It's a Date

Someone left a comment! Whoo Hoo! The commenting person wants to know the date of the October meeting. It will be Thursday, October 21, 2004 at the Dartmouth North Community Centre starting at 7:30 pm.

October meeting

Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder for the October meeting. The Wednesday Wonders will lead us through making Christmas ornaments for Comfort and Joy, so bring your sewing kit. We will also swap 6 inch charms and have a seat trade/sale.
More details will be posted here as the meeting date approaches.
Be sure to watch for your newsletter in your mailbox, electronic or otherwise.

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Upcoming Quilt Shows

Avon River Quilters present "Land of Acadia" quilt show on October 2 and 3 at the Windsor Elementary School

Thistle Quilters Guild quilt show will be held October 16, 11am to 4 pm at St. Gregory's Church Hall, the corner of Paul Street and East River Road, New Glasgow

Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild show will be held November 5,6,7 in Charlottetown, PEI

Mystery Quilt sample fabric choices

I thought it would be useful for you to have some sample fabric choices for the mystery quilt to help guide you in your selections. I know the finished design (mwhahaha) and chose the fabrics to showcase it (at least, in my opinion and to my tastes!) But first, allow me to introduce my assistant for this project. This is Dorey, my Cavalier King Charles spaniel. Don't let those big sweet brown eyes fool you ... she should be named Dennis the Menace!

Blue,gold,yellow sample

Blue background, gold as the dark and pale yellow as the light, with a gold border.

Black, red and white sample

Black background, red as the dark and white/black as the light. Red border. This would also work well using the white as the background and black and red as the dark and light.

Purple and pink sample

Dark purple background, flowered dark and pale pink light. Flowered border.

White and green sample

White background with green as the dark and flowered as the light. The border will use the green.

Remember to scroll down!

Remember that information is presented here in chronological order. The mystery quilt cutting information appears further down. You have to scroll to get to it.

The links to sites discussed in the presentation are also further down. Some are repeated here:

Yahoo Groups main page

Blogger, to make your own blog

StitchWitch knitting blog

Happy surfing!

Close up Jacobean Rhapsody tree 

Closeup 

Study in brown and yellow  

Jacobean Rhapsody! 

Close up of friendship block 

Friendship blocks from a bus tour 

Scrappy 5 inch squares 

Hi Everyone!

Glad to see you here. Photos will be posted soon ... just gotta watch the Canadian Idol finale first!

Show and Tell quilts from September 16 meeting 

Reserved for Show and Tell Photos

This space is reserved for photos of the Show and Tell: September 16.

MYSTERY QUILT 2004/2005 Cutting Instructions

MAYFLOWER QUILT GUILD MYSTERY QUILT 2004/2005
All seam allowances are ¼ inch. Press seam allowances to the darkest side whenever possible -or- press all seams open. Yardage does not include batting or backing fabric.Wash, dry and iron all fabrics.
Yardage Requirements:
Dark fabric: 2 yards
Medium fabric: ¾ yard
Background fabric: 1 ½ yards
Template Free Cutting Instructions:
Dark Fabric:
* Six strips 4 ½", reserve for border.
* Nine strips 2 ½", reserve six strips for binding, cut remaining strips into forty eight 2 ½" squares (A1) (X1), and two 2 ½" x 4 ¼" rectangles (H1).
* One strip 2 7/8", cut into fourteen 2 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (B1).
* Two strips 4 ½", cut into eight 4 ½" squares (Y1).
* Two squares 3 5/8", cut in half on the diagonal (E1).
Medium fabric:
* Two strips 2 ½", cut into twenty 2 ½" squares (A2) and two 2 ½" x 4 ¼" rectangles (H2).
* One 4 ½" square.
* Two 4 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (F2).
Background fabric:
* Three strips 4 ½", cut into sixteen 4 ½" squares (C3), four 4 ½" x 2 ½" rectangles (H3), and four 4 ½" x 8 ½" rectangles (G3).
* Three strips 8 ½", cut into twelve 8 ½" squares (D3).
* One strip 2 ½", cut into sixteen 2 ½" squares (A3).
* From scraps cut twelve 2 7/8" squares, cut in half on the diagonal (B3).

Useful Links

Here are some links to quilting ... as discussed at the September meeting. Just click on the text to be taken to the site.

Free block patterns

Jinny Beyer's web page, with free patterns

Yahoo groups sign up page

Go here if you want to start your own quilting blog

Plenty of free paper pieced patterns can be found here

If you have a favourite site, why not share it with the rest of us? Leave a comment on this post with the site address, and Mrs. R will add it to this list.
Enjoy!

Hello from the Executive Meeting!

Good evening everyone!
We are your current Executive, sitting around a boardroom table making important decisions on your behalf. Shh, stop laughing ladies. We have hammered out the library policy and, the most important of all, decided who is providing the treats for break time at the September meeting.
... more later ...

Welcome!

Ahem, testing, test, test, 1 - 2 - 3 - test, test. Is thing thing on? Testing, 1, 2, test ....
Well, ahem,

Hey everyone!
This is your Program Director speaking. Welcome to the Mayflower Quilt Guild blog. Here we will keep you up to date on Guild programs, news, gossip, workshops, gossip, works-in-progress, gossip ... you get the idea!

I will be your main blogger, but there will be guest bloggers also. If you have something to say and want to post it here, let me know and I'll wave my magic wand to make you a guest blogger.

'tis all for now folks. Got to run off the work, to earn money, to buy more fabric. Tee Hee!

Sharon