May 2012 Meeting

We had a wonderful meeting once again. First we handled some business, our By Laws were reviewed and voted on. Then we elected a new board members. Our new board members are:
Secretary/Treasurer is now Marsha W.
President Elect is now Dianne G.
President is now Sandra H.
President Past is now Tina C.

Tina brought a wonderful cake to thank the members for her term as acting President. Isn't it beautiful!

Some of our wonderful ladies brought more pillowcases to be donated.

 We also had wonderful reports from some of the ladies who had either attended or volunteered at the Home Machine Quilting Show. We even had a lucky winner of a door prize!

 Some of our ladies shared their progress on our 2012 BOM.

 Dianne shared her block and quilt that was included in the newest version of Quilt Maker's 100 Blocks Magazine. Congratulations Diane!

We had some wonderful projects shared. Some were finishes and some were works in progress, all were inspiring!

 

April 2012 Meeting

 Our meeting was fun and interesting, as always! First some more of our generous ladies shared some pillowcases they are donating to some worthy causes.

There are also a couple of quilts being donated to help others. Thank you ladies so much!

Now on to block of the month. We had many great blocks shared this month.

 Some of our ladies showed us some of their works in progress.

There were also some wonderful finished projects shown.

 Our demo this month was on a block called Honeyberries from the book "40 Fabulous Quick-cut Quilts" by Evelyn Sloppy.
First cut an equal number of blue (or whatever color you want) and neutral strips. Cut the strips 2 1/2" x 8 1/2". Sew the strips into sets as shown below.

Layer two of the blocks together and draw a line from diagonally from corner to corner. Sew a scant 1/4" seam on either side of the line.

Cut between the two seams to form two blocks, one with the blue on the outside and one with neutrals on the outside.

Next cut 1/4" above the center intersection of the blocks, as shown below.

Mix up a bunch of the half blocks and sew together.

  Square up to 7 1/2". Now sew four of these blocks together to form the large block.