Keswick Ridge Quilters: March meeting!

Happy March! As the snow starts to melt and winter begins to lessen her grip on us - things just feel a bit lighter and happier don't you think?

I hope you spent a day doing all things quilting on International Quilting day - March 18!

I did not make the meeting this month as I had a terrible cold- and though I was taught to share - I felt I should keep this to myself :)

Thank you to Andrea R and Carlinda D for their assistance - I've said it once and I'll say it again - it takes a village to keep a guild going! Andrea took photos and Carlinda wrote the notes! Thank you ladies - I am grateful!

Enough chitter chatter! Here we go!

Heather: At our last meeting, Susan Jones had a small bag of selvages that were in the library cabinet. Heather decided she would turn these selvages into a zippered bag. The strips of selvage makes the bag full of color. Heather suggested if you try making one of these bags to leave some extra fabric on the ends. She also shared her pool side splash bag with a zipper. She demonstrated how you could put your phone in the bag and still be able to use it. The plastic she used for this bag was purchased from Home Hardware. This bag is for a friend going south.

Jodi: Jodi attended the post card workshop presented by Diane Strong. She made two cards and thought she’d like them to be more like a Hallmark card. One she had for show and tell while the other one was sent to her daughter with her birthday parcel. Jodi said these are nice small projects to do when you need a break from a big project. Way to make it your own, Jodi!

Jodi shared with us a gadget that she uses for her embroidery. She said there is never enough light, or it seems that way, but this neat around your neck light from Amazon does the trick.

Amal: Amal continues to amaze us with her quilting skills. She used two sunflower panels for this quilt top. The purple fabric on the outside border was purchased because she liked the fabric, I think we can all relate to that, and the inside border fabric she had in her stash. She used her walking foot to quilt this lovely piece and fabric for the backing that she bought many metres of from Fabricville. Stunning sunflowers Amal!

Ruth: Ruth is thinking of Easter with this cute little bunny pillow. She always incorporates lots of texture into her projects, and this one is no exception. I hope the Easter bunny leaves you fabric instead of eggs this year.

Pat: Pat decided she needed to do something about her pile of strips, so she made this lovely and colourful quilt top. Pink for the borders blended nicely with the small pink flowers on the backing. This quilt is for a family member who will be graduating soon. Pat hand quilts all of her quilts and makes sure there is one on the go at all times. It is a great activity to make the winter go by faster.

Christa: Christa shared her Christmas tree wall hanging from Elaine‘s workshop in November last year. Christa‘s shades of blue in the Christmas tree were appliquéd by hand as well as quilted by hand.

Christa shared her secret to how she gets her wall hangings to hang straight. She uses a flat steel bar, 1/8 inch by 1 inch, width as needed. See attached. You can get these any length, any width; you can cut it with a hack saw, or let the store cut it for you. In a smaller quilted piece, one would use a smaller weight, e.g., 1/8 inch by 1/2 inch by width of project.

Diane: Diane shared with us one of her many postcards. They are truly the ideal small project to have on hand for the times you want to spend in the sewing room, but don’t have the energy or focus for a big project. Thank you Diane for sharing your talents at your workshop last month.