September Notes:
- Quilt Guild position survey:
- Not volunteering, but showing what is something you are good at/would be OK working on. These are more to gauge people’s preferences throughout the years. Volunteer to be nominated by October, Vote in November; announce in December! On boarding in January. Teams
- Retreat:
- Fall retreat: sign ups went well! May be able to add one more! Please email the guild email if you are still interested.
- Spring retreat: Still in the works... Margate resort, Saint Methodius (contoocook NH) If YOU would like to help on this committee for spring retreat, please email us!!!
- Raffle: Door Prize: Beth! Evergreen pattern!
- Raffle: Lynn! Stripology Ruler
- Raffle: Slimline - Donna K!
- WIP Challenge:
- today was the deadline to turn in WIP cards. WIP = Work In Progress. Have to declare ahead of time; can not add or change retroactively. No penalty for incomplete WIPs, but if you finish, you are entered into a raffle!
- Charity blocks:
- 2 x KONA colors; Sew day on September 30;
- Simone’s Sew in:
- went great! Beautiful area, 9 sign ups, Thank you Simone!!
- Charity Report:
- Delivered 32 quilts to foster children; 22 to Sleep In Heavenly Peace; about 10 ready to donate; at least 64 fro, only IN SEPTEMBER! AMAZING
- Ruler Roulette!
- Flying geese, slotted HST,
Show and Tell:
Susie: 1. Simone bag 2. Charity Quilt 3. WIP! Hello Spring by Pen&Paper For granddaughter! Started at retreat
Patty: 1. Delivered a WIP 2. Gingham 3. WIP! MQG criss cross chain! Tula backing!
Lori W: 1. WIP, baby quilt, 2. Dit Dot fabric,
Laurie M:1. Maggie, 2. Wonky stars from 2017, added in a panel, 3. Free pattern from a friend Quilts for the main Scraps snap, also a scrappy binding! (WIP!)
Martha: Welcome Martha! 1. Former apparel design teacher; took a class
Barbara: 1. Table runner
Simone: 1. Jay bird pattern lightning, peacock feather quilting design; variegated thread, shows up differently across the quilt.
Lesley: 1. Old finish! 2. Panel from compass point quilts border is a Hoffman batik;
Shelly: Simone’s class!
Donna: 1. WIP Charity, 2. For JoJo, with a label from her husband,
Michelle: 1. Postcard from Sweden; made HST 2/time, so she made a second identical quilt!
Robin: 1. WIP, Sew-together bag, 2. WIP, charity built, 3. Fixed up hedgehogs!
Lisa: 1. 3 yard quilts, for a 96th birthday, only accepts gold! 2. For a friend’s first baby, town square 3 yard!
Ophelia: 1. Sandhill sling, . Sweetwater 3. WIP, Hobbs, rhinos!, 4. Sweetwater, 5. Pixel quilt! Use grid interfacing, BUT you can see the grid ink through the fabric!
