Wednesday, August 26, 2015

SEPTEMBER 3OTH meeting .... change in activities



Changes to our SEPTEMBER 30th meeting.

Beth Ferrier has moved out of state and is no longer able to give a lecture at our September meeting.  We will host our PAPER BAG AUCTION.   I have posted information in several posts.  

 
PAPER BAG AUCTION

BRING  items you are willing to donate to the guild to put into our  paper bag auction.   This is a great way to de-clutter your home and sewing studios.  Gently used items in good condition are wanted.    

UFOs >  Any quilting items
Fabric you ran out of room for>
 Quilting Notions>
BOOKS AND  PATTERNS 
Nick nacks and home decor items that
someone else might need and love.

PAPER BAG AUCTION  RULES ARE SIMPLE:

Bring mailing labels so you do not get carpel tunnel writing names
on the tickets you buy.

Tickets cost 4 for $1.

Put your tickets in the bags next to the items you want.  After everyone has a chance to spend their tickets ….. Tickets are drawn and you get to take home the items you want.

REMEMBER your unloved items will be someone else's TREASURE  
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SEPTEMBER 30th MEETING ... BETH FERRIER cancelled her lecture


Friday, August 21, 2015

Note from ANNE W.... missed the deadline for the newsletter




Hospitality – Oops!  No one signed up!  Why?  Because I forgot to put out the sign-up sheet.  Sharon Muston, Ms Hospitality, is never allowed to put me in charge again.  So obviously I will be bringing food, and please, please, please, will you?  Anne

You should have been there …

..at the Pat Speth workshop last month.  
 If you were at the July meeting, you saw how organized she was and how she could demonstrate so quickly and easily how to breakdown her designs.  Well, she was just as organized in her workshop and she kept it well paced.  We would gather for a demonstration, then work for a while, then gather again, and so on.  She gave us so many tips and ideas that didn’t even apply to what we were doing: how to make a folding cutting mat that stays flat, how to travel with all your rulers, what to do when working with bias edges, how to safely carry a paring knife when you travel, how to make a portable design board, a free pattern for making a quilt top from left over scraps (Trashcan Treasure), another free pattern for a mystery block – that we made in the afternoon and she showed us how to use it in several layouts, and we all got a “BLUE DUDE” which is a brilliant, cheap, easy way to keep your rulers from slipping when you are cutting.  Come to the August meeting to get your own free “BLUE DUDE” and try it out!

You should have been there Part II….

..in the 1800s for this great cutting tip:

Household Equipment tells us that ”the time usually spent in measuring and marking fabric to insure the even cutting of long strips of the material may be saved by the following method:  Pull apart the extension dining-table to a distance of half an inch.  Place the material on the table so that the line along which it is desired to cut lies over this opening.  Secure the cloth with weights and let the left side of the opening act as a guide to the scissors in cutting.”

                Excerpt taken form the Dover book Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework

We’ve come a long way baby!


Volunteers Needed for the American Sewing Expo Booth

The guild is planning on having a free booth at the American Sewing Expo in Novi  to sell tickets for our raffle quilt.  We will be passing around a sign-up sheet at the August meeting.  The expo is 3 days, Sept 25-27, Fri, Sat and Sun.  We need 2 people per day to sign up.  That way lunch break, bathroom breaks etc are covered, you can chat and/ or do hand work to pass the time, or of course you can shop and visit exhibits.

You must have a ticket to get into the show even if you are working at a booth, so the guild will buy the tickets.  On Friday and Saturday the hours are from 9 am to 6 pm.  You will need to be there at 9 am on your day and stay until 6 pm.  On Sunday the show closes at 5 pm.  One person can come early and leave early, and the other can come later and stay until the end.  Even though we have a booth and you will be working at the booth, you cannot get in early.  You will be allowed in at 9 am just like the folks there to see the show.  The booth will be set up the day before on Thursday.  We will give you a packet of tickets to sell and some money for change (in case someone wants to buy the first ticket with a $20 bill.)  The people who work on Sunday will have to take down the quilt display rack and bring it, the quilt, and whatever supplies are at the booth.  Our guild meeting for Sept will be the following Wednesday, so you can turn in the tickets and money at the meeting.
So please look at your calendar, and make plans with a friend to spend a day at the Expo.  We need your help and it could be fun.
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Sunday, August 9, 2015

PAT SPETH gifts GENESYS HOSPICE A QUILT FOR THEIR RAFFLE







PAT SPETH our guest speaker at July's meeting gifted a quilt to GENESYS HOSPICE RAFFLE and silent auction.  I think this was a generous gift and plan to buy tickets for the quilt.