Happenings at Quilt Guild Meeting Sept 9th

We had a great meeting on Sept 9th.  It was held at the Stake House on Center St. 

 First up was Show and Tell.  Arlene B finished this beautiful quilt.

 And what a cute bag!

 

And a cute apron was shown by Deb that she purchased.  It was a cute idea to make some for gifts.

 

 

 

And another quilt finished for Cathy

 And the back...

 

And a beautiful red and black and white quilt by Cathy

 

 

Then we had people share their favorite tool

Sue showed us a tool that helps with making a straight seam no matter what angle It is called Sew Straight by Quilt in a Day. Here is a picture of it

 

and a link if you want to read about it 

Sew Straight by Quilt in a day  Sue says to check out the stylus that is available to use with it.

 

Cathy also showed us a little purple sticky that helps to keep our seams at 1/4". It is called

Alicias Attic Qtools Sewing Edge purple 5 pc.  Here is a link to see more of it Alicias Attic Qtools Sewing Edge

 

 

Deb showed us an Electric Seam Ripper...here is a link to see more of it.  (not sure if it is the same brand) Electric Seam Ripper

And of course Arlene B.  brought more of the milk carton plastic to use as a finger presser.  They are a great free tool.  Check with Arlene if you didn't get one.

 

I apologize if I missed anyones favorite tool.

 

Sue W. showed us and shared patterns with us for the cute baby quilts that she has been making. 

This one is called Pinwheel Baby Quilt by Moda Bake Shop.  If you would like this pattern here is a link to the Free Moda pattern...Pinwheel Baby Quilt ( You can check out lots of free quilt patterns on the Moda Bake Shop website)

This next quilt is called Christopher baby quilt.  Click Here for a tutorial on how to make this quilt. 

 These are both fairly easy quilts to make and take very little time.  I love it when we find great fast and easy quilts to make.

 

Susan P  showed us samples of how she prints her labels on the computer.  Here are the various processes:

1.  If you want to use butcher paper and fabric, cut the paper and fabric to match a piece of printer paper.  8.5" x 11"  Iron the fabric to the waxy side of the butcher paper and feed into your printer( making sure which way your paper feeds...with my printer I put the fabric side down as the printer pulls the paper or cloth up and over to print on it.) Your printer may feed differently.  Some printers feed from the back and it goes straight through.  Using any program you have you can type what you want on your label and then print it on the fabric.  Peel the paper off before sewing onto your quilt.

 

2. Another process is using pre-prepared fabric sheets. Follow the directions that come with the paper.  South Fork Hardware will be carrying these fabric sheets.  The downside to this is they are a little pricey.  Check at South Fork and online for prices. 

Below is the handout she provided with ideas of quotes to put on quilt labels.

 

 

(Remember these handout pages can be printed by right clicking on the page and select print this page or save to your computer, then print.)

 

 



Here is a sample of one of her quilt labels:

And a cute poem to use:

Both of these were printed using the butcher paper method. One advantage to using your computer is you can use any font or color to make your labels.  If you have further questions you can call Susan at 435-253-2249.

 

 

 

We also discussed the day the meetings will be held on and have settled on the 2nd Monday of each month.  So our next meeting will be at the Library on October 12th at 11 am...(even tho that is Columbus day the library will let us use our room but no access to the bathrooms or kitchen.)

 

We enjoyed a wonderful spread of salads, breads and desserts provided by Cathy and Sue W.