BATTING, BATTING AND MORE BATTING!!!

Hi Fellow Quilters:

 Wow, is it every great to be back!!! There were so many new faces last night, it was really fun to meet all the new quilters. Really looking forward to seeing more of their work as the season moves on!!

 Anna gave a fabulous presentation last night on batting. You name the batting, and Anna had some info on it. She gave us all samples of various types, from the richest to the poorest, she also gave us a breakdown of  where we could buy them, and the cost. She even provided us with a glossary of batting terms!! What a girl, our Anna!!!!

 

Nathalie is one of our new members and worked on this quilt while at our retreat.  The quilt is for her daughter who wanted grey, black and white - no tone-on-tone, just solids.  What a great job, but a long, long way to go.  The retreat really gave her a boost to get up and go!!  Good job Nathalie!

I sure hope the rest of the 'retreaters' behaved themselves.  Not too much tea, I hope!!

Next up, Joan, also a new member..  Here she shows the baby quilt she is working on - ALL HAND DONE!!!  Beautiful job!

Rita, who seems to always have the latest in fabric, once again has a whole new supply.  She ordered it on line, had it sent to where Roz was going on retreat and Roz brought it back to her.  Good kid, that Roz.  Now feast your eyes on the deliciousness!!!

Last of the quilts is Mary's pig quilt.  Look closely, all those pink squares have pigs in them.  The quilt is for Mary's sister, who has been waiting for 4 years!!!  Let's hope she still loves pigs by the time she gets the quilt.  Only kidding, Mary!!!  It's beautiful!!!

Last, but not least for our 'show 'n tell' is Barbara.  Barbara was recently in an art show and two of her sculptures were featured in the catalogue.  Great work Barbara!

Dates to put aside: 

 The retreats have been so successful, we are going to try to have 2 per year.  The next one will be in the Spring - Apr. 15 - 17.  Please put the date aside - the retreats are great fun and if you are having trouble getting started on a project, or simply having trouble, this is the place to be.  Lots of encouragement and help. 

We're set up for next Fall also - Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.  This is not a great date, but all we could get and we're on a waiting list for a better date.

Mr. Kamel is scheduled for October 3rd, at 9:30 at the Church.  He will clean, oil, repair our machines for a VERY reasonable price.  $40 for the clean and oil -  repairing will be extra.  Speak to Linda Wishart if you're interested.

October 6th is 'First and Last' - bring your first quilt and last quilt made to our next meeting.  Also Rita and Roz will explain IFFI.  Sounds like a busy evening!

See you all then!!

Happy quilting,

Sandra

We Are All Back Quilting!

Our new season 2015/2016 has begun with a number of new members who we are very happy to welcome. Those present at our first meeting all showed us some of their work and we look forward to  their participation. We have an excellent program for the year, put together by Roz and Rita. They will keep us all busy and inspired. 

Last week, nine of us were off to our annual retreat at Ermitage St Croix in Pierrefonds.  Many arrived around 2pm on Friday so as to get in all the quilting possible.

 Anna was our most adventurous participant. She went swimming in the pool and changed in Changing Room #1. We all thought this was very funny as there was only one changing room. Anna went outside in the rain and sketched, did some indoor water colour, worked on bright patchwork scraps and organized batting. 

Linda is half finished her quilt blocks with curved piecing done with a curved ruler. 

France was busy finishing a woven zippered bag and a great Christmas table runner.

As always, Rita was busy cutting and piecing a baby quilt for another friend.

Mary's sisters Betsy and Jeannie enjoyed all the quilting and they finished projects.

This is Nathalie one of our new members who was brave and came on the retreat. She got to know us all and stitched 1/3 of a quilt top for her daughter. We will soon see it finished.

This is Allison with a pile of squares waiting only for a glass of wine and good music to decided on their positions in the quilt top.

Mary has been working on a "pig" quilt for her sister Jeannie for about four years. Here is the top all put together. Much of the pink fabric has pigs on it.

We enjoy the retreats so much that we have now reserved time for a spring retreat; April 15-17 2016. Our next fall retreat will be September 30 - October 2, 2016. 

QUILT SHOW 2015

Hi Everyone:

Well, it's done!!! And what a 'done' it was!!!  Someone said "tiny but mighty" and that about sums it up.  It was a great show, many, many quilts, over 130,  - many more than we imagined!  And fabulous quilts they were!  Everyone worked hard, many of us only left to sleep and a huge THANK YOU to the husbands who stepped in to give us a hand setting up.  Honestly,  we couldn't have done it without them.

Our 'meeters' and greeters,
Mary, Audrey and Rita and
our FABULOUS raffle quilt
behind them.

Our vendors!  And we
loved having them there!!

This is our collection of 'preemie' quilts
to be donated to the Royal Victoria.
This was our community project for
this year.

 Our tea room,








our Boutique,







AND FINALLY OUR WINNERS!!!!

Linda in the
Bed/Lap
category -






Marilyn in the Wall
Hanging category -

and Mary's in the
Challenge category -
Borders.








Congratulations to everyone!!!

It was an excellent show, fabulous quilts,
hard workers, and great camraderie!!!

WHAT A BUNCH!!!!
Small, but mighty!!!

Sandra

QUILT EXPO 2015 COURTEPOINTES IN ONE WEEK!

Our sign is up on Westminster. This is the third show for this sign with minor modifications. Hope lots of people see it and come to the show.

Six Week Until Our Quilt Show - EXPO 2015

This is the poster designed by our newest member Priscilla. She certainly did a terrific job.

Come to our Show and see all our quilts.

Our meeting last night concerned our show. Things are coming together, but still more work to do. 

We still had some Show and Tell.

 This is Allison whipping her charity quilt around. She didn't like machine quilting with thick polyester batting.

Another work of art from Allison and a great use of some of her button collection.

  A mystery quilt Linda did with the Beaconsfield Guild. It's going in their show, the same weekend as ours, but will be hanging vertically.

 The back of Linda's Mystery quilt shows her progresses from stitch in the ditch!

 Linda showed her now completely finished Jinny Beyer's quilt. It is going in our the show.

Roz made  two table runners using different rulers. She had  received the suggestion from some of us that she didn't need all the circles...... but she didn't listen and it looks great.

This gentle curve runner will grace Roz's own table.

Fruits and Veggies

       Last night there were six intrepid quilters who braved the snow and the wind to learn about Barbara's fruit and vegetable printing. She showed us how she prints but didn't do the actual printing there, as it is too messy! The fruit and vegetables should be firm  but not too hard to get good texture. She had prints with acrylic paints on different fabrics and paper. She usually tries a paper print first before using fabric. One thing Barbara showed was that much experimentation is needed to get your vision printed.

Carrots and Parsnips

Many pears with some over printed with bronze

These are designs carved in potatoes and printed on fabric

A group of geraniums printed on paper

Cauliflower

More cauliflower; red and green

Broccoli looks like cauliflower but with more texture on the top

Delicious Red Apples

Citrus; Lemons and Clementines

Over printing

Peppers, parsnips, cauliflower and mushrooms used for printing

Apple, pears, clementine and mushrooms

Listening intently to Barbara's explanations

Thank you Barbara for a very interesting demo. She handed out a tip sheet explaining what she did so we will wait to see who has extra fruit and veggies at home and fabric to print. 

Then there was some show and tell.

Mary T shows off her "Insect" batik quilt top

Mary S had some little boxes

Rita had another quilt top ready for a baby quilt.

Our show, Quilt Expo is in less than two months so there is lots of work to do!

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