Cost is $190.00.

2.  There is a shop hop in Montana on the 28th thru 30th May.  See details below.  If you aren't interested in participating the names and addresses of the quilt shops is a good resource.

3.  LaRae and Donna went to the Great Falls quilt show last weekend.  LaRae gave a short report.  There are lots of vendors at this show.  LaRae and Donna made a plan to see the vendors the first day and then the quilts the second day. The Great Falls Quilt Show is held every 2 years.  LaRae will send some of her pictures to put onto the blog.

4.  Sheila reminded the Guild members again of Quilt Canada in Lethbridge on the 3rd and 4th of June at the University of Lethbridge.

Blog News

Dawn is keeping stats for ...
  a.  number of views in the month -- 325
  b.  highest number of views on a single day -- 78
  c.  number of invitations still outstanding -- 22
  d.  number of posts made in the previous month -- 16
  e.  number of authors to date -- 20
  f.  countries of viewers -- newest addition -- United Arab Emirates

If you need assistance to set up your account and sign on to the blog please call Dawn.  She will gladly come to you, to help.

Sew Day Projects

Sheila Kimberley had the hexagon table toppers, made on our latest sew day, posted on the front board with the names of the makers pinned on.  There were 8 members who made this project. Unfortunately a 9th member became ill and had to leave. 

More Sew Days are being requested. 

  Sheila Kimberley taught us how to make these table toppers.

Discussions

1.  Location of Last Guild Meeting of the Year
Next month is our last meeting of the year (June 8th).  There was a thorough discussion regarding the location for our June meeting. Alice Sheen suggested that we look into booking the Tanner Center rather than coming to our usual location.  We will be contacted by Sheila once the information is gathered and a final decision is made. 

2.  Meal for Last Guild Meeting of the Year
Donna Prince offered to make our lunch for the June meeting for the price of the food.  This was accepted.

3.  Sew Days after each Guild Meeting
We also discussed the possibility of having a choice to remain after the Guild meetings to sew on a group project or our own quilts.  This would improve the social aspect of our Guild and provide an opportunity to learn, gather ideas and view each other's projects during construction.

Upcoming Quilting Classes through Adult Education in Cardston

Donna Prince is our liason with Adult Education in Cardston.  She is the organizer for our classes.  All classes have attendance limits, so be prompt  contacting Donna with your choices.  (Judy Barnett's classes are through Adult Education.)

1.  Judy Barnett will be teaching her next 2 classes shortly.  In the first class, the attendees will make a special quilting bag to hold their rulers & cutting mats.  Sheila Kimberley brought in a sample of the bag for our perusal.  Anyone interested in making this bag, please contact Donna Prince.

 This photo shows the inside of the first large pocket in the bag.



2.  A second class will make a "salvage edge" purse.  Anyone interested in taking this class, start collecting your salvage edges.  If you can, cut your salvage edge strips 1 1/2" wide.  This extra width makes it easier to keep the writing on the  salvage visible on the purse and adds a dash of colour.  Sheila displayed Judy's sample of the finished project for the Guild members to view.  Again, if you are interested in this class please let Donna Prince know.

Sheila was hiding behind the purse and wouldn't lower the purse, so...

 I snuck around to the side and took a picture.  I think it turned out pretty well.  Don't you?  I can be pretty sneaky so watch out!

 Here is a close-up of the salvage edge purse.

 A close-up of the inside of the purse. As you can see there are plenty of pockets.

To Give Away

Christy Stewart is bringing an old cutting mat for whoever wants to have it.  A number of the ladies said that these mats, cut down, make wonderful purse and bag/tote bottoms.  It's great timing with the ruler bag and purse classes coming up.

Reminder

Please remember what we decided after the Tearing Game at the Christmas Meeting.  We are to make a project including all the fabrics we collected and bring it to the final meeting of the year.  Some of us collected quite a diverse selection of fabrics so ... we can add as many other fabrics to the project as we like.

I will send out another reminder later in the month. 

TIPS, TECHNIQUES AND DEMOS -- 11 May 2015

1.  Barb Sheen handed out a list of recommendations for preparing our quilts for longarm quilting.  Barb is a longarm quilter, therefore, she is intimately aware of the problems which can arise when a quilt is presented without following the recommendations in the printout provided.  This is essential information if you are going to pass your quilt to a longarm quilter.

Barb explained the reasons these recommendations are requested. The recommendations made so much more sense this way.

If you can't read the printing on these pages, leave me a comment and I'll type the article into a post.  It isn't a problem for me to do this so don't be shy.

 

This article was written by Carla Triemer.

 

Thank you Barb for providing all this wonderful information.

 

2.  Sylvia Terry demonstrated 2 different applique techniques.  See  the instructions she provided below.

 

 

A.  Examples of quilts or elements of quilts made using light weight iron-on interfacing.

     1.   Dresden Plates

      2.  Flowers and leaves to dress up tea towels.

       3.  Four Triangles added to each 10" block.

Sylvia provided the pattern for the red and white applique quilt shown above. I have placed this pattern in a separate post for you to find easily. It is tagged with "Quilt Pattern Instructions".

 

If you enjoy doing applique but can't stand all the time cutting, you can purchase precut applique quilt kits from Keepsake Quilting.

 

 

B.  Examples of quilts or elements of quilts using "Steam a Seam".

     1.  Raw edge applique Friendship Quilt.

     2.  Leaf pattern drawn on the paper side of a piece of "Steam a Seam".

 Note:  If you are doing a raw edge applique that you want to fray, use flannel or homespun.  Both fray well.

 

Thank you Sylvia for all your inspiration.