What a delight it was to have Deb Strain, a Moda Fabrics designer, come to speak to us about her design process. She is such a talented artist and a wonderful speaker. Deb stepped us through her method, from start to finish, for producing the gorgeous fabrics and stationary items she markets. She used her recent line Happiness Blooms,
Trip Itinerary is here: Missouri Star
You can check out the hotel on their FaceBook page or their website.
The suites are provided with shampoo, conditioner, soap, makeup wipes, towels, and ear plugs (which will be handy for those in MY room!).
The guest suites are designed with comfort in mind. The hotel holds 58 Twin beds (5 in each bedroom). Each guest can relax in their space with a luxurious [pillow-top mattress, luxurious
The wonderful Storeroom Strippers put together a Brown Bag Mystery QAL for Community Charity Quilts. They dug into the scraps and strips and came up with over 50 Brown Bag Mystery Quilts to be distributed amongst guild members for construction and completion. At the September meeting we had a Parade of the Brown Bags! 40 quilts were paraded across the stage and down the aisles to show the members, new and old, what the guild can do when a great group of gals puts their minds to our brawn!
Did you finish your brown bag mystery quilt? I turned one in and have another under the needle on my domestic machine getting quilted. Sally is organizing a “parade of quilts” right after the break at our next meeting.
I made another delivery of Magdalene scarves last week and the church is thrilled every time, admiring your work and talking about where Magdalene will wear them. There will be kits available at the next meeting – on the chairs near member check in.
The Monday, September 11, 2023 Program will be: Designing Fabric by Deb Strain
from Deb Strain herself …
“One of my favorite things to do is speak with quilters about the process of fabric design! As a 25 year veteran of the industry, I love to share how my hand drawn and hand painted artwork evolves into lovely fabric by Moda. The presentation is conducted casually, with questions welcome. Using artwork from actual fabrics, quilters are guided through my journey of fabric design
Thursday, October 12
6:30-8:30 PM
Zionsville Town Hall
1100 W Oak Street
Zionsville, IN
Join us at the QGI quilt auction (live and silent auction) to bid on handmade quilts,
bags, purses, and other items for yourself or for unique holiday gifts!
Go to Large small quilt auction | Quilters Guild Indy (quiltguildindy.net) to view pictures of items in the auction.
Proceeds from the auction benefit QGI.
QGI is a nonprofit to support and to encourage the growth/development of quilting
in Indy through
We are restarting our collecting of Heart Pillows for cancer patients at the Schwarz Cancer Center in Carmel, IN. You can find the info on construction of these pillows at this site. Julie P is the point person for collection of the pillows at our monthly meetings. We hope that you will consider making just 1, or 2, 3…as many as you would like!
A comment was shared by a recipient of a pillow. With constant use the V seam of the pillow tends to get a lot of
This is the first installment in a new series of posts called “Who We Are”. This series will highlight different groups or committees within the guild that you might not know all that much about.
Today’s spotlight is on the Community North Health Pavilion storeroom where all our donated fabrics are stored. Each year we make quilts that will be donated to the Community Health Hospital on Christmas Day. To help us achieve this goal the hospital
We are headed to the Hamilton Missouri Quilting Mecca of Missouri Star. The bus loads up at Cornerstone Lutheran on 116th on Sept 12th at 7:00 am. Be there or be left behind.
Our Tuesday schedule includes a stop in Hannibal MO, but we won’t be meeting Shoeless Joe, we will be stopping for lunch and some shopping at Hickory Stick Quilt Shop.
We will then continue on to our destination in Hamilton MO, the Hotel Hamilton. Our meal for the evening will be catered
Lois found a great Tutorial to share. Karen’s Quilts Printed Quilt Label
For the purpose of Community Health Charity donations they ask that you not put the date on the labels.
Every month Cornerstone Lutheran Church graciously hosts our Guild meetings at no charge. Please show your gratitude by bringing food pantry contributions, or make a small suggested $ 1.00 donation from your piggy bank.
Thanks so much!