Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Meeting Wednesday, March 20

MEETING TOMORROW - WEDNESDAY

 
Wednesday, March 20

6:00-8:00

Carmel Presbyterian Church -2048 Carmel Rd

Ligon Hall (Building beside playground)
 
 
Our swap will be fat quarters. Bianca has a fun game planned so bring 3 fat quarters if you would like to play along. Sounds fun!

Also, bring sew-n-tells to share with the group.

Hope to see you there!

Thursday, March 7, 2013

March Meeting -Change in date

New date for our March meeting:



Wednesday, March 20
6:00-8:00
Carmel Presbyterian Church -2048 Carmel Rd
Ligon Hall (Building beside playground)

Due to the meeting being moved up, our hexagon BOMs will not be due until the April meeting.  Hopefully that will give everyone more time to complete some great blocks.

Also, our swap in March will be fat quarters.  Bianca has a fun game planned so bring 3 fat quarters if you would like to play along.  Sounds fun!

Monday, March 4, 2013

February Meeting Recap

February's meeting was held last Thursday.  Here is a quick recap:


- We had a wonderful group there - a total of 28 people.

- The swap this month was a drawstring bag and 14 people participated.

Look at the great swap bags!
 
- Bianca and others gave a recap of their visit to Quiltcon.

- Courtney gave a great demo on English paper piecing and we got to practice doing hexagons.  THANK YOU Courtney!

- There were quite a few blocks for the February BOM.  Beth was the lucky winner.

Feb BOM

- Lots of great Sew-n-Tells (Head over to Flickr to see them  http://www.flickr.com/groups/cltmqg/).

Some of the great Sew-n-Tell items


March BOM

To practice what we learned about hexies, our March BOM will be the
Hexi Stripe Block of the Month (Craftsy BOM April 2012 - Free Craftsy Video)

http://www.craftsy.com/lecture/April-English-Paper-Piecing/546.html


Here is a link where you can download and cut out hexi forms
http://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

Color scheme this month: Bright/Modern Fabric on Gray Background

Friday, March 1, 2013

Sew-In Tomorrow (10:00-2:00)

SEW-IN



3/2/13 from 10:00 - 2:00

Carmel Presbyterian Church -2048 Carmel Rd

Cathcart Center (Building beside playground)


We will be working on 2 charity projects and you can also bring anything you would like to work on. The charity projects will be:

1. Wonky star blocks for a raffle quilt to donate to Carmel Presbyterian
2. Pillowcases left from the previous Beds For Kids sew-in day


If you have some scraps or extra solid color fabrics please bring those for the wonky star blocks. The guild will provide gray fabric for the background.

Hope to see you tomorrow!