Apriil Fellowship Quilters Meeting

 Greetings Fellowship Quilters

The April meeting of Fellowship Quilters was a fun one.  We had the morning program with some great  sewing machine covers. The one to the left and the one below are just two examples.   The creative juices were flowing as each member brought their own interpretation to this project.  It was a practical and fun program!  Thanks to the leaders once again for helping us expand our sewing repertoire.

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                                                           Gail and Joy working on projects

                                                    Judy giving some direction to members

 Sharon was the Queen for the day and brought some of her quilts to show us.  The one above is made of individual pieces, many with memories from dresses her mother made for Sharon and her sister when they were girls.  Wonderful to have those memories.  The quilt below is her Dear Jane and is spectacular!

Joan's son Bob was visiting from Vermont and brought many wonderful quilts he has made and quilted on his long arm quilting machine.  He gave us the pattern for this quilt...a disappearing four patch as seen by his quilt to the left.

Dates to Remember
     June 11th is the end of the year picnic
     May 28 th meeting last day for 1/2 square triangles  
     May 14th work bee.. pillow case sew-in ..kits will be ready

Hope to see you all in May
Kathy Nolan


   

March Madness

 Yes it is March Madness in Michigan and at the Fellowship Quilters March meeting it was all about pillow cases!!
However we did have time for some beautiful show and tell items...Sharon put lots of time in on this scrappy quilt...Beautiful!
The Zentangles morning program was a hit with all who participated.  It is always good to stretch ourselves and learn new things.
Spring is slow in coming so we still have lots of indoor quilting time.

 We have started a new project for a charity...The Foundation for Mental Heath helps get people off the street and into housing.  We are making pillow cases to give to this organization that can then  share  them with clients.  We need about 90 to start with and got a good sampling at the meeting.  Belinda  Tracy, Ruth and Joan(who missed the picture) were hard at work as you can see.  Barb has fabric from the closet you can pick up to make a few or dive into your stash and clean house.  You can find patterns on the Internet.  I found a super easy one called.. Roll it Up from American Patchwork Quilting... just google " make a pillow case " and you will get lots of options

 Lots of colors and patterns that we hope will bring smiles!

     

Della has new twins in her family and made these adorable critters.
We continue to remember our two members, Leah and Marcia, who we lost this last month and those who attended the funerals were very moved.  We got many messages about how much they both loved the quilts we sent them.
Discussion about how to handle the memorials resulted in a collection to start a separate fund in order to make memorial contributions without using our funds for supplies. $205 was collected and we will keep this separate and add to it when needed.
We will also start on some blocks to put together quilts for members in need...stay tuned for more on that.

Happy Spring to everyone and hope we see all of you in April
Kathy Nolan