Upcoming Programs and Workshops

February:  Susan Edmonson, “Creative Journey”

Susan Edmonson is an award winning quilt maker who started this journey in 1981 and today continues to wow her audiences with her unique artistry. She has designed quilt patterns and kits for two national stores as well as her own pattern line.

Her specialties have been folk art, crazy quilted purses and wall quilts, and “flower doodles.” Fabric collage books and mini art quilts are among her newest creations using mixed media techniques. All of her work is lavished with beading and embroidery. She loves working with vintage style fabrics and colors. The patterns she designs have evolved from original pieces inspired from vintage quilt designs and nature that showcase her own unique style. She will talk to us about her creative journey.

Wednesday, February 18th -- Twigs and Tweets workshop
We will make one block from this unique project.

Where: Creative Sewing Classroom
What time: 9:30 a.m. Classroom opens at 9:00 for set up.
Cost for this 6 hour class will be $40.00. There are 2 openings left.
www.susanedmonsondesigns.com

March:  Kimberly Einmo

The March monthly meeting, March 17^th, will feature Kimberly Einmo, an author, award winning quilter, designer, international instructor, and quilt judge. She has written five books, including her newest, Modern Quilts and More, plus Jelly Roll Quilts & More and Jelly Roll Magic. Kimberly has been referred to as “The Jelly Roll Lady.”

Wednesday, March 18th -- Lone Starburst Workshop
What time: 9:30 a.m. Classroom opens at 9:00 for          
Cost for this 6 hour class will be $45.00              
Supply list is available at the February meeting.
Where: Creative Sewing Classroom set up.
www.kimberlyeinmo.com                                                                                 

April:  Susan Lenz 

Fiber artist Susan Lenz will present a program on her ‘Last Words’ project.

Upcoming Challenges To Get Those Creative Juices Flowing! 

• Cowlumbia! Check out the Houston CowQuilts that have taken the pasture by storm. Mary Lou Weidman started a twist on words using the “Out of the Box With Easy Blocks” ideas. We will learn more about joining this herd, but google Houston Cow Quilts for your ideas!

• July’s Christmas fabric “exchange.” Buy your yard of beautiful Christmas fabric now and bring it to the July meeting. We will start our Christmas projects early with a bag of Christmas fabrics! Learn more at our meetings! Just buy the fabric now!! (And if you think you might forget where you put the fabric between now and then, let Anita know and she’ll remind you where you “hid” it for safe keeping!)

• A 6 part mystery quilt will start in April. This is an easy project that would be great to work on during our Sit and Sews or to make for a charity quilt. Cost will be $5.00.

Pincushion Info from November Meeting

Sandra has sent in this information for those of you who want to participate in the pincushion exchange for December's meeting. These are sources to help you out.

www.tipjunkie.com.  Crafts & DIY.  21 darling patterns to sew

Craftsy.    Free patterns.   PIN pillow

www.u-createcrafts.com  Search 13 pincushion tutorials

www.dollarstorecrafts.com

www.sooldsonew.blogspot.com

www.darlingadventures.com

www.craftpassion.com

www.patternsge.net

www.diaryofaquiltmaven.blogspot.com   Cathedral window

www.nordicneedle.net.   Biscornu

April Schedule of Events

1^st Tuesday, April 1st 10:00 AM 
Board Meeting at Creative Sewing Machine Center

2^nd Tuesday, April 8th 9:30 AM 
Day Bee meets at the home of Dorothy A.

3^rd Tuesday, April 15th 9:30 AM 
General Meeting at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church, 
530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia 
FELLOWSHIP HALL
Spring is here and this month we will enjoy hearing Cathy Miller and John Bunge, the "Singing Quilters". They are from British Columbia and are singing their way across the US. Come and enjoy the music. 

4^th Tuesday, April 22th 9:30 AM 
Comfort Quilts Sew Day at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church
SS classroom

4^th Monday, April 28th 7:00 PM 
Quilt Mavens meets at the home of Janet Shirley?????

Last Thursday of the Month, April 24th 7:00 PM 
Knight Bee meets at the home of Dee Doebler

5^th Tuesday, April 29th  
Fifth Wheels Road Trip 

March Schedule of Events

1^st Tuesday, March 4th 10:00 AM Board Meeting

at Creative Sewing Machine Center

2^nd Tuesday, March 11th 9:30 AM Day Bee

Meets at the home of Carol S

3rd Tuesday, March 18th 9:30 AM General Meeting

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church, 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

FELLOWSHIP HALL

Our program will be "The Gullah Lady" from Johns Island, SC. Sharon Cooper-Murray from Johns Island, SC.  She will present a lecture/demonstration on Rag quilting preservation.

