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MQG Visit to Cotton Mill Quilters, Fredericton

Betty's '30 Something' - workshop on 3rd Nov - can't wait!

 

Bev's Stunning Oriental French Braid 

very pretty B&W with spot-colours

Carolyn & Betty

Liz & Cecile hard at work!

Christal & Carolyn

Christal's Snippets

Cute idea to make everyone smile!!

Fall theme - interesting use of large print...very striking

Great opportunity to socialise!

very pretty quilt!

Phyllis & Jean - now there's double trouble!

Geraldine's lovely Landscape...

Gorgeous Kimono Quilt

Liz's French Braid in Purple

Liz's Tinners!!

...keep collecting those selvedges...

Maureen & Mary

some of the ladies having fun and working too!

Peggy showing a selvedge purse

very pretty tote!

definitely 'less is more'...lovely!

not quite sure how to describe this one! 'Pushing the envelope' perhaps?

I'm sure this looks stunning close up - wow!

BOM Quilt - you have been warned - its heading to  MQG!

lovely mix of colours, great pattern!

Mary & Ursula - Happy Birthday Ursula!!

everyone should have one of these to snuggle under!

MYSTERY RUNNER - STEPS 2 & 3

Mystery Runner:  step 2, cutting your fabrics

 (WOF means width of fabric)

Light background fabric:  cut 12 – 5” squares and cut them in half diagonally to make triangles,  total 24 triangles

Light accent fabric:  if using ¼ meter x WOF, cut 2 – 4 ½” by WOF strips and subcut them into 24 – 2” x 4 ½ “ rectangles

(If using a fat quarter, cut 3 strips of 4 ½ “ x width of the fat quarter. Subcut these strips into 24 – 2” x 4 ½ “ rectangles.)

Medium colour: cut 6 – 6” squares and cut them in half diagonally to make triangles, total 12 triangles…also cut 3 – 3 1/2 “ squares

Dark Accent:  cut 4 – 1 ½ “ by WOF strips…set aside 2 of these strips until later.

Cut the other 2 strips into 2 – 1 ½ “ by 13 ½ “ strips and 2 – 1 ½ x 11 ½ strips.

Also cut 1 – 4 ½ “ by WOF strip and cut it into 12 – 2 1/2 “ x 4 ½” rectangles

Border: cut 3 – 2 1/2” by WOF strips, snip one of them in half to make 2 shorter strips, each 2 ½” by about 22” long…note: if you wish a wider border, cut it to the width you wish or wait til step 7 when we will be putting the border on to decide.

I use baggies to keep the pieces separate and put them all in a larger project container or bag so I don’t misplace them…

Package these cut up items appropriately and await your next instructions...  and remember, measure twice, cut once!! 

Mystery Runner – Step 3

Find the Light accent 2” x 4 ½” strips and your dark accent 2 ½ x 4 ½” strips.  

There should be 24 light accent rectangles and 12 dark accent rectangles

Lay one of the light accent strips right side up on your table…fold a dark accent strip lengthwise wrong sides together, and place it down on the light strip along the right side (as opposed to left) of the strip…you are layering the strips to be sewn together…to complete the layer, put another light accent strip face down, wrong side up, on the top of the dark strip…we are going to pin and sew along the right edge of the layers so that they are sewn, light accent strip, folded dark strip and light accent strip. There are actually 4 layers sewn here because the dark strip has 2 layers going into the seam.

¼ inch seam.

You can sew all the light and dark together in this manner, and the fun begins with pressing…

Press the seams open on the back of the piece so you have 2 layers on each side of the sewn seam, making sure the folded dark accent on the right side is pressed to one side…then turn the piece over and open the folded dark accent so it is centered over the seam and press again from the right side of the piece

It will look like the dark strip is narrower than the 2 light pieces to each side of it, and the dark strip edges are not fastened down, they are folded.

Each unit should measure 3 ½” wide by 4 ½” tall…they are not square.

Put them away carefully and await further instructions…

Info for Guild Meeting 16th October 2012

Tomorrow night is Show & Tell, with viewing of the quilts and projects afterwards on the tables at the back. We are going to have the 1^st night of Secret Santa, a 50/50 draw as usual, plus Step 3 of the Mystery Runner! You can bring your own project to work on too! There are no  demos tomorrow night (phew!), no fat quarter or block lotteries this week either- but they will all be back imminently! The dining room will have the Guild Library books available, its currently an under-used, but useful resource that we could make more use of.

