On December 12, 2018, we will be having our Annual Christmas Party as part of our monthly meeting. This year, we voted to have a pizza party, and I love pizza, so I, for one, am looking forward to this! Various members are also bringing salad and deserts, so there will be plenty to eat! Yum! I had been planning on doing one of my yummy deserts, too, but yesterday, I discovered my oven is on the blink--it won't turn on at all! So, unless I bring something from the store...
We also do a Yankee Swap, which is a blast. We put a $20 limit on the item, which has to be quilt related and wrapped up prettily. The way we run it is everyone who brings a gift gets a number. We go in order. They then get to either keep what they picked from the gift table or trade it for something someone already picked. After everyone has picked, the first person who chose gets to trade, if she so desires. Sometimes, there are some hot trades going on, let me tell you!
Our meeting in November was fun as we had a special presenter, Louise Pankiewicz. She is a certified Quilt-in-a-Day instructor and she brought a number of her quilts and presented us with a trunk show of them. She also brought patterns, tools, etc and we had a fun time in the mini-store. She also informed us she would be hosting a Retreat at the Hampton Inn in Coventry soon. 3 days of sewing, chatting, sharing and learning. Sounds like a fun time!
We also had a Sewing Bee on November 17. This is not a Bee in the old sense where everyone sits around a framed quilt and quilts the layers together. Everyone brings their own supplies and works on their own projects. The fun comes from sharing what we are working on and getting help. For example, after I sewed a couple of strips together, we determined they needed to be in a different order and a couple of the other ladies actually took a couple of the strips away to 'frog' them for me. This is what a community does. They help each other.
So...
Wednesday, December 12, is our next meeting. Come hungry. Bring your own drink. Bring a desert, if you like. Don't forget your Yankee Swap gift. The Fat Quarter theme of the month is "Silver Bells."
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Welcome to a New Year!
Welcome back, Everyone! We hope you had a good summer! Its certainly been a busy one for me.
I made an entire quilt set for our great-niece in July for her wedding on August 9. We traveled to my hometown to take care of estate issues and take care of business before that, also. When we returned home, it was time to prepare for school. On top of this, we are looking for a new house (which we may have already found)!
Well, our new year is set to begin on September 11 when our Guild meets in our new home, the Smithfield Congregational Church on Smithfield Avenue in Pawtucket. The doors open at 6 pm, as usual. We have an exciting year planned with everything from a series of Back to Basics demos to Guest Speakers. Our first meeting will have a visit from Just Quilts of Bristol, RI. They will be bringing various fabrics and patterns for purchase as well as a variety of new rulers that are available. We hope to see you there and don't forget to bring your wallets!
If you will be attending the meeting, don't forget that the President's Challenge from last year is due at the meeting. This is a quilt made from the BoM we made. The BoM for September is the Dahlia block passed out in June. The FQ theme is Ghosts and Goblins. Remember to bring something for the Pantry!
See you there!
I made an entire quilt set for our great-niece in July for her wedding on August 9. We traveled to my hometown to take care of estate issues and take care of business before that, also. When we returned home, it was time to prepare for school. On top of this, we are looking for a new house (which we may have already found)!
Well, our new year is set to begin on September 11 when our Guild meets in our new home, the Smithfield Congregational Church on Smithfield Avenue in Pawtucket. The doors open at 6 pm, as usual. We have an exciting year planned with everything from a series of Back to Basics demos to Guest Speakers. Our first meeting will have a visit from Just Quilts of Bristol, RI. They will be bringing various fabrics and patterns for purchase as well as a variety of new rulers that are available. We hope to see you there and don't forget to bring your wallets!
If you will be attending the meeting, don't forget that the President's Challenge from last year is due at the meeting. This is a quilt made from the BoM we made. The BoM for September is the Dahlia block passed out in June. The FQ theme is Ghosts and Goblins. Remember to bring something for the Pantry!
See you there!
Friday, October 5, 2012
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:
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
Thursday, October 14, 2010
October Meeting was Terrific Fun!
