Special Events
Karen Cyson is our guild coordinator for special events for 2018.
Woolly Brights is hosting a Special Event and You're Invited! Scroll up to the top of the newsletter. See the SCHQ logo? Darlene Smith of One Wing Wool, a speaker last year, will be hand dyeing wool and designing a wool needle book for us using the logo as the cover design. A needle book is a fabric folder that is used to carry/store your needles. If you've ever stuck a needle in a pin cushion and had it disappear inside never to be found again, then you know why needles go in needle books and pins (with heads) go in pin cushions.
Darlene will teach a class on Wednesday, April 18, at the usual meeting place of Woolly Brights, the St. Cloud Public Library, from 5:45 p.m. 'til 8:45 p.m. The fee of $25 includes the kit of hand dyed wool, pattern, instruction, and use of Darlene's cutting machine so you can personalize your book with 'SCHQ' or' 2018' or your name or whatever lettering/numbering you choose cut from matching wool.
You may also choose to make a pincushion in addition to your needle book. Darlene mentioned that it "might be a little thick on top for pin insertion", but it will obviously be cute and will match your needle book. Just stitch the front/top as you would for the needle book and use the back cover as the bottom of your pin cushion, stitch around the perimeter and fill with your choice of filling (wool, poly, crushed walnut shells, or rice). I use a mix of all four). Purchasing the additional kit will be $18.
Registration forms will be available at the February, March, and April SCHQ meetings. The final date to register for this event is April 5 as Darlene needs time to create our specialty wool. Checks payable to SCHQ for $25 or $43. No $18 kits sold separately.
Scrap Exterminators continues with another new scrap quilt pattern for members each month. Whittle down your scrap pile and make fabulous quilts designed by Cheri Merritt and Nathan Carter. Patterns will be available at monthly guild meetings for registered members. Anyone new to the guild (new member after 1/1/18) can register for $10 and receive each monthly pattern and patterns from the previous months.
Featherweight Group - This group does fun projects throughout the year. To be part of this group, you must own and bring a Featherweight sewing machine. Julie Johnson is the facilitator. They meet the second Thursday of the month at 9:30 am at Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN. Contact Julie to be added to the email list for meeting notices.
President’s Challenge:
It’s the year of the Scrappy Quilt. Therefore, I challenge everyone to make a scrappy quilt or two using your “orphan blocks that you have in your stash. If you don’t have orphan blocks, check out thrift stores or garage sales. Incorporate T-shirts into the scrappy fabric, too.
I’m suggesting two sizes. 48x48 inches square or 48x60 inches rectangle. They would be a welcome addition to our service projects, if you choose to donate them. Start scrapping.
Special Events (Alice Sue Becker): Alice Sue is organizing a social event for guild members she is calling “Sip, Sew and Swap”. It will be held on April 24th from 6:30 – 9 p.m. See the newsletter for additional information.
Woolly Brights is hosting a Special Event and You're Invited! Scroll up to the top of the newsletter. See the SCHQ logo? Darlene Smith of One Wing Wool, a speaker last year, will be hand dyeing wool and designing a wool needle book for us using the logo as the cover design. A needle book is a fabric folder that is used to carry/store your needles. If you've ever stuck a needle in a pin cushion and had it disappear inside never to be found again, then you know why needles go in needle books and pins (with heads) go in pin cushions.
Darlene will teach a class on Wednesday, April 18, at the usual meeting place of Woolly Brights, the St. Cloud Public Library, from 5:45 p.m. 'til 8:45 p.m. The fee of $25 includes the kit of hand dyed wool, pattern, instruction, and use of Darlene's cutting machine so you can personalize your book with 'SCHQ' or' 2018' or your name or whatever lettering/numbering you choose cut from matching wool.
You may also choose to make a pincushion in addition to your needle book. Darlene mentioned that it "might be a little thick on top for pin insertion", but it will obviously be cute and will match your needle book. Just stitch the front/top as you would for the needle book and use the back cover as the bottom of your pin cushion, stitch around the perimeter and fill with your choice of filling (wool, poly, crushed walnut shells, or rice). I use a mix of all four). Purchasing the additional kit will be $18.
Registration forms will be available at the February, March, and April SCHQ meetings. The final date to register for this event is April 5 as Darlene needs time to create our specialty wool. Checks payable to SCHQ for $25 or $43. No $18 kits sold separately.
Scrap Exterminators continues with another new scrap quilt pattern for members each month. Whittle down your scrap pile and make fabulous quilts designed by Cheri Merritt and Nathan Carter. Patterns will be available at monthly guild meetings for registered members. Anyone new to the guild (new member after 1/1/18) can register for $10 and receive each monthly pattern and patterns from the previous months.
Featherweight Group - This group does fun projects throughout the year. To be part of this group, you must own and bring a Featherweight sewing machine. Julie Johnson is the facilitator. They meet the second Thursday of the month at 9:30 am at Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN. Contact Julie to be added to the email list for meeting notices.
President’s Challenge:
It’s the year of the Scrappy Quilt. Therefore, I challenge everyone to make a scrappy quilt or two using your “orphan blocks that you have in your stash. If you don’t have orphan blocks, check out thrift stores or garage sales. Incorporate T-shirts into the scrappy fabric, too.
I’m suggesting two sizes. 48x48 inches square or 48x60 inches rectangle. They would be a welcome addition to our service projects, if you choose to donate them. Start scrapping.
Special Events (Alice Sue Becker): Alice Sue is organizing a social event for guild members she is calling “Sip, Sew and Swap”. It will be held on April 24th from 6:30 – 9 p.m. See the newsletter for additional information.