Monday, March 25, 2019 Meeting

Our March meeting was a wonderful blend of chit chat, a demonstration and some hands on stitching, show and share, even more chit chat and a bit of business to make sure we keep the guild running smoothly. 

Kim presented the next two blocks for the Challenge: pinwheel and woven ribbons. All information on the Challenge can be found on the Dashboard under Challenge.

Giselle presented two new block designs for the Hospice project. And a Sew Day where time will be dedicated to piecing tops for this project was agreed on for May 25th at the Centre Saint-Andre-LeBlanc from 8 am to 4 pm. The information for piecing the blocks can be found on the dashboard of the blog under Charity and Comfort Quilts.

Charity quilt block samples

The evening's program was presented by Lorette who gave instruction on working with wool and came prepared with felted wool kits, stitching guides and a pattern for each of us. She brought a number of finished pieces to show and explained various fusible materials and the finer points of stitching as we all cut and stitched under her guidance. 

The block lotto was won by Joanne Crawford and she went home with 19 glorious Pick Up Stick blocks! At the April meeting Joanne will present the block design she has chosen for the next lotto, for blocks to be won in May.

Since Jodi won the December block lotto, she presented the block lotto block due in April. Tipsy Tumblers is a Missouri Star block and Jodi also provided each of us with a tumbler template to make our blocks. You can find the link for the tutorial on the blog dashboard under Block Lotto.

Charla extended an invitation from the PEI Modern Quilt Guild to participate in a Postcard Swap. Enthusiasm seemed high and more information will be shared soon. The May program will be focused on making postcards.

This evening's Show and Share:

Jodie Mattatall won the November/December Polaroid block lotto blocks and showed a completed quilt made with her winnings!

Not to be outdone, Debbie D. Englehart Wood shared a Polaroid quilt she had completed! 

Maryse is on a personal mission to complete 20 quilts. These is one of the four she has completed to date.

Glow in the dark thread!

And this is two of four completed so far.

Debbie's pineapple quilt. Love that quilting design! 

More of Debbie's work