January

Getting to know you better.

Scrapalicious—What is a Scrap?

Scrap and quilt, quilt and scrap. Every quilter makes scraps, but what is your relationship with scraps. Do you love them or hate them? Bring your favorite scrappy blocks, organization techniques, quilts. In preparation for Konnie’s Mile a Minute scrappy workshop this month, we will be talking with Ruthie Reynoso about her scrappy likes, dislikes, techniques. Let’s have fun and share our own techniques and thoughts on organization. Let’s share ideas and you may come up with a scrap partner who will take your scraps or vice versa!

What Happens to All My Stuff When I Can No Longer Quilt?

We are all of a "certain age" and things happen. We have spent years building up our stashes, notions, tools and machine inventory. What’s going to happen to all of this when we’re gone.  Does your husband/family simply package it up and take it to Goodwill?  We have seen large amounts of fabric and notions donated to the guild when a member passes, or someone has heard about the guild. How can you make sure that your beautiful fabrics and great machines go to a good home where someone will love it as much as you do? Who do you need to call?

Our own Ginger Maddox and LaLani James have had experience in going through stashes left by quilters. They will talk from experience about some of the things you need to consider to make sure your stashes and other quilting items go to good homes. 

Introducing, drum roll please, our mid year block challenge. Linda Hudson will talk about our block challenge:  What it is, rules, block size, where do the blocks go? She will then distribute the kits and rules to those of us who wish to participate.

When Linda is finished, Anne will introduce a simple, money saving DIY project for organizing our quilt projects. 

We will have a special May social this year. In addition to the food, Linda Weiss will present a trunk show of some of her quilts in preparation for her workshop Quilting with antique linens and hankies in June. Please make sure you come to see these special quilts.

As always at our May social, members whose last names begin with A-K should bring a food item to share for our luncheon. We will have a variety of food and talk and fun. Did I say food!! Please come and enjoy the time and food with your fellow quilters.

 Bet you were wondering if we were ever going to play games this year. June is the month. Make sure to bring 3 fat quarters to participate in Left-Right-Center. We will have a number of tables with many chances to win fat quarters. AND who doesn’t like fat quarters!! 

I've Finished my quilt top...Now What?

One of the hardest things about quilting is finishing. How many quilts do you have in your pile because they need to be quilted? Let's discuss three basic quilting options...tying, quilting with your domestic machine and sending your quilt to a longarmer.

We will discuss the options with our own Peggy Murrell and Ginger Maddox. While Peggy and Ginger will discuss longarming and what do you need to know about sending your quilt to a longarmer.  Pressing, finishing, quilting design, price... just all the things we quilters need to know to make a longarmer's life easier and your finished quilts better. 

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Annual Meeting/Elections

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December Social

Last names L-Z bring food for luncheon.