Announcements:
There will
be a display of quilts given to Emanuel AME at 85 Calhoun Street until June 30th. Two of our quilts will be part of this.
Registration for Quiltcon 2017 in Savannah opens on June 25th,
so start looking at the catalog. Quilt
entries for this event will be accepted between July 1st and
November 30th.
Super Volunteer applications are due by May 30th. Kim shared her experience volunteering and
Jackie’s.
Old Business:
Latifah
Saafir will be here June 18th and 19th for classes.
Swaps and Challenges:
Traditional
block to modern blocks were turned in and displayed at the meeting. These blocks will be used to make a charity
quilt for a child who is aging out of the foster care system.
Show and Tell:
Alice shared
her “Sweet Tea and Butter Beans” quilt from Jen Kingwell’s pattern Green Tea
and Sweet Beans. It is stunning! She also modeled the smock she learned to make in Lynn's class. This is the second smock for Alice. She gave her first to her daughter.
Geri wore
the smock made in Lynn’s class and showed a double wedding ring quilt.
Susan told
the group about a quilt she made and shared a photo.
Marybeth
finished her “I get cold too” quilt she made for her husband which she quilted
herself.
Cathy showed
a quilt top that she made and Marybeth quilted.
Keri showed
the group her Camelot and Project 48 blocks.
Cheryl brought
a quilt she made from a shoebox exchange with her quilting group in
Mexico. They all made
blocks when she was moving away and she shared the quilt she made with those
blocks. This was her oldest UFO.
Delynne made
a giant hexie quilt for charity.
Sarah showed
some softies she made, a seahorse and pig.
She also made a Palmetto and Moon quilt and announced to the group that
she was moving away. The group will miss
her.
Jennifer
made a “go anywhere” bag by noodlehead.
At the last sew day she started a wonky star quilt top and finished
that. She also made a half square and
square quilt top from a Purl Soho pattern that she showed.
Phoebe
modeled a Sailor top she made in Lotta Jasndotter fabric. She shared photos with the group of her smock
in Africa. A woman fell in love with it
and Phoebe gave it to her. She is
sending her Lynn’s smock pattern so that this woman and her friends can make
more.
Linda told
everyone about an LED light pad that she found on Amazon for $45 that has been
helpful in transferring patterns. She
also made a grandmothers flower garden from a Missouri Star pattern out of
charm packs. Next she made a curtain
out of a jelly roll.
Iliana made
a quilt from giveaway fabric for charity.
She made a Minecraft pixel quilt that had 1256 squares. She also did a Cathedral window table runner
and placemats.
Carol made a
charity quilt with dinosaurs. She also
showed a Tula Pink plus quilt in the Elizabeth line. Finally she made a Jay Bird Quilt pattern.
Cheryl told
the group about a thread painting class from Craftsy and said that it was a
great class.
Kim
announced that there was an opening at Quilt Camp and asked to contact her.
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