MARCH After-After JELLY ROLL CHALLENGE   Before you come, sew 40 - 2 1/2 inch strips together making a 1600" strip. Missouri Quilt Company has a video how-to on  Youtube.  Bring your strip, sewing machine, sewing supplies and be ready to make a quilt top. Tops that will be created will be donated to Comfort Quilts. If you wish to sign up and have not done so, contact Clara F.   Bring your machines and supplies plus a bag lunch, or plan to run out for a sandwich after the meeting. We will start at 1:00.

4^th Monday, March 24th 7:00 PM Quilt Mavens

Meets at the home of Rosina S

4^th Tuesday, March 25th 9:30 AM Comfort Quilts Sew Day

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church in SS classroom

Thursday, March 27th 7:00 PM Knight Bee

Meets at the home of TBA

February Events

Feb.11^th  9:30 AM                           Day Bee                                                       2^nd Tuesday

at the home of Adele H  DUE TO THE NASTY WEATHER, 
TODAY’S DAY BEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
STAY SAFE AND WARM!

­­­Feb. 18^th  9:30 AM                  General Meeting                                                  3^rd Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                                    

530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

FELLOWSHIP HALL            Our February program will be "The Quilt Trail" presented by Suzi Parron.  

Suzi Parron, author of Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement, has spent the past year traveling the country speaking to quilt guilds and other groups about barn quilts and the many other painted quilts that make up the quilt trail.
Suzi will take you on a journey along the quilt trail, beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves and her wish to honor her mother's quilting art. Suzi's presentation features over one hundred stunning photographs of barn quilts, some of which rival cloth quilts in their intricacy. You will hear
stories of some of the individuals who have painted quilt blocks to honor loved ones or their local culture, along with a few humorous anecdotes.
The presentation is both informative and entertaining, as Suzi explores the way in which our quilting heritage takes on new meaning as this movement continues to expand.
Suzi will have books available for signing after her lecture.

          

Feb. 27^th  7:00 PM                        Knight Bee                 ­­                       Last Thurs. of the month

at the home of Linda V                          

Feb. 24^th  7:00 PM                         Quilt Mavens                                                  4^th Monday       

at the home of Jean M

Feb.25^th  9:30 AM                       Comfort Quilts Sew Day                                   4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church 

in SS classroom                              

    

January General Meeting

         At the January general meeting we listened to a presentation by Sandy Davis and learned some ideas for organizing our home and sewing space.  One important tip is that every thing does not need to be organized at once.  It can be accomplished an area at a time so maybe I can do it.  The best idea I saw was a system to “file” t-shirts or fabrics in your stash so that you can easily see what you have and pull one out.

      We had a great number of members participating in show and tell. 

Carol finished up a wedding gift with lots of quilting and bling.

 Cindy showed this table topper.

 Dorothy showed this tree shirt.

 This is Sandra's interpretation of a Lone Star quilt.

 Linda shared this BOM quilt.

Bonney finished this quilt for the VA Hospice unit.

 Jean made this "disappearing 4 patch" for a sick friend.

 Martha shared her very first quilt made a recently.

 New member Sue shared this lovely paper-pieced project.

 After Allie donated a quilt like this one, she had to make another for herself.

 Annette won a blue ribbon at the State Fair on this large quilt all hand quilted.

 Bonney made this for a gift.

I showed off this cute bunny wall-hanging that I adopted to finish ...

 and this quilt made of orphan blocks and scraps.

Teresa shared a couple of quilt samples to show members what we will be making at our March 18th After-after "Jelly Roll Race".  It should be fun.  Get your 40 WOF  2 1/2" strips and join the fun. 

      

Elizabeth VK

January Schedule of Events

Jan. 7^th  10:00 AM                 Board Meeting           1^st Tuesday

at Creative Sewing Machine Center                            

Jan. 14^th 9:30 AM                      Day Bee                 2^nd Tuesday

at the home of Charlotte K

Jan.21^st 9:30 AM             General Meeting              3^rd Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                                    

530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

FELLOWSHIP HALL  “Organizing”  Sandy Davis     
Come get some ideas for organizing your sewing room and home.     

