2015+Meeting+List

January 14, 2015 " Organizing Your Sewing Room" - Ginny D.   Links of interest:

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February 11, 2015 Embroidery Stitches for Quilts - Bev B.   Make it Take it Project - - Embroidered Thread Caddy

Bring Sewing Supplies, including fabric shears and pins. Kits including fabric, floss and needle will be provided.

March 11, 2015 Honoring the Past: Making Legacy Quilts - Ginny D., Donna M., Bev B.   Old hankies, lace, buttons, neckties, pins, pictures and pieces of the past: We all have memorabilia we collect and hold onto and wonder what we can do with it, Thisprogram will inspire you with ideas for preserving your past, displaying a collection, or celebrating a special event, and perhaps remembering or honoring someone you love.

April 1, 2015 Organizing and Using Tools - Ginny D. and members We could spend a fortune on tools that we are told we can’t live without. What tools do we need and how can we keep them at our finger tips when we need them? Bring one of your favorite tools and be prepared to tell the group why you love it and why it is essential for your quilting success

May 13, 2015 Utilizing the Principles Of Design To Create Beautiful Quilts - Ginny D.   We all collect scraps, but how can we use them to make attractive quilts? This program will help you understand the elements and principles of design for selecting fabrics for your quilts, and inspire you to use up your collection of scraps.

June 10, 2015 Annual Picnic at Smith Park Pack your picnic basket with your favorite picnic dish and meet us at the shelter at Smith Park for our annual picnic. Rain location:

Midpointe Library Community Room

July 8, 2015 Machine Appliqué Tips and tricks on improving the look.

August 12, 2015

Hand Appliqué Make It and Take It - Ginny D. And Bev B.   We will learned how to do needle turned appliqué and make 2 kinds of 3 dimensional flowers during tonight’s make it take it project. Bring sewing supplies and $3 for kit.

September 9, 2015 Machine Quilting on your Home Sewing Machine - 4 Station Demonstrations You don’t have to have a long arm quilting machine and frame to make beautiful machine quilted quilts.

You may want to bring a camera or notebook as 4 of our members will be demonstrating techniques for easy machine quilting on your home machine.

October 14, 2015 Annual Quilter's Exchange Time to purge your sewing room of your unused, unwanted projects, fabric, tools, books and patterns for our annual Quilter's Exchange!

November 11, 2015 TBA

December 9, 2015 Annual Christmas Party Bring your favorite holiday dish (and its recipe) to share!