November Guild Meeting

Can you believe it's almost Christmas already? The excitement has been building over on Face book about our up an coming meeting, this Saturday November 19th from 2pm-4pm over at Strawberry Patches. There will be a fun demo on the new cutting machine called the Slice. For those of you that love embellishing, scrap booking, or applique, this is the perfect opportunity to see what the possibilities are.

You will have the chance to play with the machine in a group activity, so bring your fabric scraps to play around with. The Go! Baby Machine will also be there for everyone to enjoy. This should be a great mingle event if your new to the guild.

Things to bring to our meeting::

Fabric scraps

Pin cushion (for swap) in a concealed bag

Show and Tell

Remember these are coming up::

Sew-In Saturday November 26th at Bolts to Binding

Officer Elections (January) Think about what position you would like to run for

December 10th color Theory with Nancy Rink (Our class is now full)

We hope to see you all on Saturday.

Saturday Sew-In

This month's sew-in will be on Saturday, November 26, 10:00 - 4:00, at Bolts to Binding, 2437 Oak Street. If you want to bring your lunch, the shop has a frig and a microwave that we are free to use. There are also places nearby to get a bite to eat. People come and go throughout the day, so drop in at any time!

Reminder: There will not be a sew-in for the month of December.

Upcoming Activities

At the meeting of November 19, we will be swapping hand-made pin cushions. There are dozens of free patterns online, and the local quilt shops carry several patterns, too! If you want to participate, bring your hand-made pin cushion to the meeting in a plain paper bag. Anyone who brings one, gets to take one!

Our December program will be a color theory class taught by award winning quilter and pattern designer, Nancy Rink. The class will be held at Strawberry Patches on Saturday, December 10, from 10:00 - 3:00, with a short break for lunch. We still have openings, and you don't have to be a member of the BMQG to sign up for the class. The fee for the half-day class is $20.00. Suzanne, at Strawberry Patches, is ordering the books and tools you'll need. If you want to sign up for this class, contact Lynn at LongarmLynn@aol.com.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the BMQG meeting on November 19, 2:00 - 4:00, at Strawberry Patches!

Your friendly neighborhood program director,

Lynn

October Recap - Habitat Challenge.

Our reveal was a huge success!

Thank you to everyone who completed quilts to show at our October meeting. For those of you that were absent or have not yet finished, please bring them to show and tell at the next meeting. we would still love to see them.

Here was the goodness revealed

Bob Miller

Lana Elfstrom

Pam Gavin

Nicci Pannell

Jane Mulligan

Terri Harlan

Christy Hall

Laura Haywood

(hers was Awesomely quilted but we did not get a clear picture of the finished quilt) So sorry Laura

The team

Thank you again for the wonderful turnout.

On the agenda for next meeting is an introduction to the Slice machine. Bring your scraps to play with the Slice and Go Baby Machine!

Also don't forget we are doing our next swap - Pincushions!  Bring a handmade pincushion to the next meeting. Wrap in a concealed bag for the swap at our November Meeting on the 19th. If you bring one, you get to take one home.

Important Announcements::

- Pincushion swap swap next meeting in November

- Sew-In Schedule had been made switching between two wonderful shops. Here is the Sew-In Schedule

We also welcome two new members

Debbie and Jennifer

Welcome to the group.

See you all soon!

Sew-Ins Schedule - See shop name next to date

November 26th - Bolts 2 Binding 10-3pm

December no sew in it's Christmas Eve

January 28th Bolts 2 Binding - 10-3pm

February 25th  Strawberry Patches - 10-4pm

March 24th Bolts 2 Binding - 10-3pm

April 28th Strawberry Patches - 10-4pm

May 26th Bolts 2 Binding - 10-3pm

June 23 Strawberry Patches - 10-4pm

July 28th Bolts 2 Binding - 10-3pm

Please also Remember that our New Scheaule for Meetings is on Saturdays at Strawberry Patches. Here are the next few dates.

Meeting Schedule - All Held at Strawberry Patches

November 19th  - 2-4pm

December 10th - ?? (class time)

January 21st  - 2-4pm

February 18th - 2-4pm

March 17th - 2-4pm

April 21st - 2-4pm

May  19th - 2-4pm

June  16th - 2-4pm

July  21st - 2-4pm

Saturday Sew-In

We are having a sew-in this Saturday, October 29th, at Bolts to Binding, 2437 Oak Street. The shop is located behind the car dealership that sits on the northwest corner of Oak and 24th Street, and opens at 9:00. We have a blast at our sew-ins, and it's a great way to get to know each other! There's plenty of room to cut out a project, sew something, do handwork, or just sit and visit a spell! See you on Saturday!

October Meeting Habitat Challenge Reveal!

We all started with a project that most of us thought " what do we do with this".  Watching the transformations of this "out of our element fabric", forming into quilt projects has been quite an amazing journey for our guild. Creative genius came out of each member with an interpretation of what this fabric spoke to them, and resulted in the best eye candy a quilter could ask for.

Our next meeting Saturday October 15th from 2pm to 4pm over at Strawberry Patches quilt shop will be just that. The long awaited reveal of this several month long project. We are very excited for everyone to share the story of their journey making these quilts.

We also have a new swap reveal planned so come on down for a bit of fun, and bring a snack if you'd like to. We can't wait to see everyone on Saturday!

September Meeting Program

Our focus topic for the next meeting of the BMQG will be tips, tools, and notions! Do you have a favorite book or magazine that you regularly refer to? How about your favorite pattern? What notion do you think you couldn't live without! Have you picked up a great tip along your quilting/sewing journey? We will have a round robin style of discussion, so this is your chance to share what you know about. I'd love to have everyone participate! Looking forward to seeing all of you at our next meeting on Wednesday, September 7th, 6:30 at Strawberry Patches on Ming Avenue!