December News

Executive News

Merry Christmas to everyone!
The Fall season seems to have flown by, here we are near the end of the year with the snow on the ground and the Christmas season beginning. American Thanksgiving always starts the flurry of advertising for Christmas which makes it feel closer.
Our Christmas party will be on Dec. 7th, Tuesday evening. It will begin with dinner at the Honey Dew restaurant at 5:30 p.m. We will be ordering individually off the menu as we were a few short of the 25 in order to have the buffet. After dinner we will move the party over to the hall for a silent auction, games, coffee and tea. Proceeds from the silent auction will go to the Community Hamper Fund.
So bring anything from your sewing room that you are finished with and you think someone else could use for the silent auction.
If any of you are inspired to bring some sweets for dessert that would be nice to have with our coffee.
Bring three fat quarters for a fat quarter exchange and three (more) fat quarters if you want to buy into the dice game. Stephanie has another game that you can play for free.
A fun way to end off 2010 so make sure you put it on your calandar, see you there!
If you have any requests for meeting activities and/or projects for our in-guild days then make sure you let me know so we can include it in our plans for next year.
Happy New Year,
Rae

December Events
Business Meeting - Tuesday, December 7, 5:30 p.m. at Honey Dew restaurant followed by a party at the Slavonic Hall.
In-Guild Day - no in-guild in December

Irene's Annual Tea Party
December 17th at 1:00 p.m. Come over and enjoy a relaxing afternoon.

January In-Guild
We will be working on the raffle quilts, hoping to get them finished up.

Caba's Quilting Cottage

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Along with the 2011 Christmas draw, our in store prize is 5 metres of Robert Kaufman fabric.

Heart n' Sole Quilts

Simply reminder for classes. List is at the shop as well as samples. Shop will be closed from Dec. 18 to Jan 3, 2011.

Thank you for all your support during 2010. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Heart n' Sole Quilts.

Corrections to the Pattern for the Guild Name Label: Sunflower Dresden Plate
When you became a paid member of the guild, the directions and pattern for the Sunflower Dresden Plate guild Name Label were handed out to you.
Unfortunately the pattern that was scanned became reduced in size when it was printed. The pattern for the petal (Template A) should be 1 3/4" total height and 1 3/4" wide at the top edge. The centre for the Dresden Plate can be left as is or just increased by 1/8" all around.
A new page will soon be loaded on the blog with the complete instructions.

November News

Executive News

We are trying to make the evening meetings less business and more fun.  November 9th meeting will feature three 'technique stations' that everyone will get a chance to learn something different at.  If you have any request for activities or ideas for the new year please let me know, thanks.

 There are only two pieces of business to discuss:

 1.  a vote on what to do about out meeting place, this will be done by written ballot.

2.  to think about and decide is what to do for our Christmas party.  We have the evening of Dec 7th booked at the hall.  A silent auction like last year has been suggested with the money going to the hamper fund so start deciding what you are finished with from your sewing room if this is what you want to do.  I have a fun game we could play with fat quarters. Do we want food? pot luck?  go out to eat before the fun??????? bring all your ideas and we will decide. 

That’s it, the rest of the news is elsewhere in this newsletter so keep reading!

see you Nov.9th 7pm

Rae

November Events
Business Meeting - Tuesday, November 9, 7:00 p.m.
In-Guild Day - Tuesday, November 23, 9:00 a.m.
November In-Guild

In guild day is November 23^rd. Marg Koide and Mary Cadman will be instructing in some creative surface design techniques. They will do a demo followed by hands on creation of your own fabric pieces.

Supplies will be available for your use. Bring tools to make interesting shapes on fabric, an old potatoe masher or cookie cutters are a couple of examples. We will be working with PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric but if you want to play on top of commercial fabrics you could bring some of your own along. You might want to bring an apron...

We will play in the morning and you can do your own projects in the afternoon.

 

Guild Meeting Place

At the November 9^th business meeting there will be a discussion, followed by a vote on where we should hold our guild meetings. The choices are a) the Senior’s Hall in the park b) Fibre Focus building on Donaldson or c) stay where we are.  Members who cannot make the meeting should advise the executive of their vote by emailing Rae at rayele@telus.net.

Comfort and Rotoplast Quilts 

We have several tops ready to be quilted.  You can machine quilt, hand quilt or tie them.  I hope that several of you come forward to help finish these quilts.  Thanks

Beryl, Ruth, Evelyn and Lynne

Caba’s Quilting Cabin

Give yourself a lasting Xmas present - Liz Faminoff is doing two classes at Cabas Quilting Cottage in January. " Summer Song" dates are January 18,19,20 or January 21,22,23. For more information call 250-442-2875.

Heart n’ Sole Quilts

Long time in coming…..a little news and a class schedule.

 Wow! A busy summer and now it’s November, how can this be???

Thank you to all who participated in our 10^th Anniversary Quilt Challenge. Dayenne Davis won Viewers choice for her “Dancing Chickens” Never thought of turning roses into chickens. It is amazing the different ideas. They were all terrific.

Watch for the next challenge coming in the New Year…….

New fabrics, patterns, books arriving on a regular basis. Beautiful and inspiring fabrics.

Classes for November & December

All classes will be held in the shop. Payment required at time of registration.

Rae has been busy:

Nov 15^th : Easy Clamshell Table runner. Looks difficult but isn’t at all - 1 day, $35.  Sample and supply list in the shop

Dec 6^th & 7^th: Poinsettia placemat & napkins. Love them!  A little different shape and beautiful.  Sample & supply list in shop. $60

Cathy not so productive:

 Jan  17^th: BQ3 I love it! Two days and you’ve got it.  A different twist on BQ1. Great way to show off those special fabrics. Sample and supply list in the shop. $60                                                                       

Feb 1^st(?): Reflections……….1 day. Samples in the shop  shop                    

More details coming

Coming Events

10,000 Villages Sale at Gospel Chapel, Saturday Nov 13, 9 am – 3 pm.

Lots of great ornaments and ideas for gifts from all over the world. 100% of the proceeds are returned to 10000 Villages and the artisans who produce the crafts. Rae puts on this event annually and could use some volunteers – please speak to her if you can help.