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Our first In-Town local Quilting Retreat was held on Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th at the Kinburn Community Centre. Lucy Shorey, our program director, organized this as an opportunity for members to gather and sew together for longer than a few hours in a nearby location. The space was perfect with three tables for each group and a full kitchen. With 19 people attending, it was a busy, buzzing hive of activity! Despite the rainy start, there was lots of energy as a whole lot of material and patterns were brought in, sewing machines, two ironing surfaces, four irons, donated food and the fun began!                       Our delicious meals were lunch and supper on Friday, and lunch again on Saturday. The delicious lunch on Friday was thanks to soups made by Anne and Jacquie, and the sandwiches were made by Nancy and Joyce. Snacks and delicious desserts were shared as well. Friday night, Carp pizza arrived hot and yummy! Saturday lunch was a home made chicken Caesar salad made by Lucy.    We got a chance to share ideas around quilts that were being made, and some finished there. Some particular quilts of interest were Marilyn‘s quilt, that she has had in her UFOs for a while and it’s about to be for her bed. Renee brought fabulous Tula Pink patterns with 41 colours in it. She just started it and we can’t wait to see what that looks like completed.   Emma also completed a project she has had as a UFO for a while.  Gwen’s green and blue quilt was amazing.   Gwen  Johanne  Annie made a unicorn crib size quilt for her granddaughter that she made start to finish. We are excited to see Linda’s animal baby quilt finished, and Georgene’s One Block Wonder quilt.  Betty and Georgene  Early Saturday morning keener group arrivals: Martha, Georgene, Linda It was so much fun to be able to share ideas, sew together, with lots of laughing, and even singing. Everyone went home happy and the sun came out too! Thanks so much for organizing this Lucy. I know there will be more to come!
-- Martha Palmer  On Saturday, March 15th, 14 members of our Arnprior & District Quilt Guild gathered to attend the Urban Runners using the Quick Curve Ruler workshop given by Katrina Kahn. The workshop and location, arranged by Lucy Shorey, our program coordinator, was located in the gathering room of the Arnprior library. The room, spacious for 14 people, included tables and bright windows. We all paired up in twos and set ourselves up for learning with Katrina in the center. Katrina, an experienced quilting teacher, was well prepared with a list of materials needed, including pre-cut instructions for creating the Urban Runner by Sew Kind of Wonderful. She not only knows the pattern really well, but she also is very familiar with the language and writing style of the pattern designer. She was able to guide us through the step-by-step instructions very clearly; one of the most memorable reminders to us was ‘use each sentence like a bullet statement’. The many steps were broken down clearly and understood by all of us. Using the curved ruler on the precut pieces was our first big task of the class. Seeing the benefits of the ruler helped us begin to appreciate the multi-use design. It has a beautiful guided curve and allows for some additional “oops” areas. We cut and completed at least four sections of our urban runner under Katrina‘s careful guidance and tutelage, and everybody was very happy with their results. Katrina also brought a number of the quilts that she had used from this pattern and the Sew Kind of Wonderful curved ruler designs, which were extensive in both design and colour. They were an inspiration to us all. We very much appreciated Katrina‘s skills, patience, humour and dedication to creative quilting. -- Martha Palmer     |
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