JUNE meeting

Summertime is here! I have been busy being a grandma -

This is grandchild #6 - Isaac Jason E., born June 4

weighing 8#6 oz. 21 1/2 inches.

The June meeting will be held early at 6 pm for members to hold a

quilting garage sale. Bring UFO's, fat quarters, fabric, patterns,

books, notions, tools. This will be a good chance to clean your

sewing room and fabric stash locations.

The meeting will start at 7 pm.

We will discuss the Clarke County Fair program -

"Every Quilt tells a Story"

Sign up the number of quilts you can share.

Write a brief summary about your quilt: pattern, why you made it,

who is it for, etc. Linda B. will need other helpers for the program

that day. Let her know if you can help.

Other items on the agenda are Colleen's block of the month,

Clarke Co. Fair and State Fair entry deadlines.

King's Canyon announced John Willcox will be giving a class on

making a bag from recycled materials on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 2 pm.

Cost 30.00 includes most materials. Bring your own sewing machine.

See you soon.

June Meeting

Calling all members! Clean out your sewing room.

A quilters garage sale will be held before the June 13th meeting

starting at 6 pm.

Buy, sell, swap, bargain, trade those UFO's.

Fabric, patterns, books, notions, UFO's

My sewing room does not look like this today. I better get busy.

I love my sewing table by Tracey's Tables made in Wisconsin.

It is great to sew at.

May Meeting

The May meeting was held on the 9th with the program "My Trip to Lancaster" with Colleen narrating the pictures of her trip to the AQS show in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Colleen had entered a quilt in the show.

She also visited New York City and Philadelphia. The pictures showed the view from the Empire State Building, Ellis Island and the statue of Liberty. While in New York, she also visited the American Folk Art Museum.

Missouri Bus Trip

Calling all quilters! Dana H. has organized a bus trip to Missouri quilt shops that will be leaving on June 4. Cost is $62.00 and includes breakfast and lunch. Call her for a reservation at 342-4143 Stops will be Cameron, Excelsior Springs, Jamesport, Hamilton, Kearney. The proceeds will go to Freedom for Youth center in Osceola.

April Meeting

Purple Tulips - this photo is from http://www.openphoto.net/

I am impatiently waiting for spring and now wished I had taken the time to plant more

tulip bulbs last fall. You can never have too many.

APRIL MEETING: Mark your calender for April 11 at 7:00pm at the REC meeting room.

The meeting will start promptly with a guest speaker: Brenda Weed from Bedford, IA who will be bringing her antique quilts, patterns and stories to share with us. Guests are welcome.

Brenda offers quilt retreats at her home and has a blog at http://www.brendathefarmersdotter.blogspot.com

Bring $10.00 for the club t-shirt if you ordered one. they are finished.

Show and Tell - bring your block of the month and other finished projects that are completed.

Red and White Quilts

New York City is the location of the American Folk Art Museum that currently has an exhibit of 650 American quilts that are all red and white. Take a peek at them at the following link from Martha Stewart's blog. Martha will also feature the exhibit on her television show on the Hallmark channel if you have cable. The quilts are all from the collection of Joanna Rose who wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday. This is the largest quilt exhibit ever held in New York City. Check out the quilts at this link: http://www.themarthablog.com/2011/03/infinite-variety-three-centuries-of-red-and-white-quilts.html

Quilts of Valor Presentation

The three quilts completed by Clarke County Piecemaker's Red, White and Blue teams will be presented to local veterans on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm at the American Legion.
All members are invited to attend this celebration.