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September 2022 Meeting Highlights

9/30/2022

 
We kicked off our guild year with an exciting in person meeting! It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces, some brand new ones, and some we were meeting in person for the first time (not just on Zoom.) 

Paul Léger Trunk Show
Our meeting started with an informative and entertaining trunk show by our guest Paul Léger. He focused on the last six years, the period since his previous visit to our guild in September 2016. 
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Paul started by showing us his first ever quilt while he shared his story summarized by his promotional bio:
"Paul lives in Ottawa, where he retired after working for the federal government for over 16 years after spending 21 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. He began quilting in May 1990. His mother, a quilter and dressmaker, had encouraged him to buy a sewing machine “for sewing emergencies”. One day, he remembered in the "old days" people would use clothing to make bed quilts. 31 years later and over 250 quilts to his credit, Paul has never looked back. In retirement life, Paul’s quilting has taken on another life. He doesn’t quilt any more or any less but now he also teaches, make presentations as well as contribute to magazines and blogs."
This quilt was made from his work shirts.
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The themes of learning new techniques, and challenging himself beyond his comfort zone, as well as his amazing creativity were evident throughout Paul's presentation. Great lessons for all of us!
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Refer to Paul's web site for more information about him and his works, and for access to his Facebook page.
And to our blog for a recap of Paul's previous visit in September 2016.

Our Quilt Show
Our long awaited quilt show is scheduled for April 29-30 2023. Vickie updated us on the activities already undertaken by the quilt show committee, along with an invitation to join that planning group.

We also got a look at the stunning quilt that will be raffled off to a lucky winner at the show. Members were invited to pick up raffle tickets from Rennie at the meeting. All funds generated from the raffle quilt are used for future charity projects. It's a very important fund raiser for our guild and all members are encouraged to sell tickets.
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​The blocks were made in the fall of 2019 for our "Blue Block Party Challenge", and displayed at our January 2020 meeting. For this challenge we were provided with a kit of the white and 2 blue fabrics, to which we could optionally add other fabrics and make a 12 1/2" block. The quilt top was assembled in 2020 by former Programs chair Joyce and her team. There are many more blocks for another quilt or quilts.

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Raffle Quilt

Activities
We were introduced to the variety of interesting projects being offered to our members this year. All are scheduled to result in finished projects in time for our quilt show on April 29-30.  We were encouraged to participate in as many of these projects as we'd like, and there's something for every level of experience and expertise, from beginner to expert. And they are great opportunities to try something new, and to contribute to our guild's charitable endeavours. 
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​Click/taps the links for more information about each activity.
  • Charity Jelly Roll Quilt - Joyce and her talented team showed us 3 beautiful sample quilts (made by Jackie). Prepackaged kits of fabric were available at the meeting and more are available.
  • Block of the Month - Emma and Mary brought along samples of the August and September blocks.  All made of half square triangles, these blocks are a great opportunity to practice our precision piecing.
  • Mystery Quilt - Emma and Mary introduced this project and the first instructions were available on the web site after the meeting.
  • Challenge  - Emma and Mary challenged us to make any small item from the fabric left over from the Mystery Quilt
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Jelly Roll Quilt

The meeting included a fun show-and-tell.  Click/tap the link for photos of the quilts, taken by our guild photographer Emma.

Our meeting wrapped up with our draws and as usual, some happy winners!
50-50 draw:  $55 for Nancy H
Gift Basket:  Tina M
Guess the number of pages in the library book:  Julie C
Door Prizes: Georgene and Frank both went home with $20 gift certificates for Sew Inspired
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-- Janet Brownlee,  Communications

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