Monday, February 29, 2016

"Just Sew!" Retreat 2016


Camaraderie, food, games, gifts, massages and lots of time to sew ... these were the main items on the agenda at EVQG's retreat in Emerald Mountain Lodge last week-end. Forty-one participants creating beautiful quilted projects and enjoying each other's company made for lovely memories. Watch the slide show to the right of this post to see a few of the memorable images.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

February 10th - Round Robin Program

 
 
No, our program is not about worm-filled birds. Our version of a Round Robin program features three of our own talented quilters demonstrating techniques.
 
Kathy Bryson will demonstrate Quilt as You Go with Sashing. Learn how to machine quilt your own blocks, one at a time, and then connect them with sashing. Using this technique, a quilter can take her work from start to finish without having to send it out to be quilted.
 
Jeanne Allen will give attendees a pattern for a versatile drawstring bag with four interior pockets. She will explain how to make these handy bags in different sizes from two squares of fabric. Quilters will find dozens of uses for these bags, small or large, and they make delightful gifts.
 
Sometimes a quilt's design demands that the quilter must forgo the easy path of squared corners on the borders and make mitered borders instead. Carol Struve will show a step-by-step method of sewing multiple mitered borders on a quilt.
 

Join us on Wednesday, February 10, at 6:45 p.m. Estes Valley Quilt Guild meets at Good Samaritan's Estes Park Village, 1901 Ptarmigan Trail. 
 
Two examples of Jeanne's drawstring bags