I’m not normally going to do a sampler post and a weekend reading post in the same week. But somehow or other, I missed last Friday for this one. Whenever possible, if our speaker for the monthly meeting has an internet presence, I want to feature them on a weekend reading post before they come […]
This week’s Blog Sampler block is a Pinwheel. Cutting Instructions: Light fabric: cut 2 squares @ 3 7/8 inches Dark Fabric: cut 2 squares @ 3 7/8 inches Assembly Instructions: Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each of the light 3 7/8 inch squares. Place each of these light squares right
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On Saturday, October 24th, a group of ladies from the guild joined Cynthia McNair for a workshop based on her technique for doing landscapes. Unfortunately, I was’t able to be there, but Lorna M. kindly took some pictures to share with us.Here are Cynthia and Bonnie working on their piecesYvonne and Lynda went shopping through Cynthia’s
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This weekends reading list is all about eye candy. Take a look at some of these gorgeous quilts that are truly amazing. Some of these links are to individual quilts, and some of them are to people’s blogs who have taken pictures at quilt shows. These are some that I found to be jaw droopingly
This week’s block is the Hour Glass block. The names for these blocks, by the way, are coming from the Electric Quilt software. Cutting Instructions: Light Fabric: cut 1 rectangle @ 2 inches by 9 inches cut 1 square @ 3 7/8 inches Dark
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During the October 8th meeting, Lorna proposed that we as a guild support a family at Christmas by giving quilts to the children and also a full sized quilt to the adults in the family. Lorna handed out a pattern for blocks for the adult sized quilt and requested that the blocks be returned at
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President Lorna M. started the meeting by bringing us up to date on guild matters. This included the sad news about the death of long-time guild member Karen W. A motion was passed by the members to make a donation in Karen’s name to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. President Lorna M The other members
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In the past couple of weeks I was with a group of quilters where the conversation turned to bleeding colours in quilts when they are washed. It immediately brought to mind this article I read on Vicki Welsh’s Blog Field Trips in Fiber. Vicki is an incredibly gifted quilter, and she also sells her own
This month our speaker is Noshi Gulanti. She doesn’t have a website or an online presence. But I have come across her name while reading other blogs, and all enjoyed her presentation. I must admit that her title, “Airport Security Stole My Scissors” has me intrigued.Our vendor this month is Heather from The Quilt Place
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The Blog Sampler Block this time is called Broken Dishes. Cutting Instructions: Light fabric: cut 2 squares @ 3 7/8 inches Dark Fabric: cut 2 squares @ 3 7/8 inches. Block Assembly: Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each of the light squares. Place each of these light squares right
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