June 1st Business Meeting

We had a wonderful business meeting Saturday!  We met at the Homeport!  We celebrated the purchase of new AccuQuilter accessories, made decisions about Fall Retreat, explored By-Law changes, and formed plans for our Linus Project contribution!

The best part of the whole meeting was visiting with one another and Show & Tell!

Kim shared her recent quilt adventures!  This is her first attempt at free motion quilting ... great job Kim!

Bali Pop wonderfulness!

A Grandmother's Flower Garden that Kim began piecing and quilting at the young age of 13!

Close up ... such a treasure that she plans to finish!  We all fell in love with the 1960's pink!

Yellow Rose wall hanging that Barb recently finished!

An antique quilt that Barb found on the her family's farm.  We discussed ways to save it from further damage.

We all loved the copper toned fabrics Darlene used in her Seasonal Table Runner.  Gorgeous!  Thanks to everyone for sharing ... it was very inspiring!

Special thanks to President Sara for organizing the meeting and choosing a new meeting location.    

Business Mtg - JUNE 1st!

NWQG Quarterly Membership Meeting is Saturday, June 1 at 7p.m.

We will be meeting at the Homeport Coffee-shop and please bring a UFO to "Show and Tell" with the group.

Call Sara at 424-5787 if you have questions

Agenda items will include: Accuquilter update, Scholarship recipients, potential Quilt As You Go class in August from a traveling teacher, and much more!

May Time to Sew Recap!

Three members attended our May Time to Sew Event!  May is a busy month as our fishing season gears up for another successful season!

 Valerie began the day by working on a fusible applique' project!

Gorgeous results!

Valerie completed a second project as well!  Lovely results!

Terri worked on a baby quilt ... we are all in love with this new fabric line!

Barb brought in a kit she had purchased on a trip ... we fell in love with the pattern!

It is a two for one pattern!  We loved how quickly they went together ... and the results were beautiful!

Her second project for the day was this quilt as you go table runner!

By the end of the day it was quilted and bound!  Awesome!

A huge thanks to Barb and Terry for organizing these monthly events!  There will not be any Time to Sew events in June and July ... we'll resume the fun in August!  Have a terrific summer!

Time to Sew in May!

You won't want to miss the fun and inspiration that is sure to be present at our last "Time to Sew" event of the season!

Saturday, May 11th
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Home Ec Room

A huge thanks to Barb and Terry for organizing this event each month!

Hope to see everyone on Saturday!

Time to Sew - April Edition

We began on Saturday by celebrating with Barb and Terry's completion of their "Seasonal Table Runners"!  They are beautiful!

Sam and her mother, Barb, were busy making a quilt!  It is a gift for someone special!  It will be fun to watch it evolve!  Stay tuned!

Paula began working on a Blooming Nine Patch.  Oh ... such beautiful fabric!

Valerie came with the top for this baby quilt pieced ... layered it ... did the machine quilting ... and finished the binding!

She spent the rest of the day cutting out a new fusible applique project!  Wowser!

Terry was busy working on a beautiful sampler quilt!  The blocks are stunning!

Diane made great progress on her Judy Niemeyer quilt!  There are so many units in a large Quiltworx quilt!

Barb arrived with two kits ... completed both ... and spent the rest of the afternoon helping others on their projects!  We're going to rename her ... Zoom-zoom Barb!  What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday ... surrounded by the accomplishments of others is always inspiring!

Time to Sew - April Event!

You won't want to miss the fun ... April's "Time to Sew" Event!

Saturday, April 27th
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
H. S. Home Ec Room

Spring Retreat Success!

We arrived Saturday morning ...

... excited to begin paper piecing Judy Niemeyer style ...

... and to the largest pan of "monkey bread" in guild history!  It smelled and tasted wonderful!

We began by working on our "Spike" units ...

... it was inspiring to see everyone's fabric choices!

In the early afternoon, Sue demonstrated how to organize and piece the "Flying Geese" units.  We all got busy!

And before long...

... those flying geese units began showing up everywhere!

Guild members Neva ...

... and Kathleen joined us while they worked on personal projects.

This morning (Sunday) the focus was to continue working on the units necessary to complete our table runners.

Sue shared with us the assembly techniques!  She had many hints that made curve piecing easy!

Celebrating success!  We had fun teasing her about dressing to match her table runner!

A huge thank you to Guild Member Diane who organized this event!  She was also responsible for much of the food that we enjoyed all weekend!  We appreciate the many things Diane did to make the retreat so successful!  Many of us were intimidated by Judy Niemeyer's designs, but Sue gave us the skills and confidence to conquer those fears!  Thanks to Sue's patient, calm and clear teaching abilities, everyone was successful!

What a terrific group of women to spend the weekend with!  And how beautiful the tables in Cordova with be when these runners are put to use!  A wonderful and productive retreat!