SNIPPETS Kenya Quilt Guild Newsletter
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Page March 2014 SNIPPETS Kenya Quilt Guild Newsletter rom Our Chairman class see me and we will start the F How are you coming on your arrangements. – goals for quilting this year? One When we take risks, we grow. When INSIDE THIS I S S U E : of our members is such an example for we grow those around us benefit. all of us. On 27 February, Raghbir Thanks for taking that risk, Raghbir! Syan took a chance and she taught a From the Chair 1 class. Raghbir had never taught a quilting class before, but she had InI will Stitches, be… learned a new, beautiful technique on AGM Agenda 2 the internet and she wanted to share Patty Arensen it. And those of us who took the class were blessed! Meetings 1 EETINGS blog. M & We’ll get the pictures posted on the Those of you who took the class 4 Thursday 20th March - Featured Items, please bring your runners in whatever Library News & Returned KQG member Estelle will state of completion they are in to the Mystery Quilt talk about the Tentmakers of Cairo guild meeting this month so others (see July 2012 Snippets) and will Tips and Techniques 5 may see the results of taking a risk. Are you stuck on a quilting project? stunning appliqué quilts to show us. bring along samples of the Egyptians’ Kaffe Fasset 6 Take a risk and come to the UFO time This has been moved from February after the guild meeting. Bring your to March due to a scheduling issue. project and your machine and say, Estelle Garnier, who was a member of Reminders 7 the KQG about 10 years ago, moved to been in your position who are willing “Help!” You will find friends who have Cairo when she left Nairobi. There she to get you through the stuck phase was discovered the Tentmakers of and on to finishing your quilt. Have Cairo and became fascinated with you found a new method or trick to their work. She has spent hours in making quilting easier? Volunteer to their workshops watching their show others at the UFO or teach a B (continued on page 3) Page 2 March 2014 KENYA QUILT GUILD 2014 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the KQG to be held on Thursday, 17 th April 2014 10.00 a.m. at Simba Union on Limuru Road. AGENDA 1. Read the Notice convening the meeting. 2. Confirmation of the Minutes of 2013 AGM Minutes 3. Chairperson’s Report 4. Treasurer’s Report 5. Call For Nominations and Election of Executive: a. Chairperson b. Vice Chairperson c. Secretary d. Treasurer e. Two Members at Large 6. Call For Nominations and Election of Standing Committee: a. Membership b. Education c. Library d. Newsletter e. Charity and Community Outreach f. Public Relations 7. Appointment of Auditors 8. Any Other Business Note If you wish to stand for any Board or Committee, please tell Patty during the meeting or send an email to [email protected] with your name and which position you would like to stand for. Page 3 March 2014 techniques and she will be consideration for the talking about them and showing 2015calendar we are having us some of their quilts at at the printed as a fund raiser for March meeting. our fall Exhibition. Each member may only enter one See the pictures for examples of quilt. The photos will be their beautiful workmanshsip. displayed and each member will be allowed to vote for Thursday 17th April - her favorites. The quilt AGM If you are interested in photos with the most votes running for a position on the will be give to the graphic board or volunteering to help on artist putting the calendar a committee, please send an together and he or she will make people who are interested in email to kenyaquilt- the final decision as to which participating in the 1-yard [email protected] or tell Patty quilts are included on the calen- challenge will be given an that you would like to stand for dar. opportunity to sign up in groups a position. We will also have a of seven. The challenge will be explained at the meeting. If you have not paid your demonstration of the 1-yard subscription for 2014, you will challenge fabric exchange and not be allowed to vote at the AGM. After the AGM, Kundan will present a presentation on the Ruler Revolution rulers that are available at The Woman Shop. We will watch a demo video and she will have sample quilts and a board that shows the steps for making two different blocks with the rulers. Thursday, 15th May Please bring a good photo of the quilt you would like to enter for Page 4 March 2014 F eatured Items Flowers with Your