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The Dec 2013/Jan 2014 newsletter has been posted.  Check the sidebar under the heading “newsletters”.  If you have trouble opening it, email the blog editor.

                      The next meeting of the London Friendship Quilters Guild will be held Thursday, Dec 12th, 2013 at 7.00 PM at St George’s Church on Dundas St.   Come and join us for an evening of friendship, giving, inspiration, goodies, fun and shopping!   We will be joined by a representative from Meals on Wheels. 

On Saturday, Nov 23rd,  21 members of the LFQG met together at St. George’s Church for a day of sewing and friendship.  The “weather outside was frightful” but inside the sewing machines were humming and the room was filled laughter and creativity.A very big “Thank You” to Lorna M for organizing the day and baking great muffins for snack

On Saturday Nov 9th twenty quilters (guild members and friends) enjoyed a wonderful workshop taught by Anita Zobens.   The class was called “Applique Buffet”.In the morning we learned techniques for Invisible Machine Applique and Fusible Applique.  We learned about using wash-away templates, glue sticks and invisible thread.In the afternoon we experimented with threads of different weights and fibers

Our November meeting was held last Thursday at Oakridge Presbyterian Church.  The room we were in was nice and bright and many members made positive comments about the location.President Micki spoke to us about using this church for a Quilt Show in October 2014.  This also met with approval from the members.  Charlene O. has volunteered

Please Note: The next meeting of the London Friendship Quilters’ Guild will be held on: Thursday, Nov 14th 2013 at  7:00PM at Oakridge Presbyterian Church 970 Oxford St W London, ON (Just east of Oakridge Secondary School) (also accessible off of Freele St)  Our Speaker for the evening will be Anita Zobens from “Cotton Mill

After seeing Jackie’s quilts with all the 3D embellishments, on the Thursday evening, we were able to learn some of her techniques at the workshop on Friday.  She showed us how to make various flowers. We learned about zipper flowers, pinwheels, twist and turn flowers and double and triple fold flowers and ribbon flowers. We

Our October meeting was held last week and there was lots of interesting things to hear about, see and discuss.  We were all asked to fill out a questionnaire regarding what activities we would be interested in-what type of banquet, what type of “quilt til you wilt” and a possible bus trip to the CQA show.Jackie White from

The October/November 2013 newsletter has been posted.  Check the sidebar under the heading “newsletters”.  If you have trouble opening it, email the blog editor.

The next meeting of the London Friendship Quilters Guild will be held Thursday, Oct 10th, 2013 at 7.00 PM at St George’s Church on Dundas St. Our Guest Speaker will be Jackie White from Manitoulin Island. Her topic will be “Journey of a Quilter”. On Friday, Oct 11, 2013, Jackie will be teaching a Workshop-“3D Embellishments”.