Thank you for hosting the Friday 13th QT, Give and Take event Linda. I think that everyone was happy with the result. Everyone dropped off items they no longer wanted or needed and went home with something great! I know I'm happy.
At the meeting we discussed plans for the coming up year. We have a couple ideas for some fun projects in the coming year(s).
First event is the Cocolalla Quilt Retreat. This one is put on by Cocolalla Bible Camp and happens on March 13 -14. If you're interested let me know and I'll get you the information for attending. This is one I've been to a number of times. If you are lucky you will get a spot by the fire to set up your machine. And then you have all night Friday night and all day Saturday to just quilt, away from home. The camp provides 4 meals and they are fabulous! The cabins are kid camp bunk, so be prepared to be "camping". I know that there are 3 of us signing up for sure. It happens to be the same night as QT in March. So if you don't make it to the retreat, then there is still going to be quilt talk going on somewhere, probably with margaritas involved.
Who wants to do a spa party in April again?! I do!! We are going to try to book a spa party for QT in April again this year. We plan to get the same package we got last year, which includes, a massage, hair mask, parafin hand dip, foot soak and massage, and sauna. We brought pizza and veggies last year and bought wine (can't bring our own wine) from the spa. Please let Gayle know if you want to come so she knows how many to book.
We would like to do another community project. Last year was the best year for community projects yet. In the Spring we made the ditty bags for women in need. Those have been well received. I have a lot of supplies left over from the last time, so I'd vote to do that again and fill those bags up! We also made lots of childrens quilts for kids in crisis. These are still trickling in and we can still donate those.
Stephanie would like to see another sew night. One evening where we all can bring our machines and have our own mini quilt camp and sew away with good company. I look forward to that because sometimes that (or camp) is the only time I make to sew!
First Friday in July, Gayle and Jean are featured artists at Barristers Winery in Spokane. The last show they did was amazing and I expect this one will be just as incredible. I've seen a sampling of Gayles art and it is amazing.
September is the target for our QT quilt camp. I'll let you know when the date is officially booked. We do need a head count on who would like to attend. And we will be asking for a deposit as well. We need a certain number of people to secure the bigger room. As soon as we have a date set I'll be in touch to firm up the plans. We are hoping to get the 2nd or 4th weekend.
Do you remember the game "telephone"? Where one person whispers a secret to someone next to them, and then the listener whispers the secret to the next person and so on, until the last person says it out loud? It could be the same or it could have changed dramatically. Our next project is like that. It is called "Chinese Whispers". One person has 6 weeks to make a quilt from a chosen photograph (we will have someone outside our group chose the picture). Then that person will pass her *completed* quilt to the next person for inspiration. That person has 6 weeks to complete a quilt and pass it along to the next person and give the original back to its owner. And so on until everyone has done one. These will be smallish, not bed sized, quilts. We cannot share with each other. No one can see anyone's final project until the end. At that time we will have another quilt show and hang them in order of the the whispers.
I'm pretty excited about this project.
We would like to make a calendar with the pictures of the quilts we have done. If everyone finishes their poster project, we can take some pictures and make a poster project calendar first. I think there are some Row by rows that are finished, we can use those as well. (Mine just needs to be quilted!)
The Whispers project will be a 2017 calendar.
In the mean time, we have the flower quilt project to work on still. I feel like a schmuck because I came up with the idea to do this project and I haven't even started it! I have some of the fabric for it, but that is the extent. I even have to look up the dimensions... I'll post them here, when I find them. Ha!
And we have a request for another fractured fat quarter. That was the first project that our group ever did. It was a fantastic way to get to know each others styles. We have several new members who haven't done that project before, maybe it's time to share a fat quarter again? I think those are pretty fun projects and I have my fractured fat quarter hanging on the wall in my room.
There is a lot coming up in QT! It's an exciting year! Can't wait to get started with you all. (I think I'll dig out my flower quilt to work on at camp in March).
Happy Quilting!
