PEIMQG September 2017 Monthly Meeting

It's hard to believe that Autumn is here at last. The temperature has been very warm, and has felt more like Summer than Fall. But, it will be winter before too long so we will enjoy the warmth while it lasts.

Heather J. welcomed 19 members to the meeting this month, One of whom is a brand new member!!! Welcome Marilyn, we are pleased to have you join us.

Lucinda and Dianne had an update for us about the Foster Children Charity Endeavour. We will have over 30 quilts to be donated at the November meeting!!! Great Job everyone!!! 

If you still have a quilt you want to donate for this endeavour, please be sure to bring it to the Trunkshow in October, so that Dianne can get them ready for presentation in November.  They will be a lovely Christmas surprise for some of PEI's Foster children.


August Queen Bee Velda collected these gorgeous "The Plus Side" blocks. I can't wait to see the final layout.

September's Queen Bee was Heather J. and she has asked her beemates to make the "Paper Clips" block from the book "Modern One Block Quilts".

 She has provided all the fabric needed to complete the block but if you have an awesome kona solid purple you would like to use, feel free to use your own in place of the purple. (Just be sure to return Heather's Purple back to her when you bring in her completed block.)

Heather also shared her recent Book and Fabric finds:

The Book: "Quilt Folk "Issue 2 is centered around Eastern Iowa. Did you know that Iowa has more quilt shops per capita than any place on earth? I can't wait for my chance to delve into this rich source of knowledge.

She also stopped into "Quilt Junction" during her travels this summer and brought back some lovelies by "Zen Chic". 
Here's a little bundle of "True Blue" and the perfect pattern to compliment them.

And another kit featuring the "Hey Dot" fabric line. 

Next up Cathy demonstrated 2 method's for making 3-patch blocks. Fast and efficient strip piecing or a Scrap happy method that has you cutting all the pieces in advance. 

Mystery Quilt-Along Show & Share

The members of the guild and the online community have been busy this month making Clue #1 for the PEIMQG Mystery Quilt-Along. Here are the guild member's HSTs (Half Square Triangles). I love all the variety we are seeing. 

Don't forget that time is running out to post your photo to the link up for Clue#1. You only have until 11:55 pm Atlantic time September 30th, to be eligible for this month's prize draw.

If you are looking for all the information pertaining to the PEIMQG Mystery you can find it in the Tab above or click here. 

Clue #2 will be posted October 1st by 9:00 AM Atlantic Time. 

Show & Share

We had a large number of quilted goodies/projects to share this month, First up is Velda with her "Caw-Caw-phony" quilt.

Here is a close-up of those adorable birdies!

And the back is pretty awesome too. No bird left behind!

Selina shared her fun Halloween quilt, that started as a panel and has grown into this lovely piece. 

Susan shared her "Celtic Knot" table runner. Love those poppies!!

Heather C. shared her Lobster wall hanging. "Jenny" named to honor her friends Dawn and Glen, who always ask for some PEI Lobster.

She also had a couple quilts to share. These have been earmarked for charity. The first is almost finished, She just has the binding left and then she can call this one done!! 

The second quilt top features big blocks, to really showcase the fabrics. Great job Heather C!

Roberta was next and she had several projects to share. Here's her "Whirlwind Stars" quilt. 

Next was her " Butterflies Take Flight" quilt. I love all the negative space!

Here is a close-up,

and the backing too..

She also shared her completed Queen Bee quilt "Mesmerize". This project won 1st place at the Exhibition in the Group category. Awesome team effort guys!

Here's a shot of the back.

She had a few Canada themed projects to share as well. Here's her "Block Party" quilt.

and the back had fun Canadian trivia on it!!!

Love how the black really makes this one pop!

and the "All Around Canada" wall hanging is so beautiful.  

Dawn had this stunner to share with us. "Cheer Knot" is a raffle quilt fund raiser for Rage Athletics Cheer. They are trying to raise funds to go to Nationals in Niagara Falls in April 2018.

Here is a close up of the quilting.

and check out the flanged binding!! Super!!

Cathy shared her recent Modabakeshop quilts. "Web Weaver".

 I like big blocks and I cannot lie!!!

Here's the back showing off her quilting.

and her soon to be released "Moroccan Tiles" quilt ...

a close-up...

What a fantastic meeting!!! Feel free to stop by our next event, we love having guests!

Upcoming events:


October 1st:                        PEIMQG Mystery Quilt-Along Clue #2

October 26th:                      Paul Leger Trunkshow (7-9 pm) $5.00 at the door

(Hillsborough Community Centre -199 Patterson Dr, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 8P1)

November 1st:                     PEIMQG Mystery Quilt-Along Clue #3

The following Events are planned for the West Royalty Community Room, Sobeys, 39 Babineau Avenue, Charlottetown.  Save the dates!

October 14th:                      PEIMQG Sew-In  (9 am-4 pm)

November 4th:                     PEIMQG Sew-In  (9 am-4 pm)

PEIMQGG September 2017 Sew-In

Well, the end of summer is coming..... (where does the time go?).  We had 7 members sewing throughout the day, and another member drop by for a visit. We also had a visitor from Canmore, AB. Welcome to Brenda (along with her friend). We love having visitors!!! Making blocks or binding, was what most had in mind for the day.

Let's check out the quilt goodness..

Lucinda brought in pieced blocks for the backing of our QuiltCon 2018 Charity Quilt.  Linda, who had worked hard on piecing the top along with others, brought the side pieces.  Heather J. took everything home to piece the backing.  Doesn't it look ahhhsome?  Kudos to the members who met in August to piece the top together.  We'll keep it under wraps for the final reveal after it is quilted.  Love, love the colours chosen for the the 2018 theme, modern traditionalism.

Lucinda was working on a paper pieced pattern.  She was debating which fabric will be her background so she tested each to decide. I can't wait to see which one she landed on.  I like the brown for the background,  so I'm rooting for that fabric.  Hmm, didn't capture the fabrics she was working with, so, I guess we'll stay tuned...

Gail and Linda brought their wall hangings to hand sew the bindings.  Gail had 2 advent calendars, however, she had not put the dark chocolate pieces in the pockets.  :(  Linda was binding  her fabulously colourful quilt.  Love, love the design and quilting for this piece.

Jean was cutting the binding for two of her quilts.  She's keeping us in suspense so we'll have to wait for Show and Share to see them.  Both Linda and Jean had black and white striped fabrics as their binding:  one horizontal, the other on the diagonal.  The rest of us admired.

Susan also brought a quilt for binding.   She uses the single fold method to bind her quilts.

Our visitor, Brenda, is joining us for the PEIMQG Mystery Quilt Along.  She also shared pictures of her quilts.  Thanks for dropping in!  It was great to spend time chatting about quilts with you.

Heather J and Janice worked on the first clue of the #peimqgmqal2017.  Heather used the 2 at a time method and Janice the 8 at a time method to make HSTs.  Janice's chosen technique was far faster!

Susan brought some quilts she finished for donation to Foster children, our charity this fall.

Well, that sums up our Saturday quilty adventures.

~ Heather

The following Events are planned for the West Royalty Community Room, Sobeys, 39 Babineau Avenue, Charlottetown.  Save the dates.

September 28th:                  PEIMQG Monthly Meeting: (7-9 pm) 

October 1st:                        PEIMQG Mystery Quilt-Along Clue #2

October 14th:                      PEIMQG Sew-In  (9 am-4 pm)

October 26th:                      Paul Leger Trunkshow (7-9 pm) $5.00 at the door

(Hillsborough Community Centre -199 Patterson Dr, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 8P1)