The 3rd Thursday of the month came up quick! We had a few show and tells this month, so let's get started!
Yvonne made a valance and table runner for her home. She hand quilted them! Sorry for the blurry picture!
Haley is making her daughter an Alien quilt. Isn't it cute?!
Jana made a lap quilt out of flannel. It is the 10 minute block that we have now made several times with our charity quilts. I hadn't noticed how much it looks like a Bow-tie block until it was on the design wall.
I also made a quilt for my son for Christmas out of flannel that had been in my stash. Used the large twister ruler to make it.
And I have had this quilt kit for years and never got around to making it. I finally had time at a quilt retreat to get going on it. The pattern is from Geralyn Powers.
Janice demoed a new way of sewing binding on your quilt.
If you weren't at our meeting, Janice might still have a copy of how to do this very accurate binding technique.
Next month we will be starting our Row by Row Mystery quilts! Here is Misty's email to guild members. If you know of anyone that wants to join us, please let them know about our guild and our Mystery quilt exchange before our next meeting so they can participate with us.
" Quilt Guild was held on Thursday. At this meeting the group decided to spend the 2014 year doing a round robin - row by row. This is completely voluntary. If you DO NOT want to participate you do not have to. Only participate if you can be committed to finishing 1 - 42" row each month Feb-Nov. If you don't understand what a round robin is I found a description online:
A round robin quilt is a quilt made by a group of quilters rather than by one person. If there are six people in the group, six quilts are made during the course of the round robin, with each person finishing one section of the quilt before passing it on to the next person in line.
The quilt owner will create the original design and complete a central starter block of the quilt before passing it on to the next person in the group. That is the last time the group member will see their quilt before it is completed. Some groups agree on fabrics to be used, while other group members agree to each contribute a quantity of their own fabric to each quilt. The only universal requirement is that all the group members are aware of and understand the rules before they begin.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_8729621_round-robin-quilting.html#ixzz2qiRD1bmX
So ladies if you would like to participate we have come up with some rules:
1. Each participant must commit to completing the provided row each month. (1 row Feb-Nov 2014)
2. February 2014 Quilt Guild Meeting is our Start Date - February 20, 2014
3. Each participant much come to February Quilt Guild Meeting with their first Row Finished
4. Each row must be 42" Length (width is decided by each participant to meet their design needs)
5. Each participant needs to have a brown paper bag or Ziploc bag (hope that is ok with everyone) large enough to fit 10 rows plus 3+ yards of fabric. Each bag needs to contain participants name in black permanent marker with any other individual instructions you would like to include on the outside of the bag.
6. Each participant needs to include in their bag at least 3 yards of fabric they would like their rows to be made with. The 3 yards of fabric can be in any measurement cuts just as long as the total cuts equals to 3 yards. If you have more than 3 yards of fabric you would like to add you are more than welcome. We just ask that the amount is 3 yards or greater.
7. Each participants bag will need to be returned with the finished row and all unused fabric each month to quilt guild meeting to be exchanged for another participants bag. (Each participant will complete 1 row per month)
8.Applique and/or Piecing methods need to be used on each row. It is against the rules to have your row be a empty strip of fabric. Choose one method or the other to make a nice row. Please don't stress over your rows. Do what you are comfortable with but please do your best to make it nice. Don't do anything harder than you are comfortable with. We want this to be fun and to help get creative juices flowing.
9.Have Fun and Be creative!!! We want this to be a great experience to help us grow as individual quilters and as a quilting guild group!
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me. I look forward to seeing each participants row in February.
Any of you that are not wanting to participate in quilt guild for the 2014 year will you please contact me. I can keep your email on the mailing list or I can delete it per your request. "
A round robin quilt is a quilt made by a group of quilters rather than by one person. If there are six people in the group, six quilts are made during the course of the round robin, with each person finishing one section of the quilt before passing it on to the next person in line.
The quilt owner will create the original design and complete a central starter block of the quilt before passing it on to the next person in the group. That is the last time the group member will see their quilt before it is completed. Some groups agree on fabrics to be used, while other group members agree to each contribute a quantity of their own fabric to each quilt. The only universal requirement is that all the group members are aware of and understand the rules before they begin.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_8729621_round-robin-quilting.html#ixzz2qiRD1bmX
So ladies if you would like to participate we have come up with some rules:
1. Each participant must commit to completing the provided row each month. (1 row Feb-Nov 2014)
2. February 2014 Quilt Guild Meeting is our Start Date - February 20, 2014
3. Each participant much come to February Quilt Guild Meeting with their first Row Finished
4. Each row must be 42" Length (width is decided by each participant to meet their design needs)
5. Each participant needs to have a brown paper bag or Ziploc bag (hope that is ok with everyone) large enough to fit 10 rows plus 3+ yards of fabric. Each bag needs to contain participants name in black permanent marker with any other individual instructions you would like to include on the outside of the bag.
6. Each participant needs to include in their bag at least 3 yards of fabric they would like their rows to be made with. The 3 yards of fabric can be in any measurement cuts just as long as the total cuts equals to 3 yards. If you have more than 3 yards of fabric you would like to add you are more than welcome. We just ask that the amount is 3 yards or greater.
7. Each participants bag will need to be returned with the finished row and all unused fabric each month to quilt guild meeting to be exchanged for another participants bag. (Each participant will complete 1 row per month)
8.Applique and/or Piecing methods need to be used on each row. It is against the rules to have your row be a empty strip of fabric. Choose one method or the other to make a nice row. Please don't stress over your rows. Do what you are comfortable with but please do your best to make it nice. Don't do anything harder than you are comfortable with. We want this to be fun and to help get creative juices flowing.
9.Have Fun and Be creative!!! We want this to be a great experience to help us grow as individual quilters and as a quilting guild group!
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me. I look forward to seeing each participants row in February.
Any of you that are not wanting to participate in quilt guild for the 2014 year will you please contact me. I can keep your email on the mailing list or I can delete it per your request. "
Next Meeting will be February 20th, 6 p.m. at the quilt shop
