"Calendar Quilt"

Last Monday evening was the first in our Calendar Quilt series.....this is the series where we will make a 12" (finished size) block with a theme incorporating a holiday or season. The first holiday/season was Rosh Hashonah or autumn..........we did an applique of an apple and leaves.
The next in the series will be in November and the theme is Chanukah or Christmas - we will be making 3D dreidels or bells.......it will be great fun to see the finished pieces at the end of the guild year!!
We are having Elaine Quehl come to teach a class in surface design in December. At this point the class is full, but you can put your name on a waiting list.
In January we hope to have Debby Kemball teach a workshop. Keep your eyes and ears open for that - it is sure to fill up quickly!
Next Monday, November 2nd, is our first Bee Night of the year..........Barbara and Vikki have put together kits. If you would like, you can have a kit to work on at home. Just let us know.
Wishing you a wonderful week.
Happy quilting.

QPW in Cornwall

Hi - just a note to let you know about a really nice weekend coming up in February. It is called Quilters Pleasure Weekend and it is held at NavCan in Cornwall. There are classes, a show, and vendors.
Check the site out. http://www.quilterspleasureweekend.com

printing on fabric

I found this tidbit of info when I was looking at the Quilt University newsletter for November. Thought it might interest some of our members.

TIP FOR PRINTING ON FABRIC
Cindy Thury Smith, our talented Crazy Quilt teacher, writes "I NEVER print fabric on freezer paper anymore. I tape my fabric (using double stick tape in certain places) onto heavyweight matte printer photo paper. It is stiffer than freezer paper and is designed to feed through the printer very smoothly and incrementally. I rarely get a misprint plus it is MUCH quicker. I just rip the fabric off, stick another piece of fabric on and am ready to go again in less than a minute.

"I've found you can feed the same piece of matte paper through the printer at least 10 times before the edges start getting a little soft. Then I use it for its intended purpose which is to print a photo. I just trim it slightly so the photo has to be smaller than 8x10. I can print entire pages of print onto fabric this way. If you are not going to wash the piece of fabric (such as a notebook cover or a fabric bracelet), I don't even use BubbleJetSet. "

Quilt thought for today

I had a thought I would like to share with everyone - when you are taking a class, bring your "good" fabric - don't take stuff you don't like, thinking "oh, it's just a practice piece" - if you do not like what you are working with, you probably won't like the project and will never complete it.
Just my thought.
Have a happy day.
Sharon

fun site

Hi - if you go to the website www.hp.com and click on Explore and Create, there are some great projects and tips and hints for using your printer in your quilting.
Have fun!
Happy creating.

toiletries for Auberge Shalom

Please remember to collect those little shampoos and soaps when you travel and bring them to Vikki - we donate them to Auberge Shalom.
Thank you.

thank you

a huge thank you to Sharon for setting this up - hope we can keep the blog very busy. Let's try to remember to take pictures at our meetings, workshops, and events. Enjoy!

Guild Blog

Loose Threads Quilt guild in Cote St. Luc is about to have its very own blog!!
It will be a place to post ideas and happenings and share quilting news amongst ourselves and with the quilting community.
Stay tuned for more info and news.