November 2009 Guild Meeting

At the November meeting, Quilters United in Learning Together, Schenectady (Q.U.I.L.T.S.) guild members and guests were treated to a visit by Mary Hoover of 4th and 6th Designs who presented a trunk show of the marvelous quilts featured in the book she co-wrote with her sister, Barbara Persing, “StrataVarious Quilts.” Included in the evening’s program was a dazzling array of member created quilts (our monthly “Show & Tell”).

The book, along with other patterns designed by Mary and Barbara, are available from their website www.4and6designs.com.

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November 24, 2009 Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Soldier Quilts, Speakers Comments Closed

October 2009 Guild Meeting – Annual Sew-In for Northeast Kids

The annual sew-in, normally held in November, was held in October this year due to scheduling of guest speakers for our November meeting. The Guild tried something new this year. We started at 4pm so that we could get a lot more sewing done. This worked out very well as many quilt tops were completed during the course of the evening & many teams began 2nd tops. Program Committee Co-chair Kathleen Morris organized the sew-in by having members sign up to be on teams (9 teams total) at the September meeting and to indicate which sewing items they were bringing (machines, cutting implements, irons, etc) and when they would be arriving. Most members arrived for the 1st shift (4-4:30) and a handful arrived later. Pizza, salad & homemade cookies were served at 6pm, the normal business meeting was conducted @ 7pm along with Show & Tell. Sewing then resumed. Because of the early start time, the sew-in wrapped up early – around 8:30. Cleanup was done rather quickly and we vacated the Church by 9pm.

Members should return the completed quilt tops along with backing and binding fabrics by the December 2009 Guild meeting. This will allow the committee time to measure and associate battings so that these quilts can be tied during the February 2010 Tie-In.

2009 Sew-in

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October 2009 Show & Tell

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November 2, 2009 Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Kits, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Sew-In, Show & Tell, Tie-In Comments Closed

September 2009 Guild Meeting

Returning and new guild members were welcomed back after a long and, hopefully, productive quilting summer. Members were treated to an interesting and enjoyable presentation by Quilter, Teacher, Appraiser and Judge, Kathie Greenwold. Kathie’s topic of the evening was “Quilts of the Adirondacks.” The presentation included a wonderful trunk show featuring many of Kathie’s collection of 19th and 20th century quilts which were either made in the Adirondacks or inspired by the Adirondacks and upstate New York. Kathie discussed the differences of fabrics, quilting techniques and batting used by quilters in the Midwest vs. quilters on the East Coast.

Did you know that Quilters on the East Coast and in the Adirondacks in particular, had access to many types of quality fabrics due to the abundance of textile factories, rivers and seaports?

The evening included a wonderful display of quilts created by our members.

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September 14, 2009 Tags: Adirondacks, Kathryn Greenwold, Sept 2009 Guild Meeting Posted in: Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Show & Tell Comments Closed

June 2009 Guild Meeting

This was our annual “pot-luck” end of year dinner with absolutely delicious main dishes, salad, appetizers & desserts all made by members. Guild workshop & challenge quilts and blocks were shown this evening. There were crazy quilt blocks from the past Guild year’s embellishment workshop, Kathie Greenwold’s “I can’t bear to cut it” workshop, the year-long mystery quilt challenge, and the “dots & dashes” quilt challenge.