September Guest - Maureen Blanchard, Cobblestone Quilts

Maureen Blanchard is with Cobblestone Quilts in Townsend MA.  She has an eclectic assortment of fabric, well worth a visit.

For our September meeting Maureen brought a selection of quilts that she has collected, showing how even "ugly" fabric can turn into a pretty interesting final result.  Some examples are below.

November 2018 Meeting Reminder

Our November meeting will take place on Tuesday November 13th at 7pm!! Doors open at 6:30 if you would like to come early for some pre-meeting sew-cializing!

Programming: Our programming this month will be a fun night of trivia. We'll break into teams and the winning team will receive an Aurifil Thread box. 

Timna Tarr Workshop: You asked and she's coming back! After hosting a successful workshop with Timna Tarr in 2016 we'll be bringing her back on March 9th for a full day mapmaking workshop. Pricing is $100 for members. We're trying to get PayPal back up and running, but for now you can pay with Cash or a Check at the meeting.

2019 Board Positions: Nominations for the 2019 board will take place at our November meeting. If you're interested in joining the board please speak up during the business part of our meeting. Voting will be held in December.

Shop Hop: Please bring your "passports" from the shop hops earlier this year to the November or December meeting and give them to Carolanne. She'll be making up tickets for each stamp you have and we'll have a drawing for a gift certificate in December.

Giveaways and Raffles: Our giveaway item this month is a deck of Ricky Tims Playing Cards. Your next card game will have a little quilty fun!

* Raffle #1: Triangle Toss Quilt Pattern with the Trim-A-Tip Tool.

* Raffle #2: 3/4 yard of Moda Mon Ami and 3/4 yard of a matching blender!

We'll see you Tuesday at the First Baptist Church!

October 2018 Meeting Reminder

Our October meeting will take place on Tuesday October 16th at 7pm!! Doors open at 6:30 if you would like to come early for some pre-meeting sew-cializing!

Programming: Our programming this month will be 3 cool projects that will teach you how to make simple holiday gifts. Sarah, Gail and Carolanne will lead us in 3 demos!

Jo Diggs Workshop: We'll be hosting Jo Diggs for a workshop on November 10th at Quilted Threads! Pricing is $65 for members and $75 for non-members.

2019 Board Positions: It's time to start thinking about 2019 board positions! If you would you like to help run the guild next year please reach out to a current board member for more information.

October 27th Road Trip: We currently have 7 people signed up for a day of quilty fun! See Lesley or Alison if you'd like to sign-up.

Shop Hop: Our first few shop hops were very popular, but they seemed to have fizzled out. Would you be interested in going on one in January? After you've purged all of your fabrics and notions for the yard sale you'll need to shop right?! We'll ask for a show of hands at the October meeting to try and get this planned. 

Giveaways and Raffles: Our giveaway item this month is perfect for those of us who love to travel with our quilting. A mini rotary cutter and mat!

* Raffle #1: Michelle has generously donated the beautiful hexie pillow from the top of this email for our monthly raffle! 

* Raffle #2: Two and a half yards of Moda Blushing Peonies with 1 yard of matching Kona.

We'll see you tonight at the First Baptist Church!

August Charity Quilts, Pouches and Show & Tell

Our August meeting was fun with members showing quilts as well as pouches from exchanges.  

Please note that the recorder did not capture everything (accidentally turned off), so I did not get everyone's names.  Many apologies!

The Charity Quilt committee has been very busy and productive!  Lori showed off one of the charity quilts.  

This charity quilt was made using jelly roll strips.

Another colorful charity quilt.

This charity quilt is incredibly cute with the rabbit panel in the middle.

A member showed off quilting done using a decorative stitch!  Very interesting idea!

We saw some of the results of a pouch exchange among members.
Trish's pouch had a very sophisticated fabric and a jewel on the zipper!

Patti showed a very colorful pouch!

This member was very pleased with her large pouch.

Gail showed first panel of her wonky stars panel for the Mighty Lucky Color Challenge quilt.

Michelle has been very busy.  Great job on this monochromatic HST quilt finish!

Another finish for Michelle, with Blaze, a multi-color star quilt with plenty of visual impact.  For more on the making of this quilt visit Michelle's web-posting.   http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/2018/09/bqf-blaze-quilt.html

 

Finally, Michelle showed off her colorful pouch with strips of flowers!

