Quilt Show & Tell Pictures

Show & Tell on Monday March 21, 2022

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If any of these are yours and you would like info on your quilt included - please email info to me at grannygoodstuff@ymail.com

 

TUTORIAL from Quilt Company East Quilt Guild Sew Day - 2-19-2022

With so many guild participants and friends from far and near joining in on ZOOM, it seems appropriate to share some of the goings on with those unable to attend. The block of the day was very well received so let's put it here for future reference!

This block tutorial was presented as a Power Point slide show at the QCE Sew Day on Saturday February 19, 2022.

All guild members are encouraged to make a block for Community Quilts. Choose a variety of Black on White and White on Black prints for contrast. Note how blocks can be a Star, a Cross, or a big X.
You decide!

See the examples towards the end for ideas.

Notice how this block looks like an X?

Bright colors go so well with the black & white prints!  

Add the coordinating borders.

Here are Sally's blocks:

Thirty blocks make a twin size quilt approximately 77"x92"!

Please leave comments below 

- we love feedback. :-)

Picnic Time

Our annual June Potluck was a "July Picnic - BYOF" this year.

We met up at 5:30PM on Monday July 19th at Beulah Church in Churchill for our first "in person" full guild event since the onset of the Pandemic. Members provided their own food - not for sharing, like we usually do - just enough for one.  The Guild provided beverages (bottled water) and a cupcakes for dessert.

The first order or business was to install our new officers as President - Adrienne Hunter and Secretary - Tonya Nardi. Of course I did not get pictures.  Sorry!

The next order of business was to present out outgoing President Lynn Koza with the gift quilt that so many of our members had gratefully contributed blocks. Organized by Vice President Sally Martin, Thea McCurry (yours truly) had designed the quilt not knowing how many participants might contribute, and Jian Li had very helpfully assembled and finished the quilt.  Lynn really seemed surprised and appreciative! 

We proceeded to share some of the member's "Pandemic Projects" from the past year. Below are some of these projects - some without explanations as I am getting more forgetful these days.

Some of the many "Shimmer" quilts from a recent ZOOM workshop lead the way.

A lovely hand quilting project by our incoming President was very impressive!

An intrigue of log cabins from Karen Luce!

Ruth Ann Ritter finished several small projects!

A masterpiece from Marlene Finoglietto!

Sally Martin shared a sampler from another recent ZOOM workshop!

National Quilt Museum 2021 Block of the Month interpretations by Thea McCurry. 

Our next meeting will - hopefully - be in September. We will probably wear Covid masks, so bring one just in case. 

If you are a guild member who can remember something I forgot to include (such as the names of the workshop presenters) please add the info in the comments below.

QCE Update 8/21/20

 

Facebook, Blog, Zoom, etc.

Hello Quilters! I’ve missed you all so much. It seems like forever since we’ve been together at Churchill for a regular, in person meeting.  It also looks like it will be a while longer until we can be physically together. To help us all keep in touch while we wait, we are and will continue to take advantage of whatever we can on the Internet. To aid in that social distancing requirement, most meetings will be held online. For your viewing pleasure, all guild members are invited to join our Guild Facebook page (if you have not already) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/122668044442741

Facebook also allows us to have albums where we can post pictures of our latest quilts and other projects. I have created albums where any member can upload, and albums for our 'special interest' groups such as Creative Quilters and the recent results of the Progressive Quilters as well as past meetings and monthly Show N Tell.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/122668044442741/media/albums

Also available on FB are files of various forms and documents such as the membership application form: https://www.facebook.com/groups/122668044442741/files

If you are not already a FB member, please send a request through the FB site so I can “admit” you to our private QCE page. There are several albums on our FB site where you can add photos of your latest quilts – you might want to use a ‘stamp’ or ‘label’ on your photo if you prefer not to post anything other than your photo.  For those who are concerned, you can view once you are admitted, but there is no obligation to post comments or photos. Also, if you don’t want to use your ‘work name’ you can let me know via text or email of your “QCE ID” which can be a slightly miss-spelled version of your name, or a totally fictitious name of your choosing, such as the “kwlt kween” id that my sons gave me many years ago.

