Pueblo West Quilters Newsletter for April 2, 2012 Meeting

PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS
 

NEWSLETTER FOR APRIL 2, 2012 MEETING


Website: pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com / email:
pwquiltersguild@gmail.com

HAPPY SPRING! Or should I say summer since we’ve had almost summer
like temperatures. Sure hope that the winds haven’t blown your
quilting creativity away.

First of all I’d like to say a great big THANK YOU to the PWQ members
who worked so hard to translate the Alzheimers Association Memories in
the Making artworks into beautiful quilt wall hangings. Since the
finished quilts needed to be turned into AA by March 16th, we won’t be
able to see them all at our April 2nd meeting. 19 quilts were turned
in and the staff at the AA office were totally blown away by our
club’s response and the lovely work. Pictures will be taken at the AA
fundraiser on April 5th and will be posted on our website. Invitations
to the fundraiser will be available at the meeting if you are
interested in attending. The members who made quilts have been
extended comp tickets to the event. Many thanks to the following for
their creative and beautiful work: Patrice Baker, Patty Dunnington,
Rosie Gould, Katya Holen, Patsy Morris, Mari Pretzer, Mary Richardson,
Marilyn Vigil and Judy Visalli.

The April 2nd meeting will be a work night. We’ll be cutting fabric
for the thank you quilt for Gabby and Ben for their generous use of
their restaurant space without charge. So bring your cutting mat,
rotary cutter, and at least one 6” X 24” ruler. If you care to do some
sewing at the meeting, you may do so if you bring your machine,
neutral thread and an iron and ironing surface. The plan is to send
cut strips home with all those who wish to participate to sew at home
and bring the completed block(s) to the next meeting. We’ll have a Sew
Saturday in May to put the top together from all the completed blocks.

A reminder that the annual Pueblo Quilt and Stitch Expo will happen at
the Pueblo Convention Center on April 13 and 14. Also the Southern
Colorado Regional Quilt Show will run in conjunction with the Expo. It
will be held at El Pueblo History Museum running April 12 thru April
21. You could still enter quilts for the SC Regional Show by
contacting Cathy Ortega, Cass Pearson or any other Pride City Quilter
for more info.

We still have a lot of fabric for sale. This is our Ways and Means
project for this year, so please shop at our meeting. Yardages sold as
is for the whole amount at $4.00/yard. Money from this sale is
earmarked for our Christmas Party.

The Colorado Quilting Council will be holding its June meeting in
Pueblo at the Convention Center - June 23. The associated workshop on
June 24 is Bargello Quilts with a Twist. Please consider attending the
meeting and/or the workshop. Pride City Quilters, Calico Quilters,
Pueblo West Quilters and Scrappy Ladies (from Walsenburg) will be
joint hosts for the meeting. All attendees will receive a fat quarter.
The fat quarters are being donated by each of the clubs for this
meeting. PWQ will have an extra basket at our meetings for you to
donate any fat quarters that you don’t have space for or a project
for. Katya is donating ½ of the fat quarters she won from the last
meeting to start us off.

Also, don’t forget to fill out and turn in a personal challenge form
for the STEP UP to a Higher Level of Excellence challenge. You have
until the Nov. meeting to finish your challenge.

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

______ completed BOM in red, white & blue for wounded warrior quilts

______ fat quarter for Fat Quarter Exchange - Easter Themed

______ LUV quilts or pillowcases

______ Items for Sew N Share

______ your own beverage (or snack if you need one)



Happy Quilting and see you at the meeting,

Katya

PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER MARCH 2012

PUEBLO WEST QUILTER

NEWSLETTER FOR MARCH 5, 2012 MEETING
 
   Website: pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com  /  email:
pwquiltersguild@gmail.com
 
fabric YARDage SALE --  fabric YARDage SALE  -- fabric YARDage SALE!!
 
