Sunday, May 23, 2010

May 22 gathering

At the May gathering, there were 14 members present (Carol, Joann, Narda, Rosanne, Alora, Gloria, Cynthia, Evelyn, LaQuita, Cherry, Elizabeth, Bobbie, Joyce, and Laurel).

Agenda:
  • Blank membership cards were given to the Treasurer, who will have them ready for our next gathering.
  • We discussed next month's road trip to the quilt show on the York, PA fairgrounds. Afterwards, we will get something to eat.
  • We continued our ongoing discussion of making a quilt show in February a reality.
  • We agreed to participate in an event in November by creating a group sampler quilt. We will each complete a block. The colors will be "autumn"--gold, brown, orange, burgundy, forest or hunter green, and navy. Carol and Evelyn will chose four light/neutral background fabrics, for the sake of continuity and visual uniformity. The block will be 12" finished (12.5" unfinished). Bring your completed block to the July gathering. Wash your fabric first!
Block
To be Completed By
Wagon Wheel
Cherry
Bow Tie
Roseanne
Log Cabin
Saundra
Crossroads
Alora
Drunkard's Path
Narda
North Star
Evelyn
Birds in the Air
Vivian
Basket
Bobbie
Sailboat
Cynthia
Shoofly
Elizabeth
Flying Geese
Gloria
Drinking Gourd
Joann
Underground RR
Joyce
Bear Paw
Carol
Monkey Wrench
Adrienne
Simple Monkey Wrench
Laurel
  • We brainstormed about ways to increase our membership thru recruitment; one idea was to contact local churches.
  • In our educational segment, Joyce demonstrated paper piecing.
  • This is the month that we are to complete our log cabin block in our Underground Railroad sampler quilt. Some of us brought our completed blocks to the meeting, others brought the fabrics. The Jacob's Ladder block should be completed in June.
  • We had a Show and Tell of our quilts.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Kyra Hicks



I got a really nice email from Kyra Hicks, noted African American quilter, author, and historian! She stopped by our blog and wished us well; isn't that wonderful?!!

She wrote a book last year about Harriet Powers and her infamous Bible Quilts. If we are interested in purchasing autographed copies from her, she sent me an order form, so let me know. In the meantime, stop by her blog, which I've linked in our sidebar to the right.