ANNOUNCEMENTS
The July open sew is Sunday, July 22. This month we will be working on assembling our STEAMfest quilt blocks. Attendees are asked to help add sashing/frames around blocks that were made by the children who attended STEAMfest 2018. We will begin to assemble the quilts at the July open sew and continue with a community outreach sew day later in the fall.
The July block of the month is posted on the blog. As well as all past blocks. You can begin sewing along at any time. Join in on the fun!
The August evening meeting will kick off a series of monthly meetings on quilting with a presentation on Big Stitch Hand Quilting. Rebecca and Laura L. will present tools and materials they find useful for a successful big stitch quilt project, discuss how to decide on a quilting design, and mixing big stitch hand quilting with machine quilting.
JULY MEETING RECAP
We had a great turnout for our Christmas in July evening meeting. Our members gathered for an evening of socializing, ice cream treats, and a gift swap.
We began our meeting with social hour and chatted together about quilt projects, work, life, and holiday celebrations. For our gift exchange we played a simple trade/pass the gift game that left everyone with a random gift to open. We had many great gifts sewn by our members including, zipper pouches, clear pouches, fabric baskets, bags, and much more! Everyone enjoyed the relaxed socializing and fun game.
We also had our next Round Robin exchange, you can read about the Round Robin and see the center blocks here. We wrapped up the evening with show and tell of some great projects made by our members.
Join us for Open Sew on July 22. RSVP so you are guaranteed a spot for your sewing machine!
