first up is Geraldine Gray with another panel quilt,
Anne O'Brien made these adorable notepad covers,
and I believe that Flo Bowser made this beautiful quilt,
Monday 28 March 2011
Monday 21 March 2011
good morning!
Good morning everyone, I couldn't make it to the March meeting, but Peggy, Sandra and Karen were nice enough to take pictures and notes for me, so here are some pictures from show and tell...
Geraldine made this quilt, the pattern is called "flowers for Jenna"
she also made this bag, this is the one that was taught at a previous work day to hold her cutting mat and rulers,
and this is a panel quilt that she made,
Geraldine made this quilt, the pattern is called "flowers for Jenna"
she also made this bag, this is the one that was taught at a previous work day to hold her cutting mat and rulers,
and this is a panel quilt that she made,
Thursday 17 March 2011
put a string on your finger...
Hi Quilters!
Saturday March 19, is our next work day. Bring your own project or UFO to work on.
We will also be working on the Baby charity quilts. Come and help for an hour or the day --- cut, sew, press, learn new techniques, donate some of your old fabric stash to make room for new updated fabric or just socialize. The more the merrier!
There will be draw prizes throughout the day not just at noon. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones.
Hope to see you on Saturday.
ECQG Work Day Committee
Saturday March 19, is our next work day. Bring your own project or UFO to work on.
We will also be working on the Baby charity quilts. Come and help for an hour or the day --- cut, sew, press, learn new techniques, donate some of your old fabric stash to make room for new updated fabric or just socialize. The more the merrier!
There will be draw prizes throughout the day not just at noon. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones.
Hope to see you on Saturday.
ECQG Work Day Committee
Monday 14 March 2011
Gadgets galore!
From Karen Guitard,
as you probably guessed from the meeting, I love gadgets and if anyone wants more information on any of them just let me know. Feel free to try any of mine out at one of the work days.
I order notions and books from connectingthreads.com and I have seen many of the following notions at our local quilt shops and I'm sure many of them would order whatever notions you'd like.
In Fredericton -
"Country Crafts & Curtains", "Sewing World", and "Fabricville"
In Woodstock:
"The Christmas Crab Quiltery"
In Moncton:
"The Fabric Cupboard"
"The Covered Bridge Quiltery"
In Saint John area:
"Town and Country Quilts"
"The River Gallery"
Please note that even though these pins are finer, you shouldn't sew over them.
Doris Kilburn gave me a wonderful tip at one of the work days - Sew up to the pins, then stop your machine and turn the hand wheel to pass over the pin area, then continue on sewing. Thanks, Doris!
Fork Pins" by Clover
"Needle Threader" by Clover
"cotton picker"
"True Grips" by "TrueCut
"Clearly Perfect Angles" by New Leaf
*If anyone wants help with fitting this to your machine, I will bring my template and will help you trim this properly at any of the work days. You will need an Exacto knife with a sharp blade.
I order my machine foot attachments from brubakerssewing.com
(They carry other brands of feet as well). Janome feet fit my machine since my Kenmore was originally made by Janome. This foot is totally open in the front and is wonderful for applique stitches, especially satin stitch. It is also useful for quilting. There is a little line on the foot which makes it so easy to line up your stitching.
This foot is made similar to a 1/4 inch foot but it has a divider in the middle of the foot instead, that lines up between the seams for more accurate "in the ditch" stitching.
as you probably guessed from the meeting, I love gadgets and if anyone wants more information on any of them just let me know. Feel free to try any of mine out at one of the work days.
I order notions and books from connectingthreads.com and I have seen many of the following notions at our local quilt shops and I'm sure many of them would order whatever notions you'd like.
In Fredericton -
"Country Crafts & Curtains", "Sewing World", and "Fabricville"
In Woodstock:
"The Christmas Crab Quiltery"
In Moncton:
"The Fabric Cupboard"
"The Covered Bridge Quiltery"
In Saint John area:
"Town and Country Quilts"
"The River Gallery"
Please note that even though these pins are finer, you shouldn't sew over them.
Doris Kilburn gave me a wonderful tip at one of the work days - Sew up to the pins, then stop your machine and turn the hand wheel to pass over the pin area, then continue on sewing. Thanks, Doris!
Fork Pins" by Clover
"Needle Threader" by Clover
"cotton picker"
"True Grips" by "TrueCut
"Clearly Perfect Angles" by New Leaf
*If anyone wants help with fitting this to your machine, I will bring my template and will help you trim this properly at any of the work days. You will need an Exacto knife with a sharp blade.
I order my machine foot attachments from brubakerssewing.com
(They carry other brands of feet as well). Janome feet fit my machine since my Kenmore was originally made by Janome. This foot is totally open in the front and is wonderful for applique stitches, especially satin stitch. It is also useful for quilting. There is a little line on the foot which makes it so easy to line up your stitching.
This foot is made similar to a 1/4 inch foot but it has a divider in the middle of the foot instead, that lines up between the seams for more accurate "in the ditch" stitching.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Tuesday 1 March 2011
ECQGuilders,
I know we all love the blast of winter we are getting this year, but hopefully it will hold off for our March ECQG meeting tomorrow night! (no sarcasm there!) See you tomorrow night at 7pm.
Kathy... with a reminder to bring along:
1.Quilt Show Name Suggestions
2.Charity items for the Baby and Me Program
3.Donation of Gadgets to put in the leaf bowls.
4.Gadgets for our “Show and Tell Program”-anything for quilting that you cannot live without, or one that you aren’t sure what it is for or how to work it. COME and SHARE!
I know we all love the blast of winter we are getting this year, but hopefully it will hold off for our March ECQG meeting tomorrow night! (no sarcasm there!) See you tomorrow night at 7pm.
Kathy... with a reminder to bring along:
1.Quilt Show Name Suggestions
2.Charity items for the Baby and Me Program
3.Donation of Gadgets to put in the leaf bowls.
4.Gadgets for our “Show and Tell Program”-anything for quilting that you cannot live without, or one that you aren’t sure what it is for or how to work it. COME and SHARE!
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