Newsletter

Hello Quilters,
Another month gone and it's almost time for our meeting again!!! WOW how time flies when we are busy quilting!!
Joey Snow will be giving a demo at the Aug 4th meeting. We will be sending out supply info to you shortly.
The fat quarter drawing for August will be bright colored Juvenile/children's prints.
Check out the blog for the link to the BOM if you did not receive it in an email. I am assuming everyone did get it as we did not get any emails back. Those who do not have email were sent a copy in the mail.
The board has a fun challenge project for you to do at home. We will announce it at our next meeting. 
See you all in August.
Patsy VP
PUEBLO WEST QUILTERS  

JULY 7TH, 2009 MEETING

  Patsy Morris called the meeting to order at 7:05pm. Mary Richardson was back and sitting in at the meeting. Patsy welcomed two guests at tonight's meeting: Marsha and Rose and welcomed returning members. 

  Secretary's report: A copy was sent out by email and postal mail and can be found at our blog: www.pueblo-west-quilters.blogspot.com. Motion to approve was made by Katya and second by Betty. 

  Treasurer's Report: A detailed spreadsheet can be found at check-in. Vicki reported a balance of $2,224,98. Motion to approve was made by Renee and second by Cheryl. 

  Old Business:  
Relocation committee still looking for possible new location. Chris Magan informed that the Shriner's Club out-too expensive.
Relocation committee consists of Alta, Violet, and Jeanne- if anybody has any ideas please contact any of them. 
Sew Saturday- Held June 27Th on paper piecing. 18 signed up and only six showed. 
Those who attended showed their finished Hunter's Star blocks. Charlotte showed a finished quilt.
Please be working on your items for our silent auction-we will be having a sew night to work on those items.

New Business: 
August meeting will be a presentation by Joey Snow- she will demo a tote for your cutting mats. Joey will be sending out info for fabric requirements.
Rocky Mountain Quilt Fest will be July 9Th-July 11Th
Any one who makes a quilt for Quilts of Valor or Wounded Warriors can now receive a charm to hang on your name tag.  
Church quilt was presented to members- Mari Pretzer will be quilting

BOM: Due to Jennifer's absence the BOM demo will be sent out later 
LUV Quilts 
Mattie- 2 QOV donation quilts, Dawn, Helen, Mary
SEW-N-SHARE 
Patsy- Son's fisherman grad quilt 
Judy- 50 state flower quilt, 2 quilts made from left over fabric from church quilt 
Chris Magan- appliqued baby quilt 
Janet- wounded warrior quilt, paper pieced blocks, butterfly paper pieced quilt panel 
Alta- giraffe pillow and quilt, snowball quilt, horse quilt, Dick & Jane quilt, sun-bonnet Sue quilt 

  Mari and Joey presented Mary Richardson the Colorado beauty quilt made by the PWQ in memory of Mary's granddaughter Lyndsi.

  WINNERS: 
BOM- Faye 18 red, white, & blue blocks
Name tag- Katya
Fat 1/4- Janet 28 red, white, & blue fat 1/4's
In-House- Cheryl, Elberta, Joey

  Meeting was adjourned by Patsy to enjoy the ice cream social and drinks provided by the board and to work on the snow ball quilts. 
Submitted by, 
Crystal Martinez, Secretary

Tuesday Demo by Joey

I have outlined my presentation for a demo, which will last about 20 minutes and then having the rest of the time for sewing the cutting mat carriers together. Here is a guideline of what members will need to bring if they want to assemble a bag that evening. Measurements are "rough" as cutting mats vary in size and each will need to measure their mat and then decide what size is needed. If anyone is planning on sewing that evening they will need to prequilt their main bag and interior pieces together. I.e. sandwhich the main fabric/batting and backing (interior) and quilt. Do this twice to create a front and back. I will be giving some of "my" tips on quilting/binding/and strap making. I hope it is helpful.
 
For Main Bag and Interior
 
Cut 2 for exterior and 2 for interior - (Measure your mat and add 2" to the length and width i.e. my mat measures 14x23 so I will cut my fabric 16x25) 
 
Batting
 
cut two pieces as sized above (again, mine will be 16x25)
 
Handles 
 
2 pieces 4x70 (obviously you will need to piece your fabric to get the 70" AND if your mat is larger you will need to add additional length. But I don't think you will need more than 2 pieces that are 4x 120 or so for a larger mat)
 
Handle Interfacing
 
2 pieces 1" x 70 or longer
 
Binding (DOES NOT have to be bias)
 
1 3/4" strips for along the top of the bag, the bottom and the two sides (for mine I will need about 125" cut from pieces parts)
 
Pocket (optional) - you decide and just bring some scraps

 
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.  
 
Thanks!
 
JOEY

July 7 Meeting

Our meeting this month was short so we could enjoy our ice cream social and have time to sew for those who brought their machines.

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  Relocation committee still looking for possible new location. Chris Magan informed that the Shriner's Club out-too expensive.

Relocation committee consists of Alta, Violet, and Jeanee- if any body has any ideas please contact any of them.

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  Sew Saturday- Held June 27Th on paper piecing. 18 signed up and only six showed.
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  Those who attended showed their finished Hunter's Star blocks. Charlotte showed a finished quilt.

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FAT QUARTERS drawing was won by...............Janet Flick  she received 22 Red/white/blue fat qtrs.

 August fat quarter will be  Juvenile/bright happy prints!!!!

BOM

was won by Faye Kimball she won 18 Red/white/blue blocks.

Jennifer was absent so BOM was not demonstrated.  If you did not receive or read your email sent out by the club you can go here for the link to the block. The colors are blue & white.

http://www.quilterscache.com/I/Indian%20MatsBlock.html

Go here for the block of the month directions.
Hello Ladies, I am so sorry I was unable to make it to the meeting. Please see attached Block I have chose for my Block of the month. My favorite Color is Blue so we will use blue and white as our colors. Thanks for your patience. 
The first row will be light blue print (link shows peach)
Second row will be medium or dark blue (link shows stripes)
Third row will be white on white (link shows rust/peach with circles)
Any questions please contact me.
Jennifer Drake
jennyadrake@msn.com

August meeting will be a presentation by Joey Snow- she will demo a tote for your cutting mats. Joey will be sending out info for fabric requirements.

A guild quilt was presented to our President in memory of her Grand daughter Lyndsi. Each member made a block for the quilt. Several members sewed and sashed the blocks and Mari Pretzer quilted it. 

See you all at the August 4th meeting.

2009 June Sew Saturday

The June Sew Saturday was fun - fun if you were not there you missed a good time. The instructors, Charlotte and Patsy were GREAT!

Here are the blocks that were started....what a great variety....just think what you too could do!

See the remainder of the photos - click on the "PWQ 2009 Photo Albums" link on the left side of the screen. Enjoy!