Your Opinion Counts!

If you missed this month's guild meeting on the 18th, you missed a lot of important information! We will try to make sure all is posted here on the blog, on Facebook, and in the newsletter soon, but first please note the mini-survey below that was handed out to guild members at the meeting. Post your vote, comments, or suggestions below, or email your vote and comments to MLQG President Sylvia L. as soon as possible. Sylvia's contact info can be found on your copy of the guild roster or any issue of the guild newsletter.

Newsletter Deadline -- February 22nd

Just a reminder -- if you have something for the March 2019 guild newsletter, please send the info to newsletter editor Peggi Y. by Friday, February 22nd.

MLQG Monthly Meeting -- Monday, February 18th

February’s program is a guild-member tips-and-techniques demo evening. Several MLQG members have volunteered to demonstrate something of interest to everyone.

Tammy T. will be demonstrating the AccuQuilt fabric cutter. It is a fast and precise fabric-cutting system that allows quilters to cut fabrics as much as 90 percent faster than with scissors or rotary cutting. Dies help your designs and shapes be more precise in a lot less time.

Kathy P. will be showing us a quick and easy method of making four-patch blocks from fat quarters.

Nancy S. is going to demonstrate how to hand sew intricate patchwork using the English paper piecing (or EPP) method.

The meeting starts at 7:00 PM in the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center on Main Street in Wellsboro, PA.

Remember your show-and-tell and your 2019 dues (if not paid yet)!

Raffle Quilt Update

A group of ten MLQG members met on February 4th and chose a design for our 2020 raffle quilt. It will be a scrappy, strippy quilt. We are hoping for applique borders if there is member support to applique. A tutorial for the block can be found by clicking here.

We need help from all MLQG members. Needed is some of your stash, some of your time, your sewing skills, and your support to get this quilt finished and ready to raffle.

Specific needs --
Quilt-shop-quality fabrics

1)  Strips or strings of fabrics -- strip widths from 1 1/4" to 2 1/2 ". Minimum strip length is 5", and will happily take width of fabric. Looking for lots of variety, so please share batiks, reproduction, 30s, country, checks, plaids, stripes, and anything else you have.

2) Chunks of 2 1/2 " or a bit larger. Can be squares, triangles, and odd-shaped pieces.

3) Black fabric -- not really solid black, but reads or shows mostly black. Same strip widths as above. Minimum strip length of 12", and will happily take width of fabric.

Fabric will be collected beginning with the February 18th MLQG meeting. Please help us! For variety, please limit your individual fabric contribution to one plastic grocery-size bag at this time.

Plans are being made for a work bee/workshop in the near future. Stay tuned for information to be posted soon.

If you have questions or wish to volunteer to help with an applique border, please contact Tess McC. (her contact info can be found on your copy of the guild roster and newsletter), or you can comment on this post and we'll make sure Tess gets your message.

MLQG 2019 National Teacher

MLQG will welcome Lynne Hagmeier for a lecture/trunk show on Friday, July 19, 2019, at 7 pm, in the Gmeiner. Lynne is the designer behind Kansas Troubles Fabric. She has created hundreds of quilting patterns, designed over fifty fabric collections, and published two dozen books.

On Saturday, July 20, 2019, from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM at the Masonic Hall on Kelsey Street in Wellsboro, Lynne will be teaching a workshop entitled “30-Something”. Lynne’s signature technique is layered patchwork, and this will be the feature of this workshop, along with tips and techniques for traditional piecing. A video showing a bit about this quilt, and her technique is available at:  https://youtu.be/Uk4cjs--t4Q

The workshop cost is $45. There will be a book to buy, at half price. Reservations may be made by contacting Tess McC. Her contact info can be found on your copy of the guild roster or newsletter, or you can just comment on this post, and we'll make sure that Tess sees your message.  Your space will be held once payment has been received. You can mail your reservation and payment to Tess (check your roster for her snail mail address). A signup sheet will be available at the February guild meeting, along with a sample of layered patchwork that has been washed many times.

Lynne’s blog is: http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com/

You can see a version of the 30-something quilt in Lynne's blog post here.

Sign up soon!

MLQG Raffle Quilt Plans

Plans are in the works for our next Raffle Quilt. The board decided to make it a scrap quilt, and to use, as much as possible, fabrics we all have in our stashes. We put out the word for pattern suggestions, and we have received some ideas. The next step is to meet and choose our pattern.

We, absolutely everyone interested in helping to choose our design, will meet on Monday, February 4, 2019, at 11 am, at the Gmeiner. As this is the regular Open Sewing, bring your ideas, your lunch, and a project.

We hope that everyone will get involved in some way. We hope you will share your stash, your time and energy, and our mutual love of quilting.

Hope to see you on February 4. If you have questions, or pattern suggestions, please contact Tess McC. Her contact info can be found in your guild newsletter or roster. Or you can comment on this post and we'll make sure Tess gets your message.

Open Sewing at the Gmeiner -- Monday, February 4th

Great Cure for Cabin Fever!

Next Open Sewing Session

 Monday, February 4th at the Gmeiner 10:00 - 2:00

All MLQG members of all ability levels and interests are welcome to attend the open sewing sessions at the Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center (where the monthly guild meetings are held) on the first Monday of each month, 10:00 - 2:00, to work on any stitching projects, hand or machine, even knitting, crocheting, or embroidery.

The purpose of these get-togethers is to spend time with other MLQG fiber fanatics and to learn from each other, no matter what we're all working on. Bring your projects, machine, and lunch. Stay for an hour or stay all day. Just be warned that if only a couple of people show up, we may pack up early and leave before noon. Cancellations will be posted on the guild's blog/website/Facebook page.

If you need more info, contact Susan McC., Anya T., or Peggi Y., or use the "contact us" form on the right side of this blog.