Our Christmas in July Party, Organized by Cece and Carol was a whole lot of fun!!

Good Food! what's is better than a pot luck lunch with a bunch of quilters doing the cooking?  I ask you? 

Good Times!  We played a Chinese game in which you chose the wrapped gift.  Everyone seemed to want the biggest one.

Beautiful Quilts!

Schedule through July

Hello Quilters!

We really are blessed with many opportunities for sharing our quilting skills.  Whether it's to enter a show or to learn a new pattern, we are not letting any moss grow under our feet this first half of 2010.  You don't have to participate in anything you don't want to.  All our activities are optional, including the quilt show.

Our schedule is as follows until the end of July:

Friday, July 8-we will have a regular Sit n Sew in room 202.  We might also leave a little early and catch the sale at Forget Me Knot.

Forget-Me-Knot Quilt Shoppe

BIG BIRTHDAY SALE!!! Friday and Saturday, July 8 & 9. All fabric will be $7 per yard (1/2 yd. minimum cut). Pre-cut fat quarters will be $1.75! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!

Tuesday, July 12 - Shirley will be teaching the Travel Bag that she taught before.  room 201

Friday, July 15 - Regular Sit n Sew in room 202

Tuesday, July 19 - Regular Sit n Sew in room 201

Friday, July 22 - Regular Sit n Sew in room 202.  The Jingle Bell Hop begins with several quilt shops participating.

Tuesday, July 26 - Christmas in July party is in the Lower Level.  Carol and CeCe are hosting the party this year. 

Please bring:

1. Your dish you signed up to bring for the party. 
2. Two quilts for the Elizabethtown Quilt show, September 23 and 24.  I will take a picture and print it out to attach to the form for insurance purposes, and mail them in.  
        Or if you would like to enter a wearable art piece that would be great.
3. Two forms for the quilts you would like to enter-filled out
4. Ten Dollars total, for the 2 quilts to enter in the show to cover insurance.  
5.  Your log cabin quilt.  The block was chosen at the Christmas party last year now it's time for the "unveiling".

Friday, July 29 - Regular Sit n Sew in room 202

Tuesday, August 2 - room 201

Happy Quilting!
Julie

The Heat Did Not Deter Some of Our Members...

Looks like there was a good turnout for our trip to the J Town Museum to see a small quilt show.  Thanks Lori for planning and organizing everyone!  Even though she is our newest member, she is happy to pitch in and get us organized.

The Great Black Out of 2011 at Pieceful Haven

The best laid plans can sometimes go wrong and it's nobody's fault.  All 18 showed up for the first day of our retreat and there was no power.  We canceled it and have moved it to June 13 and 14th.

Besides the French Braid pattern, you might like to learn techniques for one or all 3 of these quilts.

Getting Ready for the Retreat on Tuesday, May 24 and Wednesday, May 25

Hello Quilters!

Our quilt group is blessed with some pretty terrific quilters.  One of our most gifted quilters, Mary Ernwine, is choosing to share her talents with us, free of charger, for the retreat on May 24 and 25 at the Pieceful Haven retreat facility in Lagrange, Ky.  Mary has been in the group from the beginning, back in 2000.  Over the years I have seen her make some wonderful quilts.  Her gift of color selection and usage in a quilt are amazing.  She has put together some of the most stunning quilts I have ever seen in my 25 plus years in the quilt world.  She has won many ribbons at the state fair.  You do not want to miss an opportunity to learn from her.  She is a wonderful teacher!

This Tuesday, May 17, Mary Ernwine will be helping everyone organize and cut their fabrics for the French Braid quilt.  She will be teaching the construction of the quilt at the retreat at Pieceful Haven.  

Please bring your fabrics on Tuesday, washed or not, your choice to do so or not.  Mary did not wash hers, nor did I.  Also, bring a cutting wheel and if you have one, an 8 1/2 inch by 24 inch ruler.  If you don't have one, we have rulers in the cabinet that will work with some thoughtful use.  

Marie will also be there with the sign up sheet for the food.  

Working on the French Braid quilt is not a requirement for the retreat.  If you choose to get caught up on your UFO's or if you want to do the Friendship Braid quilt pattern, that is a scrap pattern that I showed a while ago, that would be great!  

I suspect there may be a scrabble game, maybe a card game or we can play anything else you think might be fun.  We all love our quilting, but it's nice to take a break and laugh and share together around a good old fashioned board game or whatever.

It's going to be a lot of fun!

Also, I will be in Oklahoma for a wedding next weekend, so there will be no quilting on Friday, May 20.  

No quilting in the room on Tuesday, May 24, as we will all be on retreat!

Casserole Carriers were taught at our Tuesday and Friday groups

These are pictures from the Friday class that meets in room 202 at Northeast Christian Church. We used to meet in the LL, but, there have been some issues with the room, so we are now meeting right next door to our Tuesday group meeting.  There is a good works group that makes fleece blankets for the hospitals that started meeting in our old room on Fridays, so we move next door for Friday only.