DEAR CARRIE COULDN’T ATTEND,

 (do not forget to "Paw-the-Thumbnail-Pictures" to see a LARGER view)

     FIREWORKS AREN’T THE ONLY THING EXPLODING

THIS JULY.   THE NEW FACES THAT

HAVE POPPED UP AT THE MEETINGS AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF EVERYONE ABOUT THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ARE REALLY FILLING THE AIR WITH SPARKS.

WE RECEIVED HANDOUTS OF HOROSCOPES THAT DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF QUILTER YOU PROBABLY ARE ACCORDING TO YOUR ZODIAC SIGN AND IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW ACCURATE THEY WERE OR WERE NOT. 

SHARON REMINDED US OF THE FALL GATHERING IN OXFORD AND SHE HAS THE NAMES OF THE HOTELS, WHICH THE MQA HAS RESERVED FOR ANY OF THOSE WHO NEED TO STAY THE NIGHT.  AND ON THE SAME NOTE SHARON HAS FIVE ROOMS RESERVED IN PADUCAH FOR NEXT YEARS QUILT SHOW AND NEEDS ANYONE INTERESTED IN GOING TO LET HER KNOW BEFORE SHE HAS TO CONFIRM THE COUNT OF ROOMS NEEDED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 

OUR BY-LAWS ARE BEING WORKED ON BY SHARON AND LAUREN, WHICH HOPEFULLY WE WILL APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING.   THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED THAN WE MAY NEED NOW BUT AS OUR GROUP CONTINUES TO GROW WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE MADE PROVISIONS FOR A LONG AND WELL-ORGANIZED GUILD.

     OUR RAFFLE QUILT (HEARTS AND GIZZARDS) WAS DEMONSTRATED TO SHOW EVERYONE HOW IT WOULD LOOK AND THE PROGRESS OF THE NEEDLE TURN APPLIQUÉ. 

I BELIEVE IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY PRETTY WHEN WE GET IT ALL FINISHED.

JUDY DEMONSTRATED OUR NEXT MONTHS BLOCK WHICH IS NAMED CARD TRICK AND WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE IT FROM RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FABRIC.  THE PATRIOTIC BLOCK WILL STRETCH SOME OF US BUT AFTER ALL THAT’S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO IS LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES. 

SINCE IT’S NOT AS EASY AS THE PAST BLOCKS WERE, WE ARE HAVING A WORKSHOP ON THIS BLOCK AUG.4  AT

10:30 SO NO ONE WILL BE UP AT 3: AM

TRYING TO FINISH  IT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

HERE’S A REMINDER TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE CHALLENGE BLOCK ITS DUE BACK AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING AUG. 18 IF YOU INTEND TO BE JUDGED.

THE BLOCK LOTTO HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE MEMBERSHIP ROSTER TO THE BEST OF OUR ACCOUNT AND NEXT MONTH SHOULD BEGIN A NEW ROUND.  THE WINNERS THIS MONTH WERE:

1.    WATANA CANTRELL

2.  NICOLE STAFFORD

3.  JADEA LARRABEE

4.  SANDI BOWEN

5.  DIANE LOCHALA

6.  CAROLYN WARD

    7.  ANNETTE PENNINGTON

      Teri Won A Door Prize!

SHOW AND TELL WAS NEXT AND THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER EVERY MONTH.  DIANE BEGAN THE EXHIBIT WITH SOME OLD QUILT BLOCKS SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN THAT WERE HAND PIECED WITH MOST OF THE PATTERNS STILL ATTACHED TO THEM.  SHE SAID ANYONE THAT WANTED THEM WAS WELCOME TO ANY AND ALL THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO ORGANIZE HER HOUSE FOR A POSSIBLE MOVE TO ARKANSAS.

     SANDI BROUGHT A QUILT THAT SHE WANTED HELP WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR A BORDER SO IF YOU HAVE ANY JUST GO TO OUR YAHOO CHAT GROUP AND LET HER KNOW. 

     ANNETTE BROUGHT A BEAUTIFUL QUILT THAT SHE HAD MACHINE PIECED AND QUILTED IN STRIPS AND EXPLAINED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED COMPLEX IT WAS ONLY A SIMPLE CRAZY PATCH QUILT.

     SHIRLEY SHOWED SOME OF THE NEW QUILT BOOKS SHE HAD BOUGHT AND A WALL QUILT SHE WAS READY TO BEGIN QUILTING THAT SHE HAD MADE IN A CLASS USING A TECHNIQUE OF BLEACH AND WATER TO ALTER THE ORIGINAL BLACK BACKGROUND FABRIC.

     SHARON SHOWED A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT SHE WAS DOING IN NEEDLE TURN APPLIQUÉ.

THE MEETING ENDED WITH A HAND OUT TO THE QUILT SHOP IN TUSCALOOSA AND HOW TO FIND IT SINCE IT HAS MOVED.

     AFTER LUNCH SEVERAL OF US CAME BACK TO WORK ON OUR RAFFLE QUILT SINCE IT HAS TO BE APPLIQUÉD AND WE ALL KNOW HOW LONG THAT TAKES WHEN YOUR DOING NEEDLE TURN.

WELL I GUESS I’D BETTER GO FOR NOW AND GET SOME SEWING DONE SO I WON’T BE HANGING BY MY TAIL BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING TRYING TO FINISH MY BLOCKS.  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

                                       SEW LONG,

                                        Katie O’Possum