New London Quilt Guild

2013 - March 13th Meeting

Was very proficient and to the point. The meeting started with a silent roll call and then the minutes of the last meeting were read.

An upcoming event in town this month is the New London Cabin Fever Cure - "for women only" on March 20th. Chris Porter will be speaking and demonstrating. Chris has also asked Carol Schaffer and Kim Parsons could attend this event with her to help promote the quilt guild.

The April Sew-In/ workshop was discussed and the set date will be April 20th. Class and demonstrations ideas were passed around. So far we have:

Chris Porter - jelly roll block from the Missouri Star Quilt Co.
Doris - Nine Patch Shift
Jean - 10 minute runner
Open to teach and demonstrate if anyone is willing to do so, cathedral windows. Some of the ladies really would love to learn how to do this if anyone has the know how to do so.

We are open to more ideas and if anyone from the guild is willing to teach and demonstrate please contact Yvonne or say something at the next meeting.

Food was also discussed and the idea was tossed around that ordering in would be better than having a potluck. Once approved each member attending the Sew-In/Workshop will be asked to chip in to help pay for the tab. If food will be ordered in it will more likely be ordered from Pizza Explosion here in town.

Also Marlene is making up a flyer for the sew-in to hand out to visitors with tips and hints on it. It is kindly asked of all members to submit in their favorite tips and hints to Marlene by April 15th whether by email or in person.

The 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge total was 74 pillowcase.
47 pillowcases were done by the New London Guild , which also includes the 11 pillowcases that were made with the Girl Scouts. The extra 27 pillowcases were done and donated by Mrs. Jones who is Jennifer Overstreet's mother. $20.00 postage was given to Jennifer to mail off the pillowcases to Pillows of Hope in Cincinnati. Jennifer, please have the receipt to the next meeting of the postage spent.

Lastly we had a visitor attend out meeting and her name is Cindy. Cindy has been a long time quilter and she brought in her t-shirt quilt to share with the guild. We are all glad that Cindy came and we hope to see her again and by the way we all loved your quilt Cindy!

Chis Porter had a few finished quilts to share too.

Chris has recently bought her own quilting machine and she brought in her quilts to show her progress.

Beautiful work Chris!

Our next member to share is Marcia and Marcia is remaking over her son's room. Marcia has made curtains, and a few other items to go along with the rugged outdoors theme. Marcia also made this wall hanging that is also part of the theme to go in her son's room. This wall hanging is a stunner in person. Marcia stitched around all the animals to make them pop out more and the yellow enhances the over all theme of the quilt.

Our last member to show off her works is Jennifer. Jennifer had made this apron so that no more of her clothes will get ruined while she washes her dishes.

And Jennifer had this mini done too. Its the Circle of Geese pattern.

That is all for our show and tell and for the meeting minutes. Our next meeting will be March 28th, where we will be cutting strips to make the next quilt for Eastman's Funeral Home. Please bring rotary cutters, cutting mats, iron and ironing boards. Also if you have an fabrics on hand in the Americana colors please bring them in.

Until next time, Happy Quilting!

The New London Quilt Guild

2013- February 28th Meeting

The February 28th meeting was the second business meeting of the year and it was a productive one at that. One of the first topics of the night was making another quilt as a service project. This time around it will be for a service man or woman who has put in their time in serving our country. We are also thinking about using the same quilt pattern to make another quilt for Eastman's Funeral home. Pictured below is the quilt we will be putting together. The pattern is called: The Log Cabin Hidden Stars by Pam and Nicky Lintott.

The Log Cabin Hidden Star pattern by Pam and Nicky Lintott can be found at these online retailers: Fabric Shack and The Fat Quarter Shop if you are interested in purchasing the pattern for yourself.

For this service project we are in need of fabrics for this quilt. It is urged that all members please be so kind in bringing in fabrics that are shown in the photo above. Also all the fabrics that are brought in please be sure that they can be cut into 2 1/2 inch strips. We are going with an Americana theme this time around.

