JULY 2010 NEWSLETTER

NEXT MEETING: MONDAY, JULY 19TH

MEDINA LIBRARY

6:30 PM

PROGRAM: EXPLORING BORDERS

EDIE WILL BRING IDEAS AND HANDOUTS

JUNE MEETING NOTES

We had visitors from the Food Pantry to say thank you for the donation of $181 and 2 boxes of food. The food pantry  has assisted as many as 32 families in a month in the Medina community. The Medina Quilters contribution will assist them in coming months.

Birthdays were celebrated for Gayle, Nickie, and Lisa.

Members from the Medina Vacation Bible School discussed their project for this summer with a request for assistance. The dates are August 16-20 and they plan to make blankets and pillows for chilren patients at University Hospital in San Antonio. They are requesting donations of fleece and cotton fabrics in patterns and colors that are appropriate for children. They will be contacting us with more specific information.

SHOW AND TELL was very busy with many members projects.

Margaret had completed a quilt for her grandaughter with a “crazy quilt” piecing for the back so it is pretty and colorful on both sides:

Theresa has been busy lap quilting two quilts;

 And Nickie brought a quilt made from fabrics she found on a trip out west. She liked the colors and the birds in the border fabric..

Evelyn brought two projects. Her Swedish weaving table topper and a quilt top of star blocks from a class at Sew Special.

Lisa is working on an embroidered crib quilt for her nephew. And Edie brought a quilt she started piecing in 1997. The beautiful quilting was done by Michele in her own design of butterflies and hearts. Michele has gone west for the summer but plans to return in the fall with more ideas for long arm quilting–she e-mailed a message that she hopes for many projects to be waiting when she returns.

Tammy brought us a wonderful program on paper piecing. She had a design and fabric for each of us to complete a small block during the meeting.  We were very busy following her instructions step by step and it made a lot more sense by the time we had our little project to take home.

It was a fun and busy evening. We also continue our informal Friday morning coffee and stitching at The Core. Some folks just stop by to watch and visit, some are busy on hand projects and we all have a good time, so join us if you can. See you Monday.

Edie