Extras


“Crystal Star” Block of the Month

January 31st, 2007

 

"Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight."
-a favorite children’s poem, believed to be of late 19th century
American origins. (www.rhymes.org.uk)

We hope everyone had fun sewing our first STAR Block-of-the-Month for
2007!  Here is a reminder for the steps to turn in your January’s
"CRYSTAL STAR" at the beginning of Thursday’s February 1st meeting.
The basket and materials will be at the back of the meeting room,
along with the February pattern. For any questions see Kathy or
Justine.

1. Identify each block with your name. One quick way is safety pinned
paper. Put your blocks in the B.O.M. basket.

2. Sign the January log with how many blocks you are returning, √check
off if you return a block for the Drawing and √check off if you turn
in block(s) for Community quilts. As many Community blocks as you wish
to make are always welcome!

3. Sign the small ticket to participate in the Drawing held at the end
of our meeting.

4. Pick up the new B.O.M. pattern "DOUBLE FRIENDSHIP STAR" and sign
the new log. The February blocks are due March 1st – our first
Thursday Guild meeting of the month.

Have fun sewing stars!

Note: The Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation can be found at
www.starlight.org

~Kathy Hannan^v^

Coming Event: Quilt-a-Thon!

January 30th, 2007

I hope to see you on Thursday at our first 2007 Quilt-a-thon!  We all get together with our needles, threads, scissors and sewing machines and work on the  quilts for our Guild Community Projects. We have a fun time! We start sewing at 10:30 and sew, sew, sew!
I was shy and didn’t know quite what to do or help with the first time I joined in on a Quilt-a-thon, but I remember one of the guild members took me over to one of the tables and showed me how to even out the edges on the batting for one of the baby quilts, and when I was done with that I helped put some labels on the quilts. I was not only enjoying helping out, I was also getting to know other guild members I had never had a chance to meet or chat with before and I was learning more about quilting in the process. I was a new quilter and had never seen such mass production quilting activity before. :o)
Quilts everywhere! In various stages of completion. Quilters bent over sewing machines with piles of quilts around them and  quilters tossing quilts around from one table to another. One group of quilters layering quilts,  while other’s  are sewing them shut! 
I seldom miss a Quilt-a-thon! I just feel so good after participating in this event. :o) I load my car the night before with my supplies checking and double checking that I have the important things I need….if you are bringing your sewing machine, don’t forget your power cord! (been there, done that.) :o)
If you can’t bring your sewing machine, then just bring yourself— and of course your basic sewing supplies because there is always  hand work to do. If you can’t stay–we will miss you!  (and you will miss the fun) Hopefully you can take a few quilts home to work on too. See you very soon!

~Angie 

Finches on the Feeder

January 26th, 2007

Glenda Ross and I were discussing how many finches are visiting the thistle feeders lately. I can count 16  on ours in this picture. Sometimes they crowd on 20 or more while the others wait out in the branches to come in and eat. Tiny Acrobats!

The Pointless Sisters

January 24th, 2007
 
The Pointless Sisters
 
The Pointless Sisters, an open mini-group of the guild that focuses on art and contemporary quilt making, is busy and having fun as always!  At present, we are working on coordinating a Pointless Sisters art quilt show at the Rincon Valley Regional Library which will run from March 7 to May 7, 2006.  We are also busy creating next year’s art  opportunity quilt to contribute to the guild’s fundraising. This quilt will involve some fun fabric painting techniques so we are enjoying learning how to use the various paints and working on components of the quilt together.  We also have our usual Pointless Sisters challenge in the works, with members’ challenge quilts to be revealed at our March meeting.  This year’s challenge is to make a quilt using ONLY muslin!  We can paint, dye, embellish, color, or treat the muslin any way we want for our creation, but we have to start with bleached muslin.  We’re stretching ourselves and exploring our creativity and doing a lot of laughing along the way.
 
The Pointless Sisters mini-group is open to any guild member.  Please come check us out!  We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 10am to noon at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center.  Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.  Call or email Diane Hock or Linda Hemenway if you have any questions. 

Items Listed For Sale

January 22nd, 2007

Hi Everyone,
If in the past I have posted an Item for sale here on the SRQG website Blog for you and it SOLD. Please let me know so I can remove that entry. Thanks!

~Angie
SRQG Web.

