June 2021 Monthly Guild Meeting

 

We had a great meeting in June. It was so nice to be together and share our love of quilting with others who feel the same way.

President Sylvia kicked off the meeting with her usual humor and candor. She is concerned about the number of open positions for next year. Please consider serving your guild by volunteering your time. We currently have 106 members on our roll. Although we are not a large organization, without participation, we will be unable to do all of the fun things that we do.

Jan gave our treasurer's report. All is well.  

During our Tips, Tricks, and Techniques session,  we only had 3 items:

• Sylvia shared that you can use a crocheted scrubbie to clean your cutting mat. She suggested just rubbing the scrubbie on the dry mat. It picks up a LOT of fuzz and loose thread.
• Ellen shared that she had learned the hard way to NOT iron over disappearing in or chalk.
  
• Jackie (a guest) shared that you can mark dark fabrics with the edge of a sliver of soap.

 Exhibit 2022

We next discussed our  exhibit which will take place next year. The label has been put on the raffle quilt and Cathy took it to be photographed. Sylvia reported that the shots turned out wonderfully. The post cards, raffle tickets, and other materials to promote the event have been ordered. As in the past, raffle tickets will sell for $1 each or $5 for 6 tickets. Stay tuned to know when you can have tickets to sell.

One Day Workshop

 Jan and Nancy will be hosting a 1-day workshop at Jan's house on July 17th from 9 am to 4pm. Please bring your own lunch. Snacks and drinks will be provided. We will be treated to a "Discovery Retreat" using short cut sheets from Carla Klop. You are encouraged to bring some scrap fabrics so you can try out the techniques and share your opinion on them. After we eat lunch we will take a break from sewing to play a round of LRC. Please bring 10, 5-inch squares for this game. 5 of your squares should be light-colored and 5 should be dark-colored. Oh, what fun this will be!

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 Jackie, Ellen's sister and our guest at the meeting was first up for Show & Tell, she showed us a cute quilt in an hour glass variation. I was particularly taken with the backing. PENGUINS!

Cathy wowed us with her modern quilt. The muted tones just made it wonderful.

Once again, Cathy's neighbor used her quilted art as an inspiration for his own art project.

The applique on Deb's 12 Days of Quilting quilt was amazing.

Amazing use of color on this batik fabric quilt!

One block wonder with a variation on the layout.

Maureen shared her very cute Dr. Seuss quilt with us.

Brenda made this pillow from fabric left over from a quilt.

Orphan Block Program

Finally, it was time to play with the orphan blocks that we brought for the meeting.  The guidelines were simple, we divided into 4 teams, each team selected some orphan blocks to use to design a charity quilt. Plain/blender fabrics were provided to serve as background for the proposed quilts. At the end of our creative time, we shared our ideas with the group and one person from each team took the blocks home to assemble into a quilt top. There were a lot of wonderful ideas, some quilty fellowship, and just plain ol' fun shared among the members present. I can't wait to see the completed projects.