November 2010 Show and Tell

I hope you enjoy the show and tell from this month. We had a couple people show tops from our National teacher "Jan Krentz" classes. Diana Shull gave us a great lesson on using rulers. She showcased the easy angle, companion angle and a couple others and showed how to make typical blocks using these rulers. Many of us have the tools and don't always use them correctly. She shared tips and ideas as well as her practical advice. If you weren't there, you missed a great lesson.

Toni has a trunk show at her store and she shared a few favorites with the guild. They are all made from simple laminated card patterns.

December brings our Christmas party. Always a treat to come to this meeting... No "business meeting" pure Christmas entertainment. The Stanton ladies are coming up with the activities and guild members bring the treats. Block exchange is an ornament block this year. This could be interesting. Enjoy the show and tell, hope to see you in December!
Clare

I am only uploading a few pictures from the two classes we had with national quilter Jan Krentz. She was awesome to take a class from. Jan likes to give as much personal attention as she can. She is very prepared for class and wants to make sure every particpant comes out with a great experience. She suggests we take pictures with the digital camera and look at the designs through the lens. Amazing what you see through the camera. I will upload all the pictures we took to shutterfly. Check them out there. We took many pictures of the quilts in progress...as we moved the fabrics around to make our final decisions. We should have some great show and tell coming up. Check it out on: http://commonthreadsquiltguild.shutterfly.com/

Quilt Show Featured Quilter

Diana Heinemeyer was our Featured Quilter for the 2010 Quilt show. I took these pictures after I had uploaded the show pictures.

October Meeting Show and Tell 2010

Where is the year going... The year is slipping by fast, but still some of our members have been using the time wisely and getting things done. Peggy worked on getting all her patchabilities done (two years of kits) All I can say is WOW! Cheryl had some beautiful quilts too. She told us she was trying to use her 5 inch squares that we exchanged...um... probaby 5 years ago. Then she showed us her paper pieces double wedding ring quilt. Ok, not what most of us will do with our 5 inch squares. We will just name her "Over achiever". Great Job, Cheryl!

Connie had some quilts from her daughter, Nicole. Connie is quilting them for her. VERY FUN! Jackie showed her brown bag quilt set in the BQ fashion. She changed it up a bit, it looks real nice!

I hope to include pictures later this month from our National Quilting Teacher : Jan Krentz. I have heard some people say, "Oh that Hunters Star pattern looks too hard. I don't want to take the class" The best time to take the class is when you have an expert to help. We intend to learn a lot from Jan and will have a social at my house Friday night with her. 7 pm. You don't have to take the class to stop by and meet her. Consider putting that on your schedule. Also consider taking a class!

I am uploading the quilt show into 3 slide shows. I am not putting names onto the slide show. But I hope you enjoy the show. The first pictures are of the Challenge: a paint chip challenge and Song challenge. Each participant drew 3 paint chips and had to make a quilt with a song theme with the quilt chip colors. If you would like to view the whole show in a different method. Check out our Shutterfly account: http://commonthreadsquiltguild.shutterfly.com/ You can view all the pictures and purchase them through shutterfly if you wish.
Clare

The next slide show:

Round 3:

Enjoy the Show!

August 2010 meeting

It looks like I missed some great show and tell. Thanks to Liz for taking pictures for me at the August meeting. September brings our quilt show. We have had some great show and tell. The quilt show should also be AWESOME! Enjoy the slide show.

20th Anniversary July 23rd 2010

Our Anniversary party was held July 23rd 2010. I was unable to attend, but I heard the comment that we had planned for over a year to have it in the pocket park, and because of rain they planned for just a couple hours how to have the party in the city hall. From the pictures it looks like it was a great party. Thank you to Wendy and Marilyn for their great planning and party. The festivities looked awesome! Thanks to Liz for taking pictures of the party.
Clare

Photos can be found on Shutterfly

http://commonthreadsquiltguild.shutterfly.com/

I am trying to keep up to date on photo's from our guild meetings by putting them on shutterfly. You can view or purchase prints off of this site. Hope that helps.
Clare

Hazen 2010 Reunion Quilt show

I had to divide our show into two slide shows. Hope you enjoy the show.

The 2nd part of the show:

July Meeting 2010

We met for the July meeting at Hazen High School. We set up a quilt show for the Hazen All-School Reunion. After working the quilt show this morning, I think it was pretty successful. Many people were making positive comments about the quilts. (As they should, we are pretty AWESOME). What is fun, is that people brought out quilts that have been done for people in the Hazen school or by people of Hazen no longer living. Our labels identified people who were connected to the school, but we also had entries from members who had no connection to the school, everything was appreciated!

