Sew Day Roundup

Ann worked on her hand applique. A resounding cheer went up when she finished a border.

Janice was working on Christmas aprons for the men in her life. She seems to have quite a few - men AND aprons.

Lynne was making blocks for the guild Block of the Month. She knows there are prizes involved.

Charlotte is so far behind on the quilt shop's $10 quilt she may never get caught up.

Helen was showing off her fancy socks that were hand knit by her friend's mom. Nice eh?

Nov. 24 - Extra UFO Sewing Day

Wednesday Nov. 24th. Pack up your stuff and head over to the church for a day to work on your UFOs. 

No phones, no kids, no sink full of dirty dishes.  Just you and your sewing.

9 am until 4:30 pm.  Cost is $5 to pay the rental fee.  Bring your lunch or plan to take a drive over to Timmies.

Prepare for November meeting

Lydia is making us WORK this month.  Here is your prep that should be done beforehand...
 

                                             Guild Project for November 2010

Instructions   (to be finished for the November meeting)

Fabric  - 33 inches X 41 inches  with fold at bottom  (from your stash)

( For those who are doing the BOM with Anne and are making the 16 inch blocks you want to cut your fabric 36 inches X 41 inches)

Gross Grain Ribbon – 2 ribbons, each 28 inches long.

Take your fabric and fold it in half with right sides together, so that it measures 16 ½ X 41 inches. See picture 1.

Measure in 4 ½ inches in from both sides and pin ribbon at this point with the fold of the ribbon along the edge with the long edge of the ribbon facing you. Pin in place.

Pin  all  around the open edges of you rectangle.

Sew a ¼ inch seam all around  your rectangle leaving a 2 ½ inch opening to turn your fabric right side out.

Turn fabric right side out and press.

Topstitch ¼ inch all around the rectangle making sure that the ribbons are not caught up in your stitching.

Cut 2 circles 3 ½ inches in diameter.

Bring circles, the rectangle that you prepared and a bottle of white glue to the November meeting. See you there!!!!

October - the Fair and upcoming meeting

Our guild will have it's usual booth at the Caledonia Fair this weekend - right near the quilt display/competition.  Come out and visit us!

For our October 13th meeting we have Denise McKenna of Meadow Lily Bridge quilt patterns coming for a lecture.  The gals members who signed up for swaps and other activities will be getting started on their little groups.  (I can't say 'gals' any more - we have a gentleman who has joined the guild).

As usual, those who are able will be sewing all day (any time after 9 am) and there will be a catered supper by the church ladies.  The meeting will start at 7:30.

September starts a new season

September 8th marks the beginning of our new season. You can look over all the group activities and decide which ones you'd like to participate in.
Christine will be talking about what sewing supplies are necessary when you attend workshops.
And, of course, there's always the tea & treats!

August sewing day - August 11th

Come have some fun & do some stitching on Wednesday. $5, bring your lunch and your stuff. We have the church hall from 9 - 4:30.

Handbag Roundup

The purse workshop that Lydia taught was great!!!
Sue (L) and Lydia (R) are hamming it up for me.
Eleven of us made the handbag and all were complete by day's end except for (I think) two.
Here is a closeup of my bag, which is a very bad example. I was so determined to match the pattern on the pocket I didn't realize just how far off center it was placed. Oh well, I'll do a better job next time, right? And by the time I have it jammed full of stuff it likely won't be too noticeable.
Afterwards a few of us came back to my house for a summer pot luck. One roast beef on the BBQ, six salads, one dessert. Wow - what a perfect mix of food.I'm not sure what we can do for our August sewing day that will compete with the perfection of today.