Guild Activities
Hello Fellow Robins
I have been asked about doing a Row by Row Round Robin for the coming year. Because we had done this for the past two years, we did not start a new one. However, if there is an interest, we will do it beginning in September. Please understand that it involves a commitment for Sept thru June. It only involves one row and you have a month to complete it. If there is enough interest (we need at least 12 people) then we will begin in Sept. Four people have already asked to do this project. Jump on board.
Did you see the fabulous quilts from last year? They were shown at the June meeting. The Robins who did it really enjoyed the process and now have some fabulous quilts. It’s a great way to use your stash.
Please send an email to Marianne Karp at mskqlt@verizon.net if you want to participate. We will send you the rules and ask you to have row 1 completed by the Sept. mtg.
Thanks in advance,
Marianne and Layne
A Thank You and A Request for pictures
Hello all! I hope everyone enjoyed the last meeting. It was very hectic for me. We had some technical difficulties that needed to be worked out. One issue was, my camera did not have a battery in it. Therefore, I do not have any pictures of the changing of the board, thanking Ann for her service, naming of Quilter of the Year and Show and Tell. I would like to post some pictures to our Facebook page. So, if you have pictures would you share them with me? Please send them to me by email at liz@swanquilting.com. Or, if you prefer, and you use Dropbox, share your folder with me. I would appreciate any and all pictures I can get.
I would like to say a public thank you to all who made this a memorable time for me. Thank you, Ann Hockmeyer for being a great President and for the pin, bell and beautiful flowers. Thank you, Nancy Dempsey, for naming me Quilter of the Year. I was very surprised and humbled by it. And the orchid is beautiful! I really love it. Thanks to Ann Hockmeyer, Betty Hastings and Marianne Karp for their hand in it.
Thank you to all members for electing me as President. I look forward to your help and support in the coming year. Thank you to the new Executive Board for stepping up. I look forward to working with you. Thank you to the 73 members who made quilts for Kulea. I am truly overwhelmed by your generosity. Finally, thank you to the Raffle Quilt committee for a beautiful quilt that, I hope, will make lots of money for the guild. Can wait to quilt it!
Lots to be thankful for! Enjoy your summer. See you in September!
Liz Swan
Kulea Childcare Villages
Thank you, everyone, for your interest in this charity. We have received 5 quilts so far! Two members from the Kulea board visited my studio just before Christmas and were awe struck by your talent and generosity. Please visit their Facebook page to see pictures.
Kulea is coming to MVQG! Members from the Kulea Childcare Villages team will be at the January 2017 guild meeting. They will have a table in the lobby so that you can get information about the organization. Members will be dressed in their Kulea garb and will make a presentation to the guild at the meeting.
As a reminder, we will be making the formal presentation of donated quilts to Kulea at our May 2017 guild meeting. I understand this is a month early and hope that you have enough time to finish your quilts. Any size quilt is acceptable; however, the team is respectively asking for twin size quilts (approximately 60” x 86”). Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
Thank you, so much, for your interest in Kulea Childcare Villages!
Elizabeth Swan
Vice President
The “Joe” Quilt Challenge
We were totally entertained with Joe Cunningham’s lecture at our recent Guild meeting and I think it is safe to say we all stretched a bit at his workshop and spent a bit of time on the floor. Some of us wrestled with tiny slivers, color choices, following directions, pressing and layout but in the end I think his style of quilt making opened us up to some great possibilities. The workshop was considered a huge success. Shopping with him at PFC and The Barn opened me up to his style of fabric selection & bargain hunting!
Maddie was a hardworking, gracious host driving him thru at least “43” towns and to the Essex Peabody Museum, the MFA, getting him fed, and from and to airport. Joe enjoyed playing music with my husband, Jim, and the four of us laughed the night away over dinner at the Pub. Even more fun than at the workshop! A truly delightful time….so please Joe, come back again soon!
YOUR CHALLENGE LADIES….to show your “Joe” quilts at the June meeting, tops or finished! I’ll be ready and Maddie & I know he’ll be waiting to see the pictures!
Lyn
PS. If you left the workshop early you missed three demonstrations: Bias tape application, facing your quilts instead of binding and the big stitch with some clever starts and stops (I have a video on this).
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