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Electric Quit (EQ) overwhelms many quilters when they first start using it.   Sometimes they give up trying!

I’ll share what I’ve learned in a Demo at guild meeting, or a lab session.  For a demo, I’d project the screen up on the wall so everybody can see.  For a lab session, you’d bring your laptop with EQ already installed, or tag along with a friend.

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Block and flower kits were taken by guild members.  Once they were all back completed, the center was joined.  Next; we laid out where to place the flowers on the center and borders for applique; and the pieces went out again to members.

 

Layered with the thinnest Quilters’ Dream batting, members are quilting it  with traditional outline quilting.  It lives for now in Judy’s shop, Creative Quilting on Peter’s Creek Rd.  Stop by if you have time to work on it whenever the shop is open.  So far (Nov 11) we’ve logged 16 hours quilting.

photos by Kitty DeLapp

Susan Starkey present a program on manipulating photos and using them in fabric projects.  Here are few shots to remember it by:

It may be clear as crystal the day you attend a lecture, but later you may have trouble recalling the details.  Here is the contact information for our speaker:

Susan R. Starkey
540-871-3328
www.elegantcrafter.com
info@elegantcrafter.com

The star blocks for the raffle quilt are all joined.  Last night we got together to work out getting the flowers appliquéd in the inter-block corners and the borders.

For people taking borders:

• You can slide the flower in/out from the center of the quilt, but don’t slide it along the border edge.  We attached it in place so that it lands right between the blocks of the center. 
• Make the vines a random serpentine, leaving the last 3-4″  free at the ends to adjust the meet up in the corner with it’s neighbor border.    There will be  a flower appliquéd over the join at the end.

Pictures courtesy of Kitty DeLapp.

The new budget was presented at the June meeting..

Quilt Show Programs Workshops Comfort Quilts Hospitality Raffle Quilt Special Events Library

6000 2500 1000 1000 500 500 300 350

Meeting Space Contribution Membership Newsletter Historian Publicity/Website Corresponding Secretary Sunshine Misc.

3500 300 150 100 100 25 50 478

Grand total: $13,543

You are invited to join the Star Quilters Guild on a bus trip to the West Virginia Quilters, Inc. Quilt Festival. There will be 100+ quilts, exhibits, vendor and demonstrations. The raffle quilt is a 1930‘s Round Robin made by quilters from guilds across Wet Virginia. You can find more information at http://www.wvquilters.org….

The date is Saturday, June 26, 2010. We will depart from the Bonsack Wal-Mart. The departure/return times will be announced at a later date.
It may be possible that we can stop at Tamarack. Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia is the nation’s first showcase of handcrafts, fine art and regional cuisine. It comprises a warmly decorated retail store, working studios for resident artisans, a fine art gallery, a theater, and A Taste of West Virginia food court, managed by The Greenbrier Resort.

The cost will be $25.00 per person which includes the $6.00 admission to the Quilt Festival and the bus fare.

Please sign up as soon as possible. We would like at least 30 members to sign up and pay to reserve the bus. Susan Butler collected names and fees at the May meeting. If you weren’t at the May meeting please contact Susan Butler, Kathy Wickham or Victoria Person.

If you enjoyed the last bus trip, this should be another great time. If you missed that bus trip, please join us for a wonderful day of fun and fellowship.