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SOUTH BAY QUILTERS GUILD - WHAT'S NEW

Upcoming Guild Meetings & Programs

The June 2023 guild meeting is Tuesday the 20th from 6:30-9:00PM (see "Meetings" for location and Zoom details). We are having a potluck dinner (bring a dish to share!) and will tie comfort quilts for charity.

A demo of the Accuquilt cutting system will be performed, and stations set up around the room for you to give it a try yourself (we'll provide the fabric and the die).

Our July 18, 2023 meeting features guest speaker Meg Cox (https://megcox.com), who will give a Zoom lecture on "Quilt Journalist Tells All...A Reporter Inside the Quilt World."

Ohio native Meg Cox has been earning her living as a writer since graduating from Northwestern University.

Her two specialties are family traditions and quilting, two wildly misunderstood topics. Both are thought to be old-fashioned and un-hip which could not be farther from the truth. But the 21 million American quilters who built our burgeoning craft into a $3.6 billion industry are educated, computer-literate and fiercely creative!

Guest Fee

$5.00

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To attend a guild meeting as a guest, please contact Louise Davidson and Pat Pruuel at membership@southbayquiltersguild.org. The guest fee is $5, payable in person at the meeting or via credit card to attend virtually. Please purchase guest fees at least 24 hours in advance if possible to ensure sufficient time to receive the Zoom link and information for attending the meeting.

Quilt Show 2023 Winners have been announced!

At the March guild meeting, prizes were awarded to the Garden Party 2023 Quilt Show winners in multiple categories:

Applique
Pieced (Small)
Pieced (Medium)
Pieced (Large)
Mixed
Modern
Art
Challenge Yourself
Chairman's Choice

Photos of the Quilt Show Winners
with their works of art are located here...

Quilt Show 2024's Opportunity Quilt Production Has Been Completed!

Lynn Abelson (1st Vice President) took the lead (in collaboration with a quilt design selection committee) to produce the 2024 Opportunity Quilt. It will be revealed at our June meeting!

Meals on Wheels Placemat Project

See the Placemat page for a status on how many placemats we've made so far and the recipients. Keep sewing because we'll query the other local Meals on Wheels teams in the South Bay for placemat interest and quantity needed.

WHAT: Provide placemats to local services that provide Meals on Wheels to seniors in our community. Placemats will be distributed to each organization as we meet their requirements goals (i.e., number needed for their clients).
WHEN: Now through early 2023. Turn in at the Guild meetings or Drop-Offs. Or call Pam Overton for delivery or pick up.

Placemats should measure ~ 14 x 18 inches
Binding – tradition binding or simply “pillow case” the placemats as we do our comfort quilts
Design – anything and everything (doesn't need to be “holiday” themed)
Great way to use fat quarters
Perfect for half yard pieces - by cutting carefully you can get three tops/backs from each half yard
Use orphan blocks and add borders to get to 14" x 18”

Some tutorials to get you started:

Self Binding Placemat - Super Simple! (Cindy Bee You Tube video)
How To Make a Self Binding Placemat (Shabby Fabrics You Tube video)
Bindingless Quilted Placemats (Sew Fresh Quilts blog post)
Learn to Sew Reversible Placemats (Hooked on Sewing You Tube video)

Quilt Block Collection for Ukraine Relief

In addition to our various ongoing Community Services projects, we continue to collect blue & yellow blocks to make more quilts for Ukraine refugees.

There are three types of blocks we are collecting: (1) Perkiomen blocks, (2) 16-patch Checkerboard, and (3) Heart blocks.

Please see the instructions on the Disaster Relief page.

Return completed blocks to Nadine Kirk.

News from Road 2 CA: Opportunity Quilt Tickets Sold and Guild Members' Work Showcased

In exchange for White Glove service (thank you ALL!!), we got to showcase our beautiful 2023 Opportunity Quilt (Bloomin' Fantastic) and sell tickets for its raffle. Chairing the ticket table was yet another way so many of you pitched in and made yourselves available to ensure the quilt gets as much publicity as it can.

Various guild members' quilts were entered into the show as part of the overall juried exhibit or as part of the Southern California Council of Guilds collection. We're proud of each maker who participated in an event of such notoriety. Dale Stuart won an Honorable Mention in her category.

Nadine Kirk
Change in Direction