Another Great Shop Hop

The 9th annual Carolina One Stop Shop Hop was a huge success! There were over 300 shoppers during the day and everyone had a great time. Thanks to everyone who supported us and all the Magic Needle and Piecemakers guild members who worked so hard to make this event possible!

Check out our Shop Hop page for more pictures!

NEW QUILTING CLASSES

MARIE'S SEWING & QUILTING
216 WEST NORTH MAIN STREET
WAXHAW, NC 28173
704-843-5950 or 704-575-0640
Upcoming quilting classes at Marie's Sewing & Quilting. These classes are for you who have been wanting to learn the basics or enhance the skills you already have. Classes will be for all levels. We start out by discussing sewing machines, fabrics, and supplies. The schedule will be done based on those interested in beginning, intermediate, and advanced quilting. To begin, Tuesday nights will be the night classes and Wednesdays will be daytime classes. Classes will be for 3 hours for 6 weeks and a Block-of -the Month is scheduled for the 2nd Saturday of each month, beginning on March 14th at 10am. Due to the huge response for this BOM, there will also be a 1pm session to accommodate all the people who have signed up. All block patterns will be $5 per month and each new pattern will be available as the prior month's block is completed. A list of fabrics and supplies will be given prior to starting the project in order for you to have adequate time to make your purchases. All classes will be taught in a studio environment at 216 West North Main St., Waxhaw NC. If you have an idea for a class that you would like, let me know, but I will need 4-6 interested students. Class prices will vary based on the type of quilt that will be taught. You may contact me at 704-843-5950 or 704-575-0640.
Submitted by Edna M. Drakeford, Marie's Sewing & Quilting

QUILTS OF VALOR PROJECT

Quilts of Valor is our latest project for our Guild. When this was discussed at the October

meeting it was not a surprise that every member had someone in mind for a quilt.  As the

daughter of a World War II veteran and the wife of a Vietnam veteran, I can think of no 

better  way to honor someone.  They are all special!

We have chosen the Missouri Star Company Big Star quilt pattern as the one to make.

It can be a small or large Quilt.  The also have a great tutorial to go by.

Thank you to all members who will be participating in this project!

Submitted by Angela Faulkenberry

 

Since this project started, several quilts have already been made and presented to veterans. Everyone is invited to make and present their own QOV, using any appropriate pattern. You are asked to please submit the veteran's name to Angie so that person's name can be placed on the QOV website as having received a QOV. This is an on-going project and you can join us at any time in our meeting room at the Primetime for Seniors center in Lancaster to work on your project.

CAROLINA ONE STOP SHOP HOP

It's time again for our annual Carolina One Stop Shop Hop. Tomorrow, Feb. 28th, 2015, is the big day for our 9th shop hop event. It will take place from 9am-4pm in the Bradley Bldg. on the USCL campus. Guild members who have volunteered to help are expected to be there at 8am. Don't forget your goodies for the bake sale. More information on the 2015 shop hop can be found on our shop hop blog at www.carolinaonestopshophop.blogspot.com.

STARTING ALL OVER WITH THE BLOG

As usual, the best laid plans to keep the blog going fell by the wayside. Time has passed and it's almost the end of February, 2015. I thought about just starting over with a brand new blog, but hated to get rid of all the great pictures and projects from earlier. So, I'll just leave the blog as is and continue it by adding all the news from the present time.

Life Happens and I Get Way Behind!

Once again  life gets in the way and throws me way off. Better than the alternative, I guess. I haven't updated since early November, but found November's Show & Tell I had already uploaded, but not posted. Here they are.

SHOW & TELL

I needed a place to display Cherie's applique project from QSC retreat so I could take a picture. I warned her to pay attention! Just ignore the plaid borders. That's actually her shirt! Sorry Cherie....couldn't resist! The little Halloween wall hanging is really cute!

Cherie's making a Tic Tac Toe with x's & o's

Joanne made this wonderful pastel baby quilt for a G. grandchild.

Oh Judy, what do we have  here? Judy made this from something she saw on Alex Anderson's show quite a while ago. She's now embellishing it with beadwork. She took a beading class at QSC retreat.

A sample of stitches Judy learned in the class

Another of Judy's class projects. See the dangles on the bottom?

This was another of Judy's projects from a mystery quilt class at QSC.

The stockings were all made by Christine. She said she calls them trash stockings because they're all made from scraps she fished out of other quilters' trash cans!

Our newest member, Nadeerah, made this gorgeous quilt! Her color choices are wonderful!

Time for the Emma portion of Show & Tell. We're beginning to think she never sleeps! This is a finished prayer quilt she made from sale fabrics bought a week ago!

Emma didn't make this one. She just quilted it and put the binding on for someone else!

Jo created a monster when she demonstrated English paper piecing last meeting. Now Emma is hooked. We'll probably see a finished Grandmother's Flower Garden in the near future.

Emma made 2 bags from a pattern she got at QSC retreat.

And she SMOCKS, TOO! This is Emalia's Christmas dress.

Angie's QSC beading class project. She 's got dangles, too!

