October's meeting

When I got to the church some of the gals had been sewing all day.  And again, there appeared to be a few knitters in the group.  This was about 5 pm - they cleaned up their stuff and the tables were rearranged for our usual dinner, put on for us by the church ladies.  We love the church ladies.  :-)

Lisa Hill from Soft Impressions by Lisa was our guest speaker.  She brought a TON of notions, talked us through many of the items, and then happily wrapped up our purchases.  You can reach her by phone at 519-682-4353 or by email at softimpressions @ hotmail.com (take out the spaces around the @ symbol).

Coming up:
Our November meeting is ONE WEEK EARLY due to a booking conflict at the church, AND it is UPSTAIRS in the fellowship hall.  November 7th, 7:30 pm for the meeting.  Daytime sewing for those who would like to attend will be in the normal room.  There will be NO DINNER.  I apologize for all the capital letters.  :-/
Our guest will be Grantham Books - he brings a zillion books related to needlearts. 

The Fall Season

We had our annual booth at the Caledonia Fall Fair at the end of September.  Volunteers from the guild work in four hour time slots at the table (which is not here yet).  Some of us bring sewing machines and work on projects.

This year the fair board asked us to demonstrate hand quilting on Sunday afternoon.

I missed the September meeting, as did a few of our members, because the RCMP Musical Ride was happening at the fairgrounds at the same time.  Really!  Someone should have scheduled that better.

What can I tell you from the September minutes? 

• We collected 10 chemo quilts that will be going to Juravinski Cancer Centre, and lots of knit squares for a similar program
• We will be having a charm square exchange all year
• We will do a conventional Block of the Month program, where one participant wins all the completed blocks each month
• There will be monthly raffle draws

And from the newsletter...

• Lisa Hill from Soft Impressions will be our guest speaker at the October 10th meeting, discussing quilting gadgets and tools.  She will have stuff to buy, so bring your wallet.

 ***IMPORTANT NOTICE - November meeting****
Our November meeting will be moved up one week and take place on November 7th at the church as usual but there will be no dinner. We can still have all day sewing but must vacate the room by 4:30 pm. Our guild meeting will take place upstairs in the Fellowship Hall at the usual time.