Kay Nikols Class March 2012 TRR Guild Program
Laraine Facca has finished her top from Kay Nikols Class!
Kay Nikols of Wonder 1-Fabric Quilts fame came to our March Guild Meeting and the following day did a class.… Read More »
February Guild Meeting
Mary DeVries was the program for the February guild meeting. She talked about snow dying.. and luckily she had kept some snow in her freezer since we have had a winter with More »
January Guild Meeting Officer Installation
Officer installation from left to right, Past President Carolyn Moffit, President Cathy Allerding, Secretary Bev McManaway, Newsletter Director Kelly Ziccarello and Publicity Director Laraine Facca.
Past President Carolyn Moffit presenting Linda Reynolds with More »
December Guild Meeting
The December guild meeting proved to be a great success with the mug rug and cookie exchange. A lot of whispering’s that we should do that again! It was great to see More »
October Guild Meeting Pictures
Below are some pictures from our October 2011 guild meeting. This meeting consisted of elections, some business, a nice presentation from Linda Reynolds on the Die Cut Bulls Eye machine she uses More »
Aniko Feher Class
Aniko Feher held a class for two days for the Thornapple River Rippers ladies on May 3 and 4th. We had a pretty good turnout of about 13 people. Aniko taught us how to turn a photo into and art quilt by tracing, enlarging and then color coding our tracing. Most of the people in the class decided to do a portrait of a loved one, and a few others did something other than a portrait, like flowers or superhero’s.
Aniko was a pleasure to work with, she was very straight foward in her teaching, she showed us how to do the project without doing it for us, and was very attentive to all the students in her class. It was a very intense class and most of the participants were very involved in their projects, and by the time we were finished, most of the students had done some substantial work!
We are looking forward to seeing some of these projects at show and tell at our guild meetings in the future!
May Guild Meeting
Our May Guild meeting was packed with members and about 45 guests! It was great to see such a great turnout on such a beautiful night!
Our program for the night was Aniko Feher, Quilts by Aniko, showing us her photo to quilts technique and the quilts that she has made. She was a very funny presenter and everyone that was there really enjoyed her presentation. We didn’t have much else that went on at the meeting because of the huge turnout for Aniko, but we did manage to have another great show at tell!
Update – Ami Simms class for June has been cancelled, but she will still be there for the program at our guild in June.
Shop Hop Trip on Saturday April 21st.
One Stop Shop Hop – Ferris State University
Dear Quilt Guild Friends,
Isn’t it exciting…spring has almost arrived to Michigan!! With spring comes the
ONE STOP SHOP HOP!
May 11-12, 2012 – One Stop Shop Hop – Ferris State University
Instead of driving 250 miles or more to visit 9-12 shops, come and visit at least 25 shops all at one location! Lots of parking. Local guilds are encouraged to organize bus trips. An on site eatery allows for more shopping time!
Ferris State University
Wink Arena
Big Rapids, Michigan
Hours:
Friday, 10 – 6
Saturday, 10 -5
Date: May 11 – 12, 2012
OUR WEB SITE!! – Visit our web site and each time you check out, use the code QGDISC and receive our quild discount of 10%.
Please pass the information about the ONE STOP SHOP HOP and OUR WEB SITE on to your members!! I’m sure it’s information they will want to have.
If they are interested, your guild members can opt to join our email list when they are on our web site.
We hope to see you all at the One Stop Shop Hop!!
Happy Quilting!
Kathy Edwards and the gang at
Quilts Plus
3314 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269) 383-1790
April Guild Meeting
Our April Guild meeting was packed with members! It was great to see such a great turnout on such a beautiful night!
Our program for the night was Sue Stanton from Sew Unique Threads in Battle Creek, Michigan. She brought her products and unique talents to show us how we could make a unique article or spruce up something that is already in our house. Below are some picture from her presentation.
We also found out about making pillow cases for children in Barry County that need to be removed from their home. Polly let us know that Child Protective Services felt it would help comfort the children being removed from their home to have a handmade pillow case to put their personal belongings in and then to keep would help with the removal. All the pillowcases that were available at this meeting were picked up, but she will have many more at future meetings. Please talk to Polly if you would like to participate in making a pillow case.
