Monday, November 2, 2009

October Meeting 2009

It was a blustery, cloudy night, and the wind whistled through the chimneys of the house on the moor. Woops, wait a minute. It was a blustery night, but Helen’s warm and cheery soups weren’t scary at all! Linda, Dawn, Rita, Margie, Katherine, and Randy with an eye (actually make that an I and two eyes) all gathered around the dining table, enjoying potato leek soup, hamburger vegetable chowder, apple spice muffins, pear pecan salad, and a chocolate cream cheese torte. And that was just the socializing segment.

Randy called us all together to settle down and get to business. Yes, Mistress Chairwoman (we never use the word Madam in Nevada unless it’s in THAT context). The Silver Springs Fiber Arts Show had a great turnout and a big thank-you to everyone who participated. Many ribbons went to QBees members, including Best of Show and Peoples Choice. (Linda has posted some wonderful pictures of member-winners and their contributions). Dawn demonstrated crocheted rag rugs at the event. She uses quilting scraps and can make them in all sizes. She will demonstrate for us at the November meeting.

Several members attended the Shop Hop the end of September and reported that money was spent, fun was had, and tires were worn out! Helen and Katherine did all of the shops together. Dawn, Randy and Linda each did the Fallon stores on their own, but got together to do the rest of the Hop. The miles logged far exceeded a trip to the moon, but the rewards were much better than a load of rocks. However, the trekkers reported that We R Sew N Sew is going out of business.

We discussed some different methods of sandwiching quilts. Actually the methods are quite nearly the same, just the order is different. You may want to do the guts of the sandwich, then put on the front, then the back, or you may want to start with the back, then the guts, then the front. Or, you may want to try deviled ham in which case the order doesn’t matter.

Dawn brought a Show and Tell. She made a lovely and sophisticated table runner and placemats from fabric she purchased at the 2008 Shop Hop. A close look at the fabric, and you will see that the subject is quite Halloweeny.

Dawn and Randy will be attending a quilters reception in Yerington for Lyon County quilters. The show is at the Jeanne Dini Cultural Center on October 21. They will have a quilt from the show to talk about how they created, what was their inspiration, etc. Oops, Margie just checked the calendar and we are now in November. The reception was LAST month. That’ll teach Carol to leave the minutes to someone else!

And as for our absent members, we very much missed Carol, Trish, Lacey, Ellie, Tricia, and Peggy. Happy Autumn to all of you and if we’re VERY lucky maybe we can all be together in November.

Now for upcoming events: The Christmas party will be on the 21st. Bring a wrapped gift, $10 limit. Also, bring a bit of canned food for the holiday food drives. And, in case you haven’t heard, our Two of a Kind quilts are due at the December meeting. In January, Linda will teach us paper piecing.

That just about does it for the October meeting of the QBees. If anyone thinks of something I missed, that’s what the Comments button is for. Quite happily and sincerely, Margie!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Okay---I am done laughing and have wiped a tear out of my eye (not "I")!! Our blog notes are turning into quite the entertaining adventure! This is not easy to pull-off because they ALWAYS have been wonderful!! Way to go Margi, thanks for stepping up to the plate, and Trica, too, for last month. We are quite the group. Hope everyone is getting more quilting done then I... Randy