Cascade Quilt Guild

May Meeting

JudyC — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:15:08 +0000

Karen Diller, from the Western Reserve Quilt Guild, will be coming to our meeting to share Internet sites for quilters.
We still meet at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Akron; this month we meet
on May 17 at 7 PM. Come early for chat.

May Sewcial

JudyC — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:14:14 +0000

On Saturday, May 19, we will be having a “Sewcial” at the Tallmadge Branch Library. A sewcial is a great opportunity to bring yourself and a project and spend part or all of a day sewing and making friends. There are large surfaces for cutting, plenty of plugs for machines, and lots of knowledgeable advice. You can come any time between 10 AM and 4 PM.
Here is link to the location:

http://www.akronlibrary.org/tallmadge/

April 2012

JudyC — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:43:57 +0000

Our program presenters for April will be Marilyn Edwards [and maybe Kathy Krieger]. They will be demo-ing how to make a Hunter Star quilt, using a special ruler. To see what the pattern looks like, take a peek at http://www.quilterscache.com/H/HuntersStarBlock.html This is a great site for free patterns, by the way.

Our next Sewcial will be Saturday, May 19 from 10-4 at the Tallmadge Branch Library. Here is the link to a map and directions: http://www.akronlibrary.org/tallmadge/ At a Sewcial, we all bring whatever we want to work on. There will be tables, chairs and outlets for your sewing machines. This is a great opportunity to make friends and get advice on your project. Plus, you get a peek at what other members are doing. Mark your calendars!

Creating Attic Windows

JoannaM — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:21:19 +0000

Guild members had fun learning Peg Bingham’s easy method of creating Attic Windows quilts. After an Attic Windows trunk show and crash design course by Peg, everyone got a good start on their projects with lots of help from Peg. Here’s some pictures of the variety of projects.

Upcoming 2012 Events

Web gal — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:41:13 +0000

Mar. 15 Founders Day! Help honor one of our members for her contribution to the guild.

March 31 Peg Bingham will teach her Attic Windows block, with Y-seam technique at the Northwest Akron Branch Library http://www.akronlibrary.org/northwestakron/index.html This workshop is for guild members only

Apr. 19 Learn how to make a Hunter Star quilt with a special ruler. Presented by Marilyn Edwards and Kathy Krieger

May 19 Saturday Sewcial at Little Red Quilt House in Medina, 10-4. Here’s the link for directions: http://www.littleredquilthouse.com

June 21 TBA

July 19 Dinner out with your quilting friends.

Sept. 14-16 Getaway at the Inn at the Amish Door in Wilmot Ohio.

January Events

Web gal — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:42:14 +0000

What a wonderful Christmas party we had! The food was great, the railroad car was charming, and the company was the best! Check out our webpage for pix from the event and our quilt show ‘n tell.

With the new year, we start our monthly programs with a binding how-to. There are various ways to do your binding, and we all want to make it the best way possible. Several of our binding expert members will be at stations to demo how to do it. There are also several methods of non-binding to share. Yes, there is an alternative! So be sure to join us.

We will also be presenting the wrap up of the Quilt Show and the information Joanna, Jacki and I gathered for the next show. Lots of decisions need to be made and we want your input, so be sure to come.

The meeting is January 19 at the Church. We start at 7 PM, but come early for meeting and greeting!

Also in January, Peg Bingham will be presenting a free-to-members workshop on the Attic Windows pattern she developed. This one is tricky because of the Y seam, and Peg has it all figured out so it is easy to do. Instructions and times will be forthcoming. Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 21 at the Highland Square Branch Library in Akron. Remember, members only!

Have a special holiday season–

November and December 2011 Meetings

Web gal — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:42:03 +0000

Our next meeting [November 17] is back at the church at our usual time– 7 PM, with time beforehand for visiting. Our guest speaker this month will be quilt teacher Mary Huey. She is going to teach us how to adapt and change patterns. If you have some blocks or patterns you want to change somehow– maybe you want to size them larger or smaller or make them on point, or whatever, go ahead and bring several with you. Should be a very interesting program. When it comes to math, I want to go in the closet and hide, so I am hoping this helps me!

Our December Christmas party will be December 6 at the Erie Station Grill in Tallmadge. To get there, head to Tallmadge Circle and exit at East Avenue. It is less than a half mile down the street on the right. You will see the railway car where we will be having our own private dinner. [That way, we can make as much noise as we want to!] You will have limited menu items to select from and they will do separate checks for us. Here is a link to their website. It should be a fun time.

Visitors are welcome. You may visit our meetings twice before deciding to become a member.

October Meeting, 2011

Web gal — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:54:13 +0000

We are back and refreshed from our recent, very successful quilt show! Many thanks to all the Cascade members who helped out, as well as to members of neighbor guild, KISS, for its success. Take a look at the photos of some of our entries at the Quilt Show link. Our next show will be in 2013, so take a quick break and start quilting again!

For our October meeting, we will be taking a field trip to Polka Dot Pincushion. Because the shop closes at 8 PM, we will start our meeting at 6 PM at the shop. There will be mini product demos, shopping, and our meeting. We will be meeting on Thursday, October 27.

Also in October, we will be having a “Sewcial.” At our sewcials, we bring whatever projects we are working on and spend time with our quilting friends. It is a great opportunity to concentrate– and chat– about quilting. There will be large tables for sewing or cutting, and a few irons and ironing stations.

Since we have some members new to sewing, we plan to have a tutorial around 11 AM. New members need name tags, and we can demo how to measure and cut using current methods. We do have tentative plans for additional easy quick projects to teach techniques for half square triangles and more. We will be meeting at the Northwest Akron branch Library on Saturday, October 22 for the Sewcial. You can come any time that day, starting when the library opens at 10 AM to 4 PM. See you there.

August and September 2011

Web gal — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:59:48 +0000

The Guild is meeting on Thursday, August 18 at 7 PM, but this month, we are devoting our time to some final show-related stuff- dropping off goodies for the show, helping package items to sell and making others. Be sure to come– we will have tasty treats for you!

There will be no meeting in September, since we will all be “meeting” at the Show! See you there!

Quilt show!

Web gal — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:34:48 +0000

It is almost time for our quilt show! We hope you have been creating some fabulous quilts to enter. Click here for the registration form. Feel free to download it to print or click on the link to the quilt show on the right hand side of this webpage.

The show, Basket of Quilts XIV, will be on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday, September 18th, 2011 12 pm – 5 pm at the Bath United Church of Christ, 3980 West Bath Road in Bath,Ohio.

We will have six vendors: Polka Dot Pincushion Quilt Shop [Richfield], Angelics Quilt Shop[Canton], Mary Huey, quilt making teacher and instructor; Nana’s Needlework [Aurora], Little Red Quilt House [Medina], and basket lady, Betty Merryweather.

Take a chance on our raffle baskets, loaded with goodies, and our raffle quilt. The Akron Canton Regional Foodbank will receive part of the raffle quilt proceeds.

Cascade Raffle Quilt 2011

And for the thrifty among you, check out Grandma’s Attic for new and gently used fabrics, quilting supplies, books and patterns, and more.

See our challenge quilts and vote on your favorites: Snowmen block exchange; Whisper quilts; and Page Thirteen Quilts

Want to bring a group of ten or more to see the show? Our facility is very handicap accessible and the group rate is $4.00 per
person.

We hope to see you there!!!