January 2012 Guild Meeting

Guild Members rang in the first meeting of 2012 with a Mini-Workshop Program.    Our own members provided demonstrations on how to use the Sizzix system, AccuQuilt and the Electric Quilt computer program.   The evening also included our regular business meeting and always stunning show & tell.

Next month’s meeting is our Annual Tie-In for Northeast Kids.   Members are asked to bring shears and their favorite large needle for tying quilts.   Other supplies will be provided.  This is a fun evening of camaraderie where guild members and guests sit around a table and chat while tying quilts.  Volunteers from each table then take the tied quilts home and bind them, after which the quilts are brought back to a subsequent guild meeting for show & tell and collected for Northeast Parent & Child Society.

Guild Meeting Program:

Members’ Show & Tell:

January 7, 2012   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Soldier Quilts  Comments Closed

December 2011 Guild Meeting

Our annual holiday celebration brought guild members and guests together to share in delicious desserts and a dazzling display of  Show & Tell.   In anticipation of those New Year’s Resolutions to “finish those UFOs!” Kathie Greenwold presented several ideas to turn those UFOs, extra blocks and leftover fabric into quilts, wall hangings, purses and other types of fabric art. 

As part of our holiday celebration and a long-term guild tradition, tables were piled high with gloves & mittens for the children at Northeast Parent & Child and personal care items for the women at the Family Life Center.   A very special Thank You! to our guild members for their generous donations.

Members’ Show & Tell:

December 4, 2011   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Show & Tell, Uncategorized  Comments Closed

November 2011 Guild Meeting

At the November guild meeting, members shared recipes and holiday ornament patterns.  In addition, they were “wowed”  by a trunk show of Barbara Ackerly’s magnificent quilts and clothing.

Barbara Ackerly, quilter and clothing designer, lives in Cortland, NY.  Barbara began sewing at age 7 and has never stopped. She started by making her own clothing.  As an adult she worked in an undergarment factory.  Later she took up quilting starting with a diamond patterned quilt; she jokes that the material was of poor quality and not quilt appropriate.

An avid hand quilter, Barbara also uses only a home machine for quilting.  She incorporates beads, crystals and metallic threads into many of her quilts.  She collaborates with her grandson on her original patterns.  Her clothing is amazingly stunning with incredible quilting and intricate beadwork.  Barbara has won first and second place for many of her quilts in local and regional quilt shows.  Her works have been displayed in galleries and travelled with the Hoffman challenge.  She has also co-judged at the New York State Fair from 2008 up to this year.

Guild Meeting Program: 

Members’ Show & Tell: 

November 24, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Show & Tell, Speakers  Comments Closed

October 2011 Guild Meeting – Annual Sew-In for Northeast Kids

The October Guild Meeting was the Guild’s annual Sew-In for Northeast Kids.  At this meeting, members work together to sew together tops for donation to the Northeast Parent & Child Society.   The sewing began at 4:30 and continued into the evening, with a short break for pizza and a business meeting.   Our new location (First Reformed Church of Scotia) worked out very well, as there was plenty of space and excellent lighting.    There was no Show & Tell at this meeting.

Members should make their best attempt to return the completed quilt tops along with backing and binding fabrics by the December 2011 Guild meeting. This will allow the committee time to measure and associate battings so that these quilts can be tied during the February 2012 Tie-In.

Annual Sew-In for Northeast Kids: 

October 30, 2011   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Kits, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Sew-In  Comments Closed