Saturday, July 21, 2012
PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS - NEWSLETTER FOR AUGUST 6, 2012 MEETING
Website: pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com / email:
pwquiltersguild@gmail.com
The Summer is flying by, albeit a hot and dry one. We hope you had fun
at the July Celebrate America party on July 9th. I sure did. We still
have some bottled water leftover from that meeting and it will be
available at the next meetings until it is gone, so if you forget to
bring water, there will some available. Sorry, all the goodies are now
history. Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7:00pm.
We are still accepting STEP-UP to a Higher Level of Excellence Pledge
forms. Remember, you are only challenging yourself, as there will be
NO judging or any such thing when you show your successes at the Nov.
meeting. The monogram-paint chip challenge can also be used for a
STEP-UP pledge, but we encourage everyone to try this as your results,
hopefully a completed quilt or project, will not be judged either.
Deadline for this challenge is the Nov meeting.
I am still requesting a volunteer to quilt Ben and Gabby’s quilt. If
you would prefer not to quilt on a muslin backing, please inform us of
what you would like on the back, or get your preferred backing and
submit your receipts with your offer to quilt this thank you gift.
Remember, many hands make the work go faster and all efforts to keep
PWQ progressing forward are appreciated. The only real deadline for
having Ben & Gabby’s quilt done is so we can present it to them no
later than the Nov meeting. Thank you Jean McDonald for offering to
bind the quilt.
Reminder that you still have until Aug 31 to subscribe for only $15
each, the following magazines: Love of Quilting, McCall’s Quilting,
Quilters Newsletter, Quiltmaker and McCall’s Quick Quilts. Please see
Rosie Gould, our Treasurer by Aug 31, 2012. If you wish, you can also
donate another $5.00 to PWQ to make this offer similar to the Fons &
Porter’s fundraising for the local club program that ran earlier this
year.
The deadline for entries to the CO State Fair is Friday, Aug 3,
receiving date is Aug 9, judging is Aug 11 and the Fair runs from Aug
23 thru Sept 3. Good luck to all who enter.
Our program for the Aug meeting is a trunk show by award winning
quilter and hand appliqué teacher Tina Giacomel-Mort, who resides in
Pueblo West, is originally from Verona, Italy. Her finely wrought and
detailed quilts have won awards from AQS, Denver International Quilt
Festival, Machine Quilters Showcase, State and County fairs and in
Medena, Italy.
Things to bring to the meeting:
______ name tag
______ In house drawing funds
______ Fabric sale funds
______ Funds for Ways & Means PWQ mugs ($5) pens($2) and pins($3)
______ completed BOM for club drawing - Helen and Rhonda’s Celtic
twist block, black background with a light and dark of same color in
batiks for the “twist” part.
______ completed BOM in red, white & blue for wounded warrior quilts -
use white in place of black
______ fat quarter for Fat Quarter Exchange - animal prints
______ LUV quilts or pillowcases
______ Items for Sew N Share
Happy Quilting and see you at the meeting, Katya
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
July Meeting Events
The July Meeting was called to order with the usual business meeting to follow, our monthly exchanges, ie Fat Quarter, Block of the Month, etc.
Then came the Sew and Share portion - a few photos are seen here however there were many more so I would suggest you hop over to the right side of the screen scroll down to the Pueblo West Quilters Guild Albums, click on those words to see lots of photos, which very efficiently chronicles the evenings events.
Notice all the red, white and blue? Kind of striking, huh?
The program for the evening was an Ice Cream Social/Games - these were team games, - with prizes I might add..pictured here are most of the teams...more photos....enjoy.
After which we disbanded to wait another month for the next meeting. If you wish to join the fun - we usually meet the first Monday of the month - see the top of this page for more information. You could even email to the address for more information or watch the paper it is in there too.
The Block of the Month can also be found in the Pueblo West Quilters Guild Album.
Then came the Sew and Share portion - a few photos are seen here however there were many more so I would suggest you hop over to the right side of the screen scroll down to the Pueblo West Quilters Guild Albums, click on those words to see lots of photos, which very efficiently chronicles the evenings events.
Notice all the red, white and blue? Kind of striking, huh?
The program for the evening was an Ice Cream Social/Games - these were team games, - with prizes I might add..pictured here are most of the teams...more photos....enjoy.
After which we disbanded to wait another month for the next meeting. If you wish to join the fun - we usually meet the first Monday of the month - see the top of this page for more information. You could even email to the address for more information or watch the paper it is in there too.
