New Meeting Format

March was our second meeting of 2018. Members came out and enjoyed the sew day format.

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Book/Blog/Bolt – Show & Tell

The 2017 charity quilt is back from QuiltCon in the states:

Look at that beautiful quilting that Michelle at Saskatoon Longarm Studio did for us:

The back of the quilt almost looks like another quilt altogether!:

Val showed us a quilt made from Kaffe fabric that she’s been saving over the years:

Val showed us this awesome squares quilt:

Val also showed us a fun modern tree quilt. The pattern is from Simply Modern magazine. She notes that the magazine is translated into english so patterns need to be closely scrutinized for errors.:

Charlene makes her own quilt labels with an inkjet printer using her own fabric. Before printing she applies the fabric to a special poly butcher paper from the states:

Charlene also showed us this clamshell ruler she got from Dinkydoo which makes many curved options:

Barb brought her finished quilt from our travelling quilts. Her theme was “under the stars”. She quilted it on her domestic machine:

On the label she put the name of each person who contributed blocks:

Heather showed us quilt she made using vintage handkerchiefs. She put yo-yo’s to cover any holes they had.  It has been longarm quilted.

Bev made a quilt from her granddaughter using Elizabeth Hartman’s Fancy Fox quilt pattern:

She is quilting it with some organic lines:

Linda made a bear mini. She put extra batting under the bear potion to make it pop:

Linda also showed us an Easter quilt:

Darla showed us some of the Purely Canadian Eh! fabrics:

Darla was also working on a quilt block that got a lot of attention. It’s a free pattern called Cut Loose by Free Spirit:

Jana showed her latest Sew Sampler subscription box:

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Block Lotto

Michelle Freedman has graciously allowed us to use her Urban Chicken Block for our March block lotto. Thanks Michelle!

There were 17 blocks!
And the winner is…. Barb!:

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Next Meeting:

Our next meeting is May 27th. It will be an extra long one going from 10am until 8pm!

Block Lotto will also be held at the May meeting.