Arnprior & District Quilters' Guild Newsletter - December 2023
President's Message
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Hi everyone,
Annie and I want to wish each and every one of you best wishes for the holidays. Can’t believe another festive season has arrived so quickly. Of course many of you will have made lots of Christmas gifts. I mean to do more every year and once again have put off til next year several gifts that have been made for me. I mean how much JOY can I spread. Anyone doing Tinners with a Christmas theme will get this joke. I always have lots of projects in the planning stage. Too many! We are really looking forward to the Christmas pot luck. My favourite kind of meal. I was really pleased at the response to last months “sew day”. The “iron challenge” has been in my basement since I was part of the program committee –before Covid. So, best of everything for 2024. -- Joyce Murray, Co-President |
Anne and Joyce December 2022
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December Guild Meeting
When? We hope you'll join us on Wednesday December 13 for our Holiday Potluck Party meeting. The meeting begins at 7 PM with doors opening at 6:30 PM. Where? 257 John Street, Arnprior Ontario (Christian Education Centre) Parking is available on the nearby streets. Please do not park in the adjacent church parking lot. Win! The meeting will feature draws for door prizes, a "Guess-the-Number of Pages" library book, and tickets will be sold for draws of a basket of quilting goodies, and 50-50. Show & Tell Do bring along your latest quilted creations for Show & Tell. Always a highlight of our meetings! Eat! This is our festive holiday potluck meeting. Yum yum! Bring:
We welcome visitors to our meetings for a $5 fee. December Program
This will be a fun social evening at our traditional Christmas/Holiday pot luck December meeting. POTLUCK We're asking members with surnames beginning with the letters M-Z to bring a dish to share at the potluck. It can be a main course item, appetizer, or dessert - anything you'd like to bring. To help members with dietary sensitivities, please include a list of ingredients for your dish to indicate any contents containing gluten (flour), lactose (dairy products), nuts etc. THIEVING ELVES GIFT EXCHANGE 
Please bring a "Stash Gift" for the Thieving Elves Gift Exchange. Please bring your gift in a gift bag which can be easily unwrapped and displayed for stealing. The gift should not cost you a thing by shopping from your stash! You can gift a pattern, some fat quarters, a quilting notion or anything from your quilt room that is no longer loved, and you want someone else to enjoy. If you really can’t part with anything of your own, feel free to buy something quilting related. Either way, the value should be no more than $20. Everyone who participates will go home with something and be guaranteed a stealing good time!
-- Lucy Shorey, Programs |
Anticipating the gift exchange! December 2022
Program Notes
Block of the Month (BOM)
Retreat
The dates booked are January 29 to February 2, 2024, at Spruceholme Inn in Fort Colounge, Quebec.
More info is available on the Retreats page.
If you can join us this year please let me know at sue78@bell.net.
Also, if you have any questions, please email me.
Check out the Blog for information on previous retreats.
-- Sue Hodgins
The dates booked are January 29 to February 2, 2024, at Spruceholme Inn in Fort Colounge, Quebec.
More info is available on the Retreats page.
If you can join us this year please let me know at sue78@bell.net.
Also, if you have any questions, please email me.
Check out the Blog for information on previous retreats.
-- Sue Hodgins
Tinners
Just a short note. I will have the names and contact numbers of all participants available to assist you with trading during the winter months. As a last resort you all can trade at my house in Arnprior. I have access to enough different tins. I suggest we set a date (20th) of each month to trade. I will not start whatever tin I have till after the 20th. Of course if you can arrange your own trades that would be best. I am pretty hopeless with email but you can try: joycee.m1946@gmail.com.
-- Joyce Murray
Just a short note. I will have the names and contact numbers of all participants available to assist you with trading during the winter months. As a last resort you all can trade at my house in Arnprior. I have access to enough different tins. I suggest we set a date (20th) of each month to trade. I will not start whatever tin I have till after the 20th. Of course if you can arrange your own trades that would be best. I am pretty hopeless with email but you can try: joycee.m1946@gmail.com.
-- Joyce Murray
* * * * * * Schedule of Guild Meetings and Activities * * * * * *
Thank you to all of the volunteers who help out with our guild activities
* * * * * * * Photos from our April 2023 Quilt Show * * * * * * *
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Membership
We had 32 members attend the meeting on November 22, and all joined in the sewing activities that evening. We have had two more members enroll to bring our membership up to 79. We continue to encourage registration for membership in our guild.
