News from the President

Hello PWQ
Plan to come to the May meeting to see the wonderful quilts and wall hangings that local quilter, Dixie Moorcroft will show. Dixie uses many different techniques to achieve her designs, and her meticulous piecing, applique and embroidery results in award winning works of art.

Club Meeting: Monday May 5th 7 PM
Liberty Point Recreation Center
971 Tolstoi Dr.

HOSTESSES:
SNACK - LISA MOLLENHAUER DRINK - KATHY YERGERT

A Note Regarding Dues...
To clarify some questions about dues, the by-laws are very clear to state that dues are prorated to new members who were NOT members in the previous year at $2 a month for the remaining months of the year. For example: New members in May will pay for 8 months or $16. Persons who were members in the previous year will pay the full annual dues amount of $24 regardless of when they join the following year.

Fons and Porter Subscriptions: May is the last month to renew thru the club - checks can be payable to Pueblo West Quilters.

The club is needing someone to volunteer to do this years scrap book. They are so wonderful to have as a record of what we have done. Please contact me if you can do it.

Don't forget your Block of the Month.
See you in May and bring a friend!
Mari

April Program

Our guest speaker for April was professional long arm quilter Janet Mohler from Colorado Springs, CO.
She gave a very informative & humorous talk on "Do & Don't" of quilting but also stressed the fact there is no "quilting police" and just because you read something in print does not mean that is the law of quilting. She showed some beautiful quilts that she had quilted and by using them showed how to tell if a quilt is square.


LUV QUILTS
As you can see by the picture we had another GREAT donation of LUV Quilts for April.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH
The bug jars block of the month for April was won by Violet!!!!

Block of the month for MAY will be the purses

SEW AND SHARE

Some of our members sharing their wonderful projects!

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 ! ! !