Message from Betty D:

A reminder to those ladies participating in the Secret Santa project that if you plan to bring a gift to the person whose name you picked last week, you MUST put it in the brown paper bag you received. Put the name of your "chosen one" on the bag. (Try not to let anyone see the name. You can even put the name on the top and fold the bag down so no one will see it.) Betty Doyle will have a container to collect the bags when you come in. There were several participants not present last week and did not get to pick a partner. If you are one of them you will be able to pick tomorrow night. You can have a gift ready to put in the bag for your chosen one or wait and give a couple next week??? It is not necessary to give a gift every week. You can opt to wait for two weeks and give a gift of greater value or two small ones. Remember no more than $5 value for each!!! If you can't make it to the guild every week don't send your bag by another. It's better to wait til you can make it and bring it yourself. Have fun with this!  

luv Betty

Another reminder is that there will be a workshop in early December for Victoria's Quilts, sounds like they are in REAL need of assistance, I will check the date with the Programme Committee and update you accordingly.

UFOs...lists to Maureen by the Yard-Sale meeting on 30th October if you want to participate...I have my list ready, and it will no doubt be the same list that I submit next year too...must try harder!!

Link for the Blog is http://miramichi-guild.blogspot.ca/

Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miramichi-Quilt-Guild/284644804897199?bookmark_t=page 

Finally, a forwarded message from Jackie White, CQA\ACC via Betty Doyle:

Thank you so much for your guild's website address, it is now added to our guild roll on the CQA/ACC  blog at

http://www.canadianquilter.com/events/pin-cushion-challenge.php/

We would love it if as many of you would hit that 'follow' button and sign up to show your support and enjoy the fun ride.  One of my goals is to see our blog reach 100 followers by December 31st, 2012.Please encourage anyone who likes winning fabric/patterns  (they don't have to be a guild member) to join our pin cushion challenge!  
http://www.canadianquilter.com/events/pin-cushion-challenge.php
If there is anything you or your guild would like highlighted on our blog, or any ideas, please drop me an email!
Sincerely,
Jackie White,  CQA/ACC Director at Large

See you all tomorrow evening!

Gill

October Programme - UPDATED

Tuesday 9th October

7:00pm Demo on batting types and uses with Cynthia Mitro-Richardson

7:15pm Gill Wallace will show and explain how to make the Spooky Ghost Wall Hanging, directions will be available to copy for anyone who wants to try it on their own.

7:30pm  Meeting Night - Maureen English would like your lists of UFO projects that you HOPE to finish this year.

Following the meeting Liz Lewis will give us Step 2 of the Mystery Runner project (cutting the fabric, getting it organized, etc.)

Secret Santa selection draw - your buddy will be allocated, anyone absent will have their buddy assigned and sealed in an envelope (the name, not the actual person!)

Bring your own work (BYOW)

There will be tickets on sale for the Ways & Means and Tea\treats as usual.

Tuesday 16th October 

Show and Tell Night. 

*Possibly another demo\'how-to'.

In order to show your projects, then display them for everyone to admire, it was suggested that we move the chairs up in a semi-circle so all can see, then we can lay items on the tables at the back for a close-up view - similar to what happened when the Bathurst ladies brought their quilts to show.

Mystery Runner Step - 3

BYOW

Tuesday 23rd October  

Flying Geese - Liz Lewis

Two-coloured Prairie Points - Jean Williston

Mystery Runner - Step 4

BYOW

Tuesday 30th October     

'Spooktacular' Halloween Eve Yard Sale - no early bird shopping - usual rules apply!

Mystery Runner - Step 5

BYOW

Did you notice that there were fewer items as the month wore on?? There are lots of ideas….place mats for Halloween or Christmas. The Charm Squares that we exchanged in June to be used up somehow by Christmas. Jean has a nice candle hanging for Christmas using the twin needle - we have so many ideas - where will we find the time to do everything! We will fill in the 'gaps' in the schedule soon! 

