Welcome to our new guests:
Susan from Wisconsin, new to Riyadh but a seasoned quilter and
Linda who has recently returned to the Kingdom for her fourth time! We look forward to sharing with you and also benefiting from your expertise!
We started off the meeting with a visit to our
library - an extensive collection of quilting books some of which are shown here. Next came our
fabric swap. The theme this month was "fabrics that could be used in a desert landscape". Participators enriched their stashes with interesting fat quarters.
It's time to put together this years
Block of the Month designed by our President,
Marcella. Each member who succeeds in putting their top together before next month's meeting will get a prize so get sewing! Marcella made two alterations while putting the top together: in the butterfly block you must cut off the corner of one of the sky background squares and replace it with a piece of brown material (making a half-square triangle) that will blend better with the tree; you must also cut off about 1" from the flower block so that the whole block moves over (check with Marcella!!!)
Always take the time to label your quilts.
Our program tonight was a sneak peak of Judy's future workshop on stained-glass quilts.
Judy showed us many different ways of making
single and double-fold bias tape for stained-glass quilts.The most convenient was the ready-made, 1/4" fusable bias tape from Dritz but she also showed us how to make our own using several techniques and products. Here is a link to her
program notes for future reference.
Example of Judy's work.
Aren't those fabrics perfect?
Judy will conduct a
stained-glass workshop at our usual location on
May 7th, from 10 am - 1 pm. A lovely
rose wall hanging (approximately 18" X 24") is the project. Space is limited so e-mail Judy to get all the details and reserve a place.
Show and Tell was inspiring as usual. Here are a few pics:
Evelyn you are getting to be a real expert at the lone star quilt!
Doesn't this quilt make you think of a glass of iced, pink lemonade on a hot summer's day?
"Diamonds are forever"! by Eva.
One of the "mystery quilts" made at friendship group.
The first of fourteen wedding quilts that Marie plans to make for each of her grandchildren. God bless you , Marie!
Each block was machine-quilted using the embroidery module.
Marie explaining her technique of how she quilted in sections and then put the whole quilt together (a modification of the quilt-as-you-go technique). I have got to try that!
Gladys has finished her Double Wedding Ring quilt which is absolutely gorgeous. Check out the custom, machine-quilting!
The quilt is scrappy but the use of blues in the corners ties it all together - just stunning!
This week don't forget Eva's
bag workshop on
Thursday morning,
April 23rd at our usual location. It will be a three hour class starting at 9:30am. If interested, please contact Eva by e-mail or phone to reserve a place.
Marie is also giving a very informative class on how to use your
Bernina Embroidery module. It will take place at Marie's compound on
May 5th and
12th at 9:30am. Please contact Marie to reserve your place.
Finally, it's that time of year again -
Election Time! Our president read out a list of nominated members for the positions. In all cases, only one or two persons volunteered or was nominated for each position. So we voted in the following:
President: Evelyn
1st Vice President: Judy
2nd Vice President: Linda W.
Secretary: Yvonne
Treasurer: Marie
Challenge Quilt: Evelyn
Fabric Swap: Krystal
Frienship Groups: Elke
Library: Jean and Holly
Blog: Nour and SitiThe positions of
Parlementarian and
Block of the Month are still vacant so if you would like to contribute your time and effort please get in touch with Marcella.
Until next time -
happy quilting!
