February 13th Meeting

The business part of the meeting included a reminder to pay your dues for the year, which are $10.  Brenda Daniels and Sharon Harris will be in charge of the quilt show this year.  They have put a call out for any version of a log cabin quilt you might have.  They will be on display together at the quilt show in a fashion similar to the Be My Neighbor from last year.  It can be a wall hanging, table runner, quilt, etc..  It can be as plain or as fancy as you want.  There are numerous varieties of log cabins out there.  Mary Ellen Knudsen showed some different examples.  Creative Grids has a ruler that helps square up the block each step of the way.

Judy Jones and Rosie Silvester presented the financial report.  Any quilt related charges at Allen drug need to be pre-approved by the guild presidency.  Some learning ideas for this year included paper piecing, cathedral windows, bargello and star with strips.  Cindy Gevas brought in a wedding ring quilt that she was given by someone.  She gave it to the guild to finish hand quilting and use as a raffle quilt.  It will be left in the rec room of the Senior Center for people to work on whenever the Senior Center is open.  If you would like to work on it at other times, please contact Mary Ellen.  

The ladies of the guild have been very busy and there were lots of items for show and tell.  Nita, Carolee, and Mary Ellen showed their completed Blocks of the Month from January.  Brenda and Mary Ellen both had completed animal blocks from a shop hop they went to.  Shara completed two quilt tops to be turned into charity quilts, they just need to be quilted or tied.  JoLynn was busy creating some small quilts/wall hangings, a wool table topper, some Valentine’s Day pieces and four tulip table runners/wall hangings.  Brenda completed her 1,000 piece quilt top, with slightly over 1,000 different pieces used.  She also made a denim guitar case for her granddaughter.  Rosie brought a quilt she made for her granddaughter that is meant to be a camping quilt.  She had fun experimenting with different quilting rulers.  Debbie S. made a small churn dash quilt which she completed in a day.  She made a child’s dress for charity out of the fabric she received during the game we played at the December meeting. Cindy and Jean both made baby quilts.  Celeste (1st time quilter) found some pieced blocks from the guild’s stash and sewed it all together and added a backing.  She is currently working on quilting it.

The block of the month demonstration for February was Hole in the Barn Door.

March 13th Meeting

There wasn’t much business this month.  People are needed to help with lunches in May and November.  Members will bring sack lunches in June, July and September.  Demonstrators are needed for blocks in June and July.   Remember to pay your dues or you will stop receiving the monthly meeting notes via email after this month.

Our quilters were busy again between February and March’s meetings.  Helen showed a blue and purple block quilt as well as a green back star quilt.  JoLynn had a black and green scrap quilt, tan and pink quilt, scrap square quilt, golden gate quilt, black and tan pinwheel quilt.  Judy finished a tan and orange criss cross quilt.  Roise knocked out two baby quilts.  Brenda finished her block of the month quilt, four more squares from the shop hop, fish art quilt, 1,000 piece quilt and log cabin quilt, Clayton (1st time and youngest quilter) finished February’s block which was a hole in the barn door.  Celeste finished her diamond quilt.  Tracy and Cindy both completed log cabin blocks.  Cindy is also offering $100 off of the 10th quilt she quilts for you.  You will get a punch card.  Bonnie had finished a strip baby quilt, and a printed baby quilt from guild closet.

Mary Ellen finished her hole in the barn door block from February, three shop hop blocks, a tulip log cabin along with a charity quilt done in purple and peach.  Lastly Maieli had completed some garden path blocks.

The wedding ring quilt Cindy gave to the guild last month is up on the frame and ready for people to help hand quilt it.

The block of the month demonstration for March was Disappearing Nine Patch.