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April Block lotto – Economy block
This is a super cute economy block! These are the awesome colours we’re using! As always, the names above are the KONA colours. Feel free to use any fabric you like, but these are for reference. These are the sizes to cut! How do I make this? TUTORIAL HERE The sizes are WRONG, but the…
Read MoreHooray, it’s meeting day!
Hope to see you tonight at 7pm, at our new home. Scout Hall 505 Marigold Rd. Vikki Agate is doing a talk for us on colour theory, and we’ll have lots of other fun besides.
Read MoreSew-in update
Our sew-in scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to a low turn-out. We’ll try again in April though, and have a great weekend.
Read MoreMarch show and share pictures
Please enjoy the photos from our March meeting. Our February block lotto, won by Bonnie-Lynne. This was the very first block she ever made! Our new block for the lotto. Instructions HERE. Definitely time for a new room – April meeting is at Scout Hall, 505 Marigold Ave.PS don’t tell the fire marshall but we…
Read MoreMarch meeting links and info
Here is the round up of all the info, links, and sign up for things mentioned at the meeting. Hopefully all is clear. Biggest news of all: a new home!! Scout Hall 505 Marigold Ave. between Burnside and Interurban. There is a parking lot and street parking as well. Stairs up to the meeting hall.…
Read MoreSwap with Vancouver MQG!
Swap with Vancouver MQG! At our meeting last night, we announced our next swap, which will be with Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild. We did our first swap with the Fraser Valley MQG, then jumped all the way across the country to the Maritimes, then hit Toronto on the way back. Time again for a [semi-]…
Read MoreMarch Block Lotto – Ribbon Star!
This month we have a lovely Ribbon Star block tutorial from Lee of Freshly Pieced. The block finishes at 12″ and as usual, one block nets one lotto ticket to win the whole batch. http://www.freshlypieced.com/2012/01/ribbon-star-block-tutorial.html Instead of a white background we are suggesting Kona Iron, or a similarly toned print. For the star: Choose any…
Read MoreMeeting tonight!
What fun things are planned for tonight? Charity quilts! Quilt Crawl! Challenges! Swaps! Quilt Con report! t-shirts! library! we’re moving! It’s going to be a doozy this month….. Please bring the usual things: • a mug for tea or coffee, • your name tag to wear, • your Modern show and share, • your block for the block lotto. Instructions…
Read MoreCome see us today!
We are at the Creative Stitches Show! Friday, March 13th from 9 to 6 and Saturday, March 14th from 9 to 5 at Pearkes Rec Centre. Everyone else’s displays look awesome and so does ours. We have NINE of our charity HST quilts prominently on display and they look amazing. Many thanks to our members who are staffing…
Read MoreInfo, links, and updates – February
• Our Charity sew day on Saturday was a STUPENDOUS effort. We started with 2 tops, and we now have 12. TWELVE!! 25 people came (including two non-members!), and 8 stayed all day. The busiest stretch was 9 sewing machines and 7 tops in progress. Some of the quilts and some of the people. Hooray for everything!…
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