NEXT MEETING: MONDAY, JUNE 21ST (FIRST DAY OF SUMMER)

MEDINA LIBRARY

6:30PM

PROGRAM: PAPER PIECING WITH MAGGIE

MAY MEETING NOTES:

It was a Sit-n-Sew night with no formal program but we made up for it with lots of good food  show and tell from members.George Ann and Evelyn have been making organizers from placemats. They say they are fun and quick to do for gifts or fundraisers.

Joyce won the purse that Katie made last month and gave as a gift to our group.

 

 

 

 

And modeled the block of the month blocks she has completed. She says she is making a “scrappy” throw and will joint them with a binding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edie brought the practice blocks and the wall hanging block she is working on. The project was started at the retreat she went to in March to improve her machine quilting skills.

 

Tammy brought the completed gift quilt she had created to replace the quilt that disappeared at the school during cheerleader tryouts.   

Donna has completed another Downy donation quilt for children. Michele did the long arm quilting and found a really cute pattern with cars to go along with the quilt theme.

Margaret had a stained glass quilt which she said was more challenging than she expected. The group thought it was well worth her efforts. She talked about the challenge of fabric selection to fit with the stained glass theme. 

Dinah has been hand quilting a beautiful feathered star quilt that she pieced as a challenge to herself. She said she used a technique from Marsha McClosky that helped her to work with all the small pieces and keep her points intact.  She also said she isn’t going to be in a hurry to do another one.

And only Tammy could take a picture of food that looks like a beautiful water color quilt!

I started to show the YoYos I have been learning to make when a storm blew in and the group scattered for home to avoid a hail encounter.  I wanted you to know I have come to terms with the flowered yoyos that have been such a challenge. They still take much longer than the circles but make cute imbellishments. Check out the caps on Elda and Heidi in the snapshots from the Core.

We are still gathering at the Core on Friday mornings for hand work projects and sharing. We get there some time between 9-9:30 and diffenent folks come and go during the morning.  Susan from the Library joined us this past week and many folks stop by to visit and see what we are doing.

Mark your calendars now for the next meeting on the 21st.  Edie