 Jan. 27^th 7:00PM                Quilt Mavens                 4^th Monday      

at the home of Elizabeth K

Jan. 28^th 9:30 AM        Comfort Quilts Sew Day      4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church  in SS classroom       

Jan. 30^th 7:00 PM            Knight Bee       Last Thurs. of the month   

at the home of Joyce G

  

February 2014-   Our speaker will describe the North Carolina’s Quilt Trail.

March 2014-      We will have a speaker from the Gullah Society.

  

November Events

Nov. 5^th  10:00 AM                   Board Meeting

at Creative Sewing Machine Center                                      1^st Tuesday

Nov. 12^th   9:30 AM                          Day Bee                         2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Jean M

Nov. 19^th   9:30 AM               Regular Meeting

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                                    3^rd Tuesday

530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

FELLOWSHIP HALL                    

       This month our speakers are representatives from Killingsworth Inc, Ronald McDonald House, and Palmetto Richland NICU. These groups are recipients of the comfort quilts and pillowcases we make.    

After-After  November 19  (following the General Meeting)   Don't miss the November after-after where Teresa Coolidge will teach us to make a Hobo bag using 2 1/2 strips and batting.  You should have received a supply and equipment list when you signed up. Please test your machine to make sure it can zigzag through multiple layers without skipping stitches.  Teresa has the patterns which will be handed out at the workshop.  Please contact Teresa C with any questions. 

  

Nov. 21^st 7:00 PM                             Knight Bee                 3^rd  Thursday

Meets at the home of Margaret C        A WEEK EARLY DUE TO THANKSGIVING

NO MEETING THIS MONTH       Quilt Mavens                      

NO MEETING THIS MONTH       Comfort Quilts Sew Day  

      Thanks to all those who pieced, quilted by regular machine and long arm, and those who bound. We had another great year.

Totals for year   2013

Quilts:               141
Pillow cases:      89
Hats for NICU:    52
Little bags:            5   (given to Hannah's House)

October Schedule of Events

October 1^st  10:00 AM                             Board Meeting

 at Creative Sewing Machine Center                                     1^st Tuesday

October 8 ^th   9:30 AM                          Day Bee               2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Deb M

October 15 ^th   9:30 AM                            Regular Meeting

 at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                                     3^rd Tuesday

 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

 FELLOWSHIP HALL   Bring in your first quilt and your last quilt to show                     

October 22^nd  9:30 AM           Comfort Quilts Sew Day      4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church   in SS classroom

October 25th, 7:30 p.m.  Friday

Special Night, Special Guest -- Welcome Back Bonnie 

Bonnie Hunter will present her lecture/trunk show "Scraps & Shirttails," also incorporating quilts from her new book, "String Fling--Scrappy, Happy and Loving It."

For $5 at the door guests are welcome. This event will be at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church.

October 28^th   7:00 PM                   Quilt Mavens                 4^th Monday

Meets at the home of Janet S

October 29^th  9:30 AM         Fifth Wheels Road Trip          5^th Tuesday

Travel to 2 quilt shops in Augusta, GA

October 31^st   7:00 PM                    Knight Bee

Meets at the home of Anita B                                            Last Thursday of month

Bonnie Hunter in October

Friday, October 25th, 7:30 p.m. 

Special Night, Special Guest -- Welcome Back Bonnie 

Past member Bonnie Hunter will present her lecture/trunk show "Scraps & Shirttails," also incorporating quilts from her new book, "String Fling--Scrappy, Happy and Loving It." Guests are welcome and encouraged to join us for this event, but $5 will be collected at the door to recoup some of our expenses. This event will be at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church.

Bonnie Hunter is passionate about quilting, focusing mainly on scrap quilts with the simple feeling of “making do.” She started her love affair with quilting in a home economics class her senior year of high school in 1980 and has never looked back. She has been machine quilting for 19 years and has been featured in magazines both for her quilt patterns and articles she has written on scrap management and using that stash to its full potential. Bonnie is dedicated to continuing the traditions of quilting. She enjoys meeting with quilters, teaching workshops and lecturing to quilt guilds all over the USA, challenging quilters to break the rules, think outside the box, and find what brings them joy. Catch up with Bonnie’s doings through her extensive website at Quiltville.com. You will find tips and tricks, technique tutorials and a long list of free quilt patterns to help you dig into your scraps. From there, head over to Quiltville.blogspot.com for Bonnie’s (almost) daily blog,Quiltville’s Quips & Snips. Her email list, Quiltvillechat@yahoogroups.com has become a hot spot for mystery quilters with focus on using scraps and stash.

