Meet our members........
This months member spotlight is on Dorothy Eggerss.
Dorothy's daughter got her interested in quilting about 6-8 years ago. Her daughter has some free time on her hands and got interested in quilting and Dorothy caught the bug too.
She enjoys doing large quilts and lap robes.
Dorothy was the postmaster in Walnut, Ia until she retired. She has 2 children, a son in Woodbury, Mn . He is married and has 2 children. She also has a daughter in Omaha.
Dorothy enjoys picking out black walnuts and selling them. She also enjoys reading, knitting, metal detecting , baking, and playing bridge.
I personally know Dorothy has some great internet sites and I am glad she shares her finds with me and others.
If you remember Dorothy's Easter bonnet, it is evident that she has a wonderful sense of humor.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
June meeting
We had a great meeting last night and wow seems like we accomplished a lot.
There were 12 members present. Minutes were approved with only a couple small changes... good job Charmayne. Vivian gave her last treasurer's report. Sadly, she will no longer be able to be our treasurer, but Shelly stepped up and took over. She will be meeting with Dorine and Vivian to get everything done at the bank.
Roxie reported on the Community Outreach program ( our charity quilts). All labels should read Donated by Nishnabotna Valley Quilter's Guild 2014 ( or whatever year is appropriate). Charmayne is checking on the size of the lap quilts and will let us know. We have enough large quilts for now. Roxie would like to have another work day at her home on July 12 at 9:30. She would like at least 3 people to attend , so please let her know in advance if you can make it. If there aren't at least 3 she will postpone to another day.
We are going to start our one yard quilt challenge at the next meeting. Everyone is suppose to bring 1 yard of their favorite choice of fabric and style. It is best if it is ripable ( is that a word??) fabric... as we will be ripping and sharing with all that participate. If you have any questions, please call Sally 402/578/8994.
Shelly and Fran invited all to come to a local sew day. The group meets every other Thursday in Oakland at the Fellowship church. They start at around 9:30 and sew until 4:00, but you can come at anytime and stay as long as you want. You can bring your machine, or not... it isn't just for quilters, any crafter is welcome... so if you don't want to bring your machine, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, etc are all great projects. We have been bringing our own lunch, and something to share if you want, but not necessary. You can always go to the DQ or Blimpie's and get lunch. Please tell or bring anyone that would like to come. We are hoping to get a good group of crafters and sewers for this group. Call Fran or Shelly if you have any questions, or need directions.
Dorine shared a tutorial on Postage Stamp quilts. She was kind enough to give us all the supplies to try out our own project. She also talked about knowing the author of the book that she used to make her quilt. It was very interesting. It is our challenge for next month, so be sure you all bring back your projects for July so we can share.
We played Quilto and Vivian was the "lucky" winner of the 1/2 inch green strips.. Dorothy shared her tabletopper and coasters that she made with last months pink fat quarters. She passed the pink on to Vivian, so she will create something with the green strips with the option of using the left over pink. Each month the winner will make something with her prize and pass the remainder of fabric on. Next month bring 1 each red, white, and blue 5 inch charm square for the Quilto prize.
There was discussion of decorating a Christmas Tree again this year. Roxie mentioned she had ornaments that were given to her and those could be used, she will bring them to the next meeting. We also talked about having a tree at Dorine's shop and all members could make ornaments and they could be displayed and sold to raise money for our Outreach program. We tabled the topic for now.
Next month the show and tell should be Christmas in July. So bring your favorite Christmas quilt, wallhanging, tablerunner, ornament, you get the idea.... to show all of us.
I think that about wraps it up. As you can see, we did a lot.
Several of the ladies went to McDonald's for ice cream after the meeting... lots of giggles and good times there too.
There were 12 members present. Minutes were approved with only a couple small changes... good job Charmayne. Vivian gave her last treasurer's report. Sadly, she will no longer be able to be our treasurer, but Shelly stepped up and took over. She will be meeting with Dorine and Vivian to get everything done at the bank.
Roxie reported on the Community Outreach program ( our charity quilts). All labels should read Donated by Nishnabotna Valley Quilter's Guild 2014 ( or whatever year is appropriate). Charmayne is checking on the size of the lap quilts and will let us know. We have enough large quilts for now. Roxie would like to have another work day at her home on July 12 at 9:30. She would like at least 3 people to attend , so please let her know in advance if you can make it. If there aren't at least 3 she will postpone to another day.