Wow! What a night!
After our business meeting, we went over to the Wilkinson Mill where the curator took us up to the museum storage room and showed us some of the Mill's collection of antique sewing machines and attendent pieces like needle displays, thread displays, postcards from the middle 1800's, dress patterns from Butterick and Domestic from Victorian times, etc. Some of the machines had been made as early as 1855--and they still work! It was interesting to see how the manufacturers not only made a useful device, they also paid a lot of attention to the aesthetics of the machine and how it would look in the home. Some of the machines and their treadles were absolutely beautiful! Thank you, Andy, for a wonderful experience!
After we got back, we snacked our way through the wonderful treats brought by our refreshment hosts and had a chance to see projects being worked on by various members, had a short lesson in how to become writers on this blog and had the drawings for the doorprizes. We had an astounding 23 Block-of-the-Month donations. Brenda thinks this is the most we've ever had.
We finally called an end to everything after 9:00--and people didn't even want to leave then!
Everyone had a terrific time. If I can ever figure out how to put the pictures on Picasa or Flickr, I will and will link them.
After our business meeting, we went over to the Wilkinson Mill where the curator took us up to the museum storage room and showed us some of the Mill's collection of antique sewing machines and attendent pieces like needle displays, thread displays, postcards from the middle 1800's, dress patterns from Butterick and Domestic from Victorian times, etc. Some of the machines had been made as early as 1855--and they still work! It was interesting to see how the manufacturers not only made a useful device, they also paid a lot of attention to the aesthetics of the machine and how it would look in the home. Some of the machines and their treadles were absolutely beautiful! Thank you, Andy, for a wonderful experience!
After we got back, we snacked our way through the wonderful treats brought by our refreshment hosts and had a chance to see projects being worked on by various members, had a short lesson in how to become writers on this blog and had the drawings for the doorprizes. We had an astounding 23 Block-of-the-Month donations. Brenda thinks this is the most we've ever had.
We finally called an end to everything after 9:00--and people didn't even want to leave then!
Everyone had a terrific time. If I can ever figure out how to put the pictures on Picasa or Flickr, I will and will link them.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
October Meeting Sure to Interest
Come to the October 13 meeting of the Industrial Revolution Quilt Guild!
After the business meeting, we'll be heading over to the Wilkinson Mill to see the antique sewing machines in their collection.
Hope to see you there!
6:30 at Slater Mill in Pawtucket, across from the Visitor Center.
After the business meeting, we'll be heading over to the Wilkinson Mill to see the antique sewing machines in their collection.
Hope to see you there!
6:30 at Slater Mill in Pawtucket, across from the Visitor Center.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Welcome to a New Year!
Welcome to the 2010-11 year of the Industrial Revolution Quilt Guild!
At the first meeting of the year, we will be sharing some of our favorite quilts and discovering the wonderful plans our new president, Brenda Devine, has in store for us this year.
The Block of the Month is Cain and Able. The directions for this block can be found on the website http://www.quilterscache.com/ along with the rest of the blocks for the upcoming year.
The Fat Quarter for September is RED.
So, come on! We'll see you at Slater Mill at 6:30!
At the first meeting of the year, we will be sharing some of our favorite quilts and discovering the wonderful plans our new president, Brenda Devine, has in store for us this year.
The Block of the Month is Cain and Able. The directions for this block can be found on the website http://www.quilterscache.com/ along with the rest of the blocks for the upcoming year.
The Fat Quarter for September is RED.
So, come on! We'll see you at Slater Mill at 6:30!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
May Meeting Means Elections Are Here
The May meeting of the Industrial Revolution Quilt Guild was held at Slater Mill on May 12, 2010 at 6:30 pm.
The ladies all gathered and had a wonderful time trading information about quilt projects as well as showing samples and other projects being worked.