Upcoming September Events

September 3^rd  10:00 AM                             Board Meeting

 at Creative Sewing Machine Center                                   1^st Tuesday

September 10^th   9:30 AM                          Day Bee             2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Lynne S

September 17^th   9:30 AM                  Regular Meeting

 at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                                   3^rd Tuesday

 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

 FELLOWSHIP HALL    Silent Auction -- Make It, Bake It, Sew It, Grow It   

September 23^rd   7:00 PM                         Quilt Mavens          4^th Monday

Meets at the home of  Beverly A

September 24^th  9:30 AM           Comfort Quilts Sew Day      4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church   in SS classroom

September 26^th   7:00 PM                             Knight Bee

Meets at the home of Denise S                          Last Thursday of month

UPCOMING EVENTS for August

Aug. 6^th  10:00 AM          Board Meeting     at Creative Sewing Machine Center       1^st Tuesday 

Aug.13^th   9:30 AM                     Day Bee                          2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Adele H

Aug. 20^th  9:30 AM                   Regular Meeting

 at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                              3^rd Tuesday

 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

 FELLOWSHIP HALL        Sue Nichols     (check out the following post for details)

http://gcquilters.blogspot.com/2013/05/sue-nickels-coming-in-august.html

Aug. 29^th 7:00 PM                       Knight Bee

Meets at the home of Libby L                             Last Thursday of month

Aug.26^th    7:00 PM                     Quilt Mavens                    4^th Monday

Meets at the home of Janet S

No August meeting for         Comfort Quilts Sew Day        4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church in SS classroom

Guild Events for July

July 2nd     10:00 AM                                Board Meeting                                       1st Tuesday
 at Creative Sewing Machine Center

July 9th       9:30 AM                                 Day Bee                                                 2nd  Tuesday
Meets at the home of Lari G

 July 16th    9:30 AM                            Regular Meeting                                      3rd Tuesday
 at Seven Oaks Pres. Church, 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia
 FELLOWSHIP HALL                            Demo Day 
            Come and learn some new techniques and add to your quilting skills as members of the guild share their talents with us.

 July 22nd  7:00 PM                                Quilt Mavens                                             4th Monday
Meets at the home of Jean M

 July 23rd   9:30 AM                              Comfort Quilts Sew Day                             4th Tuesday
at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church in SS classroom
       Comfort quilts will work on cutting kits for kids this month and hopefully put some together next month.

This is salad time so bring something to go and join us to work and eat.

Thanks to all for all your help.

We are still collecting pillowcases for Ronald MacDonald House; they love them.

 July 30th   9:30 AM                                  Fifth Wheels Road Trip                            5th Tuesday
       Fifth Wheels will take to the road once again. This time we will be moving in a southern direction.  First Stop will be A Stitch N Time, Again in Orangeburg, SC.  Can't believe I haven't been to this shop so this will a new one for me.  Then on to Summerville, SC, where we will visit People Places and Quilts.  Lunch will be in Summerville at The Mustard Seed.  After lunch, we will stop at Sew and Sew on our way out of town headed back to Columbia. 

       We will leave the parking lot of the church promptly at 9:30 AM and return mid-afternoon as usual.

 August 1st  7:00 PM                                Knight Bee                                                 Thursday
Meets at the home of Liz F

Sue Nickels Coming in August

International quilt teacher Sue Nickels will be joining us August 20th. She will present her lecture, "Machine Quilting for Today's Quilts".  Guests are welcome and encouraged to join us for this lecture but $5 will be collected at the door to recoup some of our expenses.

Sue Nickels has been quilting for 32 years, starting by hand and gradually focusing on machine work. Sue has been teaching machine techniques for the past 20 years. Sue has taught and lectured nationally for shops, guilds and major conferences, including AQS, IQA and NQA. She has also taught internationally in England, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and Spain. Sue's major awards include 1998 AQS Best of Show for "The Beatles Quilt" made by Sue and her sister, Pat Holly. Their quilt, "The Space Quilt" won the 2003 IQA Master of Machine Artistry Award and the 2004 AQS Machine Workmanship Award. Most recently, Sue and Pat's quilt "Tea at Tenby" won 2009 Best of Show at the Birmingham Festival of Quilts in England. Sue's current books are "Machine Quilting:  A Primer of Techniques" and "Stitched Raw Edge Applique" co-authored with Pat. Sue has also been a judge for many quilt shows, most recently part of the team judging the 2009 IQA Show. Sue's priority in the workshops she teaches is to provide a relaxed environment for students to learn machine techniques that are timesaving. Sue emphasizes the best quality workmanship, never compromising quality for speed.

