Did you know that the Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild offers nearly 300 book in our library? They’re available for any of our members to borrow (included for free with your membership!) Our guild buys books every year, but many are also donated to our guild. Below is the most current list of what’s in… Read More Guild Library
Yesterday’s monthly guild meeting featured a wonderful presentation by Cindy Felts on jelly rolls! Here is a link to the presentation. Did you know that the term “Jelly Roll” is trademarked by Moda fabrics. They first came out with the concept in 2006! Here’s a gallery of some beautiful jelly roll-inspired quilts we admired last… Read More What do you do with that Jelly Roll?
Next Saturday, February 3 is our monthly class. This month we will be learning the Carolina Lily Table Runner or Hallow Cube Block. both patterns use the the Clearview Triangle ruler (strip piecing). Join Martha Ethridge for a class on her award winning Carolina Lily Table Runner. As an alternative, you can learn to make… Read More February 2018 Class
If any one is interested in going Judy Fox and I our attending the class. We can car pool. So if you want to go with us please contact Loretta Phelps or Judy Fox. Check out more about the class here. Is standard embroidery leaving you feeling FLAT? Are you looking for a way to… Read More Jackman’s Fabrics Embroidery Class
Kalona Quilt Show & Sale would like to invite our guild members to Kalona, IA. for our annual Kalona Quilt Show and Sale 2018! Located in the heart of Iowa’s Amish Country, it is a fun weekend getaway!. The Quilt Show, Museum, Fabric Shops and so much more! We would love to see you there!… Read More Kalona Quilt Show & Sale
A dear guild member, Joan, has moved and we are making her friendship star blocks. The blocks for Joan’s quilt are a little different than the ones we traditionally do. They should still measure 9.5″ unfinished. Joan has requested jewel tones on black. Check out the images below to get some inspiration. Please bring your… Read More Joan’s Friendship Blocks
Minutes of Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild, December 7, 2017 Meeting called to order by Kathy Stack at 7:10 p.m. 55 members present. No new members or guests tonight. Those with birthdays in December were acknowledged. November minutes were emailed. Mary Wilkerson made a motion and Ruth Rakop seconded to accept the minutes as written.… Read More December 2017 Meeting Minutes
We were short of our goal in November of baby quilts for the year so I asked for help. I received such an overwhelming response in December. 21 quilts were turned in at the December meeting. I think that was a record for a given month. We not only met our goal, we passed the… Read More Karen’s 10,000 Inches Annual Report for 2017
I’m excited to announce the new 2018 UFO Challenge! Thanks to our guild president, Kathy Stack, for the great idea. I’ll have the bid sheets at the January meeting for you to fill out and turn in. I hope everyone will consider participating this year. It should be lots of fun! It never occurred to me that during… Read More 2018 UFO Challenge
Thank You, Thank You and Thank You. In November I was asking for some baby quilts because we were not even at 10,000 inches for this year. Wow, did I ever get a response from this quilt guild. Last night 21 baby quilts were turned in with a total of 3,451 inches. We not only… Read More Karen’s 10,000 Inches Update
