5 December 3013
Christmas Picnic
December 18
Who: YOU People!
What: fun & food because it's a Christmas picnic - inside
Where: Fiber Room's Lunch room
When: Wednesday, Dec 18 10:30
How: Bring your own beverage, utensils, plate, napkin
Bring finger food to share
Spreading the word about a
NEW yarn bee.
Information is from Hall County Quilt Guild.
NEW YARN BEE GET TOGETHER
The new Yarn Bee will meet at
Free Spirit Felt and Fiber
6750 Hwy 53 in
Braselton on
Thursday December 5 from
1Pm to 3PM.
Anyone interested in knitting, crocheting,
felting or just working with wool are invited.
If you would like to learn any of these crafts
please join us. We will be discussing meeting
days and times and getting to know each other
and our wool interests.
Lisa Reichenberg, a guild member, works at this shop which has given us the meeting place.
For more information contact Frances Brooks
770 963-9135 or at effiemae@bellsouth.net.
3 December 2013
Here's just some of what we've been doing this month.
We do a lot of "show & tell" but ya gotta be quick or you'll miss some.
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Judy admired the appliqué
on this finished quilt.
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From: Susan Cowan <bettysuesquiltshop@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Subject: Anniversary Sale
To: Betty Sue's Quilt Shop <bettysuesquiltshop@comcast.net>
Betty Sue's Quilt shop newsletter attached. One or two of you asked about Betty Sue's - but I can't remember who.
7419 Spout Springs Rd Bldg B #101 Store Hours
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Mon 12pm to 5pm
Phone Number: 770-965-3380 Tues-Sat 10am to 5pm
Betty Sue's Quilt Shop
I hope y'all had a delicious Thanksgiving with the people you love.
We have delicious fabric just waiting for our creative juices to bring beauty into the world on Wednesday.
Joan finished quilting a baker's dozen of tops that she picked up before the retreat, all we need to do is get the binding for them. By the way, she'll be having foot surgery soon, so won't be long-arming during her recovery. Rumor has it that she'll catch up on some reading.
Ellen will bring whatever quilted tops she had time to do, some had binding picked out, some didn't. We can take care of those, too!
Cya Wednesday!
24 November 2013
Hi Terry,
Tell the charity group to get their needles and threads ready. I just finished 13 charity tops, all quilted and ready for binding. Most are larger size, some are twin size, only one is preemie size.
I'll bring them Monday Dec 2, along with all the scraps for the dogs and leftover fabric for scrap quilts.
see you soon.
Joan in GA
13 November 2012
Here are a few pictures.
The Oriental and red-white-black ones are larger, so backing will be pieced from large scraps. There were a lot of "oooh's and aaahhh's" heard when they were put on the design wall.
Frances L also brought in a top.
5 November 2013
Diane is printing directions for the country log cabin and will be working on it.
Hello again!
And Nupur sent some links for ideas for kits.
Thanks you two!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nupur Kittur <nupur.kittur@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: for Nov 6 Bee
To: Terri Bear <bearwalksinbeauty@gmail.com>
Hi Terri- I wil be there tomorrow and I have two completed quilt tops/backs.
Ideas for holiday quilts kits:
1. Strippie
http://www.maryquilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Quick-Strippie-PDF-modified.pdf
Completed samples here:
http://www.maryquilts.com/quick-strippie/
2. Ziggy
http://quackadoodlequilt.blogspot.ae/2012/03/ziggy-quilt-tutorial.html
3. http://quiltingintherain.blogspot.com/2011/03/rainy-days-quilt.html
4. http://www.incolororder.com/2011/08/giant-vintage-star-quilt-tutorial.html
5. How about giant gift blocks for baby/preemie quilts?
http://www.sewwequilt.com/2011/11/our-guest-blocker-to-day-is-nan-with.html
-Nupur
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Terri Bear <bearwalksinbeauty@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Busy Bees
Some of our members are on a quilting retreat and we know they are having a lot of fun.
Maybe we can consider that we are in a mini-quilting retreat, too.
Please bring suggestions for making kits for the guild meeting from Christmas and Hanukkah fabrics that are overflowing one of the storage crates. Maybe it will make some people who receive a finished one feel right at
Also mentally prepare yourselves for a lot of quilted tops that will need binding. We don't expect them to be back to us until after the Guild meeting due to the retreat; i.e. Nov 13th and 20th. Between Ellen and Joan, there will be about 23 - 25 tops (some Ellen brought in last week). I'd like to take get bindings cut so whatever tops that need binding can be taken to next week's guild meeting.
Cya tomorrow if you can make it.
We need to have a look at the calendar and decide what we want to do about meeting on Wednesdays in November, December and early January so Charles can go ahead and update our Bee on the CPQ calendar.
Wed, Nov 27, is the day before Thanksgiving. My guess is everyone will be busy with preparations and won't be able to come to the Bee, so no Bee that day.