Thanks for being a guild member, and please renew so you can take advantage of all the innovations that will be happening as we move into our electronic future, however long this situation lasts.

Here is one of my quilts waiting on the "to be quilted" line:

Please let me hear from you by leaving a comment below.

Thea's First One Woman Quilt Show

You are invited to my very first ‘one woman show’ to be displayed during Advent – in conjunction with a concert series of recitals at noon of the Fridays of Advent at FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 300 South Main St. Greensburg from November 20 through December 31.  A selection of my quilts from the late 1980s through the present will be displayed in the Refectory/Library area.  Weekday entrance (9am to 4pm) is at the alley entrance ramp, up the flight of stairs as you enter, through the door on the right.  There is usually a reception volunteer near the door.  Sorry, there will be no evening hours.

The recitals will be Dec. 6, 13, and 20 at noon.  Box lunches will be available for $10. Call the church office to request a lunch at 724-832-0150. There is no charge for the recital.  

Name Tag Tutorial

One of the things we are asked to do as Guild Members is to wear a name tag to our meetings. There are a lot of us, and most of us won't remember a name even though we remember a face. Name tags make it a lot easier to get to know each other.  They don't need to be fancy, but they do need to be functional - easy to read and worn above the waist on your front.

Here is one way to make a simple nametag.

Materials include:
a scrap of plain solid for the name area
a scrap of 'other' fabric for the back
a piece of stiff batting or Peltex 70F
thread to match or coordinate
pin back and a dab of glue gun or E6000

If you are new to these things, here is a simple explanation:


Pellon® 70 Peltex® Ultra-Firm Sew-In is an ultra firm, smooth, heavyweight, sew-in stabilizer for extra support. It is excellent for accessories, crafts, home decorating, and quilting. Peltex® is easy to sew, even when sandwiched in between other fabrics. It will not flatten or distort with steam pressing.
Peltex® 70F is the fusible version.
 
Using a piece of parchment paper under and over your work, Fuse your scraps to back and front of your chosen product, trim to a size big enough to print your name on the solid side.  If you are using batting, a fusible web works fine.

Using a zigzag stitch on your machine, cover the raw edges with a wide overcast stitch.

40 WT cotton in both needle and bobbin

TOP-STITCHING NEEDLE for use with 40 wt thread

use a pencil to give yourself a line to write on

Print your name with a permanent pen, Pigma, gel pen, or similar ink.  


Make it big enough that you can read it from across a crowded room.

Apply a pin back with your glue gun or a glob of E6000.  Check your pinback to make sure it is fully functional before you glue it on, and after the glue dries also.  For E6000, allow to dry overnight where you will not smell the fumes.

 I had a large bag of pin backs, and some were trashed... for various reasons.

 

Membership Renewal Time

The annual renewal season is here again.  I have my membership form completed and ready to mail. We are mailing the membership paperwork in advance so that we can all enjoy our guest speaker at the September meeting.

If you are looking for the membership form, it is available on the guild website: www.quiltcoeast.org/
just click on the 'JOIN THE GUILD' tab at the top of the home page, then click on the big blue button and print the form. Complete the form entire form, initial, sign and date. Please print your email address legibly as your newsletters and guild announcements will be sent via email. If you do not receive a newsletter the month after joining, it is probably because of a typo in your email address, so please contact our Membership Chair, Karen Luce at karenjluce@hotmail.com

We are all looking forward to another year of inspiration and friendship. If there is anything you would like to see here on our blog, please comment using the box below.

I am hoping to get some pictures up in the next few weeks. Especially if you have pictures of our recent quilt show! Please send them to me at grannygoodstuff@ymail.com