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March 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!…
Read MorePretty 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…
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