- Martha Palmer, Membership
- Martha Palmer, Membership
Charity
For this years charity project, we are handing out kits with a cheater panel, as well as some coordinating fabric to complete a Twin size quilt top, approximately 60” x 70”. If you can complete the quilt totally, that’s great, otherwise you may hand the top back in , as is. We do have battings cut for each quilt top. Backings are in short supply. To date, we do have a dozen kits that can be picked up at any meeting. The deadline is a year from now, leaving lots of time to finish up.
This picture is an example of how someone finished their top.
This picture is an example of how someone finished their top.
Placemats to be delivered to Meals on Wheels this month.
Gorgeous Preemies handed into the guild at our November meeting.
Thank you,
-- Marilyn Erskine, Charity Projects
-- Marilyn Erskine, Charity Projects
Library News
Library books may be returned at the December meeting or kept during the winter Zoom meeting months and returned in April.
-- Nancy Hayley, Librarian
-- Nancy Hayley, Librarian
Tip: If you're wondering if a particular book is in our guild library collection, use this web site's Search to look for the book name or author, or any other text that's in the new Library Catalog document.
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November Sew Night
The hall was a hive of activity at our November meeting as teams raced to construct their "iron challenge" 3x4 blocks section for a future charity quilt. There was also a small group preparing kits for other Charity projects.
Thank you Joyce and Marilyn for organizing such a fun and productive evening.
Thank you Joyce and Marilyn for organizing such a fun and productive evening.
Congratulations to Brenda G and Debbie C for being the first, and only team to complete all of their blocks at the meeting.
For many more photos and lots more information including photos of the handmade Christmas gift suggestions that members brought along, see the November 2023 Guild Meeting Blog Post.
Gift Idea
I recently came across this tutorial for another Potholder from Jacquelynne Steves.
"This little mini-project will take you through the entire quilting process (piecing, making a batting sandwich, quilting, and binding) so it’s perfect for beginners.
Scroll to just below the tutorial (above the comments) to request the free PDF pattern.
-- Janet Brownlee
Save Your Hangers!
I was just looking at some of my Christmas shopping and saw that there were these clothes hangers that we use in the quilt show. I was thinking that if everybody watched we could save these and use them in our next quilt show.
They are very handy and make hanging the quilts so much easier and faster than the clips.
We'd appreciated if you would keep any of these hangers until our next quilt show in 2025.
-- Gwen Pennings
They are very handy and make hanging the quilts so much easier and faster than the clips.
We'd appreciated if you would keep any of these hangers until our next quilt show in 2025.
-- Gwen Pennings
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CQA Activities
Quilt Shows
I try to track down any upcoming shows in Eastern Ontario, and when requested, I publish information about shows that are further afield.
Here's a list of the upcoming shows that I'm aware of.
See our Upcoming Quilt Shows page for more detailed information about the shows listed below.
Here's a list of the upcoming shows that I'm aware of.
See our Upcoming Quilt Shows page for more detailed information about the shows listed below.
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Dates |
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Oakville ON |
April 19-20 2024 |
Oakville Quilters’ Guild |
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Edmonton AB |
June 19-22 |
Quilt Canada – Canadian Quilters’ Association |
Tips:
- Browse the CQA Events Calendar for information about quilting events across Canada by province, territory, or date.
- You can find the up-to-date quilt show information on our web site More... --> Resources --> Upcoming Quilt Shows
- If you know of any upcoming local shows that are not listed on our web site, please let us know
Communications
Guild Facebook Group
Have you joined our guild members-only Facebook Group yet? If not you are missing out on all the fun. This is a great way to get to know your fellow guild members, to ask questions, learn a new block, a new tip or trick. Last year we saw some lovely photos of the Block of the Month quilts being assembled and finished off, and much more.
Hope to see you in our Facebook group soon. Click/tap here to join the group now.
Hope to see you in our Facebook group soon. Click/tap here to join the group now.
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Merry Christmas!
THANK YOU to Joyce, Lucy, Marilyn, and Martha, for your guild updates, and other exciting news this month.
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
-- Janet Brownlee, Communications & Newsletter Editor
Our next meeting is on January 24, 2024 via Zoom