Andy Paquette, Curator at Slater Mill, showed us several of the antique quilts housed at the Mill. Some are over 100 years old. Everybody oohed and aahed over the quilt made out of bunting celebrating the centennial of Samual Slater establishing the mill, the yo-yo quilt and the baby quilt done by Esther Slater done in 1851. But when the crazy quilt was pulled out, the exclamations were continuous. The fabric used was so rich and the embroidery was complex and varied. Everywhere we looked we found another treasure hidden in the stitches. We actually ran out of time to see all the quilts he had brought out and had to defer the rest of the show to next year. We're also looking forward to seeing the antique sewing machines in the Mill's collection.
After a refreshment break, we got down to Guild business.
The annual elections were held with the Nominating Committee putting forth the following slate:
After the business was taken care of, we had the Show-n-Tell. Several beautiful projects were shown. A suggestion was made that we choose the Dresses for Africa as our Charity for next year. We'll discuss it. There was also some discussion about whether we would continue the Raffle as we have been doing it this year or return to the Round Robin as we did previously. We decided to discuss it next month and make any changes for the first meeting in September.
The June meeting will be on the 9th. The Fat Quarter is whatever you want to bring.
The meeting was dismissed at 9:10 pm.
See you in June!
The ladies all gathered and had a wonderful time trading information about quilt projects as well as showing samples and other projects being worked.
Andy Paquette, Curator at Slater Mill, showed us several of the antique quilts housed at the Mill. Some are over 100 years old. Everybody oohed and aahed over the quilt made out of bunting celebrating the centennial of Samual Slater establishing the mill, the yo-yo quilt and the baby quilt done by Esther Slater done in 1851. But when the crazy quilt was pulled out, the exclamations were continuous. The fabric used was so rich and the embroidery was complex and varied. Everywhere we looked we found another treasure hidden in the stitches. We actually ran out of time to see all the quilts he had brought out and had to defer the rest of the show to next year. We're also looking forward to seeing the antique sewing machines in the Mill's collection.
After a refreshment break, we got down to Guild business.
The annual elections were held with the Nominating Committee putting forth the following slate:
- President--Brenda Devine
- Vice-President--Pauline Cabana
- Secretary--Nancy McEnanly
- Treasurer--Linda Cusack
After the business was taken care of, we had the Show-n-Tell. Several beautiful projects were shown. A suggestion was made that we choose the Dresses for Africa as our Charity for next year. We'll discuss it. There was also some discussion about whether we would continue the Raffle as we have been doing it this year or return to the Round Robin as we did previously. We decided to discuss it next month and make any changes for the first meeting in September.
The June meeting will be on the 9th. The Fat Quarter is whatever you want to bring.
The meeting was dismissed at 9:10 pm.
See you in June!
Friday, January 15, 2010
2010 Starts Off With a Bang!
The January meeting was held on the 13th while the snow fell gently outside and the Blackstone roared outside the windows of Slater Mill. The ladies of the Industrial Revolution Quilt Guild met in the back room of the 2nd floor of the Mill where we were toasty-warm.
The general Business meeting went quickly with information about the Quilt Show for 2011. All the committee chairs have been filled and everyone has been asked to volunteer for a committee that will utilize their skills to the utmost. Discussion was held regarding the Guild Raffle Quilt. All members will be asked to make one block. Kits will be coming soon. More information will follow as soon as the various chairpeople can post it. The Vice-President's Challenge was introduced, but Connie didn't have the papers to pass out. She promised to have them for the February meeting. The President's Challenge is very simple this year: finish your UFOs and get ready to show items in our Quilt Show. Tempus Fugit and the Show will be upon us very quickly!
After refreshments, we broke up into demonstrations with stations around the room where members explained how to do various techniques. Daphne demonstrated paper piecing the April Chicken Block of the Month. Michelle showed us how to make our bindings end perfectly the first time. Barbara showed us how to make the tube version of the pillowcases for our Guild Charity drive. The blog was introduced and all the members had invitations emailed to their accounts so that they can be added as authors. All members are invited to post their thoughts about quilting and sewing and the Guild. There were several stations located around the room and everyone flowed from table to table to see the ones they were most interested in. Thank you to all who brought demos to show!
