Today marks the start of the Fall 2010 Blogger's Quilt Festival. Amy started this in 2009 to coincide with Quilt Market for those of us unable to make it to Houston. I stumbled across the festival last year and spent way too much time on the computer, but the inspiration gained and the new bloggers discovered made it worth while. I encourage you to head over there to see for yourself, and to enter your own quilt if you haven't already. The festival runs until November 5th, and there are giveaways involved as well.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Meeting Minutes, October 6, 2010
We had a great meeting today at the Sewing Studio in Maitland with 8 members and 1 guest in attendance.
The Minutes of the September 2010 meeting were approved.
Michele gave the Treasurer's Report. We have 26 paid members and a balance of $576.25.
Charity Project Update-All the donated hand made items are due at the November Meeting. Heather turned a lap quilt. We would like to present the hand made items in person on December 14th.
The door prize was won by Judy.
The library has approved our room reservation for the first six months of 2011.
Sew dates are Jan. 15, Feb. 26, March 19, April 30, May 14 and June 18th.
We have also requested three Monday evenings as possible dates for other programs and events. Those evenings are: March 21, April 11, and June 6.
The Birthday members, July and Margaret, were not present.
Rene, Hope, Michele and Kathryn presented their items each made with a fabric from the "ugly" exchange challenge.
Amy Allen, the founder of the non-profit group, Global Change, Inc. (www.globalchange.me) which supports clean water and sanitation for areas of poverty, spoke to OMQG about the Global Quilt Project. Quilt blocks have been donated from around the world for inclusion in fund raising quilts. We assisted Amy in the design of the first quilt. The quilt is to be auctioned on November 19th, which is World Toilet Day.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Juanita Yeager Machine Quilting Workshop
Juanita's signature hand-painted flower blossoms. |
Juanita showing us technique on one of her quilts. |
Beth wastes no time trying her hand at thread painting. |
Judy gives her machine a creative workout. |
Juanita shows us her facing technique for binding quilts. |
Hope masters a new machine with success. |
Rene' caught on very quickly. She's going to write an entire blog post with her machine next week! ;) |
Mary Ann was looking stylish and having fun. |
Alejandrina adds an artistic flair to her practice piece. |
Margaret was quilting so fast her hands were blurred. |
Michele learned more about her sewing machine. |
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