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Happy Groundhog’s Day, everyone!

Last Sunday was bitterly cold but it was made warm by all the smiling faces in attendance. It almost made up for missing our Jaclyn, who is apparently responsible for keeping meetings flowing according to the agenda and not letting us get wildly offtrack!

We touched base about the Sewcial in December, wonderful new things going on, and introduced Sheila as our new Treasurer! We also thank our outgoing Treasurer, Patti S, for her service to the guild this past year.

Next up, Kerrie gave us a great presentation on using scraps.

She had lots of great tips for dealing with them as soon as you create them, sorting, planning ahead, and even what constitutes a scrap (hint: whatever you choose and whatever you’ll use!)

Then she shared a number of examples of scrap projects, from postcards and hot mats to a list of projects that are scrap-friendly.

Thanks for the warning to forgo FMQ on insulbright batting, too! 🙂

And then it was time for Show & Tell. Some of us were still too stitched out from the holidays but others clearly hadn’t lifted their foot from the pedal!

Bev was busy!

As was Kelly.

And Sheila.

And all of us were jealous of Lisa’s sewing-machine-cover-swap partner….

Swap partner – wherever you are – please know that a dozen ladies in Saskatoon tried to steal your sewing machine cover… True story.

Again, thanks for braving the weather ladies! We’ll see you all at the Co-op for our Feb. 12th informal night meeting. 🙂

Carly

Sometimes, about a week after an event, we like a reminder of what we did. And that way, folks who couldn’t make it or who were too dadgum tired to move after the hectic quilt show weekend still get to have a taste of the fun.

We were missing a few regular faces (understandable, what with the dadgum-ness and all!) but we also had 3 (count ’em- 3!) new ones!

During our business segment, we discussed out upcoming changes – we’re adding bylaws, joining the giant international Modern Quilt Guild, and probably needing a few more officers! We also gained a new sponsor:

Personal Hearing Services in Saskatoon! Personal Hearing Services joins Periwinkle Quilting as one of our fabulous supporters. Look for a sponsors page coming soon!

Next, our lovely Kelly taught us how to make fabric baskets using clothesline and strips of fabric.

Kelly’s showing her skills and Edith’s taking note!

We had all admired the basket she made for our Ugly Fat Quarter challenge and she was cool enough to teach it to us !

She showed us what to look for in a cording, the angle to wrap the fabric, how to join the wrapped cords together… everything we needed to make beautiful baskets of our own.

We took notes and hovered closely!

Kerrie pays close attention.

Thank you, Kelly!

Then we moved onto the results of our Colour Scheme challenge and Show&Tell:

Lisa’s Monochrome Pillow

Patti’s Complimentary Potholder

Julie’s ROYGBIV Oops!Bank with real fabric!! So cute.

Dyanne made monochrome pouches, that are complimentary to each other. A two-fer!

Sheila thought if she waved her bee block quickly, I couldn’t catch it in pixels. Ha!

A complimentary cushion. Blue and orange? Who could that be…

Jaclyn’s Analogous bee block.

Great job on the challenge, gals!

Julie’s Halloween runner.

With spiderweb quilting!

A Christmas runner – which I will be copying after a request from my mum. 🙂

Patti’s bee quilt all finished!

The back.

Now that’s all the photos I had on my camera – apologies if I missed anyone or got the wrong name attached to anything!

Next Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 7pm, we’ve got our regular informal meeting at Greystone Co-op – bring some handwork or show&tell. And don’t forget that we’ll be voting on some important guild business at our next Sunday meeting – Nov. 24th at 2pm, Periwinkle Quilting. Your “Unexpected Fabrics” challenge pieces are due that day, too!

It is also not too late to get in our Sewcial on Dec 1st! We’ve booked a space, and while you do need to be a Saskatoon MQG member to attend, right now it’s only $5 for membership until the end of 2013. That’s a sweet deal – and then you can hang out with us and sew until your machine starts smoking! We would like to have numbers within the next two weeks or so in order to plan for lunch and snacks so if you haven’t decided yet, what are you waiting for??? There will be door prizes…. And mirth.

Have a wonderful week – we’ll see you soon!