Crystal Quilters Calendar - September 2023

 Friday, 1 September - 11:30 Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Avenue, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

If you are participating in the Round Robin, please bring any completed boxes you have to pass to the next person.

Please bring your completed Quilt Show Entry Forms.

If you need help completing the form or having a picture taken of your quilt, please bring your quilt(s) to the guild meeting and either Nancy or Suzanne can help you.  Last day for entering quilts is September 30th at 9:00pm.

The Raffle Basket committee still needs sewing notions to add to the baskets, such as: thread, measuring tape, thimbles, rulers, rotary cutters, scissors, pin cushion, bobbin holders, sewing needles, etc. 

If you have any Fat Quarters you would like to donate, they are also needed for the Quilt Show. Any help is greatly appreciated.

**Sign up sheets will be available for volunteering at the Quilt Show. Our show will be a success when everyone pitches in to help!

Tuesday, September 5 - 6:30 pm - The evening workshop meets at the Buckley Fire Station. We are working on disappearing 9-patch blocks for a Comfort Quilt.

Friday, September 15 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop at Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - July 2023

Friday, July 7 - 11:00 am - Quilt Show Committee meeting

We will have a short Quilt Show committee chair meeting prior to the picnic, come early so we can get updates on how your committees are shaping up. 

Bring sign-up sheets if your committee needs volunteers. 

11:30 am - Guild's annual Picnic and Challenge Quilt reveal.  Nancy's house, directions are in the newsletter.

The picnic is a Pot-luck lunch. Please bring a food item to share for 6-8 people, such as salad, dessert, etc. Please attach a note to the dish if food has nuts or is gluten free. If you feel uncomfortable sharing food, bring your own lunch. Bring your own chair.  We will supply napkins, plates, glasses, utensils, water, and iced tea.

We will have our “Annual Quilt Challenge” with all the entries displayed to enjoy and vote for this year’s winners. Looking forward to seeing the creativity of our guild.  Reminder that the completed quilts are due at the picnic on July 7th. Place your completed quilt in a brown paper sack and bring to the picnic. Cover the label. All work (Piecing/Quilting) must be done by the guild member. We will choose the winners at the picnic.

Cathy D. will bring a couple strata samples for the September Bargello Wall Hanging workshop to help you collect the right fabric for this project.

 

At the picnic, Puyallup Valley Quilters (PVQ)will be visiting and showing their 2023 raffle quilt to sell tickets. So bring a couple dollars to support the PVQ raffle.   The PVQ drawing will be in September. Crystal Quilters will display our raffle quilt.

Evening Meeting: No meeting in July.

July 13th -16th - King County Fair at the Enumclaw Expo Center

Enter a quilt in the fair, participate in the fair by volunteering to staff our booth displaying our 2023 Raffle Quilt or demonstrating your skills at the fair.

July 21st - 1:00pm Guild workshop at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.  Our July workshop will be on Curve Piecing.

This month our workshop will be to learn how to sew curve piecing. Evangeline H. will be teaching this workshop. Many different quilt designs are now incorporating curves in their designs. Two methods of  piecing will be taught to you to take your quilts to the next level. This is an intermediate class. Supplies needed are:

* Elisa’s Backporch Design crazy curves templates in either size (3 ½” or 7”).

* Template grips-a MUST! These templates slip easily, and accuracy is important.

* 28mm rotary cutter. Your large wheel won’t work.

* Personal cutting mat, no smaller than 12” or larger than 18” to fit at your workstation. A 12” square ruler to square up blocks is helpful.

* Regular size rotary cutter, pins, ¼” piecing foot, thread, seam ripper, sewing machine. (Plus, basic 

sewing supplies you use at home).

* Fabric needed:

3 ½” templates use 5” charm squares + background fabric.

7” templates use 10” squares/layer cake size + background fabric.

**Scraps can be used in the above sizes according to your template size.

**More information on page 5 of Newsletter.

Tuesday, August 1st - 6:00 pm - Evening Meeting at Front Porch Quilts, 832 Main St, Buckley.  Marj asks for volunteers to come and demonstrate skills.  Looking at making a BOM in fall.

Friday, August 4th - Annual Guild Field Trip.  Donna Q. shared the field trip is going to La Conner quilt museum. They will also stop at a quilt shop, eat lunch there, and stop at homemade ice cream on way home. 

Donna shared she won’t be able to go on the field trip as her husband wants to take her somewhere for her birthday. She needs a volunteer to take over the coordination. Plans are complete, just need a coordinator. Contact Nancy or Donna if you are able.

Friday, August 18th - 1:00pm - Guild Workshop at Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

August's workshop is an “Open Sew”.  Bring whatever you'd like to work on.  It's a good time to finish up any quilts for the Quilt Show!

Friday. September 1 - 11:30 am -  Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Ave, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - June 2023

 

Friday, June 2 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Charlie's Cafe, 1335 Roosevelt, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild Meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 Division St., Buckley.

June 6 - 6:00 pm - Evening Workshop, Buckley Fire Station.

June 16 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop on String Quilts at the Buckley Fire Station.

July 7th at 11:30am - Guild Picnic at Nancy's House. More info to come soon.

July 11th at 6:00pm Evening Workshop, Buckley Fire Station.

July 13th -16th - King County Fair, Enumclaw Expo Center

July 21st at 1:00pm - Guild workshop at the Buckley Fire Station.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - August 2022

 

Friday, August 5 - 8:00 am - Interested Guild members meet at the Dollar Tree parking lot (on Railroad Ave and Stevenson Ave., Enumclaw) at 8:00-ish for an 8:15 departure for Donna's Field Trip to La Connor and the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum.

See the newsletter or email for more detailed information.

See the museum's website here.

Friday, August 19 - 1:00 pm - Guild workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  For this workshop we will make Pillowcases and Potholders.

Friday, September 2 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Frankie's Pizza, 117 Roosevelt Ave, Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

Friday, September 16 - Guild workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St.  The workshop will be on Potholders and Pumpkins.

Friday, Sept 30th - Quilt Show Entry Forms are due no later than today!

Crystal Quilters Calendar - July 2022

Friday, July 8 - 11:00 am - Annual Potluck Picnic at 11:00am. Location: Nancy Agler's house, 25722 SE 398th St., Enumclaw.  Please a bring a food item to share. If you feel uncomfortable, you may bring your own lunch…we will supply water, tea, coffee. Bring your own chair.  

There will be the Challenge Quilt Reveal as well.  If you have a challenge quilt to show, please bring it in an unmarked brown paper bag with a picture of the panel attached.  If entering, the Challenge quilt prizes are 1st place-$100, 2nd place is $75, and $50 for 3rd place. 

Friday, July 15 - 1:00 pm - Guild  workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

We will work on Tote Bags/Ornaments to sell in the Country Store at the Quilt Show.

For this workshop we will make Christmas Ornaments.  You will need:

*3" foam ball (you can use either rough or smooth).

*Satin straight pins - about 300;

*MAIN Color fabric - 32 rectangles (2” x 3" each) - It will take just OVER 1/8 yard in total of your Main Color fabric;

*ACCENT Color fabric - 24 rectangles (2 x 3" each) - It will take just UNDER 1/8 yard in total of your Accent Color fabric;

*About 10-1/2" of trim or fabric, to wrap around your finished ball - I'll be using a 10-1/2" by 2-1/2" strip of my Main Color fabric;

*Narrow ribbon for the bow and hanger, (typically use about 24" of ribbon PER bow, and about 9" for a hanger);

*Decorative pearl pin (for attaching the hanger);

*Tools...Sharp scissors, Flexible Tape Measure, Pen or Pencil. 

**For more information contact Rhonda Stickley (rkstickley@gmail.com)

Friday, August 5 - Donna’s Field trip to LaConner Quilt Museum in LaConner, WA.  Donna Quezada shared this outing was once called the President’s Field Trip/Outing. This year’s outing is going to La Conner to visit the quilt museum. Donna shared there are a couple of nice restaurants up there…on the way back there is a fruit stand that sells the best ice-cream she ever had. 

La Conner is 2+ hour drive…must leave early in the morning…date is Friday, August 5th. (There isn’t a meeting on Friday, August 5th). In the past we tried to incorporate a quilt store, but the museum has a store that everyone might enjoy. We can carpool. There will be a sign-up sheet at the picnic…or you can call Donna.

If you're interested to learn about the Quilt Museum and the exhibits there, go to Quilt Museum. 

August 19 - 1:00 pm - Guild  Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  We will work on Pillowcases/Gift Bags to sell in the Country Store at the Quilt Show.

Crystal Quilters Calendar - June 2022

Friday, June 3 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at Oshio Teriyaki, 730 Griffin Ave. Enumclaw.

1:00 pm -  General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

Friday, June 17- 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

For this workshop we will make a self-binding Baby Receiving Blanket. You will need two coordinating baby flannel pieces (40” backing and 30” front) for one blanket. I usually purchase 2 yards each of two coordinating fabrics to make two blankets. I purchased my flannel on sale at Joann’s Fabric.

At the June meeting I’ll give you all the information on how to prepare your flannel for our workshop. These blankets are perfect for St. Joseph’s Hospital as comfort quilts or to sell in the Country Store.

*Please come a little early to set up your sewing machine. Bring a 6 ½” square and 6 ½” x 24” quilt rulers, marking pencil, sewing supplies, neutral cotton thread, several pre-wound bobbins, wonder clips, pins, small iron/pressing mat, and a ¼” foot. 

**For more information contact Susanne Wick (srwick1@comcast.net)

Crystal Quilters Calendar - May 2022

 

Friday, May 6 - 11:30 am - Lunch will be at The Lee, 1110 Griffin Ave., Enumclaw.

1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

Friday, May 20 - 1:00 pm - Guild Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  The workshop will be on The Not So Pretty Quilt, led by Susanne Wick. This is a fun quilt top to make!

Susanne says:

For this workshop we will make a quilt top called, The Not So Pretty Quilt, using fat quarters. The quilt top takes 12 fat quarters for a lap size quilt top approximately 42” x 54” without borders.

You may choose various degrees of colors/prints, or just pick fat quarters you have in your stash. At the May meeting I’ll give you all the information on how to trim your fat quarters before our workshop. (I’m using fat quarters that I’ve had in my stash for around 15 years.) 

*Bring your sewing machine, cutting mat (18x24), 6 x24” quilt ruler, rotary cutter with a new sharp blade, neutral thread, several pre-wound bobbins, and a ¼” foot.

**For more information contact Susanne Wick (425-417-7393 or srwick1@comcast.net)

Friday, June 3 - 11:00 am - Lunch will be at TBD.
1:00 pm - General Guild meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.

Friday, June 17 - 1:00 pm -  Guild Workshop meeting at the Buckley Fire Station, 611 S. Division St., Buckley.  This workshop will be on Receiving Baby Blankets.

Important Workshop Update

 We have a change of date and place this month!

The workshop will be on Friday, April 22 @ 1 pm.  We will be meeting in the church hall of Cedar Community Church at 192 Cedar Street, Buckley. 

This workshop is an open sew time for everyone. Bring something you are working on, or you can also continue to sew the plaid squares or make something for the Country Store (Quilt Show).  It’s also a time for fellowship and fun!

Please bring your sewing machine, prepared bobbins, thread, scissors, and a power strip if possible.

Hope to see you all there!