The Independence Hall Quilt Guild will hold a 10:00 a.m. meeting on Monday, August 19, its first since mid-June. It will be noisy in the Hall. Catching up with friends, turning in items made over the summer after showing them off during “Sew N’ Tell.”
Plan to attend the Comfort Quilt Workshop(s). Sign up for the September 23rd class on Cathedral Windows, taught by member Carol Wychopen.
Are you working on an entry for the Quilt Faire? Turn in your application and photo to Dana Osterlund. The deadline has been moved to September 16th.
Tip: the “Free Table” could be stuffed full of goodies after members clean out their stashes over the summer…
See you Monday!
Tag: workshop
A Boutique Workshop
I spent today in our large side room we use for classes and workshops. We lug our sewing machines & supplies, set up our work areas, and work on projects for our Quilt Faire Boutique. Today was a free-for-all, meaning that whoever had “kits” to share brought them.
Linda made several “chicken kits” and one was on each table. “Everyone must make a chicken first thing this morning! It will take 5 minutes,” she said. Reading the instruction sheet caused several of us to panic. The instructions and diagrams were so complicated. The chickens were not complicated at all, and Linda walked us through the entire process. My chicken took 10 minutes to make, and I am the slowest one here. It was amazing.
When you finished a chicken, you passed it on to Karen. Karen was filling the chicks with crushed walnut shells to complete the pin-cushion chickens. Some gals kept making chickens. I chose to try a new thing this time – a table runner. I brought bunny kits to share because I was tired of making those. Two of our newest members (Liz and Lori) took kits and made some bunnies. I am so thrilled! Like I said, I am tired of making them.

The left front of the table has a few un-stuffed chickens. On the right side sit the smiling bunnies. Below them is a bin filled with bunny kits. The Bunnies sit at the table, showing off their cuteness, trying to entice more quilters to take a kit.




Candy makes table runners look easy.
They are not. She has made a bazillion of them.
Things go much slower when you have made zero.
Ha.

The Next Workshop May 16th –> Cord Bowls and Project Keepers