December 25 is a Wednesday so we won't have the Bee that Wednesday. Does the group want to have our regular Bee all 3 Wednesdays before that? If I don't hear back from you on that, then I'll figure that's okay, and Charles can put us on the Calendar for Dec 4, 11, and 18.
January 1 is also on a Wednesday, so no Bee that day. We'll plan on having the Bee back on our regular schedule on January 8.
1 November 2013
Nancy and Frances deliver quilts for the Loran Smith Cancer Support Center and ARMC Neonatal ICU. Lynne Nagy (Loran Smith Center) took the preemie
quilts to the NICU staff. The 1600" quilts and other large quilts are for the cancer support center.
Beautiful work, y'all! and
Thanks Frances and Nancy
for taking the quilts there.
Here's a Thank You note from Lynne Nagy, Office Manager at the Loran
Smith Center for Cancer Support, that is for all the "merry quilters" at
cotton Patch.
will forward the other one with the pictures.
31 October 2013
29 October 2013
Nancy, is it too late to include this in the newsletter? Sue Brassard
and Nancy Bruce represented CPQ at the Harvest Festival, Thursday, Oct
24, in the Fiber Studio at the Lyndon House.
17 October 2013
Several tops with backs were sent home with Ellen, so maybe next week or two we'll have to find binding and get them finished. Thanks to Jan who took quilts & binding to be done at home.
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Nupur whipped
out a 1600 top. |
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Jan cutting sparkly
pink fabric |
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| Another Preemie Quilt |
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| Chandler is busy sewing |
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Pat and Nancy
chew the fat and
shoot the breeze
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Judy and Nancy (not shown) really had
a good time figuring out those cute squares,
none of which were the same size.
The colors sure are kid friendly. |
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Shirley's helping her parents
but had time to make
2 preemie quilts. |
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Susan sewing on the
yellow setting strips. |
Here are 4 of the Santa
year-a-round blocks.
I delivered 18 children's quilts to Prevent Child Abuse today. These are two of the case workers who were thrilled to get them. They were trying to decide which quilt would best go to a couple of families when I left.
Thanks, ladies, for all your hard work!!! We are appreciated!
~~Nancy
2 October 2013
Hello y'all busy bees.
Looks like Charles has some great ideas, too!
You have some wonderful suggestions, and here's the top one of the day:
Attached below in Ellen's email is an excellent tutorial that Ellen made re: binding a quilt. And here's what I sent to Charles (because of your suggestion - THANKS!) to see if we can have a tutorial section under Community Service:
Hey Charles.
The Community Service Charity Bee has been asked from time to time how to do some quilting skills. The bee members would like to ask if you could add a TUTORIAL section under Community Services's drop down menu.
One skill that came up today was adding binding to a quilt. Ellen Nelson has made a tutorial for it with excellent pictures and instructions. (see attached in her email below.) Could that be the first one? Also, will it be possible to link to other tutorials on the web?
example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCWpxBRs20 (Preview)
Thanks,
Terri
Unable to attach Ellen's PDF, I substituted this tutorial which may be helpful to some.
SO MANY WAYS TO BIND A QUILT (<---- click on link)
Gotta love this guild and all the great people!
Here's what he said about adding tutorials, pretty cool!!!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charles Nicolosi <charles@nicolosi.us>
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Binding a Quilt
To: Terri Bear <bearwalksinbeauty@gmail.com>
I actually need to watch that. I haven't even started binding my first [and only] quilt. I've been mulling over another section for the navigation menu. It might be worth coming up with another menu item...something along the lines of 'Resources.' Maybe an area geared toward beginners.....groups of video links, that kind of thing. I should actually be able to imbed the video into the website too.
Charles Nicolosi
http://charles.nicolosi.us
http:.//www.XoomingAbout.com
30 September 2013
Question for the Bee is:
What's the plan for the Santa blocks?
One or more (???) of the Bee members has taken that Santa project on. Want to fess up?
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:04 PM, <tcaburns@suddenlink.net> wrote:
hey
what is the plan for the santa blocks
just wondering as noted they are seasonal santas
cute
very attractive and good work
is it a guild plan or an individual doing that??
thanks for sharing the charity pix
carol ann
Here's just some of what we've been doing this month.
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The backing for Horse Quilt #2
is a perfect match. |
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As you might recall, and for you
new to the charity bee, Jan has
already made a horse quilt from
other horse panels, and then these
were found.
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Joan brought scraps to the
meeting to fill the dog beds. |
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| Kathy cutting. |
Maybe some of you will want to sew up a mega log cabin block for preemies or Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) kids. We could get some cutters to feed you the logs. The center could be any size but recommendation is to cut something at least 3.5" square and then go from that to add each log. Easy peasy, right?
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Another preemie quilt
from a neat block.
