Pueblo West Quilters Guild: May 2008

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

News from the President

HELLO PWQ MEMBERS,

SUMMER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER ~ SO BE CAREFUL AND HAVE FUN.MAKE PWQ PART OF YOUR SUMMER PLANS! STAY COOL AND KEEP ON QUILTING!

MONDAY JUNE 2 7PM
LIBERTY POINT RECREATION CENTER
971 TOLSTOI DR., PUEBLO WEST

LYNN MATTINGLY, AN AWARD -WINNING QUILT TEACHER FROM PAONIA, COLORADO WILL BE SHOWING HER TECHNIQUES FOR MACHINE QUILTING ON A HOME SEWING MACHINE. LEARN HOW TO DO BACKGROUND FILL, STIPPLING AND OTHER WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR QUILT BLOCKS.

HOSTESSES: SNACK - CHARLOTTE HILLSON DRINK: PATSY MORRIS

DON'T FORGET YOUR BLOCK OF THE MONTH - CELL PATTERNS

Our condolences to longtime member, Birdie Parker, who lost her husband last week.

Congratulations to member, Lorraine Glach, who had another purse design published.

THANKS TO OUR BLOG MANAGERS, PATSY MORRIS AND EVIE SHELDON. CHECK IT OUT...http://pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com

See you at the meeting,

Mari

Monday, May 12, 2008

President and Guest Speaker

Mary Pretzer--President elect for 2008 presided over the meeting and then introduced the Guest Speaker...for the evening....Dixie Moorcroft who gave a trunk show of her beautiful quilts.

The entire trunk show pictures can be viewed on our Shutterfly photo site. Here is the link..........share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0ActWzVw2ctGL1Y

It is also posted below for viewing all the wonderful photos of the Sew and Share's which members had.

Sew & Share

There were many beautiful Sew and Share items this month!!! So many that we are going to start posting numerous pictures of them to our Shutterfly account. Here is the link to Shutterfly where you can obtain any picture of the club you would like.
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0ActWzVw2ctGLoo&emid=sharview&linkid=link4

Retreat Quilts

Many of the ladies displayed their quilt tops they made at the retreat they attended in Woodland Park.

LUV Quilts

Here is the line up of the LUV Quilt donations for the month of May. Way to go ladies!!!!

BOM

The winner of the block of the month for May collecting her blocks!!!

The June block of the month demo.

PWQ LUV QUILT GUILDELINES

Pueblo West Quilters will provide batting for members who wish to make LUV Quilts for donation to the community. The following are guidelines to help facilitate this.

Batting is provided only to PWQ members in good standing.

A finished quilt must be returned to the club within 3 months after receiving the batting or the member will be responsible for paying for the batting or can return the batting in the same condition in which it was received.

Standard sizes of batting for crib (46" x 60"), lap (60" x 60") and twin (63"x 84") size quilts will be pre-cut and available at regular PWQ meetings. Other sizes can be requested and it is the responsibility of the member to arrange getting the batting if outside of the regular meeting. Please make your request through the current Vice President.

Completed LUV Quilts are shown at a regular PWQ meeting. The maker is then awarded a small thank you charm and name is then placed into a drawing for a larger thank you gift at the annual Holiday Party. Each LUV quilt donated earns a charm and an entry into the end of year drawing..

The Executive Board encourages the making of Patriot quilts for the Westcliffe based Eagle Summit Ranch rehab facility. Janet Flick is the coordinator for the project. Batting for these quilts is also available through PWQ. Wounded Warrior quilts need to be no smaller than twin size (63" x 84") and can be up to full size (79" x 87"). .

If you have any questions or wish to assist, please contact the current President or Vice President.

Updated January 4, 2016