April 12, 2017
The Barn in Mariemont
President Abby Graham
presiding
Happy April everyone!
Flowers are blooming, birds chirping and quilters quilting!
Thank you for all who
contributed pouches, patterns/books or their time to the Quilter's Day Out event
that our guild attended on March 18, 2017. It helped spread the word about our awesome
and talented guild. We managed to raise a bit of money for potential speakers
and workshops!
Guild News
Leftover zipper pouches from the Quilter's Day Out event will
be sold at guild meetings, or on Instagram under a destash hashtag. We plan to
continue to sell the remaining pouches in hopes of raising more money for our
guild! If you have any fundraising suggestions, please feel free to reach out
to our president Abby, or any current guild officers.
Swap Update!
We had seven members participate in the fun pin cushion
swap. Members brought their pin cushions and placed them in a bag so that the recipient
and maker were kept secret. Everyone loved their new cushions! Thank you to our
Swap Committee for their hard work.
Don’t forget to participate in next month’s swap! Please
bring two fat quarters bundled together and concealed. They can be any
designer or color, but be sure to bring quilt store quality fabric! You must give and receive two fat quarters in order
to participate. This is a fun way to broaden your stash horizons!
Charity Update
The Charity Committee has been hard at work deciding what
direction to take both QuiltCon charity quilts. Last year’s QuiltCon quilt will
be donated to the charity Women Helping Women as a silent auction item to raise
money. This charity helps women survive domestic abuse. Our second QuiltCon charity
quilt will be donated in Brooke’s name and given to a cancer fundraiser. We
hope to raise money for this cause in Brooke’s honor.
Next month guild members will be donating pillow cases for a boy’s home in Northern Kentucky. Boys ages 8-18 will be receiving the pillow
cases. We ask that you make all pillow cases using the hotdog pillow case
method, making them all uniform. You can use any age appropriate
fabric! Click the link below for a hotdog pillowcase tutorial.
If you have any charity suggestions, please feel free to
contact a guild officer!
Quilting Bee Hive 1
Natalie received grey
scale arrow blocks for March. She plans to incorporate a bright colored block
surrounded by grey blocks.
Tara requests paper pieced tea cups and coffee cups for
April. She gave copies of the paper piece patterns along with instructions. For
more information, please see our next blog, April Bee Blocks- Hives 1 &
2.
Quilting Bee Hive 2
Ginny was very impressed by the creativity shown on her bee
blocks! Everyone came up with a unique
block using a piece of matching fabric that she provided.
Dorothy presented her bee block example at the meeting. She
provided a piece of grey fabric for Hive 2 to incorporate into their blocks.
All blocks will be uniform with a specific pattern, but with different solid colors. Please
see our next blog, April Bee Blocks-Hives 1 & 2 for more details!
Show and Tell:
Kay brought a springtime quilt
Holly brought a quilt she just completed with a fun longarm
pattern
Holly made this table runner using leftover heart blocks for
Pulse
Nice work Christine! You have completed your Hive 1 bee
blocks quilt top!
Janine brought a gorgeous, bright cathedral window quilt
She also brought a scrappy quilt she plans to gift
This is her second quilt, completed! (grey background) As
well as a baby quilt
Dana wowed with a new noodlehead caravan tote. She
customized it with pockets.
Dana has been hard at work completing her cogs quilt top and
has it basted and ready for hand quilting.
Carrye brought her sister’s English paper pieced quilt in
lovely pastels.
Education
Dana put together three fantastic live paper piecing
tutorials for our April guild meeting. Each session was 20 minutes and members were
able to attend two of three sessions. You had the choice between machine paper
piecing, hand piecing with a running stitch and English paper piecing.
Check out the photos from our live sessions below! For more information
about this education segment, please feel free to check out the upcoming blog,
Mastering Paper Piecing.
Stay tuned for more blog posts. Upcoming posts include information
about Hives 1 & 2, as well as our April education. We hope you have enjoyed
reading about our April meeting and look forward to seeing you next month on
May10!
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