October 2008
Calico Quilters Guild of Bishop		  

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Changing seasons is but one of the many wonderful aspects of living in the Eastern Sierra.  I'm sure that I am not alone in celebrating this spectacular time of year...the beautiful and always highly anticipated season of Fall.  We will soon have those gorgeous autumnal colors around us, warm glowing colors that hopefully will inspire and energize many of us to create seasonal projects for our homes, or gifts for those we love.  

 

As we move into October, The Calico Quilters will be making baby stockings and planning our calendar for 2009.  I believe we will have many exciting workshops, round robins, and ideas to continue the flow of those creative juices next year!  Remember also, our festive and enjoyable Harvest Soup Potluck on October 30th, at 6:30 pm.

 

I want to thank all of you who continue to attend our monthly meetings, those who bring their beautiful quilts to share, and members who support our guild projects.   Each of you contribute to our community service, as well as our growth and knowledge, and you do it with friendship and inspiration. 

 

    Happy Stitching,

  Vivian

         President, Calico Quilters
Nite Owls Meeting

Another great meeting!!

Thank you Desi for your continued help with this year's round robins.

Desi will is all know that the Doll Show will not be known as 'Little Quilts' cute name, Desi will keep us all informed.

Vivian shared our new community project with us.  It was received and voted on with enthusiasm.  More info from Vivian to follow.

Hope to see you all at the Baby Stocking Workshop.

Marge showed a String Quilt that she received through Sharon, and we can't wait to see the finished quilt with her beautiful hand quilting.

Congrats to Sally for completing her son's wedding quilt.  It was made from a pattern called Blue Bayou, 16 blocks with at least 32 pieces in each block!! Beautiful!!

We are excited to hear more information on our 2010 quilt show from Jan and the op quilt info from Laurie.

Congrats to Roberts for winning the door prize.  A book “The Quilting Bible”

Thank you Katie for the door prize.

A huge congrats to our featured quilter for our 2010 quilt show.

SHARON THOMPSON AND MARGARET PHELPS!!

Always lots going on, see you next time!!


Nite Owls Leader
UFO Challenge

 

The Challenge continues …. both in new UFOs and in completed projects.

Guidelines:

UFOs had to be started before January of 2007.

A UFO is a project that is not finish.  It can be a top, but the top can not be layered or sandwiched in any way.  No quilting done on the project.  It must be started - in strips, pieces or half way pieced, etc.

It can be, other than stated above, in any step of progress.

Bring the UFO to a Day Lilies or Nite Owl Meeting.  Then once it is complete.  Bring it back to one of the meetings, and you will be entered into our quarterly drawing.  Our August drawing was won by Vivian, our coffee loving president was thrilled to win a gift card from Starbucks.  CONGRATS!!!

So pull out those boxes, bags, or any containers you have been stashing your UFOs and get them done, and have a chance at the next drawing.
Day Lillie Block of the Months

October 28th - Marge
November 18th - Nela

Thank you for your participation!
Wildrose Lane Quilting Open House

Halloween Open House

Saturday Evening
November 1st
7pm to 9pm

Arrive in disguise and receive a certificate for 20% off
Try your hand at Longarm Tic-Tac-Toe
See Nela's quilts upclose

Join us at 352 Wildrose Lane
873~8504
Today is your Birthday!

 

It's Your Birthday! stand up and take a bow.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF OUR SPECIAL OCTOBER QUILTERS!!

 

Remember to eat dessert first!
2008 Calendar
October
Oct 28, Tue Day Lilies Meeting
10:00AM
Oct 30, Tue Nite Owls Meeting
6:30PM
November
Nov 12, Wed

Baltimore Beauties - Vivian Mitchel
10:00AM
Nov 25, Tue Day Lilies Meeting
10:00AM
Nov 27, Thu Nite Owls Meeting
6:30PM
December
Dec 10,Wed Baltimore Beauties - Christmas Luncheon
11:30
Dec 18, Thu Guild Christmas Party
Baltimore Beauties
Every 2nd Wed of the Month
10:00 am

October 8 Dusty Majors 1548 Bear Creek
Brown Bag

November 12 Vivian Mitchel 716 Sundown Circle
Brown Bag

December 10 Whiskey Creek
11:30 am
Christmas Party Luncheon. Order off Menu. Dutch Treat
Ornament Exchange after lunch

This group meets to quilt, sew, knit, crochet, embroider, darn socks, trade books, or just sit and visit with one another, and any , and , all are welcome at any time, as this is just an open and friendly get together each month.
 
Warm Soup, Friends, and Desserts

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US!!

Our next regular Nite Owls meeting will be our annual HARVEST SOUP NIGHT!!

October 30th at 6:30 pm at our usual meeting place.

Bring your favorite harvest soup, breads, and desserts.

Come and enjoy great food, time with friends and our Nite Owl Meeting.

It won't be the same without you!!
A Christmas Party for All

All Day Lilies, Nite Owls, Baltimore Beauties, Big Pine Crafty Ladies, Rozella's KnitWits and anyone else who wishes to come are invited to our daytime Christmas Party at Whiskey Creek. We'll order off the menu, pay Dutch Treat and arm wrestle over the ornament exchange. 

     Wed, Dec 10, 11:30am Whiskey Creek in Fireside room, bring a Holiday ornament to exchange.
Show and Tell

The Day Lilies showed off their latest creations.
Sharon Thompson made a Charm Square table runner using fabrics with butterflies and dragonflies. Also showed us a string pieced quilt top that was given to her. The hand pieced quilt top still had some reminants of newspaper on the back. Marge Walker was the lucky recipient of this quilt top. I'm sure Marge will have it hand quilted in no time!
Nela wowed us with her desert themed quilt. She used some of the Ugly Challenge fabric in the background and she had different desert animals romping across the quilt.
Marilee showed us a bright pink quillo that was made at one of the Big Pine Crafty Ladies workshops. She also had made a couple of Turtle Pillows, one was pink with butterflies on a yellow background and the other was Bob the Builder in blues and yellows.
Betty McCloud presented us with a cross stitched bunnies that took us back to the 1970's. Betty colored in the bunnies so they would show up on the white background and used brown and tan calico's from her stash to set off the bunny squares.
Marge Walker showed off a Q.O.V. Baby quilt.
Way to go ladies! You out did yourselves again!
Opportunity Quilt

 

The quilt was at the Fairgrounds this weekend.  Sharing the spotlight with some gorgeous old cars at the FALL COLORS CAR SHOW.

Next the quilt will be at DMV, Thank you Mercy, Vasi and Katie.

Thank you to all who worked at the craft show.

Marge Walker (thank you for taking the early shift)

Carole Sample and Sharon Thompson

A huge thank you to Barbara Hinek and Meagan for working 2 shifts each.

 

Quilts of Valor
Baby Quilt Workshop

The Baby Quilt Workshop was a success.  With 10 Calico Quilters showing up to sew for our soldier's babies. 

THANK YOU!!

I have already received 8 completed quilts.  And Nela and Wildrose Lane Quilting have taken 3 more to be quilted.  THANK YOU!!

Thank you to Kay of QITS for your generous offer of flannel for these quilts.  Your support means everything.

Thank you to Sally DePerro for sharing your stash with us, and to everyone else who pulled from their own stashes to makes quilts.  I know without a shadow of a doubt, that they will be received with much gratitude and that they will warm these precious babies.

A special QOV thank you to Judy Speed for her continued dedicated to making blocks each month for the QOV quilts.

Still at war ... still quilting.