Angie's sample bead stitches.

A block Angie did to play around with shadows.

This wasn't actually supposed to be part of Show & Tell. Angie had her other things packed in it. This was from Priscilla Hair's New York Beauty class. Angie got bored after a few blocks and made a bag instead of a quilt. We like it!

This is my bag from Ginny's workshop in Heath Springs. This one I'll put away til next summer.

News From October (and some of Nov!)

Here's an update from October til now. We had a wonderful meeting on October 13th.

PILLOWCASES
At our September meeting, it was announced that pillowcases were needed for the relief effort in Texas. A total of 33 were made by several of our members and sent via UPS (thanks Edna!).

ALS PROJECT

• At our Oct. meeting, we had Show & Tell as the first item on the agenda. Janet was leaving early to go to ALS clinic and taking 19 quilts for ALS patients. We wanted everyone to see the most recently finished ALS quilts before they were donated. A page has been created here on the blog for pictures of our ALS quilts and new quilts will be posted as they are finished.

• We are in need of more fabric and batting for the quilts. Any and all donations of cheerful fabrics will be welcome. We still have some fabric, but we've used most of the brightest and most cheerful already. Our batting has run out. Several of us worked on cutting backs and batting for 25 more finished quilt tops since the last meeting. They'll soon be ready for our wonderful longarm quilters, Edna Drakeford & Donna Sawyer! 

• Kathy Thompson from Quilters Dream Batting Co. had an ALS quilt display at the Houston show again this year. She asked Janet to send another of her art quilts to be in the display  with an inspiring story of Janet's on-going battle with ALS. Janet sent "Space Music" this year. I am still in shock, but very honored that Kathy also chose to display "Desert Star", a quilt I donated to the Quilters Dream Hopes and Dreams Challenge in honor of Janet. We're anxious to see pictures of the display in Houston and I'll post the link as soon as I get it.

• Please join us in our workroom at Primetime for Seniors. Some of us are there almost every Thursday around 10am. You're welcome to work on your own projects or the ALS quilts. It's a great place to work and socialize with other quilters.

GRANDMOTHER'S FLOWER GARDEN PROGRAM
Our October program was another "Members Teaching Members" success. Jo Hinson provided little fabric kits and gave everyone a lesson in English paper piecing  the Grandmother's Flower Garden. Thank you Jo! Hexagons are really making a comeback in the quilting world so this was very helpful and a lot of fun.

QSC PIECEABLE RETREAT
Some of us who are also members of Quilters of SC had a fun filled weekend at the QSC Fall Retreat on Oct 21, 22, and 23. Over 300 crazy quilters gathered at White Oak for wonderful classes, shopping from quilt vendors, no housework, good food we didn't have to cook, no phones constantly ringing, no TV's blaring (except in the lounge when the game was on), no loud radios, lots of chocolate, and more fun than should be legal! If you haven't joined our statewide guild, please do. You don't know what you're missing til you go to Fall Pieceable Retreat! Just go to http://www.quiltersofsc.org/index.html to print out your membership application. You won't regret it!

GINNY'S BAG WORKSHOP
On Nov. 5th, Ginny taught a workshop at Heath Springs Baptist Church that included members from Magic Needle and Piecemaker guilds. We made a patchwork totebag that ended up with the blocks on the diagonal. It was a great workshop. Thanks Ginny! Hopefully we'll see some results of this workshop in the Show & Tell segment at our next meeting.

NEXT MEETING
Our next meeting is November 10th at 10am. We will have a short business meeting, then our guest, Rachelle Apol will be doing a trunkshow and lecture. Lunch will be served after the program. Rachelle will return to us on November 17th at the senior center for a long awaited workshop, "Quilts From Photos."

SHOW & TELL PHOTOS FROM OCTOBER MEETING

Seascape by Barbara

Jo's stripper

Barbara's workshop charm quilt

Judy's wall quilt from a Camden class

Mary Lou's flip flop quilt. Her husband hand quilted it!

Spool quilt, also by Mary Lou

Emma FINISHED her stripper quilt!

Emma made this cutie from a panel.

Seems to be no end to what Emma's been up to. This is a stack & whack.

Angie's showing this for Janet. Janet's sister, Barbara made this cute rooster for her!

This one's made by Janet. Nothing will keep her from quilting!

Another one by Janet. She did some stripping, too!

Back side of Angie's Halloween quilt showing Edna's exquisite quilting detail...spiderwebs!

Another stripper for Janet.......queen size this time!

The front of Angie's Halloween quilt

Angie's project to embellish at QSC retreat

Angie's paper doll stripper

I had trouble identifying this one, then realized it was mine. Duh!

A gorgeous bag!

Another of mine....a quilt as you go technique

Jo did this Halloween quilt with hand embroidered black blocks

Cherie's stripper. She divided her quilt in two pieces, added borders and made two baby quilts!

Edna's stripper quilt

Alice got busy and made 2 stripper quilts. Oops! the other picture didn't upload. Maybe next time!

Alice made this gorgeous black and white bag.

That's all for today! I hope to see you all at the meeting on Thursday.