Our Next Meeting will be March 17th.
There will be a guest speaker Carola Russell. She is bringing her trunk show called "Scrap Happy and Fat Quarter Friendly" She will also bring her pop up shop to sell us fabric, thread, notions, etc.
Planned Workshop: May 24th: Julie Faulkner "Project Bag" Check your emails regarding the details. Sign up now. This will be a fun workshop!
Upcoming guest in May 2025:
May 19th: Cathy Miller the singing quilter will entertain us.
Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge
“Choose Your Own Adventure” Mystery Quilt February – Month 2 Have you decided yet? So many choices! Your decisions this month are:
Decision 1. Half Square Triangles OR Mock Flying Geese If you have made the 12” block, this round will be making 4” finished blocks. If you have made the 18” center block, this round you will be making 6” finished blocks. Decision 2. Choose whether you want a true round-robin with full rounds around that center, OR do you want this to be an off-set quilt where you do only 2 sides each month. Tips: Both of these blocks can be made with the half square triangle (these will come up again in future months). The Mock Flying Goose will be half the size of the half square triangle in our quilts.
Here is a website that will help with the quilt math: https://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2012/07/hst-tutorial-and-maths-formula/
A Youtube tutorial by Karen Brown: https://youtu.be/kB4gzrRlLsM?si=TBIhPuufkVzAD52Q
Here are some examples to get you started: https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/my-best-advice-on-using-half-square-triangles-in-borders/
re: January instructions:
January – Intro and Month 1 This quilt will end up being a square quilt, however, since it is a choose your own adventure – you can make it any size you want! We will be making a round robin style mystery quilt where you are working on your own personal quilt. No passing it on to the next person and hoping that you like what you have to work with, or wondering what colours you should use, or even wondering what in the world was going thru another persons’ head when they chose a fabric! All the decisions and fabric are yours! No two quilts will be same since everyone will be making different decisions each month. Each month you will be making 2 decisions. This is the start of our adventure and you will be a deciding 2 things: Decision 1. Choose whether to make a 12” or 18” finished block - any block – your choice! This will be your focal point. If you decide to make a 12” block (12 ½” unfinished size), you will be making smaller blocks each month so your proportions will stay smaller. If you make an 18” block (18 ½” unfinished size), you will be making larger or fuller rounds. If you choose a 12” block your quilt will be 44” (making the same size decision each month and doing a full round). If you choose an 18” block, your quilt could be 66”. Decision 2. Choose whether you want a true round-robin with full rounds around that center, OR do you want this to be an off-set quilt where you do only 2 sides each month. I do recommend making this decision before you finish next months blocks so you are consistent