Our monthly workshop is Wednesday night November 8th
at the Senior Center, from 6:30 – 8pm.
We will meet Wednesday, November 15th, at HB Stowe School on Post Office Road,
doors open at 6:30pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00pm.
Rebecca Brown will teach Quilted, Mailable Postcard.
Also Raffle and Show & Tell.
List of Supplies:
Sewing machine in good working order
General sewing supplies
White bobbin thread
Differnt colored threads for decorative top stitching
Your favorite scraps ( of similar motifs, i.e. Christmas, blues, florals,etc )
Black pigma pen or sharpie
¼ yard one sided fusible stitch-shape, timtex or other stiff interfacing
( non-fusible is OK too )
¼ yard fusible web or wonder under
¼ yard muslin
Free Motion Foot ( if you want to free motion quilt
Optional:
Ric Rac or other flat embellishment
Embroidery motif ( already completed ) cut to 4"x6"
Bias tape for binding
Teflon pressing sheet
Before Class : Fuse the wonder under ( or fusible web ) to the muslin & cut into 4"x6" pieces & leave the paper attached
Nancy Elderkin
I started quilting in July of 2005 when my step-grandson turned one.
I have always wanted to try my hand at quilting but never did. In the
summer of 2005 I was going through some medical issues and decided to
try quilting to get my mind off the medical stuff and thought that it's
now or never. I picked up a Quilting 101 book from Joanns and decided
on a very simple (or I thought) pattern for a baby quilt and taught my
self how to quilt. Well I was hooked. In August I took a beginner quilt
class and in September, a beyond beginner class. In October I purchased
a Janome sewing machine and I have been quilting ever since. I absolutly
love Quilting and have found my true passion. The women that I have met
through Quilting have been wonderful and truley inspiring.
Food: Jan Albro, Marge Lementine
Beverage: Fran Lenville
Jan Albro
Cyndy Ostrout
Fran Lenville
Marge Renentine
Nov. 2-5
Quilting By The Yard, Vernon, Ct
6th anniversary sale
www.quiltingbytheyard.com
Nov. 4th, 8am-1pm
Holiday Craft Fair at the Enfield Senior Center
Nov. 17-19
Old Deerfield Christmas Sampler Craft Fair
At the Big E Better Living Center
West Springfield, MA
www.deerfield-craft.org
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I am still collecting patriotic blocks for a quilt for the family of Marine Philip
Johnson. Please bring 9 inch blocks to the November regular guild meeting.
Also, Gail Concannon-Popp has donated a little journal to accompany the quilt.
Whether or not you make a block, please put a little message in the book.
I will bring it to the November and December regular meetings. As usual,
THANKS so much for your support of our project.
Cyndy Ostrout
This past year members of Greater Hartford Quilt Guild made 9 patch blocks that
were turned into quilts for the "Race For The Cure". The quilts are being used
as fundraisers this year. The Susan G. Komen foundation was extremely pleased
with the efforts of our group.
I would like to once again organize a fundraising project for them. I am looking
for finished quilts from mini on up that will be displayed at next Junes "Race For
The Cure" in Hartford. Afterwards the quilts will be used to raise money both as
raffle quilts and in Silent Auctions.
The unique thing about the Komen Foundation is that they do what no other breast
cancer organization has ever done, they're surrounding this disease and attacking
it from every direction - through research and education and screening and treatment.
They offer help for today and hope for tomorrow.
If you are interested in donating a quilt to this extremely worthy group please
contact me at 860-763-4106 or danceswsissors@yahoo.com
Machine Quilting
Suffield, CT 06078 860-254-5340
Debscozz@aol.com
One piece backings available.
Batting available, ask for details.
Meandering / Stipple
Crib/Lap (45x60) $45.00
Twin (68x90) $60.00
Double (80x90) $70.00
Queen (92x108) $80.00
King (93x110) $90.00
Custom Quilting available, call for prices.
A two week turnaround time, to have
your quilts quilted before the Holidays.
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Have you ever wondered how long quilts have been around? It is believed
that quilting originated in Egypt and China, about the same time. The
earliest recorded quilted garment was found on a carved, ivory figure
of a pharaoh, dated to be from around 3400 BC! Quilts can be traced all
the way back to the 13th century! Soldiers had a duo role for them back
then. Not only did they use them for warmth, but also to protect themselves
from chaffing when wearing their heavy armor. Quilted bedding, called a
culcita or stuffed sack, was used by the Romans as a mattress. In colonial
times, quilts were seen as a status symbol and only wealthy women made quilts.
Poor women didn't have the time or the money to quilt. Quilting has come into
its own. Right now, it is one of the leading industries in the sewing and
crafting world! So if you have the time, teach someone to quilt! You'll be
carrying on a time honored tradition.
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