President's April Newsletter

Pueblo West Quilt Guild
News Letter
Meeting-- Tuesday May 5, at 7PM
 
Hello all you lovely ladies.
 
  I know for the most part this letter is old news.We've been over about everything.
  We now have "54" members. How great is that!!!
  I think when some of you arrived last meeting you wondered what was going on. All those cars.
  Well it's a money raising function for the church, and they will be there again during our next meeting.
  And possibly again in June.We're doing the best we can to accomodate everyone. Sorry for any inconveniance, like parking.
  Arrive as close to 7 p.m. as you can.
  The block of the month for June will be demonstrated by Jeannie Renck. Be sure and bring all your May blocks. Black star with Black on white background.
  We will be dividing the blocks into two groups, if there's enough.
  Fat quarters are to be stripes or polka dots in May. As many as you want. One person will win them all.
  Carolyn Collette will be demonstrating the posie table runner.You can bring your sewing equipment if you would like.
  There's been information for what will be needed for that project sent out via e-mail. Carolyn will also have instructions.
  There are still eleven (11) blocks to be turned in for the church quilt. Please bring them to the May meeting.
  Refreshments will be brought to you by, Jean McDonald, Nina Stevens, and Sandra McDonald. Thank- You.
  We will be having a sew Saturday June 27th, 9 a.m. until 2--2:30. It will be on paper-piecing. Charlotte Hillson and Patsy Morris will be teaching us. So
  all of you that have been asking for paper-piecing,PLEASE COME. Bring sewing supplies and fabric. They will supply the pattern and paper.You will also need to bring snacks or a sack lunch. We will remind you again at the June meeting.
  That's all for now ladies, OH, I do want to thank all of you that participated in the trunk show last meeting. THANK-YOU !!!! We have had great comments on how neat it was to see everyone's special projects and work.
  Mary

April 7, 2009

Our April 7th meeting was called to order by President Mary Richardson. The Treasurers Report and minutes of the last meeting were approved.

Block of the Month drawing was divided into three groups. Teapot blocks were won by Carol Pfeifer, JoAnn Allen and Joey Snow.

May Block of the Month demo was given by Patsy Morris. The Friendship Star Block was used and is to be made with a black star and black on white. Do not let the colors in the photo deceive you.

The Luv quilts were donated. Each time you donate a luv quilt you receive a beaded charm for your name tag and your name goes into the year end drawing.

The Sew and Share portion of our meeting in combination with a trunk show by members was a sight to see. We got to see many different quilts made by members and some really great items obtained from others, a few rescued quilts and many others, which we would not otherwise have seen. Many people brought a variety of items to show.

For more photos (and there are a lot of them) see the URL at the bottom under "PWQ Photos in Shutterfly"

We have started a monthly fat quarter drawing. Bring up to three fat quarters and win the basket of them.  Our first month drawing was any fat quarter. This month's drawing was flowered fat quarters they were won by Mary Richardson, Mari Pretzer and Virginia Biggs.

The Fat Quarter theme for May is either stripes or polka dots. 

There are still ELEVEN donation quilt blocks out there.  PLEASE make sure you have those blocks turned in at our next meeting so Judy can get started on the construction of the quilt!!!

Carolyn Collette will be giving a demo at the next meeting on how to make an appliqued table runner. Watch your email for the specific items you will need if you wish to sew at the meeting, if you prefer to just watch the demo that is fine too, directions will be given out by Carolyn.

A note from the President

Pueblo West Quilt Guild Newsletter
Meeting April 7th, 2009
Ecumenical Church
7: 00 PM

Happy Spring Ladies! Although to me it seems like we didn’t have any winter.
Our attendance is getting larger all the time, that makes me happy.
The block of the month is doing great, if it keeps doing well we’ll most likely split it 
into two drawings. That will please more people.
We’re also going to continue the fat quarter drawings. This month we will exchange
“floral” fat quarters for spring.
Don’t forget to bring your completed blocks for the church donation quilt. And Thank- You very much. Looks like it’s going to be quite nice. Mary Pretzer is going to do the quilting for it, and we’re going to pay her.
Patsy will be demonstrating the block of the month for May. Hopefully we’ll have a lot of teapot blocks for our drawing this month.
Refreshments for this month are brought to us by Renee Kern, Mary Ann McSchooler and Jeannie Renck. Thank-You.
Our program this month is a trunk show, put on by all of you. So ladies dig those antique quilts and others out and bring them to the meeting. Limit three each.
We had fun at our sew Saturday, that type of sewing could become addictive, while you’re also using up lots of scraps.
We will still have our show and tell, and luv quilts—before the trunk show. 
We will be having at least two more sew Saturdays this year. One on quilting with your
Home sewing machine, and one on paper piecing. As soon as I have the dates I’ll let all of you know.
As I’m writing this the Quilt Expo isn’t happening yet, but by the time we have our meeting it will be over. Hope everyone who attended had a great time.
  See you soon,
  Mary

Pueblo West Quilter's

March 3, 2009

March 2009 Meeting

In the beginning, before the meeting starts - - - -

We get to sign in and pick up a copy of the Agenda for the evening and

get tickets for the In House Raffles,

add our Fat Quarters (FQ's) to the drawing (if you brought one),

put our name in the Name Tag drawing (if we are wearing our name tag)

and add our Block of the Month creation to the drawing.

This months Block of the Month was not lacking for beautiful colors.



Who knows! With all those chances you too just might be a Winner.

However, by just coming to the meeting you are a winner - you get all sorts of ideas and some wonderful interaction with fellow quilters. Have you ever tried 'mixing it up a bit' and seating yourself with a different group of members and visitors? Who knows what you will find. Try it you just may like it!

LUV Quilts arrive every month and are very appreciated by the various receipents. It has been requested that each of us put a Label with the Pueblo West Quilters Guild and the year. You may of course put your name on also if you wish.

The Block of the Month for next month is an Appliqued TeaPot - Jean demonstrated the block and several different Tea Pots to choose from were given out at the meeting.

There is to be a Sew Saturday on March 14th it will be held at the Ecumenical Church and start at 9 am - the project will be 'Mile a Minute' quilt top (see the picture).Sounds like fun!

Fabrics to bring with you would be:

A good variety of scraps at least 1" in size, A good variety of strips from 1" to 3" in width, and
Any odd blocks, strip sets or UFO's
And of course your equipment:

Sewing machine, Rotary mat, cutter, and ruler, Scissors, 6" square (or larger if you want), Several partial spools of left-over thread (any color), Several bobbins wound with left-over thread (does not have to match upper thread), Ironing board/iron - if you want.

There will be a few ironing board/iron for everyone to use.  A sack lunch if you want to take a break to eat.

Time:  9 am -2 pm  We will begin promptly at 9:30 am and end at 1:30 pm

SEW and SHARE as usual was inspirational here are a couple of pictures. To see more use the link way down below in the 'PWQ Photos in Shutterfly' section.

Our program for the evening was Denise from The Creative Cloth Closet in Canon City. See the quilts on the wall - Denise gave us information on making these quickly with the new Accu-cut tool. A new tool ! Yeah! Just what we all may need.

Next meeting  Tuesday April 7th.  Yes Tuesday the Pueblo West View keeps getting it wrong, they are still running Monday, we're working on that!!