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Pretty pictures from February meeting
Our February meeting was last week and another full house and fun time it was! Scroll down for all the pictures from the meeting. It’s just about time for a bigger room – more details on that next month! Rima (L) and Donna (R), and lots of other folks too! In 2015 we are encouraging…
Read MoreCharity Sew Day today!
We are making triangles into tops today! Let’s turn 1000+ 8″ HST into 8 quilt tops. Where: Pearkes Rec Centre, Gardom Room When: Saturday, Feb. 21st Time: 10 – 4 One down, nine to go!
Read MoreFeb. Block Lotto – Shattered Heart
Looking for the MARCH block tutorial? Go here instead. Sorry about that. DO NOT PRINT THIS ONE. The scale will be goofy and your heart won’t work and you will be sad. Use this link to print the PDF. When you print, the 1″ square box should measure 1″. These are the colours to use…
Read MoreMeeting tonight!
See you at Pearkes at 7pm. We’ve got lots of fun planned, so we hope to see you there.
Read MoreDesign Seed – a place for colour inspiration
If you are looking for colour inspiration or you wish to become a bit more adventurous with the use of colour for your quilts, Design Seeds is a great site that provides colour samples based on photographs. It can really open your eyes to new possibilities. When entering the site, you can see the different tabs…
Read MorePictures! from the January meeting
Here are the pics from our January meeting. Enjoy! Our disappearing hourglass block lotto! The new block is the “Circle of Friends”. Link and colour palette is here. Our library books have arrived and been catalogued! Baby Olivier cuddled by his proud mama Danika. Olivier is three months old now and came to his first meeting…
Read MoreInfo from the January meeting
Announcements, happenings, and info stuff! Sew-Ins! this Friday, Jan. 23rd at Cloth Castle, 7-11pm. 10$ to hold your spot. The store is open until 8 if you want to do a bit of shopping as well. Only a few spaces left – email us if you want to come as well. Put it in your…
Read MoreJanuary block lotto – Circle of Friends block
This month we are doing the Circle of Friends block, and using the excellent tutorial from the Emerald Coast MQG. Here is our colour palette though: This block is based on the 9-Patch layout and even though it looks complicated it is very simple! All nine units are the same size, but colour placement in…
Read MoreMeeting tonight!
It’s a new year and our first meeting of 2015 is tonight! All the fun happens at Pearkes Rec Centre tonight at 7pm. Owen room on the main floor – through the main doors and down the hall immediately on your left. Click the link for parking, maps and transit info. Doors open at 6:40 to let us get…
Read MoreDecember meeting wrap-up
Our December meeting Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice party was rousing success! We shared treats, oh so many treats! We showed and shared, we swapped mug rugs, collected our pouches to send to the Maritime MQG, and we did some of the usual: Block Lotto, door prizes, fun. Here (at last!) are the photos and details from that fun night…
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