You Outta’ Be in Pictures!

January 22nd, 2007

All the Show n’ Tell pictures that Joanie Bellinghausen, our wonderful photographer takes are now on the Website! I had a bit of fun this time "framing" some of the members pictures.  Happy Valentines Day!

Tri Guild Luncheon

January 22nd, 2007

The Santa Rosa Quilt Guild
invites you to the
Tri Guild Luncheon
"Everything is Coming Up Roses"

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
10:30 a.m – 2:00 p.m.
Scottish Rite/Masonic Lodge
600 Acacia Lane

Program:
Lunch served at 11:30

Raffles!
Door Prizes!

Guest Speaker will be Kerry Hershey

Make a Rose Block to be included in the drawing.
8-1/2" inches unfinished with a beige or off white background.
Color and style of the Rose is your choice.

Please RSVP by Feb. 23rd, 2007. Space is limited so make your Reservations early.
Call Betty at 837-9565 or email:
lazycasey@comcast.net

Hope to see you there!

A Special Thank You!

January 19th, 2007

A Special Thank You to all the members of the Guild.  I was overwhelmed by
your gift of Rose of Sharon blocks.  I couldn’t wait to get home and put
them all up on my design wall, which turned out to be not quite big enough!


I just pinned them up without any planning and it is "Spectacular".  I very
much enjoyed being your President last year and look forward to sitting with
all of you this year and getting a chance to visit and know you all better.
Again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 

~Sharon Mills

Melissa’s Mystery Quilt for Feb. 15th, 2007

January 18th, 2007

Mystery Quilt Instructions for SRQG for Thurs., Feb. 15, 2007

I am offering two options for this quilt.  The first is making all blocks out of coordinated scraps.  The second option is using a focus fabric and three other fabrics.  Finished blocks are 6" square.  Top will be 36" without borders.  Extra fabric for borders in not included.

Scrap Option:  Pick six each of different mediums and darks.  Pick one light fabric (or a bunch of light scraps.)  You can color coordinate mediums and darks, i.e., pink/red, lavender/purple, lime/green  OR just cut up the scrapbag.  You do need contrast between the darks, mediums, etc.

Cutting Instructions for Scrap Option: 

18" of light (background fabric) or enough scraps to cut 36 rectangles – 3 1/2" by 4 1/2"

six pieces of medium fabric- cut 6 squares – each 3 1/2" square from each medium 

six pieces of dark fabric – cut 3 rectangles – each 6 1/2" by 7 1/2"

OR

Cutting Info for Controlled Option:

Pick your focus fabric, one light (background), one medium and one dark.  Focus fabric will be used as an alternate setting block.

Cutting instructions:

24" of focus fabric, cut into 3 strips – 6 1/2", then cut 18 squares, each 6 1/2" square
(doesn’t include extra fabric for border)

9" of light (background), cut 2 strips – 4 1/2", then cut 18 rectangles, 3 1/2" by 4 1/2"

9" of medium, cut 2 strips – 3 1/2", then cut 18 squares, 3 1/2" squares

24" of dark, cut 3 strips – 7 1/2", then cut into 18 rectangles – 6 1/2" by 7 1/2"

Design does not have borders, but is easy to add to.  This design makes a very cute baby quilt or a great Valentine wallhanging, a fun lap quilt, etc. The block is a fun one to make and the results are cute, too!

Please bring your sewing machine, bobbin, needles, extension cord, rotary cutting supplies – mat, cutter, ruler (6 1/2" square if you have one), table top ironing board and iron, seat cushion and positive attitude.

We will work together after the meeting on Feb. 15th.  You bring your smile and name tag, I will bring the chocolate and the instructions.

Please e-mail or call Melissa she is listed in the SRQG Membership roster.

  

 

What Sizes are Community Quilts?

January 16th, 2007

Frequently I get questions about what size of quilts we need for our Community Quilts projects.  Here is that information:

  • Primarily 32" x 42" which is the smallest (Sutter Hospital Neonatal Unit).
  • Then I prefer 42" x 42" for Toddlers.
  • For the bigger kids I make 42" x 50".
  • —and then 42" x 45" on up to 60" long for Seniors.

This gives me a good range of sizes. I just try to avoid piecing "quilt backs" as much as possible. Thank you Everyone!

Hope this helps,

~Lavella
Community Projects