I had intended doing a 'mystery craft' this week, however, we have a packed programme so I'm emailing the link to you instead - its a Fun Fall Pumpkin that can be made quickly, could be fun for children to make, and equally fun for adults.

Here is the link http://www.scatteredthoughtsofacraftymom.com/2012/09/howtomakeafabricpumpkin.html 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Weekend, we have much to be thankful for, especially the 3-Effs - friendship, family, fabric! Don't gobble too much turkey, or too much Pumpkin Pie, we need to see you all raring to go on Tuesday night, lots to do and not-a-lot-of-time to do it!

Have a great weekend ladies.

Gill

MYSTERY RUNNER - STEP 1

We had mentioned STEP 2 of the MYSTERY RUNNER to be shown by Liz Lewis at Tuesday night's meeting, but first you need STEP 1...

STEP 1 – CHOOSE YOUR FABRIC

*You should use the same fabric for backing as for the outside border, no binding needed unless you want to do a binding…

Light background :  1/4 meter or 1 fat quarter

Light accent, a little darker than your light background and a different colour, too: 1/4 m or 1 Fat quarter

Medium colour, one of your feature fabrics:  1/4 m or 1 fat quarter

Dark accent, another feature fabric but preferably a subtle tone on tone: 1/4 m by width of fabric (wof) need the length for long pieces

Border: ¼ m can be the same as either of your lights or your medium but NOT the same as your dark accent

Backing:  if your fabric is at least 43” wide, you’ll need ½ m, if less than 43” wide, you’ll need 1 ¼ m

Batting: 43” x 19” piece, fusible batting if possible

Binding (optional) ¼ m

For a scrappy version:

Light background: 12 – 5” squares preferably within the same color family (for example, all beiges)

Light accent, a little darker than your light background and a different colour: 24-2”x4 1/2 “ strips, all in the same color family, for example, all pinks)

Medium (one of your feature fabrics)  6 – 6” squares plus 3 = 3 ½ squares in another color family, for example, green)

Dark Accent/Border/Backing/Batting/Optional binding are same as above

Fall 2012 News

Hello Ladies!
Firstly, I'd like to thank Christel Frischmuth for all her hard work setting up this blog, sadly, Christel won't be with MQG this year, but we wish her well, and Happy Quilting - Auf wiedersehen Christel!

The Committee is in place now for the next term, list to follow soon...

I'll be co-ordinating\maintaining\trying-not-to-make-a-hash-of the Blog\Facebook Page\email notifications for this year. Many thanks to Dianne Woods for her email efforts over recent years - and hope you're back with us soon!

IMPORTANT INFO FOLLOWS!

This is a reminder that anyone who wants to enter into the 'Secret Santa' event only has until the meeting tomorrow night to sign up!

Additionally, Quilting 101 begins tomorrow night with Betty Doyle. You will be shown what you need to get started on a quilt. The blocks for this quilt will be displayed and you will have a chance to try your hand at cutting using a rotary cutter, and if there's time you may try sewing strips. Handouts will be available for those who want them. Also, those ladies who expressed an interest in the 'Thirty Something' workshop: the signup sheet will be available and Betty will have the finished quilt on display!

We also want to remind people of the Fat Quarter Lottery - this week is Halloween colours\fabrics, last time 2 lucky ladies won a nice bundle of fat quarters each!

I also have a little 'fall mystery' task for anyone who feels 'crafty' at next week's meeting - more information tomorrow, but I will warn you to save a couple of old Sobey\Co-op plastic carrier bags as a precaution ...
A couple of ladies expressed interest in the Batik Ghost wall hanging that's in the Keepsake Quilting Catalogue, in the absence of a pattern I have cobbled-together my own version of the pattern. It only uses 2 fat quarters (could be prints instead of batiks) and a few scraps, and even given my sloth-like work rate I had it appliqued in a few hours. I'm hoping to have it in some sort of semi-finished state by the meeting tomorrow - if anyone wants to copy the pattern I've done, they're more than welcome.

We'll also be aiming to try the Halloween placemats pattern, like the examples Jacqui Stephens showed us, before Halloween - the pattern would be equally good in Christmas colours for the festive season.

Busy little bees we'll be this Fall ! See you all tomorrow.
Gill Wallace