A CHALLENGE

Quilters!

 You have been issued a  Summer Time Challenge

Your Community Quilts/Outreach Committee would like you to make a place mat

or two or more, not necessarily in sets.

The place mats will be given to the local Meals-on-Wheels

for distribution to their clients at Christmas Time.

The place mats should be in keeping with the Christmas season.

 AND WE  would like you to make the mats reversible, making them a more functional than a

 a one seasonal item.  So this is what we want but don’t let that scare you, we graciously accept what

you can offer.

Pattern and design is your choice.

The finished size is about 13 x 18 inches.

This is approximate, we will not be measuring them.

 We hope you will think this is a perfect little project to use long ago orphaned or practice blocks, or perhaps an opportunity to practice machine quilting, or  an opportunity to use the decorative stitches built into your machine.  (You know …  the ones you have been wondering about how they really look.)  Perhaps all of the above will go into your place mat.

Smaller pieces from our groups’ stash will be available at our June  Quilt time, on  June 7  and  our June 21st meeting.  This should  help  get you started on this Summer’s Challenge.

Gudrun and Isola

It was fun.

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Thank you very much Georgian Quilters for making and contributing these lovely frocks to our Community Program.  Everyone enjoyed this very simple pattern.  We used  some lovely decorated pillow cases and some new fresh cotton prints too. I will up date here on the details of distribution for these dresses.

Our last meeting of the year fast approaches.  June 21 is our Annual General meeting.  Time to bring your Challenge for  presentation, something tasty for (my favourite) potluck lunch.  Remember to bring  cutlery, dishes, cup and arrive ready to partake of lunch at 12 noon.

See you there!

gudrun

February 2012 Winter Workday – Jo’s Sinful Quilt

Jo Thatcher shared a “sinfully” easy quilt pattern with us at our February winter workshop day.

The day was well attended and a number of quilt tops were completed which will eventually end up in our stock of Community Quilts.

 

 

 

Easy strip piecing from 6 fat quarters with a bit of a shuffle in between made the blocks which are then arranged however we chose, some with sashing, others without.

A few may say the strip peicing didn’t go so easily, or was that because of the swizzle instead of a shuffle?  Ask Linda and Verna how that turned out.

There are more pictures linked to this post in the “library” but I am still trying to figure out how to “show” them in the post, or to include a link to the folder, but poke around and you might find them.

If you have any pictures of the finished quilts, please send them along to me and I will attach to this post.

Contributed on April 18, 2012 by:  Barb Reynolds 

Georgian Quilters at Quilt Show

 

Georgian Quilters will be at the Meaford United Church Quilt Show Friday April 20th and April 21st.

We have been  at this quilt show, not only with members showing quilts but also with demonstrations for many years. The Ladies of the Meaford United Church put together a lovely tea/lunch to accompany all the beautiful quilts.

This year visit us again and see what we are doing, and spend some time quilting with us, on one of our community quilts. No experience required.

October 2011

October’s Meeting  was about making Scrappy quilts.  Barb A. and Lois showed us a trunk load of scrappy quilts, old and new,  flimsy and finished.

Then at Quilt Time  in Nov. this theme was continued.

This  pineapple block was demonstrated by Jo T. at October’s Quilt Time, this quilt nowresides in the Community Quilts awaiting a label…labels required on the selection of Community Quilts hanging on the line.  Let us know if you can help, we have the labels.

Included with the Scrappy Quilt presentation, where a number of resources for patterns and ideas on the net.  Recommended by various guild members are the ones listed here.

www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com   (check out the many tutorials on the right side of the page)

www.scrapquilts.com

www.quiltville.com (scrap patterns right side, half way down the first page) she also blogs.

www.rjrfabrics.com

www.modafabrics.com  (oodles of tuts)

www.connectingthreads.com (more tuts)

Thank-you members for sharing your quilts, the resources, and the encouragement you gave to a number of us to let it all go and go scrappy.

This Thursday November 17th, is Demonstration day at the Guild.  Remember you may bring a friend and the admission fee is waived.

your occasional  blogger gal,

gudrun

Quilt Time

We will have a quilt in a frame, ready for hand quilting during the next Quilt Time on Nov .3, (1-3:30pm.) The Scrappy Quilt,  will also be part of Quilt Time,  bring your questions and suggestions…on all things quilty.

The Year Ahead 2011- 2012

In October GQ,  focused on scrap quilts. Many quilters are scared to dive into a bag of scraps and start sewing. For those quilters, there is a technique called a ” planned scrappy”.  It was delightful to have a couple of scrappy quilt lovers,  Lois and Barb, share their many scrap quilts, (there were some very small scraps)  and their resources for ideas and patterns.

This year GQ’s focus is on skill building,  perhaps the need ” use up those scraps”  is a skill some one is going try.

This year GQ’s President has challenged us to

‘ BUILD A SKILL’

We have a sign up sheet with a number of  skills listed. You may add your own idea to this list.  At the June meeting, there will be a presentation time, where we will see an example of your new/or much improved skill.

Our Mystery Challenge this year also pushes the comfort level. The Co-ordinators of this challenge have stepped back and given a theme,  and said  ’go to it,  no rules’.

The theme is   “a song”.    A song for inspiration to create a quilt. The Committee  assures members they will not be asked to sing or even hum but  as they will be showing their quilts, and giving a small commentary (artist’s statement), some information about the song will be needed.

So there it is Ladies and Gents, a short synopsis of this year’s challenges.

Next meeting is a Skill Building  Session.  A group of skilled GQ members will be demonstrating a number of techniques.

Get out your sewing machines let the fun begin…..or maybe start humming that song!

gudrun