First of all we have a new President Lana Osmun and she has chosen a great board to assist her through the year. It takes more that one person to corral our group and that's the job of the board of directors.
Second we will be doing a block of the month this year from Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage book. There was an order placed late last year but if you didn't get in on that you can check places like Amazon or Connecting Threads (40% off today) or Fat Quarter Quilts online.
Such cute and mostly easy blocks...and the fabrics are all up to you! I hope someone uses batiks or hand dyes for these blocks as I think it would be very striking.
Click on the large names for a link to the store mentioned.
January blocks are 54 and 60 the Cherries and the Strawberry. notice that the strawberry has multiple pink fabrics but of course being your project maybe you will want reds instead. Whatever you choose will be great.
Then we are continuing on with the Quilt of Valor project and Jan 19 will be our next day to sew for those who served for our freedoms.
Carmen will continue with our Community service days the last Tuesday of the month as we finish up past projects and begin some new ones for the year. Don't miss out on this day each month.
Last but not least 2 fun challenges!
Carmen, in honor of our theme of Friendships, has something up her sleeve for us. She handed out patterns for foundation paper pieced basket blocks for us to make, 3 of them, and more to come some time in the near future. Pick up your pattern at the Sr Center quilt room or Peggy will be emailing a PDF file for you to save on your computer and print your own.
Challenge #2 the group is invited to participate in a block lottery each month using the Moda Block Shuffle patterns. Jill will be handing out a new pattern each month in Pleasant Grove at our meeting and if you want you will make a block (or Two) in the chosen color to be turned in at the next month's meeting in Pleasant Grove.
For every block you turn in you will get 1 chance at winning all the blocks! So two blocks, two chances...get it? You can pick up a copy in the quilt room. This month's color is blue...any shade of blue you like. Have fun and see if you can learn something new!
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