Book a table with Rita Douglas for our “Good as New Sale” and bring your wares! There is no charge for the table. If the sellers could come early, set up and cover their wares with a sheet or other fabric for the business part of the meeting. We will start the sale at the beginning of the break (no speaker). Bring your money and be prepared to shop!
December: No meeting
January: Anita Jamieson
Our November meeting is your last chance to be sure your membership for 2015 is current and that you are a member in good standing if you wish to show a quilt in the 2016 quilt show in June. You will actually have until the first week of December, so if you can’t make it to the meeting be sure your 2015 form is postmarked by December 5th. If you know of past members who have mentioned they may like to participate, please pass the information along. Membership forms are available on the web site.
The renewal of membership for 2016 will be at the February meeting, but you are always welcome to bring it to the January meeting.
The guild currently has 137 members. We had 83 members present at the October meeting and we welcomed 1 guest. Five people joined the guild – 3 new members and 2 returning members.
Remember to wear your name tags if you would like to win a door prize. Everyone who signs in, has an opportunity to win. Nametags are available for $1.00 each at the membership table.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.
Happy Quilting!
Joan Herrin,
Membership Coordinator
Photos contributed by Leslie Rutledge
Hope everyone who did a Christmas baby quilt remembers them for our December delivery to Lions Gate NICU. The thank you cards and letters pictured should make everyone feel good. I have had a request for more quilts for Turning point so will send off a couple we have. Community Quilt Days are set for 2016 they are March 3, 4, and 5. Please make plans to join us as much as you are able.
It’s hard to believe that this is already our last meeting of the year, and that my term as a librarian is coming to an end! It’s quite sad, but at the same time, I’m excited that someone else will have an opportunity to take over this position. It’s so much fun to choose the books and to be the first to read them all as they arrive. It’s also wonderful to know almost every member by name, and even some of their quilting styles!
If you’re interested in being the librarian, I encourage you to take this opportunity to join our executive group, it was so much fun!
Here are this month’s new books:
There are also a few more books that were donated—don’t forget to check them out!
Panels are great for a quick and easy quilt but look at them carefully before you buy. A friend gave me a Numbers panel which she assumed was numbers 1 to 10 but in reality the blocks were numbered 0 to 9. When I noticed this I had to make a number 1 to put in front of the “0”. In our culture we usually learn our numbers starting with “1”. I think the maker of this particular panel also knew this because there are 9 birds and 9 clouds in the block “0”. I think I have covered up the 10th of each so I will get out my trusty fabric pen and draw the 10th bird and cloud into the block.
Another Numbers panel I bought had two printed words under each number. I did have numbers 1 through 10 but the words printed under the numbers were written in French and Spanish. Once again my trusty fabric pen came in handy as I wrote English words for all of the numbers.
Alphabet quilt panels should be looked at carefully also. Last year I had to add the last three letters of the alphabet to a panel. Be careful out there!
Betty Clarke
Hello Lions Gate Quilters,
As you all know, our Free Motion Machine Quilting and Shrinky Stretchy Pliable Patchwork Workshops were undersubscribed. After putting the word out through the Guild Gathering, we were still coming up short. We commenced with further advertising efforts including another notice through the Gathering, emailing all the Lions Gate Guild members, and cooperation from several retail outlets that are quilt related. Viola! we were able to sufficiently fill our classes.
Free Motion Machine Quilting, with Terry Grusendorf, was held on October 17th, at Gloria Dei Church, with registration of 18 people. This was the first time we have used the hall at Gloria Dei, and found it to be very nice for several reasons, but not really bright enough. The number of electrical plugs was a bit shy, as well. The workshop, however, was great!
We have booked the facility at St Stephens Catholic Church for the January Extravaganza. The theme of the day is quilting with precuts. Elaine Andrew will lead us through creating a Long John Jellies quilt, using a jelly roll. Attendees will be asked to bring their quilts made from precuts of all types for show and tell, and we will have a potluck lunch. The cost for the day is $25. About six people are registered so far, so hopefully it will fill up at the next guild meeting. The past four years, we have had 44 or 45 people attending each year.
Registration for our Lonestar Circle workshop with Krista Hennebury on February 20th was brisk at the last meeting. At a maximum of 18 attendees, we have only a few spots left. There will be opportunity to sign up at the next guild meeting.
Jane Andrew
Shrinky, Stretchy, Pliable Patchwork with Barb Mortell — well, we shrank, we stretched, we even proved ourselves pliable, or at least that our skills are. Wonky proved to be a great deal of fun and the day flew. I won the (self-awarded) prize for the smallest wonky blocks, 2 inch wide courthouse steps. Myra’s blocks-in-progress are just below to the right—and yes, we were using the same shirt fabric, having exchanged sleeves from the men’s shirts we’d each collected from family and $2 shirt days at the Sally Ann!
Laurel (give me the shirt off your back) Hickey
A few of our talented quilters and their inspiring work.
If you have a story behind your Show and Tell quilts that you’d like to share with everyone, please email the newsletter editor.
Hello fellow guild members. As Bena, our president, enjoys her vacation in France, I’ve been delegated to write your monthly welcome. My theme, in keeping with the season, is thank-you.
Fall is well and truly upon us and that glorious summer is now only a fond memory. We had an eventful October starting off with a well-received September program where we all learned some new and useful tips. We have a wealth of teaching talent within our guild! Thank you! And the Amica quilt display was a great success under the direction of Leslie Rutledge. Thank you to her group of hardworking volunteers!
As we get back to the sewing machines in earnest, it’s also time to plan for the year ahead. Our guild executive elections are just around the corner and I invite all guild members to consider running for the upcoming positions: vice president, treasurer, newsletter editor, librarian, member at large, membership coordinator and program coordinator. We have a large group of members that take on multiple volunteer roles within the guild and I expressly invite new people to step forward to participate in the running of the guild and it’s programs. We are also recruiting for a new Quilt Show Coordinator and Diane Ritter, as outgoing coordinator, has graciously offered to mentor a new Coordinator and smooth the transition. Thank you!
At this time, I would also like to thank outgoing CQA rep, Dorothy Porter, and welcome Krista Hennebury into the role.
We welcome Dianne Stephenson as our speaker this month. A number of the guild members took her “Canadiana in Cloth” workshop for 8 months last year and her new presentation is titled “Feedsacks to Fancy Things”. I hope to see some of those finished quilts at our show and tell this month. See you at the meeting on the 27th.
Debbie Barrett
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