Welcome to the new ladies that joined us tonight! Hopefully as the year progresses, we will see more and more quilters join in the fun!
Quick business announcements for the month:
The Veteran's Hospital in Cheyenne accepts twin or lap size quilts. They prefer them to be in "Patriotic" colors.
The guild will meet each month after Saturday Sampler at Valley Fabric for a sew day. Our first one will be February 9th at 11 a.m. Bring your sewing machine, supplies, project to work on and a Potluck dish to share. Come and stay as long as you want! Will be a fun way to get to know each other better!
Fat Quarter Exchange next guild meeting. Bring a FQ (one that you wouldn't mind receiving) wrapped up. Everyone that brings one will exchange with someone else.
Hailey Lamb is in charge of the demo for February.
Holly is still collecting blocks for our first Humanitarian Quilt. Refer to December's blog post for details as to what colors to make the block. You can also find the link to the pattern there. Bring your blocks to our February meeting.
Now on to the Show 'n Tell!
I think I am going to have to tell the ladies to smile more.
Everyone was very serious during the business portion of the meeting!
Quick business announcements for the month:
The Veteran's Hospital in Cheyenne accepts twin or lap size quilts. They prefer them to be in "Patriotic" colors.
The guild will meet each month after Saturday Sampler at Valley Fabric for a sew day. Our first one will be February 9th at 11 a.m. Bring your sewing machine, supplies, project to work on and a Potluck dish to share. Come and stay as long as you want! Will be a fun way to get to know each other better!
Fat Quarter Exchange next guild meeting. Bring a FQ (one that you wouldn't mind receiving) wrapped up. Everyone that brings one will exchange with someone else.
Hailey Lamb is in charge of the demo for February.
Holly is still collecting blocks for our first Humanitarian Quilt. Refer to December's blog post for details as to what colors to make the block. You can also find the link to the pattern there. Bring your blocks to our February meeting.
Now on to the Show 'n Tell!
I think I am going to have to tell the ladies to smile more.
Everyone was very serious during the business portion of the meeting!
Misty gave a fun demonstration on Suzanne McNeill's technique for a 10 Minute Block.
So clever! There are several videos on You Tube that show you how to make these. Click here to see one of them. Love the fabric Misty is using to make her quilt!
Pat is welcoming a new granddaughter soon. She is using the centerpiece of the pattern Rodeo Gals with plans to put the baby's name, etc. on the side of the quilt. So cute with the silhouette of the cowgirl.
Cherie brought two finishes to show us. First a beautiful Fall quilt.
And this gorgeous "Sidelight" quilt. You are looking at a panel that Cherie embellished and quilted! I had never heard of this kind of quilt before tonight but you can google the word and find other quilts similar to this one. Actually I think this one is better than the ones I found. I wish I had gotten a close up of the "sparklies" on it! Beautiful!
Linda spoke to us about weighted blankets. Her grandson asked her to make him one and she has already mailed it to him but she was able to bring a weighted bear she has also made. It is quite the science to make one of these blankets since you take the weight of the child then divide that into each "channel" that you fill with pellets so the weight is distributed evenly.
Geralyn also has been busy and shared two quilt tops she has been making. This one is for her sister and in colors her sister choose. Very pretty!
Very fun quilt for Geralyn's grandson! The center is a panel then she appliqued jars in the corners. So cute! Her grandson will love looking at all the bugs in the jars!
Gail shared some of her paper piecing creations. First she showed us a few small samples.
Then she pulled out the big guns! The quilt started as a BOM from a few years back with our LQS. Gail finished it by paper piecing each of the rows in between her large blocks. It is gorgeous!
Have to share the bottom of the quilt too!
Another fun quilt with paper pieced hearts. Click on the pic to get a better picture of how scrappy they are. Just so fun with all the bright colors! Gail also shared how she sometimes uses fabric sheets as her quilt label to put on the back of her quilt. I learned so many new things tonight at our meeting!
Next Guild Meeting will be February 21st at 6 p.m.
Hope to see you there!
Invite your friends to come too!
