March Meeting

Club News:  The March meeting was held on Thursday, March 14th, with Meg hosting.  In attendance were Diane P., Sheila, Cyndi, Sharon, Sylvia, Marcia, Mary Ann, Debbie, and Meg. 

 

After snacking on some delicious goodies, we discussed the upcoming Shop Hop.  Sheila announced that she now has a job at Hancock's--every quilter's dream job! Sharon has received a grant that will entail a lot of travel.  Congratulations to both of you!

 

A report was given of the birthday party held earlier that day for Mozelle at Gabriella's in Prairie Grove.  The club presented her with a photo tree with photos of the club members, in recognition of the many meetings that she allowed the club to have at her home. You can see some of the tree at the right of the lower photo.

Meg announced that a TrueSharp Rotary Blade Sharpener has been purchased for the club, and is available for anyone to use at club meetings.  Bring your dull blades and leave with sharper ones!

 

Susan, Meg, Marcia, and Sylvia took 25 donation quilts to the Prairie Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center on February 21st and distributed them to residents selected by the Social Director, Ginger (shown above.)  The residents were all very appreciative.

Sharon will be hosting the April meeting instead of Susan.  Members are asked to bring their "orphan blocks" of any size or color.  We will sort them into groups to be made into donation quilts in May.

The Block of the Month for April is called "Little Boy's Breeches."  Ask Marcia if you want a copy of the pattern.  It is paper-pieced.

Birthday FQs were collected for Susan and Estela, neither of whom were in attendance, so you'll get them next time we see you, ladies!

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Show and Tell:

Sheila has been very busy crocheting and piecing quilts, all very lovely!

Sharon made the cutest little bunny Easter baskets and allowed Meg to make a pattern from them. She also made the blocks on her lap from the Block of the Month patterns Marcia has been sharing. The lower photo shows her pretty woven design block.  She is in the Easter spirit!

Debbie finished this extra-large King-sized quilt.  The corner blocks are really special.  Great colors, Debbie!

 

Meg finished several donation quilts, and the bottom photo shows a quilt made with gorgeous metallic batik fabrics.  She made this one for her loveseat that Salty sits on. She may be spoiling him.

Diane made a lovely red-and-white table runner, and the fresh pink and green baby quilt.  The bottom photo shows the quilt made of blocks turned in by club members several months ago, remember? It's really stunning!

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Program:

Meg's program was to teach us how to make a block called Disappearing 4-Patch or the 4-to-9 Patch. 

It starts with a large 4-patch (actually any size.) It is then cut apart and the center sections turned to mix up the colors.  Hard to explain, but easy to do. Meg provided a kit to each of us, and we all got down to business (except Marcia, who took photos and helped in the cutting process.)

Pretty nice results!  These will be made into donation quilts just the right size for a wheelchair or lap.

As you can see, if you didn't come to the meeting, you missed a great time!  We hope to see you next month!