President's Challenge

The participants' creations for Donna's triangle challenge were on display at the meeting.  They were so well done and creative.  Donna presented prizes to the winners.  All of the entries will be on display at our Quilt Show.  This is yet another reason why you must attend the show!!

Kelly DuMaresq - May Speaker

Kelly DuMaresq told us her story of how scrappy quilts have become her passion.  Her trunk show was filled with gorgeous quilts all made from her scrap collection.  She also gave us hints on ways to utilize and store our scrap material.

The hints I liked were:

• Cut your scraps into 1 1/2", 2", 2 1/2", or 3 1/2"  strips or squares
• Keep all extra 1/2 triangles
• Check out www.quiltville.com for Bonnie Hunter info,  free patterns, etc
• Use squares as leaders and enders.  This way you can sew your squares together as you  work on other projects.

Kelly's presentation was so inspiring....especially for someone who loves scrappy quilts!

It all started with Kelly's grandmother's quilt

This is my favorite

Show and Share May Meeting

Our quilters are gearing up for our Quilt Show at the end of the month.  This was evident by the Show and Share segment at out May meeting.  Here are some examples of their handiwork:

Workshop line up for 2013 - 2014

Our Workshop Convenor - Karen Bright has been busy planning workshops for 2013-14. Here is a synopsis of workshops ready for sign up....

 BLOCK OF THE MONTH

A new Block of the Month with Chrissy Altelaar and Donna Starr will be starting in October 2013.

The pattern is the Rabbit Factory's Simply Christmas. The cost is $70 for the 7 months plus $12 for the pattern. A picture and the supply list will be available at the May meeting and can be picked up when you sign up and pay. This will allow you the whole summer to prepare your supplies for the class.


These workshops will all be held on Wednesdays on the following dates: Oct. 23rd, Nov. 20th, Jan. 22nd, Feb. 19th, Mar. 19th, April 23rd and May 21st.


Last year's group had a wonderful time each month. This class will fill up fast so sign up soon.



OCTOBER 29TH and 30TH ROGER KERR - Foundation Piecing

Roger is a Certified instructor for Judy Niemeyer quilting and teaches Judy's innovative foundation piecing techniques. Roger will be teaching 2 classes The 2 days are Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, October 30th. So choose the best date for you and sign up!!! Non-members are welcome so talk a friend into coming with you!!. Costs are $35 for members and $40 for non-members

There are 5 patterns that you can choose from and Karen will have samples to show you at the Guild meeting. Once you have your pattern chosen, you can order it plus any notions and supplies from the following local quilt shops:

• Appleseed Quilting - Sandra Falconer 
• The Quilter`s Inn - Barb Leffering 
• Sharron Coxon - Midland Ave. 

These shops are offering a discount to those with receipts showing they have paid for the class. The patterns are approximately $20 each.

Check out Roger online at Quilting from the Heart or his Facebook page Quilterguy

A Sample of Roger's work.

NOVEMBER 13TH - LEMOYNE STAR TABLE RUNNER
Leianne McCallum from Quilters Cupboard in Uxbridge will be teaching how to make the Lemoyne Star at this class. Karen hopes to have the supply list at the May meeting to hand out as you sign up. The cost of the class is $30 for member and $35 for non-member and there is a special ruler required which will be available at a discounted price. Karen will have more information about the ruler soon. 

Some of the other classes being arranged are:

Embroidery with Mary Anne RIchardson
Basic Machine Quiliting with Eleanor Pastic
Scraptures with Frances Emery

You can sign up for theses classes at the workshop table.

Stay tuned .... more classes are being arranged.  Next year will be very active..just like this year.

Block of the Month Club - April

Chrissy Altelaar and Donna Starr conducted another enjoyable Block of the Month workshop.  This month was also a special birthday for Donna Starr so cupcakes by Chrissy for everyone.  I am not telling which birthday it was ... but I was dancing at Teen Town to Surfin' U.S.A. by the Beach Boys the year she was born! Yikes Donna you are just a kid!!

And according to Chrissy there was no gold star for our president Ms MacD.  She put her blocks together the wrong way and the sneaky girl sat there quietly doing a little reverse sewing until Chrissy caught her in the act!  You have to watch out for the quiet ones.

Thanks for the pictures Chrissy.

The Block of the Month workshop is on May 22.

Happy Birthday Donna.

Little reverse sewing going on here ???

Show and Share April 2013

Show and Share needs more participation!!!  Donna has challenged us all to bring something next month.  It is always such a fun part of the meeting to see the what is being created by our talented membership.....

Here are some examples from this month..

April 2013 Meeting - Jan Anderson

Jan and her pal Barry.

We were treated to a very different meeting this month.  Jan Anderson - Exercise Therapist and quilter extraordinaire took us through our paces.  We learned Foot Rolls, Figure of 8's, Knee Rubs, Wrist Circles, and the amazing Wash Face in the Telephone Booth....plus a ton of other things to do to keep our joints from aching or just plain acting up!!  The hour went quickly and her humour amused us all.  Thanks Jan.

Stack n' Whack Workshop March 28th

Louise Manning held another of her fun and informative work shops on March 28th.  This popular Stack 'n Whack class was enjoyed by all.

President's Challenge

Donna demos a tradition block.  Way to go Jane...

As posted in September 2012, Donna has challenged us all to make an item from left over or newly made triangles. Submissions must be no smaller than a pot holder and no larger than a lap quilt.  Each project must contain at least one triangle.









The Categories are

• Traditional.  Choose blocks using triangles of half square triangles.  
• What were you thinking.  This can be anything - using triangles.
• Mixed media. This can involve using many different techniques with different embellishments to create your  piece. 

The first prize in each category is a free quilting of the next queen size quilt you make.  Wow that's a motivator!!   These items must be given to Donna before or at the April meeting.

Show and Share March 2013

Even though our Snowbirds have not returned and a lot of our  "material girls" have headed for their annual exodus to Pennsylvania...we did have some wonderful items to see during Show and Share this month.