June 12, 2014

Quite a few members attended for this first meeting of the summer season. Recap of the last workshop was encouraging. A lot of pieces were cut and stitched together for our next quilt donation project. This project will benefit foster children in our area. The plan is to make quilts for the child with his/her name on it so they may keep that quilt for their own. So many are placed with little or no belongings.

Here's a reminder that our next workshop will be on June 28th from 9- 2.  We will be making purses. If you are interested but don't have the pattern yet, please contact Carol Schaffer. If you don't want to make a purse, you are welcome to come on that day anyway and work on your own project. If you have the pattern and would like to get a head start, you may go ahead and cut out your pieces beforehand.

Future workshop ideas were discussed. Ideas kicked around were embellishing quilts and fabric folding.

On another note, a member was contacted by a former classmate. Her aunt had passed away and had been a quilter. None of the lady's family sewed so they contacted the classmate. There was so much fabric, she was overwhelmed. After going through box after box and keeping what she would use, she asked the Quilt Guild if they would be interested in what was left. Of course our member jumped at the suggestion. There were 9 boxes of fabric!

 

 

Also books and thread. 

 

 



 

 



This was all divided into more manageable bags and the girls went through them at the meeting. It was like Christmas Day!

 

 

 

 

 

This donation will be used in future service projects.

We did have some show and tell. Here you go!

 

This black and white beauty was made by Marcella for her husband Earl for Father's Day.

 

Around the outside of the quilt she has pictures of his family past and present.

 

The pictures in the middle of the quilt were from a panel she found that reminded her

of places where Earl grew up.

 

 

 

Here the girls are inspecting a quilted table topper done by Chris P.

 

 

Here's another quilt by Chris P. This one was a BOM she did with her sister-in-law.

They each took turns every month for a year and picked out a different block from the

quilt calendar 365 Quilt-Block Patterns Perpetual Calendar: The Best of Judy Hopkins

 

That's all we have for this week. Get out and enjoy this beautiful weather.

May 31, 2014 Meeting

Hello Everyone!!! How have ya been? Well, we have been completely excited over the move to our new location here at the Alliance Church. Our first workshop at the Alliance church was a delight! We had a great turn out of members, and plenty of work was completed. But before we get too much into talking about our new project, we have some show and tell to share.

Marcella had brought in both of her samplers to share, which just came back from the quilters. What beautiful samplers they are Marcella!

And Rachenea brought in her grandson's graduation gift. A camouflage memory/watch me grow quilt.

This clever quilt is pieced together by matching the print like wallpaper, and the photos of Rachenea's grandson are arranged to blend into the camouflage. The photos were sewn in using a reverse applique like method. Rechenea finished off her grandson's quilt with a duffel bag to store the quilt when not in use.

Our last share is kind of bittersweet. For nearly two years we as a guild have been making quilts for Eastman's Funeral Home. These quilts have brought great comfort to the loved ones of those who have departed. In the past two years we have made five quilts to be put into service and each quilt has been well received.

The last of the quilts to be put into service were two baby quilts. As much as it breaks our hearts to see a little one pass before their time, we recognize that even these little ones need to be wrapped in a quilt full of love to take them onto the next life.

As a guild we want to thank Eastman's, George, for giving us the opportunity to give back to our community. We also want to thank all of our members for devoting our time to make these quilts possible. We also want to thank Chris Porter owner of The Front Porch Quilter for volunteering her time by quilting all the quilts free of charge.    

Now onto that workshop!!!!!

As mentioned before we has a delightful time at our new location where many hands made lite work for our new venture of making quilts for children who are apart of the foster care system. All of the quilts made will stay in our community.

We hope that any child who receives any of the quilts we make for them, was made from the love of our hearts and the hope that one day they will have a family of their own and a place to call home for good.

With that said, We are so glad you stop by!

Until next time...Happy Quilting!

New London Quilt Guild