2012-13

The Fat Quarter list for the year is as follows:

          October 2012               Autumn or Thanksgiving
         November 2012           Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah
          December 2012           Wintertime
         January 2013                Hearts and Flowers
          February 2013              When Irish Eyes are Smiling
          March 2013                   Easter Eggs, Bunnies, Flowers
          April 2013                      Memorial Day…May We Never Forget
          May 2013                       Floral Fantasies
           June 2013                       In the Good Old Summertime
           September 2013           Ghosts and Goblins

The Block of the Month is to be done in your own choice of colors.  You will keep the blocks you make and use them to make a complete quilt for the President's Challenge which will be due in September 2013.  The BoM are as follows (NOTE: Only the first four blocks have been passed out as of the writing of this post.  They will be updated when the additional blocks are announced.):

           October: Churn Dash (http://quilterscache.com/C/ChurnDashBlock.html)
           November:  Mini Bow Tie (http://quilterscache.com/M/MiniBowTieBlock.html)
           December:  Jacob’s Ladder (http://quilterscache.com/J/JacobsLadderBlock.html)
            January:  Spool (http://quilterscache.com/S/SpoolBlock.html)

October 2012 meeting

Hi, All!  Thank you for your patience while I've been dealing with all my family problems.  I'll write more about all that later.

This is a reminder that our October meeting will be on the 10th at Slater Mill at 6:30 pm.

The Block of the Month is Churn Dash (http://quilterscache.com/C/ChurnDashBlock.html).  Color choice is up to the maker.  The blocks will no longer be raffled off.  Each person will keep her own blocks and they will be used to complete the President's Challenge in September 2013.

The Fat Quarter for October is to be an Autumn or Thanksgiving theme.

We will have a Night at the Museum night at the meeting.  Everyone is encouraged to bring in antique or vintage items from their sewing room collections.  Suggestions include, but are not limited to:

• Sewing or lace-making machines (featherweights count!)
• Sewing machines, ironing boards, irons, etc. manufactured for children
• Thimbles, advertising or other
• Novelty tape measures
• Novelty pin cushions
• Needle books, handmade or commercially manufactured
• Cardboard needle folders (the packaging for needles when originally purchased)
• Old scissors
• Sewing baskets, kits or boxes
• Early sewing or quilting tools
• Early sewing/quilting books or magazines (especially 1st editions!)
• Sewing or pattern company advertisements, framed or unframed
• Unique or interesting embroidery, quilting or sewing patterns
• Framed samplers
• Fabric, ribbon or trim collections
• Photos, prints, paintings of people sewing or quilting
• Framed ribbon and lace dolls, or other framed sewn artwork
• Early handmade lace or crochet trim
• Miniature or doll quilts
• Miniature (dollhouse) sewing items that look like antiques
• Framed vignettes of miniature sewing rooms/quilting studios
• Cookbooks sponsored by sewing machine or pattern companies
• Button collections
• Home-sewn apparel
• Interesting and unique patterns