We had a great night drinking beer at Storm Stayed Brewery, while working on some handwork.  As usual there was some EPP hand sewing and of course socks knitting.
​We also snacked on pretzels and a cheese board and a few glasses of delicious beer!

Our next night out is Thursday October 25th at 6pm.  We will be joining forces with Knit Stitch this night, so even more knitting to be had!  Come join us, everyone is welcome and bring a friend.
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Come stop by and see our member quilts on display and ask any questions you have about our guild, hope to see you on Saturday!

There were lots of new faces at our August meeting as members of the Ancaster Group came to exchange quilts with our members. Just look at these beautiful quilts!

Kristen talked about our Fall 2019 Quilt Show to be held at Grosvenor Lodge.  She passed around a sample of the postcards that have been printed for promotion purposes (they look fabulous!!!). Fabrics are still available for our Contest-Black and White plus One.  If you wish to enter, pick up fabrics from Kristen at our next meeting.  Registration for all quilts is due in April --but the actual quilt is not needed until closer to the fall.There is also additional display room for quilts of various sizes, outside of our contest.  

Linda brought us up to date on all things MQG. She talked about a great Graffiti Quilting Webinar available on the MQG website--access with your local membership. And any Quilt-Con magazine submissions are due by September 17.

The Ancaster Guild invited us to a September 5 workshop they are hosting with Paul Leger.  His workshop is titled More Patchwork Illusions​ and he will also have a Trunk Show. Register by contacting them directly.

We had another wonderful Show and Share featuring our Guild quilters.  

Enjoy the remainder of your Summer and see you in September!

Please join us for Stitch in the Park - Wednesday August 8 at 6 pm
Bring your hand stitching, knitting, binding.  Join us at Victoria Park - meet at the bandshell and bring your chair and a bite to eat!

Everyone is welcome - cross your fingers for sunny skies!!

Our guild is having a fabric challenge!
Our members will be making mini quilts for the theme of Black and White plus One Colour and these quilts will be hanging at our 5th Anniversary Quilt Show in 2019.
Thank you to Northcott Fabrics for generously donating the fabrics, we can't wait to see the creative designs our members come up with! 

Next Meeting : Saturday, June 9, 2018.

Noon: Doors open at Noon at the Boyle Community Centre.

12:00-12:30: Check in, set ups browse the library, etc. 
Check in with Bonnie at the front membership table.

12:30:  Meeting begins.

AGENDA

Guild Business (Kristyn)
Ancaster Mini Quilt Swap-due at July Meeting
Quilt Show Updates (September 7 & 8, 2019
Northcott Fabric Challenge

​MQG Updates (Linda M)

​Other Quilting Upates
Show and Share-Show us your latest creations

Program: All about Binding and Finishing
Sewing binding to a quilt-Sheila
Bias Binding-Linda M.
Facing instead of binding-Pat
Marti Mitchell tool for binding-Linda H.
Making a sleeve-Kristyn
Making a label-Lyndsey (Custom labels will be given out at this meeting for members)

Sew-in until 5:00 pm

My apologies for the delay - this weather has me knee deep in the garden planting and weeding... summer is here finally!

A good turnout for the May meeting - a number of Bronco quilts, tops and blocks were handed in to be shipped to Humboldt.  Thanks to all who contributed to this good cause.

A reminder we are looking for Quilt Show committee volunteers - show is scheduled for the Sept 7-8 weekend in 2019. If interested please speak to Kristyn.
​An advance look at how it will look - Kristyn and Dan spent an afternoon dressing the Lodge up! Looks amazing!


Teaching Demonstrations:
A big thank you to our members who demonstrated these techniques and gave us many helpful hints!

 Basting Tutorial
Hand Quilting - Long Stitches/ Embroidery Thread
Self Threading Needles
Machine Quilting Techniques
How to Doodle!

Check out our Facebook page for some links to more tutorials on these topics.....

Upcoming Quilt Festivals
​Feast for the Eye - Sarnia  June1-2, 2018   quilt-show-2018
​Quilts on the Grand - Guelph June 8-9, 2018 quilts-grand-2018
Chatham Quilt Show (Part of International Plowing Match)  August 17-18, 2018
 2018 I.P.M. Quilt Show – Chatham-Kent Quilters’ Guild