September - Becky Carlson from Millie P’s Quilt Cove

 Becky Carlson from Millie P’s Quilt Cove in Anoka presented a trunk show.

Block of the Month.

 Some of the Show and Tell from our members.

Pat Knoechel

Pat Knoechel, Eleanor Burns sister, gave a trunk show and lecture from Eleanor Burns latest book, "Quilts from El's Attic". This was held at the Presbyterian Church in Willmar on September 2nd.

July - Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts

Monthly meeting with speaker Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts who did a trunk show on the book she co-authored with Cheryl Arkison: “Sunday Morning Quilts.”

 

 A few of the Show & Tell items.

June Meeting - No Program

The Speaker for our June monthly meeting, Denise Muller, (Colorz Quilt Shop), canceled because of car trouble. Hope to have her come back at a later date.

 New Board Members 2016-2017

A few of the Show & Tell for the night.

May - Shar Jorgenson, Quilting from the Heartland

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Monthly meeting with speaker Shar Jorgenson from TV programs “Quilting from the Heartland” and “Quilting with Shar.” Shar was the 2009 Minnesota Quilter of the Year. Her topic was “Fear Not! Exposing the scary side of quilting - curved pieces and y-seams.” She presented a trunk show and discussion on the construction of patterns such as Cleopatra’s Fan, Double Bridal Bouquet, and Double Wedding Ring. To view some of Shar Jorgenson's Videos check out her website here http://www.qheartland.com/

 

Below is a few of the "Show and Tell" items from our guild members.

February - Community Service Work day.

The February Meeting was a work day to make Community Service Quilts.  The quilts that were finished at the meeting will be distributed through Willmar Ambulance.

 

What was accomplished at the meeting? There were 9 total finished, 2 stitched around ready to be tied, and 1 more ready to stitch around and then tied. 

 

There will be 22 total quilts  ready to be distributed through the Willmar Ambulance. Two of these quilts went directly to fire victims.



 Many members tied quilts that night.

 

 A lot of the quilt patterns were the disappearing nine patch.

The Community Service chairwomen cut out the blocks and handed them out to members to take home and sew then return them to the meeting. Gale Johnson and Jackie Orson are the chairwomen for the Community Service and voluntarily sew a lot of the tops together.

 These are some gorgeous combination of colors.

Sandwiching a quilt and stitching around it. 

 

Quilt is turned and stitched the opening closed.

 The labels that are stitched on every donated quilt. 

 Stitching the labels on the back corner of the quilt.

 Final pressing.

 We had two show and tell quilts tonight.

Thank you to all the member who journeyed out in the cold to make these much appreciated quilts.