November and December 2011 Meetings

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


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.