March Is for Borders

Focus on Borders for Round Robins What’s more cheerful than a row of sunny daffodils after a drizzly winter?  Maybe a row of pieced hearts to set off a quilt! With some members finishing last year’s row quilt, and others trading blocks for this year’s round robin, the demonstration of a variety of borders, sashing and [...]

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Second Annual Quilting in the Country

July 19, 2011, Somewhere in Mason County WV….. Our second annual retreat at Sherry Goodal’s  home in Cornstalk Conservation Area was a leaisurely day filled with memories of shared skills and a sense of satisfaction at progress made on projects.  Cathy C  and Mary P showed the retreaters several methods of applique, including turned, upside down, [...]

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Don’t Want to Avoid the Ruch!

AM Guild July 5, 2011  Ruching Workshop Our Mystery Row Quilt includes a set of house blocks–very basic, nothing really homey about them, like a new house set on a featureless lot. This month’s meeting provided a means to add ruched flowers to window boxes or at the base of the house. “Rooshing” provides an interesting way [...]

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Summer “Quilting in the Country” Retreat

A Step Back in Time to July 16, 2010 July brought the long awaited “Quilting in the Country” retreat, held at Sherry Goodall’s home in rural Mason County WV.  Getting there was an adventure in itself–it’s easy to see why Sherry waited until dry weather was firmly in place before scheduling the retreat! Guild members [...]

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WEARY BUT TRIUMPHANT!

MORNING GUILD There were lights burning all night at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Gallipolis.  March 27 marked the first all-nighter Quilt Retreat for the Quilts ‘N’ Things Quilt Guild.   Almost a dozen members showed up with suppies and machines to start new quilts and work on various UFO’s.  All shared in helping prepare for the [...]

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