Hostesses for August

Doe Bailey    

Susan Campbell

Sue McGalliard

Ann Coffee

Zella Woodruff

Iris Bills

August Program -

“No Diamonds - No More Y Seams!”

Debby Maddy from Calico Carriage in Graham, TX will be here to show us how to make old style quilts without cutting diamonds and without any bias edges using half square triangles.

Debby began sewing when she was only nine years old. 

She began quilting in 1992. 

She started Calico Carriage Quilt Designs and Patterns in 2002 and has been lecturing and conducting workshops. 

She was featured on Simply Quilts on HGTV on segment #1112, titled Shining Star. 

You can find her web site at www.calicocarriage.com.

Membership Report 

for June

Members Present- 69

Visitors - 10 

New Members - 5

Judy Carter

Carol L Bailey

Charlotte Williams

Angela Avery

Annie Schnick

Janice Gibbs

Mary Clark

Mae Rose

Julie Hughes

Debbie Lamprecht

Karen Ratliff

Grace Stasny

Anita Aycock

Shirley Hill

Helen M. Kelly

Note from Sue Drumheller – “Care”

“Please advise me of anyone in the Guild that may be sick, or any closely related deaths in our Guild families. I have plenty of cards and stamps and would love to send our best wishes/sympathy to our Guild family. Just e-mail me or telephone me at 695-3081 and give me the information. I check all messages. Thanks…Sue – Care”

Dues

Don’t forget that 2006-2007 dues are due. If you haven’t paid yet, you might try to remember your checkbook next meeting. Our dues are $24 per year.

If you have paid, you will have a new nametag with your new membership card in the back.

If you have passed you 80^th birthday be sure and let Patti Jackson know that you are exempt from dues.

President’s Message

I hope that everyone is enjoying a nice summer. I guess that we can be thankful that it is not as hot as it is in some parts of the country.

I hope to have some news for you on a new meeting place at our August meeting. We have checked out and called a lot of different places. It is not easy to find a place that fits all our needs for the guild.

We are looking forward to the September meeting and a display of the LORD’S Supper Quilt. Please tell your friends about this.

We are still in need of hostesses for some of the months. Please sign up if you have not done so.

The fair is coming up in September and I spoke to Patsy Smith, and they need volunteers to help in different areas of the fair displays. The fair work days are Sept 5-6 and Sept 18. If you can help, please call her at 692-8829.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Glenda Wilcox

September Program

The September program will be Dan Locke, who will show us his quilt based on Leonardo DaVinci’s paining of the Lord’s Supper. This quilt is composed of ½ inch squares and is 67 inches tall and 183 inches wide. He will explain how he made it. Be sure and invite your friends to come and see it.

New Meeting Location for September

The Abilene Quilter’s Guild will have a new location for our meetings in September. We have an agreement with St. Paul’s United Methodist Church to use their Fellowship Hall beginning with the September 11 meeting. St. Paul’s is located near downtown at 525 Beech Street.

New Website

The Abilene Quilter’s Guild now has a web site. It is still being built, but it can be seen at www.abilenequiltguild.org. Gina Reddin is our designer. You can EMAIL her for suggestions or questions. We plan to include such things as our newsletter, quilt show information, and other information for our members and other interested Quilters.

Quick Trick Books

We plan to have the books Quick Tricks & More Quick Quilt Tricks at the August meeting for the people who ordered them at the last meeting. The cost of the books will only be $10 each. We had thought it would be as much as $15, but were able to get them wholesale. We will have a few extra copies of each book available for sale. We can reorder more if necessary.

Quilter’s Classifieds

I am considering placing a section for members of our guild to buy, sell, or trade quilting related items. This would be for individuals only and not for businesses. If you think that this would be a good idea, let me know. – Varnelle

Look on our Calendar

If you know of more happenings around the state, EMAIL us.

Rehab Quilt

If you have a few 2” strips or fat quarters of western fabric or a very small print in medium or dark that you can spare for the Rehab Quilt, please bring them to the next meeting. We will start the quilt in September.

Redwork Swap

A new “redwork” swap is starting. You will sign up for a month, then you will transfer a pattern that represents that month, i.e. June weddings, Father’s Day. These will go on 12.9 inch squares of good white fabric, using red #304, after you have completed them trim them to 8 ½”. These will be due in February. You will then get 12 blocks back, one for each month.

Hope Haven

Hope Haven needs socks, and undies for children with school starting. Food and household items are always welcome

“ Quilters never cut corners.”

Projects

You can still sign up for the Pizza Box and Round Robin swaps at the next meeting. We will start these in September.

(If you are not sure what we a talking about let me see if I can explain. In the Pizza Box swap, each person makes one or more blocks using the sizes for that month as well as the theme and colors chosen by the box owner. Each month, the box is passed to the next person on the list until everyone has had every box. The owner’s box is then returned. She then can complete her quilt using the swapped blocks.

In the Round Robin nearly the same rules apply, except at each monthly exchange, you add a border around the center medallion. The quilt owner starts with a center block and each member of the swap adds a border in keeping with the colors and theme of the quilt.)

Charm Squares

Charm Squares are 15 tone on tone 6 1/2 “ squares.

            (Members sign up at the Projects Table at the monthly meeting to bring the designated color of 6 ½” blocks. You have to check the newsletter to find out how many to bring each time. You sign up each time for the next exchange.)