Hello Everyone,
Our Nov 1st meeting was easy and brief. There were a few Show & Tell projects to enjoy then the three project demonstrations were presented. Many members enjoyed getting some ideas for gift giving. The rest of the day was spent eating potatoes with toppings and extras while visiting with each other. Hope your day was fun.
Happy Stitching, Holly

October 18 Meeting

Our meeting today had a smaller number of attendees than usual; only about 40 people came. Show & Tell was also sparse with 3 people showing their creations. Check out the Show & Tell under the Show & Tell 2018 tab above to see the lovely creations shown today.

At our next meeting in November is Projects & Potato Day. If you wish to attend please contact Benee. Bring potato toppings, etc. too.

Also, I (Daryl) will be taking sign-ups for the Selvage Class I will be teaching the first March meeting. Cost is $15 for the class, which includes a kit with everything you need to make a mug rug and a fabric basket, including the selvages. (To be safe, bring some selvages of your own too). You need to bring white, off white or light gray thread and your basic sewing supplies, machine, etc. I will post a list on the blog in January and give you a hand out when you sign up and pay for the class. Deadline for signing up is the 2nd meeting in February. 

The first eleven people to sign up for the Selvage Class, I will be including a little something extra. Must pay when you sign up to receive the extra goodie though. How's that for incentive? LOL!

Ann D's Quilt aka Inman Park Quilt

Ann D. showed this quilt at our last meeting. Ann said she saw it on Pinterest and said there was no pattern and she just figured it out. I am sure it isn't too difficult to figure out if you have a sheet of graph paper, but I did find someone who sells this pattern (as a pdf download) on Etsy for $5 if you would rather pay someone else to tell you how to cut and sew this quilt.

It's called the Inman Park Quilt.  Here is the photo from Etsy:

Here is Ann's quilt:

The top quilt has been turned a different direction from Ann's quilt. It's a fabulous quilt to use up scraps! Both colorful scraps and white scraps too!!! Thanks for sharing Ann.

Hello Everyone,
We had a full Show & Tell with all the beautiful projects that happened with Fall Retreat at Hummingbird Camp. As cooler weather is approaching, Thimbleweed Quilters are preparing to help the homeless by providing fleece scarves and hats. Project day is our next meeting on October 4. Please see the Community Service page for more information. Remember to look at the Quilt Shows tab and perhaps get to travel and enjoy the Santa  Fe Quilt Fiesta coming soon. 
Happy Stitching, Holly

Hello Everyone,
Today's meeting included some nice Show & Tell along with regular happenings. Afterwards Kathy S gave is an inclusive review about what the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta judges are looking for to award prizes. Entries for the May 2019 show begin January 4 through March 1, 2019. Please see the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council Website for the details. http://www.abqfiberartscouncil.org/
Our next meeting on September 20 is the Members Garage sale. Please bring any of your gently used items sewing and non-sewing related and set up a table for free. 
Happy Sewing, Holly

Pot Holder Swap for December Meeting

Jeanne H. is heading up the Potholder Swap for our December meeting. Make a potholder and you will receive back a potholder. Jeanne will explain in December how she will go about doing the swap.

There is no theme for the potholders, so they do not have to be holiday themed at all, just hand made. I (Daryl) have added several free potholder patterns or tutorials under the FREEBIES tab at the top of this blog. Click on "Freebies" tab and scroll down to the potholders. See something you like? Click on it and it will take you to where the pattern or tutorial is located on the internet. If it is in a pdf format, just save to your computer somewhere that you can find it later. Or copy and paste the tutorial to a WORD document and again save it to where you can easily find it later. Hint: create a folder on your computer aptly named Potholders and save all the potholder patterns you want to that folder. Think of your computer as a metal file cabinet filled with folders that you name so you can find what you are looking for and place into that folder. That is all a computer is really a place to store things you want to find later, only a computer takes up a lot less space.

I will add more potholder patterns as well as other patterns under the Freebies tab, so please stop by and check it out.

Here are a few that you will find under the FREEBIES tab:

Hello Everyone,
Today's meeting was eventful and full of information. We had many more Doo-Lollies turned in for the Thimbleweed contribution to Fiber Arts Fiesta - nearly 150 items completed so far of the 200 we need. If you have some parts you signed up to do, please get theses done and turned in soon and we won't have to spend time at a meeting making these. Show & Tell was inspiring as usual with some of our members getting a lot done this summer. Great going, Ladies! To complete our meeting Brandi Perea of Tea Cup Quilts gave us a trunk show of the quilts she's made from pre-cuts from her store. She shared a few ideas about why some quilts worked better than others and how you can use pre-cuts to make your quilt top construction faster and easier. Kids go back to school before our next meeting so we should have the whole room for Thimbleweed again to enjoy working with Irene as she presents the roll-up Travel Blanket on Aug 16. Preparation instructions are on the Upcoming Meetings tab.
Happy Stitching, Holly