November news

News from the president: Block of the Month: I neglected to tell you that you will be making two blocks – one predominantly blue for a boy and one predominantly pink/peach for a girl. No one will win these blocks as they will all be made into quilts for at risk infants. Let’s help Paula with this project for the hospital. By the way, there were no directions left at the end of the meeting so, Paula, would you run more to take to Flying Geese to go with the fabric that will be there tomorrow.

For those not at the meeting we are short on masculine quilts and are asking everyone to help out with service quilts. Please make some ½ square blocks starting with:

1 6” square of light fabric
1 6” square of dark masculine fabric

Place them right sides together, draw a line from one corner to the other and sew ¼” away from the line on either side. Cut on the drawn line and press toward the dark fabric. When cut apart, you will have two (2) ½ square blocks. Please trim them to 5”. Bring them to the all-day sew on November 21st or drop them off at Flying Geese prior to November 21st so we can get some quilt tops put together. Also, if you wish, the Guild could use some Turning Twenty, Rail Fences, or whatever you can put together in masculine prints.

There will be a board meeting on Thursday, 11-12-09 at the Library at 5:00 PM. There is no agenda currently – Ilva asked for the meeting so attend if you can.

Quilt Show Forms

The 2009 Earth, Wind & Fiber Quilt Show and Sale is less than a month away! Contact Elsa DeHart for a copy of the Exel spreadsheet of the entry forms, with instructions for how to send in the completed forms embedded in the sheet. All forms and quilts are due to June or Kate by Wednesday September 16th-right after the next meeting! You may bring your quilts for the show to the September 13th meeting if you want.
Please contact June Horn or Kate Loewen if you have any questions.

Quilt Show Help Needed

Fellow Quilters:

Volunteers are still needed for the Quilt Show. Please email me cathloewen@gmail.com or phone 486-8134 so I can put your name in a slot.I will not be at the September meeting and would appreciate your replies before Sept. 10. Thank you for your help! Kate

A note from Sandy

I have received messages from the new director of the Arts Council, Tom Quass, and he is asking that someone from the Guild represent our group on September 12th from 3 - 6 PM. The event is called "Back Stage Pass" where the community can visit with Tom and get a tour of what goes on behind the scenes at the auditorium. He wants every organization that is under the umbrella of the Arts Council represented during those hours. Since Kate and I will both be out of town at that time, we need someone to take our brochures and membership applications and maybe also the raffle quilt to show. If you can help with this event for those three hours, please let me know and I will forward the information on to Tom. It would also be appropriate to do a simple demonstration while there to spark interest in quilting.

Please let me know soon since September 12th is not very far away.
Thank you, Sandy Peotter

Web Page Blues

Hello! The KBPQ website has been disrupted, at least the home page and the activities page! The show pages, cookbook page, badge directions etc., are all available, just not from the home page link. Here's a link to the shows: http://home.gci.net/~bearpawquilters/shows/annualshow.html

I am working to resurrect the site, it is taking longer than I'd hoped! In the meantime check your newsletter for quilt show forms and other timely news!
Thank you, Laurie