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 COTTON BOLL QUILT GUILD
 of Auburn-Opelika, Alabama

The Cotton Boll Quilt Guild meets at 7pm (CT) the 3rd Thursday of each month in the fellowship hall of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 100 Church Drive, Auburn, Alabama (near corner of S. Gay St & Woodfield). You are most welcome to join us.

 
 

JANUARY 2008

Omajean convenes her first meeting of the year as our new president.  Yea, Omajean! She introduces our newest members, Marliese Thomas and Terri Wolf (sitting between Debbie and April).	A busy meeting for Pat our Treasurer.  This is the month we collect our annual dues. (Only $25 if you want to join) and taking reservations for our retreat coming in May.	Cathy resumes duty as Program Chair, and gives us a preview of the neat programs she already has on the agenda.
Our Soldier Girl dropped in!  How good to see Jody.  And now she is stationed closer to "home".  April is taking copious notes for our Minutes.  There is a button, above,  for you to read the details of our meeting.	Doretha tells us how to best prepare for the upcoming retreat in May.  Cindy W. showed us a slide presentation of last years retreat.  We scrambled for a chance to go again.  There is still room before we "go public" for non-members.  You don't want to miss again.  I think anyone who has ever been to one of our week-end retreats has "re-upped".  Take note!  Aggie is back with us.  Hooray.	Happily, Anne has agreed to be our Education and road trip liaison again.  She has handouts for road trips and announces we will have a workshop with Bonnie Hunter of NC.  The handouts include her web site www.quiltville.com  Several opportunities are listed under the Road Trip button above.
Susie gives us data on the charity quilts we made last year, and has "kits" she has put together at different stages.  Be sure to call before she leaves town this week if you want to piece, quilt or bind one.  We did 57 quilts for Bethany House our local hospice care center.	What a lovely group of quilter friends.  No time for a lesson in the January meetings, but stay tuned for some details of our upcoming programs.	.   Our two Cindy's doing handwork during the meeting.  This is a great time for these people who can multi-task.
Louise holds several books that were checked out tonight.  She announced we now have 100 + books in the Linda Bayse lending library.  Linda has generously allowed us all to "use" at our leisure.  Louise is our librarian, and you can check the membership list to see when it is a good time to browse	Kathi, Deb, Sandy and Judy are all taking advantage of these extra free moments to stitch.  These are a preview of show and tells to come.	Omajean presents our outgoing president, Julie with a plaque as a token of our thanks for serving us.  Thank you Julie AND Omajean.

Settling into the meeting there are several "sub-meetings" going on.  Catching up on guild business, as well as, monkey business.  Sandra is taking advantage of a 2nd chance on the door prize.	New member and a guest!  Well not new THIS month  A belated welcome to you Jennifer from Valley, AL.
HOW TO MAKE A TEE SHIRT QUILT
Pam and Cindy have made several Tee quilts and agreed to share their experiences and methods with us.  They both use fusible interfacing but different types and techniques. One of the "problems" is ironing the interfacing on without bubbles, and they demonstrate their solution for that.	Pam shows two quilts that she did with all the logos cut to a uniform size.  Then, Cindy shows a setting with odd sizes.  She used 1" scraps to frame and create the setting.  She shared how easy her strip piecing method was for the 1" squares.
An example of using the sleeve logos from the tee shirts and integrating them into the quilt.	"Jeans and Tees" Cindy W. made this tee shirt quilt from - - guess what?  Also, guess which institution the recipient favors.

 

To see a small archive of past meetings you can click that tab at the top of the page.

This proud quilt maker will take you to a whole gallery of beautiful quilts if you click on her beaming smile.

BIRTHDAY GROUP

This CBQ sub-group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. We lunch, celebrate the month's birthdays and present blocks we all made for the birthday persons. Members of the Cotton Boll Quilt Guild are welcome to join us when we regroup in January. Some of our favorite quilts have come as a result of this fun monthly group.

 
Click on this Pyrotechnics photo to join their  party and to admire the blocks we made for their birthdays.

In Your Stash

From A Toddler Quilt Maker (good for a label)   This quilt is made of cloth and thread to place upon your little bed. It's not an heirloom - just to keep, but to lie upon as you count sheep. Or perhaps the floor's the perfect place for a doll and teddy picnic space. This quilt can be anything you dream - from Superman's cape to the robe of a queen. Pretend its a raft adrift at sea, or just cuddle up when you watch TV. So use it up and wear it out- I promise I won't yell or pout, Just tell me when its days are through, and I'll make another, just for you.                                   ~One source says the author is Kathy Sherlock.                adorable

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - - Maya Angelou

That quote certainly is demonstrated in this group. The well doesn't run dry.

  Cinnamon Dreams, Machine Quilting, Auburn, Alabama

Flavin, Teacher-Designer-Quiltmaker Our Much Published Member

Directory of Online Quilt  Guilds

Talitha Norris of Sew Creative Designs 

 

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