Table Runner Workshop

Elsie Hall held her table runner workshop on January 17th. This was a great workshop for beginners or really for anyone who wanted to spend a day creating something very pretty and useful. The various material used made each runner unique.



A bonus of taking a workshop is that you get to chat with fellow quilters.



MQuilt Diary - Step 1 & 2

Okay back to the Mystery Quilt...large scrappy....

Step 1
240 units of light and dark squares sewn together


DONE!!!



















Step 2
120 four patch squares

DONE!!!

I am now going on to step 3......getting my ruler out...this will keep me busy.....

Chop Chop Workshop

On January 12th, Anne McKinnon taught the Chop Chop Workshop.  The ladies learned some quick and easy ways to make amazing looking blocks.  Claudette supplied a couple of videos from the class....

Steven Spielberg your job is safe for now..but just wait until she gets the hang of her iphone!!

Mystery Quilting Diary - Cutting

To motivate myself and to keep up to date with Betty Ann's instructions I am going to post my progress on the cutting and the sewing of the mystery quilt.  My goal is to be caught up by the February meeting......

I have chosen the large scrappy quilt (fool) and I have cut out the 1590 pieces (360 rectangle and 1230 squares).  That's the good news...the not so good news is:

Now I must sew them together (yikes)
I don't know if I like the scraps I have chosen
There does not appear to be any noticeable reduction in my stash!!
THIS IS ONLY THE CUTTING OUT....

Let the fun begin.

I shall keep you posted on my progress......

January 2012 Speaker - Nancy Johnston

Nancy Johnston is an international award winning quilter, commissioned fibre artist, published designer, custom machine quilter, and a quilting instructor.  She is also a member of our Guild....aren't we lucky!!  Nancy's truck show demonstrated her outstanding talents...

This is my favourite!!

Show and Share January 2012

As you can see from these pictures some of our ladies were very busy over the holidays...

I would sleep under this quilt Barb...

December 2011 Meeting

Our traditional December Potluck Lunch meeting was a wonderful way to kick start the Christmas Spirit......lots of great friends, amazing food, activities, information, and the usual inspirational Show and Share.  See you all in January....have a wonderful Christmas.

Quilt Show 2013 - Raffle Quilt

Yes we have started..... It seems like yesterday we just finished the Quilt for the 2011 show but Pam Campbell and Donna MacDonald have been holding workshops at Pam's studio and at Appleseed Quilt Shop for the quilt to be raffled in 2013.  This quilt is going to be amazing!!  We are all learning so many new techniques during the construction of this masterpiece.  There is a lot of work to be done...so if you are interested in joining us at a workshop contact Donna MacDonald.  She will be setting up more sessions in the new year.  Here is a sneak preview of some of the squares..

Show and Share for November

Christmas and Winter was definitely the theme for this month's show and share.  Our ladies are ready for the upcoming festivities and the cold weather!!
 

November Speaker Sue Carmichael

Sue Carmichael the owner of the Quilters Cupboard quilt shop in Uxbridge was our guest speaker for November.  Sue's quilt shop was featured in Quilt Sampler magazine in 2010 (an amazing accomplishment for a Canadian shop!!) plus Quilters Cupboard was voted Shop of the Year 2011 by Fab Shop. 

During her inspirational talk Sue took us through the trials, tribulations, and joys of getting her shop to this level of excellence.  Sue's motto of Fun, Friends Food and Fabric is a great slogan for all quilters.  I can't wait for my next visit to the Quilters Cupboard.

There were also lots of goodies from the shop for sale.