First, a request that those bringing finished community quilts to the meeting measure them so we can add the inches to our total for the ‘Walk to Brock Challenge’ and help out Dorothy. Please put the measurements on masking tape on a corner of the quilt. We will have a table to collect them beside our table of kits.
When I signed on to be president of LGQG Community Quilt Society it was because I felt it was an important part of our giving to the community we live in. I was very happy to find in my information binder a short history of Community Quilts.
Doree Piercy, Val Jeffery and Dolores Bell decided to use some of their leftover scraps to see if they could make some reasonably pleasing quilts. They had so much fun that they thought a weekend event open to all guild members should be held to make quilts for North Shore facilities. So Doree contacted several potential recipients. Dolores booked the Lucas Centre and organized the first Community Quilt Workshop with the help of Val, Renata Doerfert and Shirley Mortell. Fifty members made 35 bed quilts.
This was in 1992 and while I don’t have the exact number it appears almost 2000 !!! quilts have been donated to a number of good causes since then.
The Lions Gate Community Quilts Society had to be formed to receive quilt show raffle money – required by B.C. government.
Yearly since then we have had very enjoyable quilt weekends with lots of conversation, companionship and productivity which I hope will continue for years to come. We look forward to showing all manner of quilts made over the past year at the upcoming meeting.
Thank you to everyone who has helped with our endeavors.
Anita Jones-Gould
At the May meeting, it will be your last chance to purchase a book of quilt raffle tickets, for advance sales to your family and friends prior to the quilt show in June.
Krista showed us the technique, now she will show us how to make her whole design in this warm/cool colour study class. Her Temperature Check quilt has been selected for the juried quilt show at CQA in June, in the new Modern Quilt category, and we can be the first to learn how to make this stunning wall hanging.
I had always wanted to do a “blue quilt”. I’m not naturally drawn to the colour, but started to accumulate a few pieces that I assumed would be some sort of masculine quilt. Unrelated to this, I had also bought yardage from the Anna Griffin Sigourney line few years ago. It was a gentle muted blue, almost grey with a romantic feel to it and a coordinating border print. The mystery quilt became a focus for using up some of the fabrics I had accumulated, because the yardage requirements were quite open to being done in a scrappy fashion and value seemed to be the most important element. I thought I could quell my anxiety about doing a mystery and not being pleased with the outcome, if I limited the fabric colours. I started with the blue romantic floral and easily chose some dark navy in 3 different pieces. The medium value was less easy, but I thought that the grey tones in the floral would be best matched with medium gray prints that had some geometric patterns. I had a few white scraps and added a few more ½ yards of white to maintain the scrappy feel. At this point the border print became too obviously “yellowed” and although I keep going back to it, it isn’t going to make the quilt top.
As I started to construct the blocks, I was a little disappointed as I sensed that the dark was “too dark”, but I persevered and by the time the layout instructions were sent, I was captivated by the result. I won’t spoil the outcome for you as I do plan to have the top finished for the June guild meeting, but suffice it to say, that I will change the final construction of the top in an effort to maintain the airy romantic feel. (The blue fabric for the men in my life has been repurposed!)
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