Raffle Quilt & Show n' Tell

"Steps to the Garden" 2010 raffle quilt to be awarded at our show in October. To clarify the colors are creamy whites, muddy reds & muddy greens and yummy chocolate browns! If you would like to buy tickets contact Kathi at kdeverett@live.com. $1.00 apiece!
Kathi Everett's CQ purse
Donna Tomski's BOM butterflies
Donna's grandchildren made her this awesome quilt
Christine Hanson's table runner and a reminder that they need silent auction items!!!
Carol McNally made this sampler from shop hop she did on Ohio in 2003!
Eula Serrino made a purple/teal quilt for her niece
Terry McGuire's Nautical quilt
Shirley Green's Mexican Star
Shirley Green also made this lap quilt that will be sent to Africa
Marsha Muskoff's fruit & veggie fabrics quilt
Marsha Muskiff made a unique t-shirt quilt too
Kay Lennon's quilt made from jelly roll
Linda Prouty's My Garden Trellis quilt

Pat Gardener's flower basket quilt


Linda Hunter was our speaker this month. We all learned alot about quilt show judging. Linda has been a judge and been judged! Her lecture was very informative.

Next month Janet Root will be back to go over the many "basics" of quilting. Many of you have expressed interest in learning about squaring up, 1/4" seam, binding etc. Janet is known for her meticulous attention to these details.

July is our annual picnic (potluck style). We will also set up tables upstairs for a summertime flea market. It's a lot easier to transport all your cast-offs in nice weather, so bring your priced items and make some $$!

August will bring Ina Randall. She is a member of Amherst Quilt guild. I actually hunted her down at their quilt show last month to book her for a trunk show! You will be inspired by her work.

Create something wonderful to share with us next month!

April Show & Tell

Martha's Fly Away, a Scrap Therapy project


3 charity quilts finished or made by Ann
Donna's PPing block of the month
Donna's bathing suit....oops, I mean Charlotte bag
Martha's Swirly quilt
Shirley, Bonnie and Ann with a raffle quilt for Crossroads House
Elaine's mono printed leaf piece
Elaine's stenciled butterfly paintings on silk
Kathy's Easter table runner
Eula's 9 Patch Pizazz....cowboys!
Melanie's thread painting from Caren Betlinski's class.

After a rocky start to our April meeting we managed to quickly regroup and enjoyed a trunk show from Janet Root!

Our Liberated Quilt workshop after was wonderful. I will post pics of our time with Janet in a few days.

We welcome Linda Hunter in May. She will be telling us the things that quilt show judges look for.

In June Janet Root will be returning to take us through all the basics of quilting. Many people expressed interest in learning/reviewing just that, so plan on learning something new or refreshing our busy minds with tips that will help make quilting enjoyable!

Remember July we will have our annual picnic and we are adding a flea market. We know January weather is not conducive to transporting our treasures! Start setting things aside now, price them and you'll be ahead of the game!

Looking forward to George Siciliano!!!

In case you hadn't heard, Sharon Larson has arranged for us to have George and Virginia Siciliano visit us during the quilt show on October 15th and 16th!!!
George and his wife are from Lebanon, PA and are both award winning quilt makers. George was appearing at one of the vendor booths in Lancaster and these are pictures of some of his quilts.

Workshop 9-4 on Oct. 15, "Size Really Does Matter," a miniature quilt workshop, all skill levels. $50 for guild members; $55 for non-members.

Lecture, 7 p.m. Oct. 15, "This Guy Must Be Nuts," humorous trunk show presentation. Admission $5.

Workshop 9-4 Oct. 16, "Twirling Logs," all skill levels, not a miniature quilt block but second in the "Amazing Log Cabin Variations" series. $50 for guild members; $55 for non-members.

Guild members can sign up any time for workshops. Workshops open to all after our July guild meeting.
Contact Sharon for more information or to sign up. You can see the workshop information and pictures of the projects at George's website. (look for the link to George's workshops)

March Show & Tell

Show & Tell at our March meeting. So many talented people!

Chris Keuhl's Threadplay using a Libby Lehman book.

sharon's painted tulip petals from Velda Newman's class.

Sharon Larsen's successful snow dying!

Mary Lee's machine quilted trapunto table topper.

Bernie Roll's quilt for Roswell Hospital. John Roll's quilt made from his aunt's fabrics. Donna Tomski's block-of-the-month.

Cheryl Doody's quilt.

Linda Prouty's jacket. Pat Weller's embellished Jean jacket.

Last month Charlotte Dauer taught a workshop to make these great bags! This is my bag (Kathi Everett) but I had to mail it before meeting so I couldn't show it. I actually made 2, but the other one isn't finished.

Thank you Charlotte, enjoy all this pics of this bag!

Sharon Larsen's bag's.

Shirley Lapp's bag. Terry McGuire added pockets to hers. Kathy Belluscio's bag.

Mary Ellen Ames has 3 bags! Pat Gardner's bag. Elaine Ross showing a gorgeous scarf/shawl she purchased from Priscilla Kibbe who will also be vending at our quilt show this fall! Her bag from Charlotte's class hangs on her arm.

Mary Ellen Casey made both the hand quilted pillow and the sampler quilt.

Mary Ellen Casey also made this quilt.

Mary Lu also showed us her Iron Quilter art quilt.

Melanie Watson used her embroidery machine to make a notebook cover.

Diana Sikora's Round Robin

Mary Lu Hodgins tablemat.

Show & Tell at our March meeting. Thank you all for sharing! Ann Rupert's patriotic lap quilt. April meeting's Program will be a lecture from Janet Root. There will be a workshop following the meeting.

May we will have Linda Hunter.