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Courthouse Quilters Guild

March 10, 2010
Workshop by Cheryl Lynch
Night Program by Cheryl Lynch
Cheryl is form Bromall, PA and will be doing a workshop entitled “Expand Your Horizon”. In this workshop you will “learn several techniques to transform your ideas into a
design for a quilt. Using a photo, a piece of fabric, a drawing, or Cheryl’s inspiration postcards, you will be on your way to making a unique quilt inspired by something in
your environment.

Supply List:
A photo of or actual architectural design
or element to use for inspiration and to
use as a jumping off point. For example
- a manhole cover, Victorian house gingerbread,
a piece of wall paper or fabric.
( We will all share.)
18'x24' newsprint pad (or there about)
Pencil, Sharpie marker
1 yard of fusible web
An assortment of fabric in your desired color palette. Make sure there is an assortment of contrast.
Sewing machine in good working order.
Straight pins
Sharp paper scissors (large and small), rotary cutter, mat and ruler.
Assortment of threads that match your fabric.
Cheryl says if you have any questions to a-mail her at oyveyquilts@yahoo.com.

Quilt Show Meeting: Time TBA

Board Meeting
5:30-6:30

The lecture this evening is titled “One Quilters Journey”.
Cheryl says, “Many of us learn how to quilt by taking a class in a local shop. Traditionally, we make our first sampler quilt by hand - using hand piecing, hand appliqué and hand quilting. These methods are soon left behind for the expediency of the machine. But while we gain productivity we lose the pleasure handwork can bring. Follow me on
my journey as I start quilt making by hand, head down the machine path, and come full circle to using handwork to embellish my quilts. “
Cheryl’s lecture is also a trunk show.

April 11, 2010

Workshop: Sew for the Show
We will be working on items for the boutique. If you have any wonderful ideas please join us and share. Let me know if you need materials to have on hand so that we can all work on different projects.

I imagine that there will be material to fold and price and lots of odds and ends to do. Do join us we always have a good time when we are getting ready for the Show.
The April meeting will be our " very special shopping bag" challenge quilt. There will be awards for finished and unfinished pieced quilts and finished and unfinished appliquéd quilts. Remember this would be an excellent time to do a mini quilt for the Quilt Show, which is fast approaching.

This meeting will also be our Anniversary Meeting. What a special group this is! There is so much talent in our Courthouse Quilt Guild. We are blest to have so many
talented quilters, but even more so that all are more than willing to share their talents with all of us. Please come
and celebrate our Anniversary.
Sandy Lobley

 

SPRING RETREAT
MARK YOUR CALENDARS LADIES:
Our next Spring Retreat will be April 16-18, 2010. Two nights with 5 meals will be $180.00 (still 2008 pricing).
We have an option of adding a third night to the retreat. It
would be Thursday, April 15, for an additional cost of $100.00. To add meals to the third day will incur an additional cost of $12.00 per meal.

May 16, 2010
Workshop 9:00 - 4:00
Jo Diggs
“Small appliqué with a Fantasy Fish Option”
Jo teaches landscapes and fish using a “free-cutting” method of designing not using patterns. This certainly sounds like we will all be challenged. This workshop
will rely on hand stitching rather than machine stitching, so we won’t have to drag those wonderful machines with us,
however we may bring them if we want to. We will need fabric in graduated colors for the landscapes and fish, so think about colors that are appealing to you.

There will be a complete materials list in the next newsletter.

Board Meeting 5:30-6:30

Evening Lecture: “Quilting on Quilts” Jo Diggs
Jo says about the lecture this will be a “visual discussion of quilting patterns and stitch size, spacing and general effect
of quilting shown through slides of antique and contemporary quilts. The focus is on how quilting elements can truly enhance a quilt top. Show and tell after slides; my own quilts and antique quilts”.
Jo has been teaching quilting since the 1960’s. She has been interested in art science since she was very young.
She graduated from Wellesley college with a BA degree in Art History and went on the get her MA in teaching from Harvard.
This certainly sounds like a really full day of instruction and challenge. What fun!!


 

Membership
It's time to renew your membership! The renewal form is included in the newsletter. Please print clearly when completing the form, attach your check for 25.00 and either bring to the next meeting.