We found out about a Guild sponsored quilt retreat starting October 12. Cost is $135.00 and there is $50.00 non-refundable deposit due at the May Guild meeting if you are interested. Contact Sharon Beldin for more information.
And last but not least we had a great show and tell from our members!
Monique Dillard Luncheon by Millington Quilt Club
Millington Quilt Club’s
Fall 2012 Invitational
Monique Dillard – Open Gate Designs
The Millington Quilt Club is excited to advise you that Monique Dillard will be the guest speaker for our Fall 2012 Invitational on Wednesday, September 19th (to be held at the United Methodist Church, 9020 State Road, Millington, MI – corner of Barnes & M-15).
We want to make sure you are among the first to receive information on this year’s invitational. Your past support has been very greatly appreciated. An ad will be coming out in the May/June edition of The Country Register.
Monique is a traditional style quilter and has authored/co-authored many books, patterns (Open Gate Patterns) and created three “Fit To Be” rulers. In 2011 she authored “Fat Quarter Winners” and her newest book, “Traditional Fat Quarter Quilts” will soon be released in 2012. She also has a fabric line – “Olde World Style” with Maywood Studio. Visit her web site at: www.opengatedesigns.com
Cost of the lecture/luncheon is $15.00. We hope you will call and purchase your tickets early since tickets are sold on a “first come, first serve” basis. For ticket information and questions you can call Chairperson, Connie Titsworth at 989-871-4196 as well as the numbers listed on the flyer/ handouts (which are enclosed).
Yours in Quilting, Millington Quilt Club
To view the flyer, click here – http://thornappleriverrippers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MQC-Fall-Inv-Flyer.pdf
Machine Quilting Retreat
Join us for our 6th year of offering machine quilting classes in a
beautiful relaxing setting.
We have teachers who are some of the best in the business. Quilting
with Machines is not just about longarm quilting. Along with longarm
classes, we offer classes for midarm and domestic machine quilting
with wonderful national teachers as well. We also offer several
beautiful piecing classes for those of you who are not quite ready to
make the jump to machine quilting.
Our venue also offers a quilt show that is just for machine quilters
and a vendor mall with lots of tools, patterns, and gadgets for
quilting as well as some very interesting fabrics.
Class registration is open and some of the hands on classes fill
quickly, so don’t delay sign up today!
Quilting with Machines
http://www.quiltingwithmachines.com
Kay Nikols Class March 2012 TRR Guild Program
Laraine Facca has finished her top from Kay Nikols Class!
Laraine's top, click to view a larger image
Kay Nikols of Wonder 1-Fabric Quilts fame came to our March Guild Meeting and the following day did a class. Looks like there are going to be some beautiful quilts that will result from her class!
Estate Sale with Quilting Fabric and Supplies
Estate Sale Flyer (click this link to view flyer)
Wyoming Estate Sale,
April 19, 9-6, April 20, 9-5, April 21, 9-1
Numbers at 7:45 Thursday, Garage opens at 8 on Thursday.
3942 Wedgewood, SW, Wyoming, MI 49519.
This is a wonderfuls, quality sale full of beautiful items for yoru home and yard. Thisere is alos an added bonus to this sale – a room full of fabrics for your crafting and sewing projects!
There are bolts of fabric as well as stacks of pre-measured, cut pieces. Lots of quality quilting material including fat quarters, medleys and themed fabrics, batting and backing. Some of the quilting fabrics are older, discontinued patterns.
You will find lots of high end yars and floss, weaving supplies, looms, cutting mats and grids, jars of buttons and projects in various states of completion. There are shelves full of books and magazines for quilting and sewing as well.
We have and entire wall of notions and supplies for sewers and quilters and knitters! if you are a quilter, sewer, knitter or weaver this sale will not disappoint you! Go to Estate Sales.net to view our 100 photos of the entire sale.
Sale by:
The Cottage House Antiques, Estate and Moving Sales
Bethel Timmers, 616-901-9898, e-mail btcottagehouse!earthlink.net
Tuscarora Raised Beading Retreat Information
The following was information that was given to our guild and if you are interested in bead work and traveling out of state, this may be of interest to you.
Picture of Double sided beaded Victorian Purse
Here is an example of the project at the retreat.
To get more information, visit their website tuscarorabeadwork.com
or click on the picture to the left to see the letter and more pictures.
