Blog Show and Tell ie photos received

     Last night I received photos from Lucy Bourque showing the place-mats that she made and won't be able to show at Show and Tell.  They are lovely, so I wanted to get them on the blog for you-all to appreciate!

Here are the 4 place-mats Lucy made for a Christmas gift.  4 fat quarters

are used, cut up and shuffled around and then sewn back together.  Each one
is different. 

Watch this weekend for FREE!! The Quilt Show

The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson has a FREE show for everyone this weekend ONLY.
Watch Pat Holly sharing her insights on Mastering Machine Applique!!  (It is Show #608)
   http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/shows.php/episode/608

Saturday's Workday in Pictures!!

Thanks to Marj Deveau who took pictures and sent them to me in my absence.  By all reports it was a FUN day, and everyone went home happy with some finished product!!

Saturday's Workday!!

Welcome to the "directions" for the FALL FLING:

Saturday, Nov. 17 is our Fall Fling and if you did not sign up and want to do a class, here is the supply list.
Please email Joyce with any questions and come and join us.  Of course you are also welcome to come and do your own thing.

Supply Lists for ECQG Fall Fling 2012

Bring all your regular sewing supplies, as usual.

AM: Supplies needed for 1 Microwave Bowl:

2 - 12" squares of cotton fabric
2 - 11.5" squares of 100% cotton batting

Even feed or free motion quilting foot, if available

·    Coordinating thread

·    Pattern and instructions will be provided.

 OR-

AM: Supplies needed for 4 – 16” Christmas Tree Napkins

2 – co-ordinating fabrics 1/2 yard each

·    Coordinating thread

·    Pattern and instructions will be provided

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PM: Supplies needed for 1 Mini Card Purse:
1 – 12”x7” (back and front)
1 – 6”x6’ (front pocket)
1 – 6”x7”(middle pocket)
1 – 6”x8”(back pocket) 
1 – 6”x7” light or medium weight iron-on pellon
Coordinating thread
1 snap
·    Use coordinated fabrics – can be print or plain – directional prints are not recommended.

·    Pattern and instructions will be provided.

OR-

PM: Supplies needed for Crazy Border Strips

·   Strips of pale waste fabric for foundations – any width you want, but 3.5' will be a good starting size. Joyce will have a lot of fabric available for this.

·   Lots of random scraps -strips are fine, but other shapes add interest – wide or long enough to cover the foundation strip. Joyce will bring some, and we hope you will share.

See you there!

Kathy

SHOW AND TELL NOVEMBER 2012

November's Show and Tell at the meeting was a fair size and thankfully Peggy Landry (in the absence of our photographer Sandra Noftell) stepped in and took the pictures! Thanks also to Jackie who took notes for Peggy.

Grommet bags

Above is Dianne Kelly's red and white Pineapple quilt, and then Marg Routledge holding her safari quilt.

Pastel quilt by Charlotte Mitchell called "Blue Borders"

Beth Brennan's striking star quilt

Beth Brennan's "Prairie Path"

Sideway look at Flo Bower's finish of FLORENCE TAY'S quilt.  Made in loving memory for DVA from Florence and Flo.

Sideway look at Clair Buck's pastel comfort quilt called "Tranquility".

Doris Kilburn's vivid Hunter's Star quilt

Doris Kilburn's camouflage fabric quilt made for her 22 year old grandson!

Peggy Holt - With her fabric dyed and painted by Peggy Holt made at Juliet Nowlan's Workshop at Keswick Ridge Quilt Guild.

Christine Manolarakis gorgeous "Make Your Point" quilt.

Gloria Pearson holding her striking "Trip Around the World"  quilt.

Dorothy Johnson is holding her timely tree skirt!

Here is our Frex quilt called"Monkey Business" held by Sandra Day.

Cecile Grant and her amazing "Burgoyne Surrounded" quilt.

Next we have a showing of some of the TEEN QUILTS made by various members of the Guild.  Showing these are Elaine Mayo and Joan Baldwin. (coming soon)

Speaker at our Meeting

Pat Kennedy for the Program Committee sent this note for our blog:

Nicole Perry gave an interesting talk at the guild meeting about her natural products, soap, lotions, etc. She has a website with her products; pure ingredients, reasonably priced.  They would make great gifts for ourselves, friends and family.

http://www.nicoleperry.ca/

IWK Kit Preparation Day

A Note from our Coordinator, Dianne Kelly:

On Saturday, Oct. 27th, 20 members of our guild got together to make up the kits for the IWK Teen quilts. It was a very successful day with everyone having fun choosing fabric, coordinating colours, measuring, cutting, laughing, and  best of all having access to Noreen Stairs' lovely sewing room.  Of course there were delicious treats to munch on.

Joyce, in the Thinker pose as she plans a quilt/pattern.

Cutting

Cutting

Choosing fabric for kits.

Stash stashed on one of Noreen's bed's awaiting "the cut" and kit process.

and more cutting!

Finished quilt by Elaine Mayo, decorated with a couple of appliqueed flowers.

Lunch time!

 It was quite amazing to see the organization, teamwork and, of course, the results. Joan, and her team, had the whole process organized and well thought through.

Thank you to everyone who donated their fabrics. It was quite inspiring to see how all those fabrics could be coordinated for kits. I am confident that they are simple to do and very appropriate for the age group. I was thinking today of the young people and their families whose lives we will touch with these quilts. I think we have chosen a great charitable project for the year.

Please be sure to see Joan at the November meeting and sign out a kit. We have had a great beginning. You will want to be a part of this project.  Have a look at the  worker bees, in  the photos .

November 2012 NEWSLETTER

The November Newsletter is found right here.

Enjoy, it is another good one!

Trunk Show!

   The Keswick Ridge Quilt Guild has asked Juliet Nowlan from Saint John NB to have a trunk show on Friday night, and they have invited our guild members to come as well.  

  Some of the women from Fredericton Quilt Guild saw Juliet's fun and humorous and inspiring trunk show at last month, and enjoyed it thoroughly.

  The trunk show will be $5 to attend, and it will be on November 2nd from 7-930 at Riverside Resort in Mactaquac.  They will also provide refreshments.