PEI Modern Quilt Guild September 2019 Sew-In

September brings cool weather, fall colours and the start of another school year. This year, September came in with a vengeance!!! Hurricane Dorian left much of PEI (and the Maritimes) without power for many days, and the loss of thousands of trees and shoreline has left some areas unrecognizable. PEI has such a wonderful sense of community, everyone banding together to offer support where they could. A huge Thank You to the men and woman working for Maritime Electric and from away, who have worked so hard to restore power as quickly as they could, so we could all get back to our sewing!! (LOL)

This month's Sew-In was focused on the 2020 QuiltCon Charity Challenge. 

The theme this year is "text" using a gradient palette of white to black. 6 of our members met in the morning to strategize and begin assembly on some of the words to appear in the quilt. Velda, Janice, Linda, Lucinda, Heather and Dianne have things well in hand...

Here is Janice's word...

and Heather's...

Cathy arrived after lunch to find that most of the members had already left.  Roberta and Linda were on their way out, so that left only Dianne and Cathy for the afternoon.
Cathy continued working on her "New Wave" quilt. It's really coming together now!! Just a few more rows....

Dianne recently finished this cheerful quilt. Scraps, and Scraps galore!! Next up for her another English Paper Pieced project...

Here are a few reminders for the upcoming meeting:

The swap with the Moncton MQG is due at the September meeting. Be sure to bring in your finished Postcard!! Here's Roberta's postcard. I wonder who the lucky recipient will be?

The Van Gogh challenge is also due this month. There will be some fun prizes available to those who participate. We will be hosting a viewer's choice poll here on the blog, so be sure to come back to cast your vote!!

The final block of the Medley Medallion Quilt Along is also due, so be sure to bring in your Flying Geese units for a chance to win a great prize. I can't wait to see all the finished quilts at the January meeting!!

Lastly, we will be drawing for the winner of our "Supernova" Raffle quilt during the meeting. It's not too late to buy a ticket for a chance to win this beautiful quilt!! Email us at peimqg@gmail.com or reach out on Instagram: @peimqg by September 25th. The draw date is September 26th. (Please be patient waiting for replies to emails, the account is monitored after 6pm Atlantic Standard Time).

Don't forget we love having visitors!! If you happen to be on PEI reach out to us via email: peimqg@gmail.com or on IG @PEIMQG so we can fill you in on the details of our next meeting or Sew-In!!!

Upcoming events: 

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

September 26th:           PEIMQG Monthly Meeting (7 - 9 pm) 

October 5th:                 PEIMQG Sew-In (9 - 4 pm) 
Moved to this date due to Thanksgiving.

    

The following events are planned for the Brackley Commons Community Centre, 14 Union Road, Charlottetown, PE, C1C 1C2:

Oct 24th:   Andrea Tsang Jackson Trunkshow (7-9 pm) $5.00 at the door.

Oct 26th:   Andrea Tsang Jackson - Our Swan Song Workshop (9 am-4 pm)

Oct 27th:   Andrea Tsang Jackson - Teardrop Gemstone Workshop (9 am-4 pm)

We are now opening up reservations to Non-Guild members for the above Andrea Tsang Jackson workshops!!! 

Spaces are limited. For details, or to reserve your place, please email us at peimqg@gmail.com