August 7, 2014 meeting

Summertime is in full swing and everyone is busy with activities and vacations. Yet there is always time to plan for upcoming projects and to dream of shopping trips. After all, the next best thing to making a quilt is buying fabric for the next one.... or two......or twenty.

With this in mind the guild has decided to charter a bus for a shopping trip to Hamilton, Missouri (with a stop at a shop in Lamar) to see the Missouri Star Quilt Company. If you have not heard of this store you are in for a treat. While I have never been there I have spent quite a bit of time on their website. This shop is actually of series of shops, each one dedicated to a specific style of fabric (batiks, solids, civil war, etc). Missouri Star Quilt Company has bolts of fabric as well as many, many precuts. They also offer a daily deal online that is a pretty good bargain.

The bus will hold 55 people. Cost is $45.00. This does not include lunch or all the fabric you will decide you MUST have. Invite anyone you think may be interested. The more the merrier! Hamilton is about 3 1/2 hours away so this is an all day trip.

There was also a decision to support the Freeman Cancer Institute by providing some lap quilts, twin quilts and seat belt cushions that are given to patient undergoing cancer treatment. The donation committee will be meeting and give further instructions later.

The block of the month this time requires 3 dies. These are available at the Bin along with the instructions. Pay careful attention to fabric choice when cutting the triangles so you don't wind up with a half formed diamond.

Carole showed us her latest apron.....

 and modeled it!

Nancy showed a kitchen towel and washrag set she had made from waffle cloth. Decorative trim and binding is all that's needed to make a lovely gift.

The cloth has a lot of starch in it that can be removed by washing. There is shrinkage after washing, so if making a gift, make it larger than you want the finished project.

Those who entered something in the fair were given a fabric covered notebook, courtesy of Nancy.

The pattern and tips for the towel and washcloth can be found in the current issue of Sew-it.

Nita presented a program called "all pieces work". The idea was to show that all shapes, whether square, triangle, curved, long, short can be fit together to form a block or quilt. We can stretch our comfort zone and still come up with something beautiful.

Nita and Gloria provided cake and ice cream for snacks. It was yummy!

Hope to see all of you at the next meeting.