Come one, come all to the Pueblo West Quilters March 5, 2012 meeting
and help support the club’s activities by purchasing fabrics donated
to the club for just such a purpose.  There are yardages available
from 1 to 6 yards in a variety of colors and patterns from makers like
Cranston, Markus Bros and RJR, a few batiks, and some Christmas
prints.  All fabric will be sold as is, at $4.00/yard.  We will not be
sub-cutting any of the yardages, so if you don’t want as much as there
is in the bundle, then find someone to share with.  Bring cash, small
bills appreciated, or checks and help support your club.  We are
earmarking the funds from the fabric sale for our annual Christmas
Party.
And a great way to use some of this fabric would be to help support
the Alzheimer’s Association
Memories In The Making fundraiser.  PWQ participated in this worthy
program last year.  Artwork by Alzheimer patients has been chosen by
the Association and is being auctioned off for fundraising on April 5,
2012.  The Alzheimer’s Association has asked if PWQ members could
translate some of the artwork into a matching quilt to also be
auctioned off at the same time.  8½“ X 11” color copies of the artwork
will be available at the Mar. 5 meeting for you to challenge your
creative and sewing skills (remember the STEP-UP personal challenge?)
Turn in is March 16th.  Admittedly that is pretty soon, but we did it
last year and I know there are several of you over-achievers out there
capable of meeting this challenge.  If you want to get started on a
project before the meeting, please contact me to get a picture of one
of the artworks prior to the meeting,
Katya - 547-8476.
Did you have fun doing “Out of the Box” hands on black and white
project at the Feb meeting?  If you’ve finished what you started, be
sure to bring it to Sew N Share.  Could this be your STEP-UP personal
challenge entry?  Extra STEP-UP personal challenge pledge forms will
be available at the sign-in table throughout the year.  Turn in of the
pledge forms is at any time, and the finished challenge projects will
be presented at the November 5, 2012 meeting.
Our program for the Mar. 5 meeting will be presented by Lorraine
Glach.  She will be demo-ing her published apron pattern, and showing
us some other things as well.
Things to bring to the meeting:
______ name tag
______ In house drawing funds
______ Fabric sale funds
______ $20.00 for Fons & Porter subscription - this is the last time
to subscribe thru PWQ
______ Funds for Ways & Means PWQ mugs ($5)  pens($2)  and pins($3)
______ completed bird-house BOM for club drawing
______ completed bird-house BOM in red, white & blue for wounded warrior quilts
______ fat quarter for Fat Quarter Exchange - green prints or green tone on tone
______ LUV quilts or pillowcases
______ Items for Sew N Share
______ your own beverage (or snack if you need one)
 
 
We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting.  Happy sewing and quilting.
Katya Holen, 2012 PWQ president

February Meeting

The check in was busy as usual - - - the Block of the Month, Fat Quarters, In House, LUV Quilts and Pillowcases, Name Tag, etc....

           

The Block of the Month by Sue......   

             

After the Business portion of the meeting we had our Sew and Share which is always a fun and informative time.   Here are a few to entice you to go to the see all of the photos! ! !  

 

 

The program was 'Out of the Box' it looks like fun - here are a few photos - check them out.

 

Looks like fun! Doesn't it? Yes is does and is....

See you at the next meeting.





February Newsletter 2012

PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS
NEWSLETTER FOR FEB. 6, 2012 MEETING
 pwquiltersguild@gmail.com
 
 ATTENTION!  Due to the road construction on McCulloch Blvd, please
note that the only entrance to the parking lot from McCulloch Blvd for
Gabby’s Diner has been temporarily moved to the very north end of the
parking lot.  The access from the rear for that block of businesses is
the same.
 
 Now that that is done - Happy Valentines Day!  Hope everyone had fun
at the LUV Quilt worknight at the January meeting.  I look forward to
seeing lots of finished LUV quilts in the next few months, either
using that Fat Quarter Breeze pattern, or any other pattern that you
so wish to use.
Please remember to renew your PWQ membership at the Feb. meeting.
Dues are $25.00 per year.  Guests are always welcome for a $3.00 fee.
We welcome new members at any time.
We still need volunteers for some of the committees and for
Block-of-the Month presentations.  Please consider helping out on one
of the committees.
 
 The February Program is “Out of the Box.”  This is a hands on night
which we hope will stimulate your creative juices.  You will need to
bring to the meeting a small baggie of black & white fabric scraps or
strips.  You do not need big pieces of fabric.  Only black on white
prints or white on black prints please.  Your scraps will be added to
all other scraps brought that night for the evenings project, so there
is no guarantee you will get to use the scraps that you brought, so
don’t bring anything that you are unwilling to part with.  Also bring
scissors to cut with, a glue stick, a writing implement (black pen or
pencil) and a small package of wet-wipes.
 
 Other things you may want to bring to the Feb. 6th meeting:
 _____ In House raffle funds
 _____ Name tag
 _____ Completed 3-D flying geese BOM in blues & yellow
 _____ 3-D flying geese BOM for Wounded Warriors- in red, white & blue
 _____ Funds for Fons & Porter subscription ($20.00) magazine
subscription sign-up ends March 31, 2012
 _____ Funds for a PWQ travel mug ($5) or pin ($3) or writing pen ($2)
 _____ Fat quarter for fat quarter drawing - any color with hearts on it.
 _____ Any completed LUV quilt or other quilt for Sew N Share
 _____ Donation pillow cases.
 _____ your own beverage (or snack if you need one.)
 
 We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
 
 Katya Holen, 2012 PWQ president