Business
There were 15 members in attendance and one visitor. Welcome Robbin.
Phoebe, President, opened the meeting and
welcomed everyone.
Our guest Robbin Golden gave
us additional information about making quilts for the Royal Family Kids Camp, a camp for foster kids ages 7-1. Quilts should be throw size 50” x 60”. Gender neutral works, since they will not
know the number of boys or girls attending this summer in June. Robbin thanked us for helping to make these
quilts because in the past she made them by herself.
Becky is in the need for
scraps of solids/batiks/tone on tone any size to use in abstract
landscapes. She will donate $5 per scrap
bag, up to a $100 donation towards the guild Charity projects for the upcoming
year.
Program
Phoebe and Geri have been
talking about us making a group quilt to enter into QuiltCon 2015. Our program tonight was to brainstorm about
what to make. After much discussion, we decided to make a
Charleston based group quilt using pictures and words:
Charleston Block Ideas
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Assigned to
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Block
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Assigned to
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Block
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Alice
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Turtle
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Lynn
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Church/stained glass
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Amy
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shape of SC
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Phoebe
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rainbow row
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Amy
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Chucktown
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Phoebe
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bridge
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Becky
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beach umbrella
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Susan
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sail boat
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Cathy
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carriage
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Tamie
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Ya'll
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Cathy
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light house
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Tamie
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sweet grass
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Jackie
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sweet tea
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Whitner
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gates
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Jackie
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palmetto
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Whitner
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live oak
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Juanita
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dolphin
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cocktails
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Juanita
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crab
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Hunley
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Kelly
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steeples
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Ft. Sumter
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Kelly
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ghosts
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old Citadel
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Keri
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pluff mud
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magnolia
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Keri
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Yorktown
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flip flops
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Kim
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humidity
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edge of America
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Kim
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shrimp
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Kim
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holy city
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Linda
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Marsh
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If you think of anything else
related to Charleston let’s add it to the list.
Members at the meeting picked blocks and we left some for those who
could make it tonight. Let us know which
blocks you want and we will update our list.
Phoebe will look into Kona Cotton fabric for us; we decided to use our
guild colors with the addition of greens.
There will be a more detailed email concerning the fabric. Deadline to finish the block will be May 17,
2014 (Sew Day).
Swaps: We started our Modern Block of the
Month. We completed 19 blocks of Modern
Movement Block by Letty at Happy Dance Quilting. We are
expecting a few more and might have enough to make 2 quilts for our Charity
project.
Our next sew day will be April
12. PLEASE NOTE: This is a change as Easter weekend is the 3rd weekend of the month. The change has also been announced on Facebook.
Thank you to Linda for donating 25 yards of batting she purchased at Tuesday Morning last fall. We'll be putting this to good use in many many charity quilts to come!
Thank you to Linda for donating 25 yards of batting she purchased at Tuesday Morning last fall. We'll be putting this to good use in many many charity quilts to come!
Show & Tell
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Whitner - a newly finished baby quilt for a friend and quilted by Geri
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Kim - Books:
Vintage Quilt Revival,
by Katie Clark Blakesley, Lee Heinrich, & Faith Jones, and the Missouri
Star Quilt Co. Block
magazine.
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Becky- 2 quilts. The first quilt was inspired by a Yoshiko Jenzenji pattern. The second is our first donation for Royal Family Kids Camp! Thanks Becky!
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Juanita - a quilt she made from fabrics purchased on a road trip
· Keri - Hexagon project in progress
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Lynn - two quilts. The design of the first quilt shown below was laid out by her sons! Future quilters or artists maybe? Talented boys!
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Tamie- scrap bucket on right, zipper pouch & embroidery class sample
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Phoebe - rainbow scrap bucket (above) & a machine cover for her Singer
Featherweight, lovingly named Cora
We had a great show and tell. Thanks to all who contributed and make sure
to bring new items next month.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 22, 2014
at 6:30pm at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd.
Mark your Calendars
April 12, 2014 Sew
In Day at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd (verify this date)
April 22, 2014 Our
next meeting will be at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd.
May 13, 2014 Rachael
May, author of “Quilting with a Modern Slant” will be at our meeting
May 15, 2014 Quilt
Con 2015 course catalog released
May 17, 2014 Charleston
Group Quilt blocks due at our Sew in Day
June 24, 2014 Members
can register for QuiltCon 2015
September 20, 2014 Sew Day with Jennifer Ley (Free Motion Quilting class) at
847 Coleman Blvd.
February 19-21, 2015 QuiltCon 2015 in Austin, Texas
Bring to the April
Meeting
Name tag
Quilts for the Royal Family Kids Camp
Show and Tell Items
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