NOVEMBER
MEETING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
6:00 PM
Myers Park Presbyterian - Outreach
Building
Room F101 (first floor)
1073 Providence Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Meeting This Thursday
There are lots of fun things planned for the November meeting. We hope to see
you all and encourage visitors to join us! The November meeting will be held at
Myers Park Presbyterian Church in the same room as the October meeting.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Spring Retreat: Can you join in the fun?
Are you planning to come to the spring retreat? We hope so!
I know April sounds far away, but we need to gauge interest and #s so plans can move forward. If possible, please sign-up at the November meeting or email your interest to Joyce.
Complete details and a registration form can be found on Joyce's site:
http://heartsdesirecreations.wordpress.com/modern-guild-retreat/
This is going to be SO MUCH FUN. The cost is $45 for Modern Guild members and $55 for all others.
I know April sounds far away, but we need to gauge interest and #s so plans can move forward. If possible, please sign-up at the November meeting or email your interest to Joyce.
Complete details and a registration form can be found on Joyce's site:
http://heartsdesirecreations.wordpress.com/modern-guild-retreat/
The CMQG and heARTS Desire Retreats present...
Spring Retreat in the Mountains
Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock NC
April 19-21, 2013
Games! Prizes! Fun!
This is going to be SO MUCH FUN. The cost is $45 for Modern Guild members and $55 for all others.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
What a fun day!
Rotary cutters were rolling, sergers and sewing machines were flying, and irons were steaming!! Today we made 100, YES, ONE HUNDRED pillowcases to donate to the Charlotte organization Beds For Kids. http://www.bedsforkids.org
We had eleven members and 1 "cutie pie junior member" join us for a fun day of sewing, laughs and lots of productivity.
We hit the 50 pillowcase mark around noon and thought "Maybe we can make it to 75?".
Then we hit the 75 pillowcase mark and our "cutie pie junior member" proclaimed "I bet we can make it to 100!".
Encouraged and inspired we kept going until we made it all the way to 100!!!
Thank you so much to Springs Creative for donating the many bolts of cheerful fabric and to Carmel Presbyterian Church for letting us use their wonderful facilities. Thank you, thank you!
We were also able to cut the fabrics for 50 more pillowcases and we will bring those kits to our next meeting. The pillowcases are so fun and easy to make. We hope to complete these 50 additional pillowcases soon and pass them along to new happy homes.
We hit the 50 pillowcase mark around noon and thought "Maybe we can make it to 75?".
Then we hit the 75 pillowcase mark and our "cutie pie junior member" proclaimed "I bet we can make it to 100!".
Thank you so much to Springs Creative for donating the many bolts of cheerful fabric and to Carmel Presbyterian Church for letting us use their wonderful facilities. Thank you, thank you!
We were also able to cut the fabrics for 50 more pillowcases and we will bring those kits to our next meeting. The pillowcases are so fun and easy to make. We hope to complete these 50 additional pillowcases soon and pass them along to new happy homes.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
NOVEMBER MEETING
There are lots of fun things planned for the November meeting. We hope to see you all and encourage visitors to join us! The November meeting will be held at Myers Park Presbyterian Church in the same room as the October meeting.
The November swap will be potholders in a holiday/winter theme. If you want to participate just make and bring a potholder to the November meeting. Jennifer M. has posted more information and links to tutorials over on the Flickr group.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/cltmqg/discuss/72157631849665130/
The Block-of-the-Month program has been so much fun. Here is how it works. Make 1 or more blocks based on that month's block/color scheme, bring your block(s) to the meeting and you could win ALL of the blocks donated that night. You get 1 entry for each block donated. Just think, you could go home with almost an entire quilt top worth of blocks!!
The November block is the Balkan Puzzle in YELLOW, GRAY on a light background. Your block should be 12.5". The complete details can be found at Craftsy. This is a great online class site and this block is part of their FREE 2012 BOM program. The Balkan Block is shown in the February 2012 video and class materials. Craftsy:Block-of-the-Month
And finally, don't forget to mark your calendars for the Spring Retreat in the Mountains
This is going to be SO MUCH FUN. The cost is $45 for Modern Guild members and $55 for all others. Complete details and a registration form can be found at Hearts Desire Creations or at our upcoming meetings. Thank you Joyce for planning such a fun event.
NOVEMBER MEETING
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
6:00 PM
Myers Park Presbyterian - Outreach Building
Room F101 (first floor)
1073 Providence Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
NOVEMBER SWAP - POT HOLDERS
http://www.flickr.com/groups/cltmqg/discuss/72157631849665130/
NOVEMBER BOM - BALKAN PUZZLE
The November block is the Balkan Puzzle in YELLOW, GRAY on a light background. Your block should be 12.5". The complete details can be found at Craftsy. This is a great online class site and this block is part of their FREE 2012 BOM program. The Balkan Block is shown in the February 2012 video and class materials. Craftsy:Block-of-the-Month
And finally, don't forget to mark your calendars for the Spring Retreat in the Mountains
Spring Retreat in the Mountains
Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock NC
April 19-21, 2013
Games! Prizes! Fun!
This is going to be SO MUCH FUN. The cost is $45 for Modern Guild members and $55 for all others. Complete details and a registration form can be found at Hearts Desire Creations or at our upcoming meetings. Thank you Joyce for planning such a fun event.
Meeting Recap & Upcoming Sew-In
The October meeting was lots of fun and it was great to see so many new faces. Thank you to Kelleigh and Fran for the mini-workshop on pillowcases to get us ready for our upcoming sew-in.
We hope everyone can join us for a fun event! The pillowcases we make on Saturday will be donated to a great local organization, Beds for Kids.
BEDS FOR KIDS PILLOWCASE SEW-IN
Saturday, November 10, 2012
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where:
Carmel Presbyterian Church (Ligon Hall)
2048 Carmel Road
Charlotte NC 28226
Carmel Presbyterian Church (Ligon Hall)
2048 Carmel Road
Charlotte NC 28226
We hope everyone can join us for a fun event! The pillowcases we make on Saturday will be donated to a great local organization, Beds for Kids.
"Beds for Kids mission is to provide a bed and other essential furniture to every child and family in need in Charlotte."
One of the techniques we will be using is the "roll it up" method (aka: hot dog method). Here is a link to an easy online tutorial located on All People Quilt.
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| http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/instructions/RollItUp.pdf |
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
If you paid your dues prior to the October meeting, you should have received an email document of our membership directory, Please email us if you have not received one yet. Any new members will be receiving their directories soon.
Information on our upcoming November meeting, BOM, swap and all kinds of fun will be coming in the next post...
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