May Meeting

Thursday, May 22, is the date of GreatFul Threads next meeting. Top of the agenda is the CDM quilt project. The blocks are completed and it's time to set them together. In this blog you will see the pics we took Saturday during our last session with the children. Thank you to everyone who has participated up to this point. A big thank you to Sandi Suggs and the Piecemaker Bee who stepped in to give us a much needed hand.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone has created with their technique for the month. Mine is my head but will be in my hand Thursday eve!  It's never too late to create. Don't forget to bring your show 'n tell.

See you Thursday evening, 6:00 at Bernina Sew and Quilt Studio, 5950 Shallowford Rd.

Denise

Saturday # 3 at the Children's Discovery Museum

Thanks to Delores Dady for heading up the crew to work our 3rd Saturday at the CDM.  We appreciate Kim Callaway, Melissa Klingensmith and Karen Sperry for taking time to go. It was another successful day of making blocks for the two quilts that will hang in the museum during Chattanooga's AQS month of September. Thanks also to Delores for taking the pics, gratification smiles on the girls faces is its own reward!

This Saturday, the 10th, is our final day at the museum, then we will begin to assemble our quilts. Those on the schedule to go are Sharon Griffith, Josie Dinwiddie, Phyllis Godschall, Susan Dodd, Sandi Suggs, Carol Hooper, and myself. Pat yourself on the back because it looks as if we had the perfect # of kits made up for this project, that's what I call great teamwork. A big thanks to each of you.

We still have 2 weeks until our May GreatFul Threads meeting. Have fun working up your technique and if you need me to pull two from the basket, send me a text or email. We do not have flower pounding in the list of techniques, but if you are in the mood, this is the time to do it!

Take time to create,

Denise

April 24 Meeting Re-cap and CDM update

Enthusiastic Art Quilters,

Thanks to everyone who has participated in the Children's Discovery Museum quilt project. To date we have had 18 members and non members working through GreatFul Threads on this effort. Saturday we had Sandi Sugg's Piecemaker's Bee (PBs) at the museum along withVista, Karen and myself. The Piecemaker Bee members attending were Sandi Suggs, Sandy Rathjen, Susan Dodd, and Linda Meck.  Below you will find pictures of our fun afternoon. We have 2 more Saturday's to work with the children, May 3 and 10. I will send a reminder along with a parking permit to those signed up. If you would like to attend please let me know, we can always use more help.

We had a good April meeting at the Bernina Sew and Quilt Studio tonight. Show 'n Tell was excellent as always and our basket techniques were great lessons in how to. It never ceases to amaze me what we can do either by hand or with a sewing machine. If you were not able to attend tonight send me an email and I will choose your techniques for the month of May.

Jackie Cory will be teaching a class at Hyder Hangout in Cleveland on "Crazy Patch Techniques and Embrodiery, May 3rd from 1:00-4:00. The cost is $32.50 which includes some materials. The address if 219 First Street, Cleveland. Call Susan Hyder to register or register online.

I do hope the natural colors of Spring are encouraging you in your ability to choose your own fiber art colors. Whenever you get stumped about what colors to use, simply look to nature, the inspiration is boundless.


Don't forget to attend the exhibit, "From the Earth" at Relections Gallery, 6922 Lee Hwy. Our very own, Delores Dady and her husband are featured through May 30.


Everyday take time to create,


Denise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quilting at Children's Discovery Museum

     What a fun afternoon we had at the Children's Discovery Museum on Saturday. The children made quilt blocks to go into the two quilts we are making as well as a block to take home. Thanks to the work our members did beforehand preparing kits our session was smooth and easy. The pics below document our day. We will be there again Saturday the 19th, planting the quilting bug into the next generation.

Take time to create,

Denise