The 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge that was done with the Girl Scouts has been finally put to rest, and the ladies agreed to work with the girls again if the opportunity arises again. The only thing left to do is to finish off the few remaining pillow cases, make them accountable over at American Patchworking Magazine and then ship them off to Pillows of Hope in Cincinnati.

Our April workshop/sew-in is rapidly approaching and we discussed most of the details as far as time and food arrangements, which will be pot luck by the way. At the next meeting we need to finalize who will be teaching and to sum up all the last minute details to have the day rolling smoothly.

Chris Porter will be demonstrating a few quilty things at the Cabin Fever Cure "For Women Only" sponsored jointly by the New London Cemetery Board and the New London Park Board on March 20th at the Hileman Building, which is located at the New London Recreation Park. Every woman is welcome and if you want to know more information please go to Village of New London while the information is still available or contact Chris. FYI: there will be a $15.00 charge at the door.

Also Chris Porter handed out the rules and envelops for those participating in the paint chip challenge. One of the rules in this challenge is that member were not allowed to open their envelopes until they got home. This was to make sure that when September rolls around that all members will be delighted in the surprise to see what other members were challenged with. If you are still interested in participating in the challenge and you were not at the meeting please contact Chris for your paint chip envelope.

There are some up coming events that are outside of the guild if anyone is interested to attend. Please click on the links below to read more information about them.

Country Fabrics Anniversary Shop Hop

The Quilting Board - Quilting Cuisine Shop Hop

Sewing and Quilting Expo in Cleveland

Now time for Show and Tell:

Chris Kaufman brought in her latest finish.

Chris Porter also had a few finishes too.

Our last quilter to share was Jennifer Overstreet with her finishes.

Super Mario Brothers Quilt Finished!!!!!

Wow! That's a whole lot of show and tell going on!

Well that is all for now!

Until next time Happy Quilting Everyone!

The New London Quilt Guild

January 24th Meeting

The January 24th meeting was truly 100% a workshop night.

What was the workshop about? Making Pillowcases for the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge which is hosted by American Patchwork Magazine. After months of planning and and a few scheduling glitches later it was a successful night on both our end and the Gil Scouts.

Matter of fact looking around the room both members and the Girl Scouts interacted beautifully! You would have never know by looking at the pictures that some of the girls had never used a sewing machine or had done any ironing before.

Before things got started the Girl Scouts went though their color guard ceremony. Once the color guard was dismissed introductions were made and then a quick demo was given on the pillowcases the girls would be making and the whole purpose of what the project is for. Then the girls were allowed to choose what kit they wanted to work with, and then they were paired up with a guild member to guide them though the process making of the pillowcases.

Yvonne and Miss Katie

Regina and Miss Julia

Kim and Miss Dani

Jennifer (not pictured) and Miss Angie who is ironing.

Also not pictured (and many apologies) is Marcia with Miss Cheyenne P.

Our only enemy for the evening was time and a few of the girls were rushed through and a few of ended up taking their pillowcase home to finish. In all though there were eight completed pillowcases, which is not bad for the time frame that we had to work in.

From Left to Right: Cheyenne R., Shelby, Regina, Michelle, Yvonne, Cheyenne P., Marcia (behind Cheyenne P.), Samantha, Carol (actually Carol's hair. Carol is hiding behind Katie), Katie, Kim, Lydia, and Tyler.

Since it was a hit between the guild and the Girl Scouts both parties opted to do another event in the future. In the mean while many thank yous to participating guild members for helping out and thank you to Girl Scout Troop 936 for learning and helping out with the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge.

Until the next meeting....

Happy Quilting!

New London Quilt Guild.

January 9th Meeting

What a start to the new year! First off we wanted to welcome Carolyn Hunter for stopping by to check us out. Carolyn we hope to see you again! Second we wanted to send well wishes to Lynette and Regina, and hope to see you both soon when life is treating you a bit better.