Machine beautiful quilts Basic Seminole Patchwork - Thoroughly Modern Dresden Print on Demand Edition Thank you to everyone who took Special Delivery Quilts #2 the time to visit The Woman Tessellation Quilts: with Patrick Lose: 10 Cuddly Sensational Designs From Quilts for Baby first week of March at the Sarit Interlocking Patterns Shop’s Bernina Exhibition the ystery Quilt Centre. We had a great time Sweet Layer Cakes: 11 M introducing people to the entire Designs for 10" Squares Hopefully, you are nearly finished Bernina line. (Annie's Quilting) with your top for the KQG The Woman Shop has a Bernina Nine Patch Panache: 45 Mystery Quilt. All of our Mystery Grace quilting frame and is Nine-Patch Projects Quilts will be hung in a special section at the 2014 Magical Art offering free-motion quilting for (Quilting) your projects. The frame can of Stitches Exhibition to be held Quilting with a Modern Slant 3rd 5th October at the Sarit handles quilts from baby size to Centre. king size. We can also machine Half Yard Heaven: Easy – quilt your wall-hangings. Please Sewing Projects Using Left- No entry fee will be charged for these quilts. Please put the sleeve see Kundan or Suzanne for Over Pieces of Fabric on the narrower edge of the quilt pricing on your next project. Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt so to make the display consistent Blocks from Your Favorite and bring it to the July meeting Designers ibrary: L Bed Runners Using Precut forEntry Viewers’ forms Choicewill be voting. available for New Additions members to complete in July and Fabrics The library is pleased to the quilts will be taken away for announce the addition of nine- Twist-and-turn Bargello safe storage until after the teen new titles to our library this Quilts (That Patchwork Exhibition. spring. Raji will make an Place) We will also need to process entry forms for the Challenge announcement when they are Jelly Roll Dreams: New Quilts sometime before the available to check-out. Inspirations for Jelly Roll Exhibition. Origami Tessellations: Awe- Quilts Inspiring Geometric Designs We hope to see many Mystery Tadpole"" Quilts for Baby Quilts in July as it will be a fine The Big Book of Baby Quilts Twilight Garden Quilts example of how fabric choice, (That Patchwork Place) quilting method and embellish- Quilt Me!: Using inspirational ment can totally alter a basic Floral Dimensions: Quilt 3D fabrics to create over 20 pattern. Page 5 March 2014 TIPS AND TECHNIQUES ernina Tips and that showcases many wonderful Remember, you can start the B techniques including cutwork ap- Free Motion Quilt along at any Techniques pliqué. You can click on the pic- By Suzanne Waithaka ture to go to the project online. YouTube. time, and Leah’s video’s are on When Patty challenged the guild Check out all of the projects and to make a goal for this year, I de- webinars at www.bernina.com/ cided that my goal would be to us. back with me from the US when I finish all the UFO’s I’d brought F ree Motion Quilting pleted three wall hangings, which with Leah Day returned last fall. So far, I’ve com- -and-tell this This month, the Building month, a bag that I showed in Blocks Quilt Along is making I’ll show at show Rail Fence blocks. Over the center portion of a bed quilt for February, and I’ve quilted the my daughter and about half of the posted about how to piece a past several weeks, she’s rail fence block and different feeling pretty good about the pro- ways to quilt the blocks. In her very first quilt I ever pieced. I’m videos she gives tips on how to quilt straight lines in free- The only prob- gress I’m making on my UFO’s. motion and how to keep the spacing between your lines constantly see- lem is that I’m even. ing new ideas in books, maga- zines, and online that I want to make If the quilt along isn’t your too. So, since more about free motion quilt- style, but you’d like to learn ing, check out her blog, thefree- motionquiltingproject.com. I’m trying not to start new pro- wanted to share a project from This design is called Wired jects while I finish those UFO’s, I bernina.com that I plan to make on the image to go to the post. Bold and Beautiful Quilt from Feathers. Isn’t it beautiful. Click once the UFO’s are all done. The bernina.com is a beautiful quilt Page 6 March 2014 KAFFE FASSETT If any one of you are visiting Eng- h t t p : / / land this year you might like to collections especially its many americanmuseum.org/2013/09/ take a trip to the American antiqueinspired byquilts.