January's Meeting

We had our first meeting of 2013 last night and boy was it packed full. We have lots of challenges, a new BOM and a lot of other great things coming up this year. I will post about each challenge and the BOM soon. We had a lot of amazing quilts and quilt tops last night!! Jonquele showed one of (that's right I said one of - that Lady has made a few more that we will see next month!! Go Jonquele) her Madrona Road Challenge Quilts. She will be posting this to the Flickr Group and hopefully will get picked to be in the Michael Miller Booth at Quiltcon.

 Front and Back

 Sharon brought a beautiful bright Bow Tie Quilt of her own design.

 Julie made a really cute London Quilt. 

I love the fabric!! 

 Sarah made this complex Kaleidoscope Quilt.

 Maureen showed this sweet Baby Quilt 

 And this beauty!! I believe it is an Elizabeth Hartman pattern.

 Elizabeth brought this cute Baby Quilt. Look at that appliqué!! 

 Lisa made this fantastic Lap Quilt. 

She used Tula Pink's Stacks pattern. 

 Mary brought this amazing Quilt Top. I can't wait to see how she finishes it. 

Jenn brought two Quilt tops to show.

This Retro/Vintage Quilt and 

 This fun Giant Chevron Baby Quilt. The girl is amazing she really knocks them out :) 

 Mindy brought a couple blocks she finished up. A disappearing four patch. Such a fun block and will make a lovely quilt.

Great Job everyone :) If you missed last night's meeting I will have the challenge post for February up soon. I hope you guys have a great day!!! 

January Meeting Agenda

Call to Order

Welcome

Outgoing President Message
Treasurer Report

Guest Introductions

Quiltcon

Secret Sister

Madrona Road

Membership/Dues

BREAK

2013 Incentive Program

Library

BOM
Survey

Door Prizes

Announcements

Show and Share

December Meeting

 We had a great meeting in December!! 

We had elections for our board members right off the bat. Welcome

President: Julie Herrera 

Vice President: Gayla Tennison

Secretary: Jenn Nevitt

Treasurer: Connie Whan

Communications: January Turner

We are very thankful for the ladies who ran the meetings last year and appreciate all you did!! We are really looking forward to this new year with lots of great things to come. 

Thank you to all who participated in the canvas bag challenge. It's amazing what everyone came up with. Jonquele Jones won the Grand Prize: A fantastic iron. We will be having more challenges to come and hope you will all join in.

And now for the Show and Tells                                                                           Gail showed off her lovely Appliquéd Christmas Quilt

 Gayla brought her Turning Twenty Quilt

 Front and Back 

 Jessica brought her baby quilt for her newborn baby boy Eli.

Congratulations Jessica!! We can't wait to see him!!

 Jenn getting her Granny Squares on

Connie showed off her Bow Tie Quilt 

 And she made this fun green one

Front and Back

Last but certainly not least was Camille's beautifully curvy quilt!!

Madrona Road Challenge

We are so excited to be apart of the Modern Quilt Guild's Winter Challenge featuring Madrona Road by Violet Craft. A big Thank You to Michael Miller for being so generous and donating this beautiful fabric to our guild. 

 We are making quilts for our challenge and will show them off at our February meeting. It will be so exciting to see how everyone started with the same fabric and how differently they all end up. I hope everyone is having a lot of fun putting their quilts together. 

Be sure to check out the Flickr Group where you can upload pictures of your projects. Such talented people I tell you!! Loads of inspiration. I hope you guys have a great day and we will see you soon!!

Anna's Salad

We had great fun at our guild meeting last night and we are working on sharing all the details with you, but in the meantime, here is the recipe for Anna's salad that was such a hit!

Broccoli Grape Salad

1 bunch broccoli, cut into bite-size pieces
1 bunch seedless red grapes
1 small pkg sunflower seeds
1 cup real mayonnaise (Hellman's)
1/2 cup sugar
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 lb. bacon fried crisp and crumbled
1 TB red wine vinegar

Mix dressing ingredients (giving sugar time to dissolve).  Mix other 5 ingredients.  Pour dressing over this mixture just before serving.  Serves 8.

ENJOY!

December Meeting is Tonight

Tonight is going to be fun!

We are doing  a pin cushion swap, hearing about the challenge offered to us by the Modern Quilt Guild, electing our board for 2013, giving and receiving secret sister surprises, oohing and aaahing over the Canvas Challenge projects, hearing about a new benefit for members (yes that means discount!!) and more!

You don't want to miss it!  We start at 6:30 p.m. at the usual spot. Hope to see you.

Quilter Questionnaire: Connie Whan

Name: Connie Whan

How long have you been quilting? Quilting, about 20 years but I have been sewing for more than 40 years.

How did you learn to quilt?  I taught myself.  It was pretty easy since I had been sewing apparel for many years.

What is your favorite part/step of the process? Designing the quilt

Your biggest obstacle?  Time

How many have you finished? A lot.  When I start a quilt, I finish.  The good thing, at this point I don’t have any unfinished projects when it comes to quilting.

Which item that you have made are you most proud of?  The quilts that I make and donate so the organizations can earn money.

How do you decide on a pattern? I design the pattern for the individual or group.  I am blessed to be creative in that way.

Do you name or label your quilts? Name-sometimes, label-usually.  Sometimes I forget.

Where do you quilt, do you have your own space? We converted our garage into a bedroom for our son about 11 years ago.  When he went to college, we swapped rooms.

 

Tell us about your stash: It has everything.  I am trying to win the contest of having the most fabric.

How would you define your style? Unique

What are your go-to colors? Brights, no certain colors, just bright

Favorite tool or notion?  My rotary mats, cutters, and templates.

Do you have other crafty hobbies? I crochet prayer shawls.