Sarah showed her pouch with lots of interior clear pockets.  Very nice!

And, the pouch she had made up for her partner in the swap.

This is Sarah's latest top with large scrappy blocks.

A member showed this stash buster done with strips and selvage edges.

René  showed her blue hexagon quilt. Very lovely!

And she had a second more geometric quilt in the same blue colorway with a lot of visual impact!

René showed us a third, colorful quilt with an interesting optical effect!  Fun!

Chelsea presented this very lovely equilateral triangle quilt with the large triangles highlighted by the grey-ish triangles.

Chelsea's second quilt was an intricate pattern with a wide variety of colors.

This is the back of the quilt.

Suzie had two "plus" sign quilts.  Lovely!

Lastly, another pouch with beautiful floral fabric.

September 2018 Meeting Reminder

Our September meeting will take place on Tuesday September 18th at 7pm!! Doors open at 6:30 if you would like to come early for some pre-meeting sew-cializing!

Programming: Our programming this month will be a lecture called "Beauty or Beast". This lecture explores how to take "beast" fabrics and make beauty quilts!

October Meeting: Our programming in October will be all about getting ready for the holidays. We'll have stations setup where you'll be instructed how to make quilted and other sewn items that make great gifts, but don't take as long as a quilt to finish. If you'd like to share something please let Carolanne know.

Jo Diggs Workshop: We'll be hosting Jo Diggs for a workshop on November 10th at Quilted Threads! The workshop is now open via PayPal on our events page or you can give cash or a check to Beth. Pricing is $65 for members and $75 for non-members.


2019 Board Positions: It's time to start thinking about 2019 board positions! If you would you like to help run the guild next year please reach out to a current board member for more information.

Giveaways and Raffles: Our giveaway item this month is the perfect addition to any sewing room! A magnetic wand to find all of those pins that we quilters tend to drop on the floor! 

* Raffle #1: Three half yards featuring Tula Pink Spirit Animal and matching solids

* Raffle #2: In The Studio with Angela Walters

We'll see you Tuesday at the First Baptist Church!

July Show & Tell

We met in July at Pat's poolside cabana -- lovely location, but the rainy weather caused us to huddle inside.

Everyone brought a yummy selection of appetizers and dessert!

 Sew-cializing before eating and business part of meeting.  Then on to show and tell.

Carolanne showed off her latest dress completion --- looks very comfy for the warm and muggy weather we have been having!

 Pat completed a really cute kid quilt with a wonderful wonderful rabbit panel.

 Your S&T scribe apologizes for not getting the member responsible for this striped quilt (which is also blurry!).  I did not turn on my mic until after this item was shown.

 Gail showed off the latest segment of her #mightlucky quilt-along that is based on rectangles cut in an arc and repieced on curved seam.

 Ophelia's Kaffe Fasset quilt with swirls and squares!

 Marie showed us a lovely quilted bag with a very pretty inside.

 Sara showed us her test run of a box pouch in preparation for pouch exchange next month.

August 2018 Meeting Reminder

Our August meeting will take place on Tuesday August 21st at 7pm!! Doors open at 6:30 if you would like to come early for some pre-meeting sew-cializing!

Programming: Our programming this month will have two parts. We'll be swapping our zipper pouches and sharing them with the group and we'll also be sharing our favorite tools and notions!

September Meeting: Our September meeting will have a guest speaker! Maureen Blanchard of Cobblestone Quilts will share her lecture, "Beauty or Beast", which explores how to take "beast" fabrics and make "beauty" quilts.

2019 Workshops: We are moving forward with trying to secure a weekend with Rebecca Bryan for fall 2019. Take a look at her website and Instagram and start getting excited!

Jo Diggs Workshop: We'll be hosting Jo Diggs for a workshop on November 10th at Quilted Threads! The workshop is now open via PayPal on our events page or you can give cash or a check to Beth. Pricing is $65 for members and $75 for non-members.

Giveaways and Raffles: Our giveaway item this month is a going to help you get ready for Halloween! It's the Patchabilities Stack o' Jack-o-Lanterns!

* Raffle #1: Book: Quilting... Just a little bit crazy by Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell

* Raffle #2: A big ol' bag of wonder clips!

We'll see you Tuesday at the First Baptist Church!