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Since there are 4 machines
and we have thread, maybe we could start the log cabin with the same 3.5" or 4" center and then cut 2.5" - 3.5" strips and mix them up so each "cabin" could be a bit different in placement, but same fabrics. We could just keep adding logs (we're strong so can do that nicely) until the block is 24" or 30" or so for the preemies. After we make 4 of those, then we could make 4 larger ones for the PCA kids. OR we could make the PCA kids ones first.
Would anyone like to sew up 3 or 4 dog bags that can be handed out at the Guild meeting? Some members said they'd take one home to fill up and sew closed and then bring back (could take several months to fill one) if we had the bags to give them.
Some of our fair members will be on a jaunty Holiday. We might turn a little green with envy, but for sure are happy for you!
cya Wednesday morning any time after 9:30.
20 September 2013
As you might recall, and for you new to the charity bee,
our Community Service Charity Bee made a beautiful quilt for the Sandy Creek Nature Center some time ago for them to raffle off.
As a way for them to say Thank You to their supporters, WE - Yes! any and all of us in this bee, no matter if you are long time comers or new to the bee, are invited to:
Homemade 11
Otherwise known as "Pie Day"
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
3:00 - 5:00 PM
PLEASE RSVP 706-613-3615 or
Let them treat you to some pie!
One person who didn't see the email in time that 3rd Friday was cancelled came today and was the only one there.
In future reminders about 3rd Friday maybe I could include a "reply all" request so everyone will know whether or not to come... or, other suggestions? How does the bee want to handle this?
18 September 2013
I've been working on a rather complicated non-quilting project. After roughly 50 hours of work...I would like to present the new Cotton Patch Quilters website! It is still at the old web address.
COTTON PATCH QUILTERS WEBPAGE & NEWSLETTER
All of the information that was on the old website has been incorporated into the new site.
There are two social media updates...
We now have a Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/CPQAthensGa
We also have a new Facebook page. There was an technical issue with the old Facebook page, so if you are already following the old Facebook page, please join the new one here:
https://www.facebook.com/CPQAthensGA
Three highlights:
- There is now a blog built into the website. I will be posting announcements, news, events, workshops, photographs, etc. New blog posts will automatically show up on the new CPQ Facebook on Twitter pages. You can also help promote CPQ events with a single click on a blog post to share to your Facebook and Twitter friends!
- The MembersOnly area can still be accessed with the same password that was used in the old website. You no longer need the username.
- The new website is smartphone and tablet friendly. iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets will see a version specifically formatted for them!
Please feel free to explore the new website!
http://www.cpquilters.org/
All of the information that was on the old website has been incorporated into the new site.
There are two social media updates...
We now have a Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/CPQAthensGa
We also have a new Facebook page. There was an technical issue with the old Facebook page, so if you are already following the old Facebook page, please join the new one here:
https://www.facebook.com/CPQAthensGA
16 September 2013
A couple of reminders:
We'll be putting price tags on the quilts, etc.
3rd Friday is this week.
Shirley Bryant donated 2 preemie quilts at the guild meeting. They are exquisite and you really must see them. I want to take pictures of them and other items.
Lickskillet is Saturday the 26th at Lyndon House. Is anyone planning on doing a one hour demonstration and made arrangements with Shannon?
Just passing on this info. Possible road trip?
Quilt Fest
Oct 25 9AM - 5PM
Oct 26 9AM- 4 PM
$7 admission
Presented by Misty Mountain Quilters Guild
Union Co High School Gym
Industrial Blvd
Blairsville, GA 30512
http://www.mistymountainquiltguild.org/quiltfest-2013
Our Community Service Charity Bee made a beautiful quilt for the Sandy Creek Nature Center some time ago for them to raffle off. As a way for them to say Thank You to their supporters, WE - Yes! any and all of us in this bee, no matter if you are long time comers or new to the bee, are invited to:
Homemade 11
Otherwise known as "Pie Day"
Sunday, SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
3:00 - 5:00 PM
PLEASE RSVP 706-613-3615 or
RSVP to scncinc@gmail.com
Let them treat you to some pie!
One person who didn't see the email in time that 3rd Friday was cancelled came today and was the only one there.
In future reminders about 3rd Friday maybe I could include a "reply all" request so everyone will know whether or not to come... or, other suggestions?
How does the bee want to handle this?
October 26, 2013 - October 26, 2013
- Location: Lyndon House Arts Center
- Address: 293 Hoyt St., Athens, GA 30601
- Times: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Admission: No admission charge
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| Pat selected fabrics to coordinate a Big Log Cabin Block that will probably be suitable for the Council on Aging |
also finished up binding on some quilts - at least two more, but I think it was five more - (not sure if the other 3 were the ones Phyllis brought in or ones that were finished at the
at 10:30 in the Fiber Studio and we'll probably start eating all the goodies we bring at about 11:15
