June Meeting 2021 Recap

 

 

 

We did it! Our very first in person meeting since February 2020! Twenty-nine members joined us.

 

Announcements: 

 ·       2021 Retreat:  Oct. 22-24, 2021, at Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling. Fee is $150 per person and will include two meals per day plus snacks.  LMQG members and their friends can sign up through August 1, after which registration will be open to Omaha quilters and others.  Forty-one quilters can be accommodated in bottom bunks. The Retreat Committee is Mary Dittenber, Elisa Salas, Sheila Green, Mary Sedlak and Sara Kenny.

·       Amy Friend virtual workshop: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee is $25. Limited to LMQG members wanting to learn about Improv Paper Piecing. Limit of 20 people.  Sign-up sheet available at this meeting.

·         Sew Day:  Saturday, July 10, 2021, 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the IQM.

·         Collecting Cindy Grisdela Challenge quilts to display at the Threads Across Nebraska show, October 8-9, 2021, in Kearney.  Limit of one per person.  They must be labeled and may be left at tonight’s meeting or brought to the meeting July 27, 2021.

·         Covid Quilts: IQM is interested in your Covid Quilts.  Finish it and bring it to the October meeting for a photo.

·         Raffle Quilt: Our Coral and Cream quilt will be raffled at Threads Across Nebraska and continuing through the end of the year.  More details to come.

·        Bees: Our program will include information about how Bees can work and answer questions. If you might be interested, there is a sign-up sheet available at this meeting.

·         Raffle:  There will be two raffles this evening and a two-month raffle beginning at this meeting that includes a registration for the Amy Friend workshop, her book Improv Paper Piecing, and an add-a-quarter ruler, a $58 value.  If you win and have already paid for the workshop, your payment will be refunded.

Program: Liz Thanel with Phyllis Higley, Judy Crockett, Jennifer VanDyke and Kristie Jarchow 

Take a look at these FABULOUS quilts!

Fantastic work!

Technique of the Month: Thin lines

Mary Dittenber demonstrated thin lines techniques. Be sure to practice your blocks and submit one with the Pantone Colors of the Year!

Show and Tell

Bonnie Kucera's Sunrise quilt

And Bonnie's tiny machine piecing quilt

Pat Modrell's Cindy Grisdela challenge quilt

Pat's Sunshine quilt

Debbie Ebke's Paint Chip Challenge quilt

And her Cindy Grisdela Challenge quilt

Diane Wilson's Kawandi quilts

Jean Cotton's completed sampler UFO

Jen VanDyke's Indigo Stars

Jennifer McKitrick's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Lora Yardley's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Martha Turners' Flower and Moth Remnant quilts

Nancy Goff's Heartful baby quilt

and her Tools of the Trade bag (Pattern by Annie)

Rosalind Carr's purchased cross-stitch quilt

Sara Maseth's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Vicky Bedell's Half Square Triangle quilt

And her TOM block

Jennifer VanDyke's bee quilt

Thanks all for joining us! See you next month.

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Meetings: Jul 27, Aug 31, Sep 28 (Amy Friend), Oct 25, Nov 30

 

Sew Days: Jul 10,  Sep 11, Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling