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GENERAL
INFORMATION
Members of the
group have enjoyed having educational and community service projects
throughout the years, as well as some that have been just for fun.
Current group activities are described below. In the past we have had many other
functions,
such as
Doll Quilt &
Wall Quilt Sales (fund raisers),
"Secret Sisters," fabric challenges,
theme challenges, quilt
shop drawing blocks, etc. We are always evaluating the things
we do and are willing to try new and varied activities.
FALL FESTIVAL
Patchin' People Quilters
presents a Fall Festival each autumn.
A guest speaker gives a lecture after a dinner and then
presents a workshop the next day or two.
Click here for more
information on the current year's events as well as some highlights
from the previous festivals.
Click
here to view photos and find information about some of our previous events.
RAFFLE QUILTS
Patchin' People has had
many raffle quilts through the years.
Click here to see the current raffle quilt as
well as find information and photos about
raffle quilts for previous years.
BLOCKS OF THE MONTH
Current BOM Project
We are being
detectives and trying to solve the year-long Mystery Quilt project!
Click here for more information.
Previous Years
Over the years, the
group has presented various Blocks of the Month projects, including
a techniques
sampler,
sewing theme sampler, decorated canvas bags, folded triangles
technique and
crazy quilt techniques.
Click here to visit the
Gallery for previous years' projects. You'll enjoy them----they are
wonderful!
UFO PROJECTS
Members are challenged
to finish some of their "old" projects. Lynn McCreight is the
chair of this project. Contact her to obtain a sign-up form. All projects are to
be started
prior to Jan 1, 2007 and completed (with label!) by the April 2008 meeting.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
QUILTS AND PROJECTS
Through the
years, Patchin' People as a group as well as our individual members, have
made
and presented hundreds of quilts of all sizes to various community organizations.
Block patterns are occasionally given out at meetings to facilitate production
and
uniformity of blocks for some quilts.
Members also work on projects at home. Everyone's efforts are
greatly appreciated!
And the recipients are extremely grateful and pleased.
Donations of
fabrics, batting and thread are always welcome.
Join us and bring
your unwanted fabrics (yikes----do we have any???), general sewing
supplies,
cutting equipment, sewing machines, etc.
Click here
to
visit the Community Service Quilts Gallery and see some of the latest beautiful
quilts that will
soon have a loving home.
Community Service Projects
Committee recently sorting donated fabrics
to be used in projects.
DRAWING BLOCKS
We occasionally
make "drawing blocks," where members make as many blocks as
they wish according to fabric and pattern guidelines. For each block made, the
quiltmakers' names are put into a "hat" to draw out a winner of the
blocks.
Sometimes there are enough blocks for two and three winners!
Two drawings this fall are a Shoo-Fly block using reproduction fabrics--drawing
will be at the Fall Festival on October 8.
Another drawing for blocks will be at the December luncheon meeting.
Watch for further information.
Click
here to visit the Drawing Blocks Gallery
SUMMER
BLOCK EXCHANGE
Beginning in
2000, interested members of Patchin' People have participated in this summer
project.
Each person makes a given amount of the same block pattern using different
fabrics. The group
meets six to eight times throughout the summer to exchange blocks with each
other.
Voila! Instead of each member making all the blocks for their own quilt, they
have many blocks
with interesting fabric combinations made by other members of the group.
The challenge has been to find a suitable block that can be exchanged six to
eight times.
The first year, the block was nine-patch, year two was pinwheels, year three was
summer gardeners,
and
year four was batik beauties.
Group participation has been around fifteen each time.
Click here
to visit the Summer Block Exchange Gallery.
SMALL GROUPS
(Listed in
alphabetical Order)
"Under Construction" --
please check back later
Needlers
We are a small group that
meets the first and third Mondays of each month.
We meet in members' homes and work on both our own projects. When working on
larger group projects, we also meet at The Quilted Heart in Pullman.
as group designs. We recently were responsible for designing and creating
the 2004 Raffle quilt.
Sometimes members demonstrate various techniques and/or patterns--a
tablerunner, for example.
We welcome any new members and guests.
Our next meeting will be at Joan Budd's home in Uniontown on Oct. 20th.
Stitch 'n' Study
We are a
small group dedicated to challenging our quilting skills and to learning
more about all quilting arts. We meet in members' homes the first and third
Thursday
of each month. We work on our own projects, gifts for other members of the
group, and in the
past have been responsible for raffle quilts for the group as well as quilts for
our community.
Because we meet in homes, membership is limited and at present we are
full.
The Quilting Queens
We meet the first
and third Wednesdays of the month at The Quilted Heart.
If there is a fifth Wednesday, we usually meet as well. Some Saturdays are also
being planned.
We work on our own projects but are discussing doing a group project.
We also plan some meetings with a potluck.
Current members are: Nancy Mack, Jan Sharp, Goldie Banks, Sandra Martin,
Christine Pollastro, Barbara Johnson and Martha Copp.
We welcome visitors.
Members are selected by the group after having a chance to interact with
newcomers.
We Quilt Too
This group has
been very active in previous years. The group is now not active.
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