The business part of this meeting was about planning events for the 2013 year. Not to mention wrapping up everything from the previous year. For those of you who were involved with the secret service project the quilt was well received by Eastman's Funeral Home and have been put to use since they received it. The next service project was discussed and with the next quilt to be made it is preferred that it will be done in Primitive Americana colors. So if you can check your stash for your darker reds, tans, and blues!

The next up coming event is the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge which is hosted by All People Quilt or better known as American Patchwork Magazine. The guild will be teaching the older Girl Scouts how to sew these pillow cases. Once the pillowcases are finished and recorded into the APQ challenge registry all the pillowcases will be sent to Cincinnati's Children's Hospital. This event will take place on January 24, 2013. See side bar for more information.

Looking ahead for 2013 was to have the Spring Workshop/Sew-in, which it was agreed to have it held in April. More information to follow.

Year event suggestions were a paint chip challenge, A Home of the Brave quilts to be made for the fallen, and a casserole carrier. More suggestions are always welcome.

The quilt show date was discussed and everyone was leaning towards November 2, 2013.

Hometown Holidays was also discussed and it was also agreed upon to get the ball rolling on getting a table at the Hielman Building.

Last but not least, a couple of member were quite busy over the holidays and have some finished projects to share.

Starting with Chris Porter.

Chris had this Adorable snowman table runner

This appliqued wall hanging.

A Valentine's Quilt top.

A star block of the month (BOM) which she made with corresponding back and forth with her sister. Chris' sister lives out of state.

Craftsy's 2012 BOM.

Marlene was our next member to show off her finishes.

Marlene had completed Jeni Baker's Drawstring bag.

And a tote bag which she used on a retreat cruise.

Marlene also had a finished quilt but this writer was not quick on her feet to get a photo of it. :( So sorry!

That wraps it up for this meeting!

Hope to see you soon!

Happy Quilting,

New London Quilt Guild

Welcome 2013!

Wishing your family the best in 2013!

The New London Quilt Guild

Merry Christmas!

Believe or not Christmas is here! Even though there have been no post about what we have been up too for the month of December. We do want to stop on this day, yes, Christmas Day to say....

If you are interested in what the guild has been up to for the month of December check out all the happenings on our Facebook page.

Again Merry Christmas!

With much love,

New London Quilt Guild

November 14, 2012 Meeting

The November 14th meeting was surprisingly well attended with lots of final end of the year decisions to be made.

The decision on what two choices to eat at the Wildcat Cafe for the Christmas dinner will be smothered chicken and a philly wrap. As a reminder the dinner will be at 6:00 pm at the Wildcat Connections Cafe in downtown New London. With the gift exchange and desserts held at Lynette's.

Hometown Holidays sales table will be at the New London United Methodist Church parlor on December 1. 2012. Guild members can bring in your items to the parlor at 8:00 am. Please have your items all ready priced for sale. Lastly shifts were given to members who could help out with the sale. If you do not remember your shift time contact Yvonne. Lastly if any members have any spare grocery bags in good condition that can be spared please bring them to the sale.

For the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge a donation destination for the pillowcases was found. All pillowcases will be sent to Pillows of Hope in Cincinnati, where the Pillows of Hope organization will donate all the pillowcases to Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Next was how the progress of our service project. All the nine patches and snowballs have been pieced together thanks to Marlene. Thank you Marlene! Now it is ready to have a border added and finally quilted.

There were some left over nine patches that were left overs and there is still an interest to put them to use in another quilt. In order to continue on more nine patches are still in need.

Lastly in the order of business for this meeting officers were elected or reelected in this case for the 2013 year. All officers were appointed and excepted their nominations. As of to date all officers from 2012 still hold the same positions as before.

Show and tell

There were a couple of members who had some items to share. Starting with Chris P. Chris had gotten into the holiday spirit. Here is a fall pumpkin wall hanging...