We are going to start our one yard quilt challenge at the next meeting. Everyone is suppose to bring 1 yard of their favorite choice of fabric and style. It is best if it is ripable ( is that a word??) fabric... as we will be ripping and sharing with all that participate. If you have any questions, please call Sally 402/578/8994.
Shelly and Fran invited all to come to a local sew day. The group meets every other Thursday in Oakland at the Fellowship church. They start at around 9:30 and sew until 4:00, but you can come at anytime and stay as long as you want. You can bring your machine, or not... it isn't just for quilters, any crafter is welcome... so if you don't want to bring your machine, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, etc are all great projects. We have been bringing our own lunch, and something to share if you want, but not necessary. You can always go to the DQ or Blimpie's and get lunch. Please tell or bring anyone that would like to come. We are hoping to get a good group of crafters and sewers for this group. Call Fran or Shelly if you have any questions, or need directions.
Dorine shared a tutorial on Postage Stamp quilts. She was kind enough to give us all the supplies to try out our own project. She also talked about knowing the author of the book that she used to make her quilt. It was very interesting. It is our challenge for next month, so be sure you all bring back your projects for July so we can share.
We played Quilto and Vivian was the "lucky" winner of the 1/2 inch green strips.. Dorothy shared her tabletopper and coasters that she made with last months pink fat quarters. She passed the pink on to Vivian, so she will create something with the green strips with the option of using the left over pink. Each month the winner will make something with her prize and pass the remainder of fabric on. Next month bring 1 each red, white, and blue 5 inch charm square for the Quilto prize.
There was discussion of decorating a Christmas Tree again this year. Roxie mentioned she had ornaments that were given to her and those could be used, she will bring them to the next meeting. We also talked about having a tree at Dorine's shop and all members could make ornaments and they could be displayed and sold to raise money for our Outreach program. We tabled the topic for now.
Next month the show and tell should be Christmas in July. So bring your favorite Christmas quilt, wallhanging, tablerunner, ornament, you get the idea.... to show all of us.
I think that about wraps it up. As you can see, we did a lot.
Several of the ladies went to McDonald's for ice cream after the meeting... lots of giggles and good times there too.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Great Meeting.
It was another exciting meeting on Tuesday. We had lots of good discussion and fun to see everyone.
Charmayne talked to us about quilting labels. Those that brought labels showed them to the group and their was a wonderful variety. Charmayne was also nice enough to pass out a handout of paperpieced labels. (No excuses girls for not making some). She also showed us a wide variety of labels that she had made and of books that she has available.
There was some discussion about our charity quilts. Roxie's sewing day was a great success and Dorothy and Renee showed us beautiful quilts that they had finished. Roxie would like to keep track of what everyone is doing, so that she can keep a handle on the number of large quilts being made. So if you are in that process of making large charity quilts, please let her know. We will probably switch to a lap quilt and maybe holders for walkers later this year. We have surpass or will surpass our goals. Stayed tuned. If you have any questions, I think Roxie is the one to ask.
We had another great game or I should say many games of "Quilto" . Dorothy was the first winner, we kept playing until everyone had a fat quarter. Fran suggested that we continue playing each meeting. Next time we will bring a green 2 1/2 inch strip WOF (width of fabric) for the prize. Also, the first winner will get all the strips. It was suggested that the winner would then make a project using the prize and bring it to the next meeting. So with this said, several donated their fat quarters to Dorothy, we'll see if she comes up with anything... no pressure Dorothy. It should be fun.
There was a little discussion of the 1 yard challenge. A few of the ladies looked at the video. If you are interested in seeing how it works. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboqWMKzjo0 A few ladies suggested that we try "Mary Jane" or vintage fabric, other ideas could be "black and whites", or batiks. We should decide who wants to participate and get started. Hopefully we can decide next month what fabric to go with and who wants to do the challenge.
There were several ladies that had beautiful show and tell projects. I will contact Roxie and see if I can get some photos to share. Keep them coming ladies.
Sally passed out a little sheet that she would like members to fill out and return to her. It is a little about each member. She would like to include a member of the month on the blog. So please return those. She will bring more to the meeting next month, if you didn't get one.
Be sure to check Facebook for Nisnabotna Valley Quilters. Just put it in the search box and you will find us. Add any good quilt sites you might want to share, photos of projects, or anything relevant to our group.
It was another exciting meeting on Tuesday. We had lots of good discussion and fun to see everyone.
Charmayne talked to us about quilting labels. Those that brought labels showed them to the group and their was a wonderful variety. Charmayne was also nice enough to pass out a handout of paperpieced labels. (No excuses girls for not making some). She also showed us a wide variety of labels that she had made and of books that she has available.
