Septembers Notes:

We had a great meeting on the 17th.  We changed some things up and made some changes in the room.  

Here are some of the changes we will make to the changes.  Sorry ladies still no tables. 

I'll find out from the arena why the lighting isn't great. 

We will have a bigger stage. All presentations will be made on the stage so it will be easier for everyone to see.

Add more seating to the front row.

Change where you line up for show and tell.

Its important that you bring your own mug if you want coffee or tea.  Preferably with a lid!

Here's a pattern I found on Pinterest to carry your mug:

https://insewingtimes.blogspot.com/2020/05/diy-bottle-holder-bag-with-cell-phone.html

It's a bit of a struggle to get some of the new things up and running.  But believe me when I say I think you will love the new changes we are making as soon as you get used to them.  

Membership will all be done electronically now. After the first meeting you attend, Betsy and team will learn who you are and be ready to sign you in before you walk in the door! So each meeting we will be able to tell you how many came to the meeting and how many total members we have. 

But you will have to join to get that information. We will share with every member who comes to the Zoom  Sit and Chat the day after the meeting from 12 - 2.  All paid members will get an invite from Anita the morning of the zoom meeting.

Sorry about the delay in the special Projects notes:  Some of you may know I was sick and Poor Sue just can't do a single thing without me... LOL

But here's the thing.... I feel that the notes for anything with the guild need to be kept private and for paid members only so you won't see them here.   

Also, For 30 dollars a year  you will get a lot from the guild and you really don't even have to attend one meeting!!  If you are new you can go to our website https://napaneequiltguild.ca/join/ and you can e-transfer your $30.00 right into our bank acct.

The special project notes and patterns will all be designs by Sue and I. I will design on EQ8 and I think if you have EQ I can just share the patterns with you there if you like. I spend a lot of time on PINTEREST and have no problems spending time to draw up new patterns or do my own ideas. That's the stuff I love!  So the link to the notes will be sent to you through dropbox! YOU DO NOT NEED A DROP BOX ACCOUNT TO ACCESS THE NOTES. BUT YOU MUST BE A PAID MEMBER.

When we have special speakers, they often offer workshops and we will do them at a special rate for members.  I know we already have two planned for this guild year.  

Paid Members will have access to all zoom workshops and sewing times . Right now there are only two, but I am hoping to add more and record them so that everyone can join in on zoom, if I ever get that figured out.

And in the winter months, maybe you can join our meetings. I am working on learning how to set up zoom so you can watch the meeting, not including any speakers unless they agree, the meeting and the show and tell for sure! and we will share that recording for all paid members to watch.

I know... you are thinking I have big plans... Well I will be honest, I am a mover and a shaker.   I live by my Motto... don't stand still!

But I am happy to hear all suggestions and I love constructive criticism. It gives me something to do!

I'll be back.... next month!

Gail

 WOW!!!!

What happened to summer?

I can't believe its the third Tuesday and our guild meeting is in a few short hours...  I postponed the box top special project until October.  I realized almost too late that there was just too much going on in September but October looks like it might be a better month. And yes, you are correct, I am not finished my project.  hopefully I will have more time now to finish it for October.

Here is your special project for September.. 

I was inspired a few weeks ago by a pattern I saw at Wilton Creek Fabrics for a runner that looked like this one, but the pattern required a ruler I didn't have so I went to work on my EQ8 design program and created this runner for you!  

So I sent the project to my dear friend Sue Fiddes, and ofcourse she had to (GO BIG OR GO HOME). and its all paper pieced. 😒 But boy, do I have a surprise for her!!

32" table topper!

Runner

Here are the cutting instructions to make one block of this runner.  If you want to make the runner you will need 4 x the white cuts, and 4 x the coloured cuts.

Cutting Instructions for one block.

• White (instructions for one block):

• 3 x 1.5” strip by WOF

• Re-cut into 4 each - 6.1/2”, 5.1/2”, 4” ,3” ,1.2” pieces

• From  each of 4 Coloured fabrics cut:

• 2” strip by WOF

• re-cut into 5 1/2”, 4”, 3”, 1.1/2”

• 

  Placemat

  
  
• For placemat only you will need:

 2 -  6 1/2 by 2 1/4 of each of 4 fabrics

• For the runner only you will need
• 2 - 3 x 12 1/2 pieces of white for both ends
• and all your left overs cut into 2" strips, sewn together, cut into 3 inch wide units to sew on both sides of your runner

block for Sampler

There are many options for making this block.  You can make this 4 unit runner, one block that we can make into a sampler at the end of the year, a placemat for those of you who don't need another runner, or possibly even a mug mat.  Or if you just want to sew with us, any of these projects can be donated to the Quilt show.

I will be providing paper piecing patterns (from EQ8) next Monday here on the blog for two sizes of blocks.... 6 inch finished and 2 inch finished ( for the surprise).   I found I could make either in the same amount of time to be honest, but Sue may have lots to say about that. 

Next Wednesday, Sept 25/2024 We will have a zoom call and I will give a little instruction on making the 4 block unit. We will sew from 1 to 4. For more information on that, Anita sent a communication email on Sunday with all the information on how to join the zoom meeting.  You must be a paid member to attend. But you can join by simply going to our web page. We would love to have you as a member: https://napaneequiltguild.ca/join/

See you at the meeting tonight!