Happy New Year's Eve!

It's the last day of 2010, and here is some more show and tell from our December meeting, I had hoped to get it all on our blog by the end of this year, but I have at least two more days worth to show you guys!

Ivy Curtis made this lovely totebag,

 

Deb Birch made this quilt for her grand daughter,

 

Clair Buck made this quilt, the fabric is Portobello Market by 3 sisters, she lives on Portobello drive and she is one of three sisters, it was meant to be!

 

Alice Kirkpatrick made this Halloween wall hanging,

 

january link

click here for our January newsletter.

Winter wonderland

Bev Boyle made this quilt for her son's girlfriend, the pattern is Scraps and Strips by Anka's Treasures,



Joan Baldwin made this butterfly quilt,



Barb Canavan made this reversible quilt for her husband,



Lois Estabrooks made this snowman table skirt,

Merry Christmas Eve!

Below is a picture of Anne O’Brien and Elizabeth Thurber, the General Manager of the Fredericton Food Bank. Our Guild collected and donated $634.69. Anne was overwhelmed by everyone's very generous support. Thank you ECQG.

What a wonderful time of the year!

Dear Members of the Elm City Quilt Guild

I posted a letter to the Fredericton Quilt Guild but didn’t have a mailing address for you so I am sending this via email from this address I found online.

I am writing to you to say thank you, and to express our sincere appreciation for the placemats you made to send to Meals on Wheels clients who are on their own for Christmas dinner.

So many of our clients are housebound without family or friends at Christmas time and these bright and beautiful tokens of the season cannot help but to brighten the day for those who receive them.

Christmas time tends to be busy for most of us and we genuinely appreciate that your members care enough to take the time to sew these festive and unique placements for our clients. The true spirit of Christmas is alive and well in your gesture and they clearly convey a knowledge that there are still people out there who care about others. I know that these colorful, handmade gifts from the heart cannot help but brighten the day of those who receive them.

We genuinely appreciate your efforts on behalf of our clients and your support for Meals on Wheels of Fredericton. Our thanks to each and every one of your members for this very appropriate labour of love.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, our staff and our clients, we wish you all a Merry Christmas, the very best of the season, and a healthy, happy New Year.


Sincerely,

John Carty
Executive Director

Coaster exchange

Here are the winners for the coaster challenge, first up is Peggy Holt, she won for most unusual coasters,

 

 

these coasters won for most creative,

 

Ivy Curtis was the maker of those lovely coasters

 

and I won for most festive coasters, what a surprise!

 

here are the other participants for most festive,

 

'tis the season to be...

busy! sorry for the lack of updates since our guild meeting, here are some pictures from our Christmas meeting,




look at the pile of homemade placemats! There were a total of 46 colourful and festive placemats to be donated to Meals on Wheels, nice job ladies!

 

What a delicious meal, the church group did a wonderful job, thanks to those who cooked, sliced, served, it was yummy!

 

 

 

there were 103 of us in attendance,

 

 

the draw for the frex raffle quilt, Harry Libby was the winner,

 

Tammy reading the "Left and Right" story

 

a table participating in the coaster swap, intently listening for directions from Tammy,

 

two guild members at my table (Deb and Barb) having a chuckle during the "Left and Right" story!

 

It was mentioned at the meeting that our next workday is December 11th, there will be a potluck that day and you can work on the mystery project or your own project, whatever your heart desires! If you are working on the mystery project you only need your sewing machine and neutral thread and whatever else you normally need to sew, but the only extra thing you'll need that day to complete the mystery project is neutral coloured thread. There will also be time to assemble the quilter's bag which was started at last month's workday.

tonight's gonna be a good night!

Tonight is our guild meeting, and the meeting starts at 6 for an early meet and greet, and then supper at 6:30 I believe, yum!

Don't forget to bring your placemat for the Meals on Wheel donation, your set of 4 coasters, your nametag, your appetite, your show and tell, and that's all I can think of right now! see you guys tonight!

3 more days...

Until our next guild meeting! Good morning, here is the last of the show and tell from our November meeting...


first up is Sandra Noftell, this is a baby quilt for her grand daughter to be, the collection is "Cherish Nature" and it was bought from "Rather be quilting" at the Houlton quilt show,



and this is a quilt for her daughter, it's the "Posh" quilt, a late graduation gift I believe,



and this was sent off to it's recipient prior to our guild meeting, Joan Baldwin made this for her daughter's friend who is having a little boy, cute or what?!

less then a week...

before our next meeting, and it's gonna be a yummy one! Annnnndddddd, one month from today is Christmas day, yikes!

this is Bertha's Bali Bag



and these are some reversible aprons she made, one is for her sister, who she is hoping will invite her twice since it's a reversible...!






and this is Laurie's runner kit that she got from Ontario,





and this is her LAST Kitty Corner quilt...since seeing her first I've decided that in my lifetime I'm going to make one, Laurie's is beautiful!

back at it

I've been away for a few days and forgot about updating our blog, oops!

this is Joey Wandless' Bali bag



and some placemats she made,



and this is another gorgeous Bali bag, by Marg Rutledge,



thanks for the info Kathy, you're good!

a talented bunch

Peggy Holt made this for a friend's daughter who has left for Ethiopia to adopt a daughter, what a beautiful gift!




and these are some of the spicy spiral runners that were made at the workshop a few weekends ago, nice work ladies!

hump day

This is Jeannita`s completed UFO from 2002! The quilt pattern is called Apple Bar, at least that`s what my notes tell me!



this is Lois Estabrooks` skating Santa wall hanging, the skates are made from large paper clips,



and this is Clair Buck`s Starry night quilt,



it was quilted by Marie Lockhart,