The meeting ended quietly around 8:15 and everyone headed out into the cold, snowy night for home with plans and ideas for more quilts and sewing projects.
The general Business meeting went quickly with information about the Quilt Show for 2011. All the committee chairs have been filled and everyone has been asked to volunteer for a committee that will utilize their skills to the utmost. Discussion was held regarding the Guild Raffle Quilt. All members will be asked to make one block. Kits will be coming soon. More information will follow as soon as the various chairpeople can post it. The Vice-President's Challenge was introduced, but Connie didn't have the papers to pass out. She promised to have them for the February meeting. The President's Challenge is very simple this year: finish your UFOs and get ready to show items in our Quilt Show. Tempus Fugit and the Show will be upon us very quickly!
After refreshments, we broke up into demonstrations with stations around the room where members explained how to do various techniques. Daphne demonstrated paper piecing the April Chicken Block of the Month. Michelle showed us how to make our bindings end perfectly the first time. Barbara showed us how to make the tube version of the pillowcases for our Guild Charity drive. The blog was introduced and all the members had invitations emailed to their accounts so that they can be added as authors. All members are invited to post their thoughts about quilting and sewing and the Guild. There were several stations located around the room and everyone flowed from table to table to see the ones they were most interested in. Thank you to all who brought demos to show!
The meeting ended quietly around 8:15 and everyone headed out into the cold, snowy night for home with plans and ideas for more quilts and sewing projects.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
December Meeting
Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! Happy Kwanzaa! (Did I miss any? My apologies.) Anyway--Happy Holidays!
The Guild held its December meeting last night at Slater Mill. We had a little trouble getting in when the Mill people didn't hear us pounding on the door, but we got inside in time to beat the rains that poured the entire time we were meeting. Luckily, the rains stopped just before we left for the evening.
We had a great time at our Holiday Potluck supper. There was plenty of food to share, stories to tell and lots of camaraderie. Barbara's meat pie was a real hit with everyone, as was the stromboli. There was shrimp, veggies and dip, baked beans, chicken stir fry, cakes and cream puffs and much, much more. After supper, people got to pick gifts from a Secret Santa stash on the front table. Gifts ranged from books to supplies to fat quarters and gift certificates. Everyone walked away happy.
Business was handled quickly and easily. The Quilt Show for 2011 now has a full roster of committee chairs. Be prepared for calls to action! This blog was also introduced to the membership. Daphne will send out the address to everyone so people can check in and contribute, if they wish. We then had a Show-and-Tell. Several people shared their crafting gifts.
I'll post some of the photos I took last night, but I have to set some criteria first.
If you have anything you would like to contribute to the discussion here, please let me know. I have to 'allow' you to publish first.
The Guild held its December meeting last night at Slater Mill. We had a little trouble getting in when the Mill people didn't hear us pounding on the door, but we got inside in time to beat the rains that poured the entire time we were meeting. Luckily, the rains stopped just before we left for the evening.
We had a great time at our Holiday Potluck supper. There was plenty of food to share, stories to tell and lots of camaraderie. Barbara's meat pie was a real hit with everyone, as was the stromboli. There was shrimp, veggies and dip, baked beans, chicken stir fry, cakes and cream puffs and much, much more. After supper, people got to pick gifts from a Secret Santa stash on the front table. Gifts ranged from books to supplies to fat quarters and gift certificates. Everyone walked away happy.
Business was handled quickly and easily. The Quilt Show for 2011 now has a full roster of committee chairs. Be prepared for calls to action! This blog was also introduced to the membership. Daphne will send out the address to everyone so people can check in and contribute, if they wish. We then had a Show-and-Tell. Several people shared their crafting gifts.
I'll post some of the photos I took last night, but I have to set some criteria first.
If you have anything you would like to contribute to the discussion here, please let me know. I have to 'allow' you to publish first.
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