Lake Norman Quilters

Just a quick reminder to members that your first challenge of the year (pincushions!) are due at the upcoming May 24th meeting. I can’t wait to see how everyone interpreted this challenge. And if you’re inclined to bring extras to donate to our fall sales event, that would be great.

This meeting will be a social event. We’ll be playing “Quilters Strip Poker” with 2-1/2″ fabric strips. Each member is requested to bring 10 strips.

Looking forward to an enjoyable evening of quilts, camaraderie, and fun! See you at the meeting!

Judy W

September 28 Meeting
Our guest speaker this month is one of our favorite members: Rene Crowder.
She will be doing a trunk show and talk about her workshop coming up on October

2. Sign-up and supply list sheets are available at the sign in table. The cost of the
   class is $25.00 (payable at the meeting). A list of supplies is also included in this
   announcement. We hope everyone gets a chance to attend the workshop and have
   a fun day!!!
   Supply List for 4 Patch/Double Triple Quilt
   Saturday, October 2
   Fabric Requirements:
   7 cream/white fat quarters
   60 dark/medium fat quarters
   Cutting Instructions:
   Cream/white FQ: Cut each one into 1 1/2″ strips
   For each of Dark/Medium FQ:
   Cut one (1) 1 1/2″ strip
   Cut one (1) 2 1/2″ strip; sub cut into 2 1/2″ squares
   Cut three (3) 4 1/2″ strips; sub cut into 4 1/2″ squares
   This will be more than you need but gives you more choices and seeds for the next
   quilt. You can also use scraps making sure you have pairs.
   If you cannot attend the meeting and would like to come to the workshop please
   notify Annette Rogers at granmangel@yahoo.com

October 26 Meeting
Our program for the October meeting will be our auction as we did last year. We
had so much fun we decided to do it again!
We will need members to donate new or gently used supplies for our auction.
Also, bring a friend!!!
We will fat quarters again as our currency but with a twist:
Single fat quarter
1/2 yard of fabric (to be counted as 2 fat quarters)
1 full yard of fabric (to be counted as 4 fat quarters)
So let’s get cleaning out those quilting rooms & declutter!!!

We had a wonderful Presentation about coloring on fabric Given to us by Carol Harris who is a member of the Cabarrus Quilt guild, we even had some fabric we could try out her techniques on our own. We used Crayons and colored pencils – no reason to buy super expensive ones. It was a really fun meeting and we learned how to add a little pizazz to our pieces useing easy to attain items.

Thanks Carol for a wonderful presentation!

Next Month we have Cindy From Quilters Gallery coming to do a trunk show and a workshop on Saturday which should be great as always!

Marcia

After many Months of meeting Via Zoom and connecting through Facebook and online we had our first in Person meeting since early 2020 It was so nice to have a program with:

Pam Carter, owner of Just Sew Happy quilt shop
Just Sew Happy
3826 S. New Hope Road
Suite 7
Gastonia, SC 28056
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm Closed Sunday &Monday

I was a lovely informative program showing some of the wonderful quilting tools she sells at her shop – I have not had time to visit yet but am looking forward to a visit.

It was wonderful to see everyone whom I have not seen in months and we had a great visiting time and some wonderful quilts shown during Show n Tell – Pictures have been posted on our Facebook page of all the show n tell including a huge group shot of everyone’s center bock for the round robin we are doing this year. It was just so wonderful to meet in person again!

Marcia

We’ve all been waiting for a return to in-person meetings and they’re coming soon! Currently the plan is to return to in-person meetings in May at our normal location. We may be able (weather depending) on having an April in person meeting. We’re discussing doing a parking lot meeting, but that is not yet finalized.

In the meantime, we are still doing our zoom meetings, Jill our President sends out the e-mail invite to guild members in the week before the meeting so you have your log in information.

And we have our Facebook page Lake Norman Quilters where we post and keep connected as well.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone IN PERSON later this spring and returning to meetings!!!!!!

In the meantime, keep quilting, let’s have LOTS of Show and Tell when we get back together!

Judy W

What a year it’s been. I’m sure by now that we’re all missing our monthly guild meetings. Since I wasn’t able to attend the February meeting, it seems like forever to me!

But rest assured, your Executive Board is working on a way to keep us connected during these times.

We do have our Facebook group for those on facebook. (Lake Norman Quilters).

In an email to the guild earlier, it was mentioned that we could connect via Zoom meetings. If you’re interested in that, contact Marian.

The guild has also discussed socially distant parking lot get togethers in the lower parking lot of the church we use for meetings. We’ll keep you posted on that.

We are in search of a newsletter editor, contact Jill if you’re interested. Currently we use a specific software for the newsletter, but if you have a software you prefer (I use Word and save as PDF when I publish stuff) there is no requirement you use the software the prior editor used.

In projects, we still have our 2020 Finish It Up challenge. I plan to accept entries through June 30, 2020 so e-mail me your finishes. Also our Paint Chip Challenge is still on with a fall deadline. I can’t wait to see everyone’s!

But most importantly, stay safe! We (speaking on behalf of the executive board) miss seeing everyone’s smiling faces and what we’re all working on.

Happy Sewing,

Judy Whitehead