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Common Thread Quilt Club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Parker Adventist Hospital, 6:30 PM
Common Thread Quilt Club exists to promote
quilting camaraderie in the Parker area through
programs, sharing of skills and community
service projects
Upcoming Meeting: March 12, 6:30 PMPine A & B Meeting Rooms
Margaret Willingham, Eye of the Beholder Designs
TRUNK SHOW& 2018 CHALLENGE
Many of us have shied away from handwork in our quilt top creations and often overlook applique for this very reason. But Margaret Willingham, of Eye of the Beholder Designs, has been doing a masterful job in her quilt creations, using applique both by hand and by machine. She is a quilt designer, teacher, lecturer, and has had award winning quilts in major quilt shows over the years, and she lives right here in Colorado!
Please join us for this month’s meeting when Margaret shows us her stunning quilt creations, made primarily using applique and reverse applique. Feel free to bring a friend to share this program. She will have patterns for sale.
Also, due to the extreme cold last month, we would love to see all Color and Shape projects as a group.
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March 2018
For more info on Eye of the Beholder Designs,see the website at: eobquiltdesign.com
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Common Thread Quilt Club can be found online at: http://commonthreadquiltclub.com/
Don’t Forget to Bring:• Nametag• Show and Tell, including
any Shape and Color projects
• Bag Donations for the Hospital
• Perkiomen Valley Quilt Blocks, or other quilt blocks or tops l
LEADERSHIP:Ethel Swartley, Moderator and Membership [email protected]
Jananne Garl, [email protected]
Kathy Curry, [email protected]
Mary [email protected]
Heather [email protected]
Newsletter: TBD
Website: Ginny [email protected]
Looking Ahead . . .March 12, 6:30 PM Applique and Reverse Applique, Pine A&B Margaret Willingham Trunk Show Eye of the Beholder Designs
Please Note: Margaret Willingham’s class scheduled for March 12 at Holly’s Quilt Cabin has been cancelled.
April 9, 6:30 PM TBD (we will be meeting most of the rest of the year in Inspiration A)
May 14, 6:30 PM Jean Kenney, Journey of a Spinner
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Leadership Meetings: April 5, 5:30 PM Park Meadows Food Court May 3, 5:30 PM Park Meadows Food Court
These meetings are open to any member who would like to contribute further to the club with ideas and other help. We meet at a table close to the fireplace in the great hall of the Food Court
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Quilting, Fiber Events and Exhibits
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum https://www.rmqm.org/
Boys Just Wanna Have Fun Too, 14th Biennial Exhibit of Quilts Made by Men My Road to Denver, by the Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild Both on Exhibit Until May 26
Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival http://quiltcraftsew.com/denver.html Denver Merchandise Mart March 22-24
Yarn Fest http://interweaveyarnfest.com/ Loveland, CO April 12-15
Springtime in the Rockies Quilt Shop Hop RockiesShopHop.com The Ranch, Loveland, CO April 20 & 21
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Eastern Colorado Exhibit Sterling Public Library Annual Quilt Show http://www.sterlingcolo.com/departments/parks_library_and_recreation/library.php Sterling, CO March 1-31
March Web Wanderingsby Ethel Swartley
Sally Gould Wright www.sallywrightquilts.com
Don’t you love when you find something that affirms you and yet challenges you at the same time? Sally Gould Wright’s website was this way for me. Sally is a southern California quilter who – like me – quilts a little bit of everything: florals, pictorials, landscapes, traditional, abstract. She brings in international and political themes, but she also just makes feel good quilts. I felt affirmed looking through her galleries, that we don’t have to focus on just one thing to be taken seriously as quilters. Yet, I also felt challenged. Her work is so beautiful, and she seems to be good at so many different things. She has had multiple quilts accepted for the Houston International Quilt Festival, and she has time for charity quilts too. I think you will enjoy looking through Sally Gould Wright’s colorful galleries and seeing how she is growing through her blog.
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eODDS AND ENDS Best of Show Winners - QUILTCON 2018, Pasadena, CA, Feb. 22-25 www.quiltcon.com/winners
Best in Show, “Going Up”, pieced and quilted by Stephanie Skardal
Piecing 3rd Place, “Aura”, pieced by Nydia Kehnle, quilted by Gina Pina
Back of Quilt
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Youth Category - 2nd Place “Family” pieced by Kyla Farquharson, quilted by Hanna Farquharson
Other Quilt Show Winners and Fun Blogs:
New Quilts From An Old Favorite: Flying Geese: http://walkaboutwithwheels.blogspot.com/2018/02/award-winning-quilts-harlingen-arts.html
Quilts With Some Wonderful Machine Quilting: http://thesecretlifeofmrsmeatloaf.blogspot.com/
American Quilter’s Society Blog: aqsblog.com/onpoint-blog
Small Quilt Examples (and lots of other stuff !): andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/p/small-work.html
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FEBRUARY PHOTOS
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Ethel takes on her role as teacher and gives background for the Perkiomen Valley block.
She’s baaaaack!Mary talks with Donna and Char
Jean is getting some sewing done!
Cathy/Kathy mess with fabric
Arranging some of the blocks that were donated--many possible variations!
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SHOW AND TELL