The Block of the Month can also be found in the Pueblo West Quilters Guild Album.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS - NEWSLETTER FOR JULY 9, 2012 MEETING
Website: pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com /
email: pwquiltersguild@gmail.com
Its HOT, HOT, HOT so hope you are staying cool inside sewing,
quilting, creating. And getting ready for the PWQ annual July ice
cream social night which will be on the SECOND Monday, July 9, by vote
of the membership last January. Weird when July 4th hits during the
middle of the week, huh? The Executive Board has put together a fun
evening of refreshments, games and camaraderie so come and join the
festivities. The theme, fittingly, is Celebrate America and will
feature patriotic gifts and decorations, so wear your reds, whites and
blues. Also, our Sew N Share will consist of only items that are red,
or white or blue or any combination of those 3 colors. The items do
not need to be patriotic and they can be items that have been shown
before. Limit of only 3 items per person, please. Meeting time 7:00pm,
at Gabby’s diner. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Our Sew Saturday was lightly attended, but we got the top of Ben and
Gabby’s quilt completed. Jean McDonald has offered to do the binding
on the quilt once it is quilted. Who is going to quilt it? Please get
a written bid to me by the July 9th meeting, all you long-arm
quilters. Patsy Morris quilted the thank you quilt last year, without
charge, and being on this year’s board, is not placing a bid, so
please help us out. Because of all the seams on the quilt top, the
club will purchase a fat-back for this quilt to make the quilting
easier.
Reminder that you have until Aug 31 to subscribe for only $15 each,
the following magazines: Love of Quilting, McCall’s Quilting, Quilters
Newsletter, Quiltmaker and McCall’s Quick Quilts. Please see Rosie
Gould, our Treasurer by Aug 31, 2012.
If you are interested in entering the 2012 Pueblo County Fair, it is
coming up soon. For all rules and info call: CSU Extension 583-6566.
Check in is July 11th. I’ll have a few flyers at the meeting.
Things to bring to the meeting:
______ name tag
______ In house drawing funds
______ Fabric sale funds
______ Funds for Ways & Means PWQ mugs ($5) pens($2) and pins($3)
______ completed BOM for club drawing - Karen’s cat block
______ completed BOM in red, white & blue for wounded warrior quilts
______ fat quarter for Fat Quarter Exchange - red, white, blue-2 or 3 of the colors
______ LUV quilts or pillowcases
______ Items for Sew N Share - only if are red, white or blue, any
combination of colors, old or new items.
Happy Quilting and see you at the meeting,
Katya
email: pwquiltersguild@gmail.com
Its HOT, HOT, HOT so hope you are staying cool inside sewing,
quilting, creating. And getting ready for the PWQ annual July ice
cream social night which will be on the SECOND Monday, July 9, by vote
of the membership last January. Weird when July 4th hits during the
middle of the week, huh? The Executive Board has put together a fun
evening of refreshments, games and camaraderie so come and join the
festivities. The theme, fittingly, is Celebrate America and will
feature patriotic gifts and decorations, so wear your reds, whites and
blues. Also, our Sew N Share will consist of only items that are red,
or white or blue or any combination of those 3 colors. The items do
not need to be patriotic and they can be items that have been shown
before. Limit of only 3 items per person, please. Meeting time 7:00pm,
at Gabby’s diner. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Our Sew Saturday was lightly attended, but we got the top of Ben and
Gabby’s quilt completed. Jean McDonald has offered to do the binding
on the quilt once it is quilted. Who is going to quilt it? Please get
a written bid to me by the July 9th meeting, all you long-arm
quilters. Patsy Morris quilted the thank you quilt last year, without
charge, and being on this year’s board, is not placing a bid, so
please help us out. Because of all the seams on the quilt top, the
club will purchase a fat-back for this quilt to make the quilting
easier.
Reminder that you have until Aug 31 to subscribe for only $15 each,
the following magazines: Love of Quilting, McCall’s Quilting, Quilters
Newsletter, Quiltmaker and McCall’s Quick Quilts. Please see Rosie
Gould, our Treasurer by Aug 31, 2012.
If you are interested in entering the 2012 Pueblo County Fair, it is
coming up soon. For all rules and info call: CSU Extension 583-6566.
Check in is July 11th. I’ll have a few flyers at the meeting.
Things to bring to the meeting:
______ name tag
______ In house drawing funds
______ Fabric sale funds
______ Funds for Ways & Means PWQ mugs ($5) pens($2) and pins($3)
______ completed BOM for club drawing - Karen’s cat block
______ completed BOM in red, white & blue for wounded warrior quilts
______ fat quarter for Fat Quarter Exchange - red, white, blue-2 or 3 of the colors
______ LUV quilts or pillowcases
______ Items for Sew N Share - only if are red, white or blue, any
combination of colors, old or new items.
Happy Quilting and see you at the meeting,
Katya
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