April Newsletter from the President

HELLO PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS

PLAN TO COME TO OUR APRIL MEETING - WE HAVE LINED UP AWARD-WINNING LONGARM QUILTER, JANET MOHLER AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER

MONDAY APRIL 7TH 7 PM LIBERTY POINT RECREATION CENTER
971 TOLSTOI DR.

JANET WILL SPEAK ON GOOD QUILT CONSTRUCTION AND GIVE US SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS IN QUILTING. SHE HAS TAUGHT AT MANY MAJOR QUILTING SHOWS AND IS CURRENTLY TEACHING AT HIGH COUNTRY QUILTS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

HOSTESSES: SNACK - PATTY DUNNINGTON DRINKS - RONDA DOBEK

BOM - BUG JAR QUILT BLOCK

ATTACHED TO THIS NEWSLETTER IS A PICTURE OF THE FINAL DRAFT OF OUR CLUB LAPEL PIN. A BIG THANKS TO HELEN CHERRY WHO HAD THE WINNING DRAWING AND WHO WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US ANOTHER DRAWING WITH SOME CHANGES. SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO DO THIS FOR US.

2008 ROSTER IS ATTACHED TO THIS NEWSLETTER - PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES OR CHANGES. THANKS!
REMINDER - BRING THE 2007 PRESIDENTS 'TREE' BLOCKS TO EVIE SHELDON! SHE WOULD LIKE ONE FROM EACH MEMBER FOR HER MEMORY QUILT.

THE BOARD VOTED TO TAKE FONS & PORTER MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS ONLY IN APRIL AND MAY. YOU MAY RENEW OR TAKE A NEW ONE TO GET THE INCENTIVE GIFTS AND THE CLUB WILL GET $5 FROM EACH ONE SUBMITTED TO US. MAKE OUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION $20 CHECKS TO PWQ AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU.

THANKS TO ALL WHO ARE MAKING LUV QUILTS - YOU ARE TRULY VERY GENEROUS AND THE RECIPIENTS ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

MARCH PROGRAM - Given by Joey

Joey's Disappearing Nine Patch Demonstrations

(For a larger view of pictures click on them)

Joey a member in good standing with the Pueblo West Quilt Guild gave a demonstration on how to cut and sew a Disappearing 9-Patch.

She made it look so easy! She gave a hand out with some great websites which are listed here:

Large Disappearing Nine Patch

http://www.myquiltblog.com/nancyrose/4624/ (for the large quilt pattern)

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=382 (for the sew, mama, sew none patch variations/quilt along)

http://quiltsatcs.blogspot.com/2007/04/disappearing-9-patch-tutorial.html (online tutorial)

The picture shown is a block done after seeing the below listed website: Looks interesting doesn't it???

http://blocksnswaps.blogspot.com/2008/02/disappearing-9-patch.html

Joey also has a site on flickr you may want to check it out:
http://flickr.com/photos/joeysews/

It appears we have been given several fun sites to check out and a really cool idea for a Simple 9-Patch block - have fun ! ! !

APRIL BLOCK OF THE MONTH

Bug Jars – this one could ‘bug ya’ (tee hee).
The colors to use are Bug Fabric for the jars, Grey for lids and a plain black for the background.
The presentation shows 3 sizes of jars and you can make any of the three sizes. Two of them come from a website listed here:
http://quilting.about.com/od/blockofthemonth/ss/bug_jar_quilt.htm?p=1
http://quilting.about.com/od/blockofthemonth/ss/tal_jar_quilt.htm
The third is for the smallest baby food jars. We were given paper piecing templates so you will need to get in touch with a member who has them if you would like to try them. Chris also suggests we make the black background around the baby food jars at 1 inch instead of the size on the pattern.
See the pictures of the finished quilt by Chris.
Chris suggests that bug fabric is not readily available in the area and so has scoped out several web sites where you can find bugs and more bugs.
These sites are:
http://www.bugfabric.com/
http://www.hartsfabric.com/
Chris gave us another link " cuddlebug "however we have not been able to get it to open. If someone is able to navigate the site please let one of us (Patsy or Evie) know so we can post it for others. Thanks.

MARCH BLOCK OF THE MONTH was won by Mary Anne. There were 19 blocks of the Farmers Daughters block pattern . Have fun with those blocks Mary Anne! We look forward to seeing that completed quilt at one of our future Show and Tells.

MARCH SEW AND SHARE

2008 LUV QUILTS DONATED STATISTICAL BALANCE IS 24

MARCH - 12, FEBRUARY - 12



LUV Quilts were all shown together at the beginning of this portion of the meeting and there were a total of 13 shown and 12 turned in to be donated. One is a work in progress. We all hope to see the finished product soon. WAY TO GO!!! Last month 12 LUV quilts were donated for a total of 24 so far this year . That is AWESOME – now if each month the guild received that many – do the math – math is cool and tells it all – that would be a lot of quilts (did you do the math??? – what did you get???). Therefore we would be donating more than ever before--– wouldn’t it be great if each year we can add to our donation quotient. This would be a truly extraordinary feat for us as a guild. Donating to our community is unforgetable for some of those who are on the receiving side of these quilts. I personally have not been on the distribution side of things, however I do know from personal experience that when these quilts are received they are an awesome gift and we should all be very proud to belong to a group that is involved enough in the community that they are donating time and fabric. – (we all know the gold standard has nothing on fabric worth – right!) Here are a couple of pictures:

The remainder of Show and Tell.