President's Message
Happy June, Quilters! We had a good meeting in May, with our annual elections and Members Market. Congrats to all our officers and board members. Newly elected and continuing board members are all invited to the June board meeting at 11:00. Of course, ALL members are needed to make the guild the best it can be.
We’re looking forward to our June 10 meeting, our last guild get-together till September. Other June happenings include June 14, Flag Day; June 18, Fathers Day; June 21, beginning of summer; June 25, Eid al Fitr beginning at sundown.
If you haven’t already paid your dues for Empire’s upcoming program year, please do so soon. Remember, now it’s $60 for membership if the newsletter is emailed to you. If you have the newsletter printed and mailed to you, that is an additional $10.
Hopefully you have good plans for the summer, and hopefully those plans include creating your entry of our Summer Challenge and starting to work on your entry for the Presidents’ Challenge at our next quilt show, details below. Happy Quilting!
SUMMER CHALLENGE
The theme is “What I Wish I Had Done during my Summer Vacation” and the winner will be chosen by members’ votes at the September meeting. Each side must be approximately 12 inches. This should be an interesting contest.
PRESIDENTS’ CHALLENGE
Already announced for Empire’s Quilt Show in 2019: We’re reversing the numbers 2019 and coming up with 1920. So the theme will be the 1920s, whatever that “roaring” decade brings to your mind. Sides must be at least 10 inches, but no more than 20 inches.
Workshops
Dr. Bostick : Tumbling Block Workshop
September 10th 2017 details to follow.
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Guild Business Meeting: 1:00 p.m.Saturday Sept. 9th,2017Location: Church of the Holy Apostles296 Ninth Ave (@ 28th St) Please join us! Meetings are free for new members.
Guest Fee $10
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Meeting events and activities:
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Click Here for Sept. 2017 Block of the Month Paper Piece Template courtesy of Generations Quilt Pattern Tutorials.
NEW TRIP ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 8th to the Botanical Garden. Click here for more information and the latest Notices such as information about upcoming trips, and where to see guild members exhibiting quilts locally. Have something you'd like to add? Send it to us!
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THE SWAP RETURNS - HERE IS WHAT TO DO TO GET 42 DIFFERENT FABRICS EACH MONTH.
- Choose either a color or a design from the monthly list and find 6 fabrics of that color or design.
- Cut a 6 inch wide strip across each of the fabrics. Then cut each strip into 7 squares.
- Sort the 42 total squares into 7 sets containing one square of each fabric.
- Put a set of fabrics in each of 6 letter sized envelopes and seal. (Hold the 7th set at home.)
- PRINT your first and last name on each envelope and either the color or the design you chose.
- Put a rubber band around your set of envelopes.
- At the beginning of meeting, register with the swap domo and pass in your envelopes.
- At the end of the meeting, pick up your swapped envelopes. You will be returned envelopes from 6 different people. The envelopes contain 36 different fabrics, plus the 6 you left at home makes 42 different fabrics total.
WHY DO YOU EVEN CONSIDER CHARM PACKS WHEN THERE IS A SWAP AVAILABLE AT YOUR MEETING