May

I'm moving and this week of all weeks Blogger has decided to twitch it's nose and mess me up.  I have been trying for almost a week to access this blog and I haven't been able to get in. Believe this or not, I was so frustrated I decided not to do this, had an email ready to send to Amanda and paused and asked my friendly CHAT GPT to help me out.   Apparently, Google likes Chrome better and is no longer dating other Internet explorer programs like Safari which is what I use. 

But alas all my information from last months blog is gone so bear with me while I struggle to get this done.  Also, Due to illness I was unable to attend the meeting so I am leaning on others for the information.

April Meeting

Something to see!

Janet and Sue from the. PEQG in Picton were here to display the raffle quilt for their quilt somw. The quilt is a 99" x103" qholecloth quilt with double batting.  Just Beautiful.  You can see the quilt on their website.

Program

After a day of Classes, Nellie Holmes & Christine Baker gave a  Lecture and Trunk Show.

CQA Challenge
  Anita Few was the sole member who completed a quilt for this challenge. Her quilt titled "from tulips to chipmunks" tells about her childhood experiences as a new immigrant to Canada.

30th Anniversary

We are still looking for a team to help with planning the 30th anniversary!  Sign up sheets will be at the back of the room again this month.   Lets not miss this opportunity to Celebrate our Guild!

Special Projects

Sue introduced Block 6 of her special project. 

The instructions will be posted on the blog the day of the meeting. In addition, Amanda has included links to the blog pages at the bottom of the Resources page on the blog.

Quilt show

Show dates were announced for April 23, 24, 2027.\ at the Best and Bash arena.  There will be a sign up sheet for volunteers. The theme will be: Quilters just wanna have fun!

The show challenge will be something with neon; use neon or very bright colours to make a quilt that makes a fun memory come to life. Quilts should be between 60" and 160" prerimeter.

Featured Quilter will be Anita Few

May Meeting

Please wait to arrive until after 6:30 PM. This will give the Executive and Colour Group volunteers time to complete the setup before everyone comes in. Thank you for your cooperation!

Don't forget to bring Show and tell!!!!!


Program

Bridget O’Flaherty “The Sustainable Quilter” – Lecture/Trunk Show

Bridget O’Flaherty is an internationally recognized thread painter and textile artist with over 30 years of experience in the quilting and fiber arts industry.  Her lecture will be on Stitching Change:  Exploring Sustainable Paths in Quilting.

Special Projects

Sue will introduce Block 7 of her special project. 

The instructions will be posted on the blog the day of the meeting. In addition, Amanda has included links to the blog pages at the bottom of the Resources page on the blog.

Executive meeting

There was an executive meeting on April 14th.  The meeting was on zoom and started at 6:45 pm. 

Membership - 53 paid members this year

Special Projects - sue has ideas for next year

30th Anniversary - Anastasia has a project to start in September for the Anniversary celebration.  List of Founders is on the website bu t there are no founding members in the guild at present.

Quilt show announcement to come in the April meeting

Web Page - Website is doing fine. Amanda will remain as web master.

Library - Lynn is leaving at the end of this term

CQA Quilt competion - Sara will mention at April meeting

Correspondence - Anita suggested fixing old email address which continues to get spam etc. 

elections to be held in May. So far only one position has names on the list.

Elections:

Elections will be held this month.   Please consider applying for a position.

1.     President

6.     Vice President

2.     Historian/Photography

3.     Library (Lynn is retiring)

4.     Membership

5.     Social (Coffee, Tea, etc)

7. Blogger


Fat Quarters.

Fat Quarter Colour for May is: Pink

50/50

Don’t forget to bring money for the 50/50 draw! Proceeds help support our workshops by bringing in special teachers and instructors just for you.

The Stitch & Chat and the Embroidery Chat!!!

Unfortunately, due to family matters I will not be able to attend for the next few months so all the chats will be cancelled unless someone else can run them. I will make sure the links are available to use. First on will be the administrator of the call.

This year, Stitch & Chat will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Saturday following the Guild meeting.

We will have a show and tell from 12 - 1 pm. Bring along what you’re working on or quilts you’re close to finishing. I can’t wait to see what everyone has been creating!

 Let’s share new techniques we’ve discovered and inspire one another.

Feel free to bring friends who aren’t guild members. It will be fun to discover who else is out there quilting on their own!

Embroidery Chat

It’s the same link listed below, and we’ll meet at 6:30 p.m.  p

Let's be a welcoming Guild!

Don’t forget to welcome our guests and new members at the meetings. If you haven’t met them yet, go say hello—you might make a new friend! Let's challenge ourselves to move out of our comfort zone and chat with someone we don't know.  I met some great people at the Christmas party that I had never met before!


Don't forget to bring Show and tell!!!!!

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