Sunday, March 7, 2010

March 2010 Guild Meeting


Program

Carolyn Green and Karen O'Brien presented the March Program. They demonstrated how to put a zipper in a small bag.
Karen O'Brien

5th Monday Project

Nancy Kessler will be teaching a '5th Monday Project on Monday, March 29, at the Quilter's Bin.
The project is by Lazy Girl and is called Maggy - two different sized pouches. The cost of the
class is $8 (this is for the pattern) and you will also need to bring the following- two coordinating
10 inch squares of fabric, thread for top stitching, fusible batting for the big pouch and fusible
interfacing for the small one. If you plan to take the class, please tell Nancy Kessler by March 20th.
Donation Quilts

For those that would like to help work on making donation quilts, a group will be meeting on April 17th from 9-3. Bring a covered dish to share for lunch.

Twilling Class

Arlene McKinney will be teaching a Twilling class on March 11th from 5-9pm and on March 27 from 10am - 3pm at the Quilter's Bin. Both classes are the same- you may choose the date that works best for you. Please bring a covered dish if you come to the March 11th class.

Beginner Applique Class

Darcy Ashton will be coming to the Quilter's Bin on May 22nd from 10am - 4pm to teach a beginner's applique class. The cost is $25. Please contact Peggy Reynolds to sign up.

Click on these links to learn more about Darci Ashton-



Altamont Flag Day

Altamont Flag Day is June 12, 2010. Our guild is making a quilt to auction off and our next day to work on it is Monday March 8th from 6-8pm at the Quilter's Bin. If you can, please bring red, off white and blue fabric.

Block of the Month

Peggy Reynolds was the winner of the February BOM drawing! The next and last block for this mystery project is a heart applique block.

Nancy Kessler is holding up the March heart applique block.

Young Guests

There were two young guests at this meeting. Sydney, 3 year old daughter of guild member Tara Foster, granddaughter of guild member Rita Foster and Lily Gilreath, 5 month old daughter of guild member Sarah Gilreath.
Rita Foster with three year old granddaughter Sydney.

Sarah Gilreath and 5 month old daughter Lily.

Show and Tell


Ruth Lavender - Red Cross donation quilts

Ruth Lavender- Scrappy Frienship Quilt - made at the All Night Sew


Ruth Lavender - Panel Quilt


Mary Ann Vanderford - Kite quilt for Red Cross donation


Mary Ann Vanderford - Scrappy Friendship Quilt made at All Night Sew


Janice Hentzen - Curved Log Cabin quilt


Janice Hentzen - Scrappy Ohio Star


Rita Foster - Scrappy Double Irish Chain


Rita's granddaughter is giving her a hand.


Karen Boehner - Dog Quilt


Karen Boehner - 4-patch quilt made with kit she received from quiltsforkids.org


Kathy Evans - 'County Fair' made for Edna, KS, Volunteer Fire Department.


Saturday, February 27, 2010

February 2010 Guild Meeting

These are the picture highlights from the February 2010 meeting:

This first group of pictures are items that were made for the Embellishment Challenge. Carolyn Green's project was voted as favorite and she received a project tote bag.

Arlene McKinney

Nancy Kessler

Mary Ann Vanderford

Mary Shields

Carolyn Green

Karen O'Brien

Peggy Reynolds

Gloria Eaton

February Show and Tell

Linda Holtzman

Linda Holtzman

Becky Hellwig - Becky attended a spirals class this past September
and went on to make a whole quilt!

Peggy Reynolds

Friday, December 25, 2009

December Guild Meeting

The Altamont Itchin' for Stitchin' Quilt Guild held their annual Christmas party at their December meeting. The Christmas committe did a wonderful job of decorating and the food brought by all the members was greatly enjoyed!





All Night Sew

There will be an 'All Night Sew' at the Quilter's Bin on Saturday, January 2, beginning at 4pm. The project is a scrappy friendship quilt. See Nancy Kessler for more details.

Show and Tell


Rita Foster - baby quilt

Arleen McKinney - a pillow featuring 'twilling'

Arleen McKinney - a jacket pocket with 'twilling'

Karen - fabric cord bowl
Nancy Kessler - fabric cord coasters

Rita Foster - pot holder

Rita Foster - decorated towel

Peggy Reynolds - Double Irish Chain quilt

Friday, October 2, 2009

September Photo Hightlights

Peggy Reynolds presented the program at the September Itchin' for Stitchin' Guild meeting. The name of the pattern she showed us is 'The Lizzy Cob Liberated 6" Crazy Patch'. The patch was made without foundation or paper piecing.

Here are some more pictures from the September meeting-

Block Totes

Seek and Find quilt by Janice Hentzen


Double Pin Wheels baby quilt by Karen Bohner


Quilt by Janice Hentzen


This quilt was made by Nancy Kessler's daughter, Kayla Crabtree. Ruth Lavender and Linda Holtzman picked out most of the fabrics and then shipped them to Kayla in Japan.


Southwest jacket by Kathy Evans



This is the back of Nancy Kessler's project that uses 'Texture Magic'. You sew it and steam it and you get the following results:




Yo-Yo gift bags by Peggy Reynolds






Day and Night quilt by Peggy Reynolds