March 2025 Meeting Recap

 

Meeting Recap Notes

Check out the full meeting notes linked above. Highlights of the meeting were continued discussion of the two challenges that are in progress, a call for ideas for 2026 programming, requests for 2026 LMQG exec board nominees, the treasurer report (more to come at April's meeting), show and tell, and a great recap of QuiltCon 2025 from Sheila Green, Janeese Olssen, and Deb Ebke.

Here's what you visit the page for - show and tell images!

Jane kicking off the meeting with the announcements.

Sheila, Deb and Janeese presented their QuitCon 2025 impressions.

Everyone loves the raffle!!

Bonnie brought several show and tell items.

The backside of Follow your Path.

Jennifer McKitrick turned in some blocks for our first challenge - make a traditional block modern.

Another quilt by Jennifer.

Jean Cotton

Albie Osborn

Tom Meyer practicing his freemotion skills on charity quilts made from various fabrics. 

Sheila Green showing the QuiltCon 2025 Make a Mini-Make a Friend piece she received. 

Come Join Our April 12th Sew Day!

 

The April 12th Sew Day will feature a skill building session on half square triangles (HSTs). We’ll step through tips and techniques for making one or two at a time up to 32 at a time using fabric strips, fabric tubes, squares and fat quarters. There may be some easy math to do if you want to figure out other sizes, and web resources and links will be provided to help find HST info online to follow up on your own after our session.  If you just want to take notes and draw along with the examples, bring some paper and pencils/pens and a ruler to try and keep your lines straight, otherwise bring your machine and fabric.

Below are suggested pre-cut sizes that will result in 4-½” unfinished HSTs. The 12” square will be cut into 32 2-½” unfinished HSTs. You will be able to turn these HSTs into a project of your own so choose coordinating fabric, or if you are looking to do a little scrap busting, dig through those leftovers! Remember Kris’s charity quilt information at the last sew day? These HST techniques are a perfect way to make a big impact in a short amount of time.

We would like this to be interactive and know that most sewists have their favorite way to make HSTs, so please feel free to share your process or best tip during our session. We will have a few tools that you will be able to try out that may not be in your own sewing room. If you have a project made from HSTs that you would like to show, bring that along!

Pre-cut fabric suggestions (all measurements/cuts assume two colors of fabric, right sides together):

• 4-½” strips, width of fabric (WOF)

• 4” strip, WOF (4-½” unfinished)

• 5” square (2 @ 4-½” unfinished)

• 7-¼” or 7-½” square (4 @ 4-½” unfinished)

• 11” square (8 @ 4-½” unfinished)

• 12” square (32 @ 2-½” unfinished)

• 14” square (16 @ 4-½” unfinished)

• 15” x 20” rectangle (24 @ 4-½” unfinished)

Additional tools you may want:

• One or two different color fabric marking pens

• Rulers with ¼” markings

• Rotary cutter and cutting mat

• Some sewing pins

• Don’t forget your power cord if you bring your machine,and the basics like thread and scissors!