There was some discussion about our charity quilts. Roxie's sewing day was a great success and Dorothy and Renee showed us beautiful quilts that they had finished. Roxie would like to keep track of what everyone is doing, so that she can keep a handle on the number of large quilts being made. So if you are in that process of making large charity quilts, please let her know. We will probably switch to a lap quilt and maybe holders for walkers later this year. We have surpass or will surpass our goals. Stayed tuned. If you have any questions, I think Roxie is the one to ask.
We had another great game or I should say many games of "Quilto" . Dorothy was the first winner, we kept playing until everyone had a fat quarter. Fran suggested that we continue playing each meeting. Next time we will bring a green 2 1/2 inch strip WOF (width of fabric) for the prize. Also, the first winner will get all the strips. It was suggested that the winner would then make a project using the prize and bring it to the next meeting. So with this said, several donated their fat quarters to Dorothy, we'll see if she comes up with anything... no pressure Dorothy. It should be fun.
There was a little discussion of the 1 yard challenge. A few of the ladies looked at the video. If you are interested in seeing how it works. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboqWMKzjo0 A few ladies suggested that we try "Mary Jane" or vintage fabric, other ideas could be "black and whites", or batiks. We should decide who wants to participate and get started. Hopefully we can decide next month what fabric to go with and who wants to do the challenge.
There were several ladies that had beautiful show and tell projects. I will contact Roxie and see if I can get some photos to share. Keep them coming ladies.
Sally passed out a little sheet that she would like members to fill out and return to her. It is a little about each member. She would like to include a member of the month on the blog. So please return those. She will bring more to the meeting next month, if you didn't get one.
Be sure to check Facebook for Nisnabotna Valley Quilters. Just put it in the search box and you will find us. Add any good quilt sites you might want to share, photos of projects, or anything relevant to our group.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Great tutorials for jelly rolls
http://www.jellyrollfabric.net/Patterns_ep_41-1.html
There are lots of free patterns and ideas here. Hope you enjoy.
Sally
There are lots of free patterns and ideas here. Hope you enjoy.
Sally
Sewing Day at Roxie's
Although we weren't all able to attend the sew day at Roxie's on Saturday I want to share some of the emails about the day.
Vivian wrote,
Hi-We had a fun day with a bit of confusion at times-totally normal. As usual there were a couple of machines that weren't cooperating also and poor Shirley didn't get to sew a stitch on her's. She helped all day anyway squaring up blocks and cutting sashing pieces. Roxie's house is just ideal for sew days-she may wish it wasn't after Saturday. We had fun sitting around her dining room table and eating our sack lunches. We finished several quilt tops and have some that just need borders yet. We had some lively discussions at times too--you know how hard it is to make up our minds about things. Hope more of the members can attend the next one. More members, more fun!! Vivian
Dorothy wrote,
I was at Roxie's Saturday . We didn't take any pictures, but squared up a lot of blocks and sewed some tops together. There were 6 of us altogether. Dorothy Eggerss
Fran wrote,
Sounds like we miss a lot of fun. Thanks Roxie for the great day to complete the charity quilts.
Vivian wrote,
Hi-We had a fun day with a bit of confusion at times-totally normal. As usual there were a couple of machines that weren't cooperating also and poor Shirley didn't get to sew a stitch on her's. She helped all day anyway squaring up blocks and cutting sashing pieces. Roxie's house is just ideal for sew days-she may wish it wasn't after Saturday. We had fun sitting around her dining room table and eating our sack lunches. We finished several quilt tops and have some that just need borders yet. We had some lively discussions at times too--you know how hard it is to make up our minds about things. Hope more of the members can attend the next one. More members, more fun!! Vivian
Dorothy wrote,
I was at Roxie's Saturday . We didn't take any pictures, but squared up a lot of blocks and sewed some tops together. There were 6 of us altogether. Dorothy Eggerss
Fran wrote,
Did anyone take pics?
Too busy sewing.Sounds like we miss a lot of fun. Thanks Roxie for the great day to complete the charity quilts.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Rainy Tuesday morning
Well, here comes some more rain, isn't it wonderful.
Charmayne has asked me to take over our blog.... so here goes. LeAnn has been kind enough to help get me started, so we will see how this works. Please always feel free to give me any ideas, or let me know if there is something that you don't like. I will also be adding a few things to our Facebook site, so check that too. You will find I am an internet junky, so I will be posting some interesting sites to visit from time to time.