We had a short meeting in the theater and I didn't really think there would be a lot of show and tell... WRONG! Well I didn't bring my camera because of the stuff I brought for setting up the show... so I used my cell phone... I am sure you will be able to tell the difference. I will photo the show on Saturday morning and put it up later. Until then enjoy the show and tell from our July meeting. We had a few UFO (Unfinished Objects) shown. That is a renewed item this year. We should be seeing a lot of UFO's in the next year. Those participating paid .25 cents per small item or .50 cents for a large quilt and a drawing of prizes will be given out at the end to those who completed and paid for the UFO activity. Sure is one way to get those unfinished projects done... I don't know how many participated, but we have over $75 in the kitty.

Be looking for the photo's from the show in another post... but for now enjoy the show and tell.

Clare

June Meeting 2010

Where did the night go... we Got started and Cheryl Klee showed us how to put together "Twist and Shout". Fun Easy pattern. Thanks Cheryl. We had a great lunch... they were promoting summer! Wow, is it actually here. Our meeting went long and pretty uneventful... except watch out... next month if you don't wear your name tag you will have to put in .25 cents into the kitty. Teri will see to it I can tell. And don't think you don't have to introduce yourself just because you don't have show and tell... If you don't have a name tag... You'd better be ready to introduce yourself... At show and tell many said, I don't have anything... leave it up to one person to say "I have a lot, but it is all at home!" Too Funny!

Next month we will meet at Hazen High School and set up for the Reunion Quilt show. We will meet on Thursday July 8, in the gym. We will have our meeting after the set-up.

Check out show and tell... we always have some fun things to share. Thanks Ladies!
Clare

May Guild Meeting

MaryEllen gave us a great lesson on Bargello ideas. She shared some fun ideas she has come up with from needlepoint magazines. She used striped fabrics and didn't have to sew the fabric into strips. Cool idea. Now we will be on a a lookout for fun striped fabrics...
We have new leaders. Terri and Peggy will lead the way for the next year... Terri said she was nervous... It didn't show a bit... They offered some new suggestions for connecting the group together... Sewing once a month (novel idea!) People just need to let them know they are interested... We also had a offer to start a UFO project again. It is time to do some new things. I hope everyone will come on board and get involved. Your UFO's just have to have a stitch in them to count... More information will be in the June Newsletter.
We had AWESOME show and tell again. I can't believe the quality of the quilter's in our guild. Check out the slide show...
Clare

April meeting 2010

We had a guest speaker at our April meeting. "Aneeda Bargain" entertained us with useful tips from ordinary items you could find at home. Not only did she have some great suggestions, but many members chipped in with uses they have for the household items she brought along. Of course, if you are borrowing items from your husband, you many want to make sure you don't damage any of his tools. But many of the items she had brought he wouldn't even miss from the garage/shop. Some of the items are displayed in the slide show, even new lighting for the cap, often we don't have enough lighting when it comes to quilting. She sharpened her rotary scissors by running it over tin foil... (it sounded like her blade was cutting better). She came up with a light box that is relatively cheap. Used washers to make perfect applique' circles. Lots of great ideas! She was hoping some of her friends were also present... Iona Stash, Mega Shopper, Penolope Pinchpenny and Ima Quilter.

We were few in numbers (from a normal guild meeting) but we had LOTS of show and tell. Several people brought piles of quilts... Luella, Gwen, Diana, Cheryl, Peggy... you will see in the slide show. We celebrate our 20th Anniversary being a guild in July. We are looking for small door prizes for this event as well as our 2010 challenge will be displayed also. So get working girls! Enjoy the slide show.
Clare

Monday, March 1st 2010

Jan Garman gave us a lesson on quilting as you go. She showed her method to quilt smaller pieces and join them into a large quilt. Very interesting. We had quite a few quilts shown at show and tell. Another great night for show and tell. The Raffle quilt committe showed the top they prepared. It turned out beautiful. Now it will be off to a quilter. We will try to show quilts at the Library this month. Watch for an email if this will happen next week. We actually have a LOT going on this summer and fall. Get ready for a busy summer!!! Hope you enjoy the slide show.
Clare

About the show and tell

I should tell you all that Judy brought items from remember when in 1992. These were items that were workshops from that year... Easy Angle workshop and Cathedral windows apron. Interesting how fabric has changed in the years...

Feb Meeting 2010

Here is the February Show and Tell. I didn't add any names to the slide show this time. But here is the show and tell: