October 2004 Newsletter

From the Program Committee

Steering Committee

Refreshments:

Member Profile

Susan Grabon. I have been quilting on and off for about 15 years. I was a member of the Enfield Quilters twelve years ago. I graduated from Asnuntuck Community College in 2003 with an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education and am currently enrolled at Bay Path College to complete my Bachelors in Education. I work at the Preschool of the Arts in Ellington as an Art Teacher. I am also a co-owner of Live and In Person Productions. We create theater works and in the future would like to produce movies. It is good to be doing something just for me.

Gail Concannon-Popp (pronounced Pope)! I'm married with 4 kids, 17, 15, 12 & 12, & a miniature dachshund named Bitsy. I moved to Wilbraham from Holbrook, Ma about 2 yrs ago. I began quilting almost 10 years ago to save my sanity (at least what was left of it)! I signed up for a quilting class with a friend of mine & I loved it!! Then we joined a guild. That was it.... I was totally hooked!! The more I saw.... the more I wanted! I was president of The CrossTown Quilting Guild in Weymouth prior to our move. I'm totally addicted to quilting & fabric stashing! I love to do hand quilting & hand applique, esp. landscapes! I love the old traditional patterns & the gorgeous fall colors!! I'm learning to do machine quilting so I can at least make a small dent in my UFO pile! I'm looking forward to getting to know you!

T. Bennett. In 2002 I retired at the age of 50. Thought I would try to learn to quilt on my own. Well, by March I signed up for my beginning quilt classes. I was told it was addicting and I laughed (with my family history I thought). It's now 2004 and I have 5 machines I work with. The grace quilter and 3 rooms I quilt in. Lots of classes under my belt and need quilters anonymous. But, I couldn't be happier and have met a lot of great people and visited a lot of shows. Thanks to the teachers at Thimbleworks and all the other shops for their patience.

A REMINDER
FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP FOR OUR RAFFLE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

QUILTING RELATED TV PROGRAMS:

TIPS AND HINTS

These are from American Patchwork & Quilting, Dec. 2004 issue:

• Don't throw away those warped cutting mats. Use heavy duty scissors to cut the unwarped part of the mat in different sizes from small to large. A small mat is useful by the sewing machine or iron, and larger sizes are good to insert in cotton chenille layers for cutting with a rotary cutter.

• Use a dental floss cutter to snip thread when traveling. Also utilize the floss container, 2 bobbins of quilting thread fit just right. Feed the thread out through the hole at the top and the thread rolls right off the bobbin with no tangling.

• When you have leftover batting, save it in the original bag for use in smaller projects. This way you will know at a glance the fiber content.

DATES TO REMEMBER

10/16-17 Sat. & Sun. Branford, CT, 25 years of Quilting On The Shore, $5.00 203-488-7946

10/20 Enfield Quilters Guild meeting doors open at 6 and the meeting begins at 7pm at Eli Whitney Elem. School (across from the library). The program will be Fairfield Processing with Ann Driscoll.

10/23 GHQG annual meeting, hosted by the West Hartford Chapter. Metropolitian Learning Center, Bloomfield, CT.

Now through November 28th, The Ties That Bind, Litchfield History Museum

Planning ahead for next year August 20-21, 2005, GHQG annual meeting, at the Colony in Vernon.

We will be having raffles every meeting EXCEPT in Sept. and May (which is our annual fundraiser/auction)

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