I think it would also be fun to do a member highlight every once in a while. You may have done this in the past, but I think there are several new members, so hopefully you won't mind if it is a repeat. I will be passing out forms for you to fill out and tell the group about yourself and your quilting adventure in life. I would also love to add photos, so you can email me anything you have, currant projects, past projects, problems with projects, family events and milestones. I think it will help all of us get better acquainted.
Just a quick recap of the last meeting.
Shirley had a wonderful "Quilto" game for all of us. For those of you that missed, it is like bingo, but with fabric squares. If you have your quilt board finished bring it each time to the meeting. We will be playing again. In May we would like members to bring a pink fat quarter to share for the prizes.
Also, Dorothy and Charmayne showed several quilts that they had put together from our blocks. We are in need of quilt labels, so everyone is asked to bring along a label or two that they have made, that can be attached to these quilts.
Charmayne had made beautiful Easter baskets for all of us. They were lined and filled with wonderful treats, including a ceramic Easter bunny. Thank you Charmayne for all your work. Been a long time since I had an Easter Basket of my own. We also had a surprise guest, the Easter bunny came to visit and we all had photos taken, I will post those later.
We all had our Easter Bonnets and there were some great ones... again, pictures will follow. Sharon won the drawing and got a lovely basket filled with quilting supplies and fabric.
We also talked about doing another "one yard Challenge" here is a You Tube video explaining it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboqWMKzjo0 . We are all suppose to be deciding on a color or fabric line for our one yard. It was decided that a color grouping, i.e. Blues, black and whites, purples, batiks.... , would make a prettier result, instead of everyone bringing something different. So think about what you would like.
I think that is enough for now. I am looking forward to getting to know a new wonderful bunch of quilters.
Sew Happy, Sally
Charmayne has asked me to take over our blog.... so here goes. LeAnn has been kind enough to help get me started, so we will see how this works. Please always feel free to give me any ideas, or let me know if there is something that you don't like. I will also be adding a few things to our Facebook site, so check that too. You will find I am an internet junky, so I will be posting some interesting sites to visit from time to time.
I think it would also be fun to do a member highlight every once in a while. You may have done this in the past, but I think there are several new members, so hopefully you won't mind if it is a repeat. I will be passing out forms for you to fill out and tell the group about yourself and your quilting adventure in life. I would also love to add photos, so you can email me anything you have, currant projects, past projects, problems with projects, family events and milestones. I think it will help all of us get better acquainted.
Just a quick recap of the last meeting.
Shirley had a wonderful "Quilto" game for all of us. For those of you that missed, it is like bingo, but with fabric squares. If you have your quilt board finished bring it each time to the meeting. We will be playing again. In May we would like members to bring a pink fat quarter to share for the prizes.
Also, Dorothy and Charmayne showed several quilts that they had put together from our blocks. We are in need of quilt labels, so everyone is asked to bring along a label or two that they have made, that can be attached to these quilts.
Charmayne had made beautiful Easter baskets for all of us. They were lined and filled with wonderful treats, including a ceramic Easter bunny. Thank you Charmayne for all your work. Been a long time since I had an Easter Basket of my own. We also had a surprise guest, the Easter bunny came to visit and we all had photos taken, I will post those later.
We all had our Easter Bonnets and there were some great ones... again, pictures will follow. Sharon won the drawing and got a lovely basket filled with quilting supplies and fabric.
We also talked about doing another "one yard Challenge" here is a You Tube video explaining it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboqWMKzjo0 . We are all suppose to be deciding on a color or fabric line for our one yard. It was decided that a color grouping, i.e. Blues, black and whites, purples, batiks.... , would make a prettier result, instead of everyone bringing something different. So think about what you would like.
I think that is enough for now. I am looking forward to getting to know a new wonderful bunch of quilters.
Sew Happy, Sally
Monday, December 9, 2013
December 3, 2013 Christmas Party
Nishnabotna Valley Quilters Guild
Christmas Party
December 3, 2013
The 2013 Christmas Party was held at Emma Jeans Restaurant
near Walnut, Iowa. All 11 members were present.
The festivities started with a lovely meal ordered from the menu. Roxie presented the second quilt that is now
quilted and ready for donation. LeAnn
brought the labels and Charmayne volunteered to sew them on. Shirley brought a
picture of the Christmas Tree Walk Tree that Guild sponsored and she had
prepared. A Gift – Exchange was held – with no twist this year. Lovely handmade gifts were received and loved
by all. Merry Christmas to all!
Minutes submitted by:
LuAnn
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