Sue Nickels Workshops -- Guild members will have exclusive access to these workshops through the June general meeting. After this time we will be opening them up to non-members. 

August 20th -- Half Day Workshop following general meeting  

Machine Quilting -- Feathers and Stippling. 

Cost: $25 for members, $35 for non-members.

In this workshop explore the beautiful feather design and how to enhance it with traditional stipple quilting. Sue has used the feather design successfully on many of her quilts and uses traditional stipple quilting to add dimension. The feather is the ideal design for free motion quilting and is easier than you might think. Students will work at the machine on a small feather project that Sue has created just for this workshop. Fall in love with this fabulous combo -- Feathers and Stippling! 

  

Wednesday, August 21st -- Full Day Workshop

Folk Art Border and Machine Appliqué Techniques.

Cost: $45 for members, $55 for non-members 

In this workshop, learn Sue's Stitched Raw Edge appliqué technique while creating a folk garden border from Sue's Quilt "Blue Tulips on Pink Skies." Nineteenth century folk art quilts were the influence for this completely machine made quilt. Learn all the details of the technique including bias stems, points and circles. Make your quilts spectacular by adding beautiful appliqué borders. Project can be the start of the quilt or can be made into a small runner. 

May Schedule of Events

May 7^th  10:00 AM                          Board Meeting

 at Creative Sewing Machine Center                               1^st Tuesday

May 14^th   9:30 AM                          Day Bee                    2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Sandra B

May  21^st   9:30 AM                   Regular Meeting

 at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                               3^rd Tuesday

 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

 FELLOWSHIP HALL                    Member Sale     

May 27^th   7:00 PM                         Quilt Mavens              4^th Monday

Meets at the home of Janet Sh

May 28^th  9:30 AM           Comfort Quilts Sew Day           4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church   in SS classroom

May 30^th   6:00 PM                         Knight Bee

Meets at Judy T’s lake house                       Last Thursday of month

April Events

April 2^nd  10:00 AM                        Board Meeting

 at Creative Sewing Machine Center                               1^st Tuesday

April 9^th   9:30 AM                          Day Bee                  2^nd Tuesday  

Meets at the home of Elizabeth K

April 16^th   9:30 AM             Regular Meeting

 at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church                               3^rd Tuesday

 530 St. Andrews Rd, Columbia

 FELLOWSHIP HALL           Karen Kendo

      Karen Kendo, an award winning longarm quilter will be visiting us this month. She will present a program entitled Longarm Quilting -- From Edge-To-Edge to Heirloom Custom. She will do a Power Point presentation with lots of pictures and explanations of the different levels of quilting and what to expect from your longarm quilter. A handout will be provided on how to prepare your quilt for the longarm quilter. Karen will also bring some of her own quilts for a trunk show to allow you to see different levels and styles of longarm quilting up close and personal. See the workshops section for information on Karen's half-day workshop.    
 Half-day workshop -- Learning to Listen to Your Quilt For all of you who look at your beautiful, newly made quilt tops and say to yourself, "how the heck am I going to quilt this?" here is the workshop for you. Sometimes a quilt top shouts what it wants to have quilted on it and sometimes it whispers, and sometimes it is mute. This workshop focuses on listening to your quilt to determine the best and most complementary way to quilt it. Topics will focus on style, breaking the quilt down into design sections, intended use of the quilt, etc. This is a design class for all types of machine quilters, as well as hand quilters. Participants are encouraged to bring a quilt top to class for discussion. Karen says that she did this as a three hour class at state retreat this fall and it was a big hit. If you want to participate in this class you may still sign up. Price of the workshop is $15. Supply list: notepad and pencil and of course bring one of your quilt tops.

April 22^nd   7:00 PM                         Quilt Mavens              4^th Monday

Meet at the home of Jean M    

April 23^rd  9:30 AM           Comfort Quilts Sew Day          4^th Tuesday

at Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church   in SS classroom

April  25^th  7:00 PM                         Knight Bee

Meets at the home of Dee D                           Last Thursday of month