Welcome back to the beginning of our 2014-15 LFQG season. The executive has had their first meeting and it sounds like there are many exciting and interesting things planned for the upcoming year. Our first meeting is
Thursday, September 11, 2014
@ 7.00PM
St. George’s Presbyterian Church,
1475 Dundas St., London, ON
(just east of Hale St on the south side of Dundas)
The following is from our Program Coordinator, Lorna:
The program committee has chosen to focus on Canada as a theme for the 2014-2015 year. Our visit to Fanshawe Pioneer Village in June reminded us of our rich quilting heritage, and Quilt Canada in St Catharines gave us a glimpse into how talented Canadian quilters today continue to expand and broaden the boundaries of this traditional art form.
We will use this year as an opportunity to introduce some of the very accomplished quilters in our area and to proudly show case the vast and varied aspects of our country. To this end, all our speakers and workshop instructors this year are Canadian. As well, the program committee has designed a Canadiana Mystery Row Quilt which we will make available to you as a block of the month. This quilt is made up of various blocks each of which represents a different facet of our country. We are very excited about this undertaking and hope you will consider participating. Details will be presented at our first meeting.
Our year will wrap up at the June banquet where we hope to introduce a speaker who has played a significant role in promoting both quilting and Canadian culture and heritage.
In September we look forward to seeing the array of quilted creations made from the swatches of Canadian themed fabric distributed to bus trip participants and to welcome our first guest speaker, Susan Clark of the Oxford Quilters’ Guild. Hope to see you there proudly displaying the notion of the month, a maple leaf.
Lorna M.-Program Coordinator
“What Kind of Creative Are You?” is the topic of the talk that Susan Clark (our speaker for the evening) will be presenting to us. It should be a very interesting talk!
It was decided, because of how busy this meeting will be, there will not be a vendor this month.
Check out the right sidebar to see the confirmed speakers and the confirmed Workshops and Events for 2014/15
Information for the Meeting:
** Refreshments will be served at our first meeting-please bring your own mug
**If you haven’t already sent them in, bring your registration form for guild membership and your volunteer form
**If you haven’t already sent them in, bring in your registration forms for the quilt show.
**Sign up sheets will be available for volunteering for the quilt show-see Edith to sign up
**If you haven’t already sent them in, bring in your registration forms for the quilt show.
**Sign up sheets will be available for volunteering for the quilt show-see Edith to sign up
**Sign-up sheets for the following will be available:
Oct 9-workshop with Susan Bowslaugh-“Crosses Quilt”
Nov 15-workshop with Susan Clark-“Designing Your Own Curves”
Nov 28,29-Sew in Days
Canadiana Mystery Row Quilt
Oct 9-workshop with Susan Bowslaugh-“Crosses Quilt”
Nov 15-workshop with Susan Clark-“Designing Your Own Curves”
Nov 28,29-Sew in Days
Canadiana Mystery Row Quilt
Bring your cheque book or cash if you are planning on signing up for any or all of these activities.
**Bring in any Outreach quilts or pillowcases that you have been working on over the summer.
**The Outreach Committee will have new quilt and pillowcase kits available to take home to work on
**Bring “Show and Tell”-because of how busy this meeting is going to be, please limit your Show and Tell to 2 items.
**Guild members who went on the Bus Trip to CQA in June-Bring in your finished project made from the “O Canada” fabric
**Guild members who went on the Bus Trip to CQA in June-Bring in your finished project made from the “O Canada” fabric
Receive a draw ticket (for a fat quarter) for bringing each of the following items:
*Notion of the Month-a Maple Leaf
*Name tag
*Chatelaine
*Mug for refreshments
See you at the meeting!!!