Welcome to Common Threads!
"All of us are stitched with love and tied to one another. Reap the benefits of your sewing, Baste consideration into your life, Hem up disagreements, And embellish it all with love."
 February Meeting
WHEN: Tue, Feb 28, 2012, 7:00pm.
PROGRAM: Our speaker will be Joanne Lester - one of Sunny 95's "20 Outstanding Women You Should Know 2010". Joanne is the founder of The James Stitching Sisters, an all-volunteer group that makes quilts for breast cancer patients in conjunction with The James Cancer Hospitals here in Columbus, Ohio. Joanne hears comments like, "it's beautiful", "it helped me so much", and "it meant the world to me." She will take us on the journey of how the quilting effort began to where the quilting efforts are today.
The Common Threads QUILT CHALLENGE will be revealed by this year's new workshop cochairs, Deb Ruth and Karen Zimmerman. Expect the unexpected... it will be a hoot!
Meeting location has changed this month to the Aladdin Shrine located at 3850 Seltzer Road, near Easton Towne Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Don't miss this inspirational night! Bring a friend!
LINKS: Link
to January 2012 Newsletter (PDF).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Service Quilts Free Sewing Day - Jan 28, 2012
Each year, Jefferson Elementary School in Gahanna makes pillows at Valentine's Day. The kids stuff and sew them shut. They then take the finished pillows to Children's Hospital and give them to the kids. Last year, they donated 510 pillows!
Every year, the music teacher collects donated fabric. She cuts it into 4" squares and puts together kits for volunteers to sew into the patchwork fronts with 14" square backs. Part of one side is left open so the kids can stuff them and sew them shut. It teaches the kids about giving to someone else and the value of making something yourself that you give to someone else to help them feel better in hard times.
Please consider donating fabric for this project, and coming to the sew-in to assemble these pillows. We will be working on this project in the morning, and you are free to sew on your own projects in the afternoon. The Sewing Day will be at Meadowbrook Christian Fellowship Church, 6608 Dublin Center Dr, Dublin, Ohio
Directions:
- From I-270 exit at Sawmill Rd and go South. Dublin Center Dr is the very first street on the right. Turn right and proceed about 1/4 mile. The church is on your left just past the car dealer's parking lot.
- From Rt 161 (Dublin-Granville Rd) turn North on Dublin Center Dr (1 light West of Sawmill Rd). Proceed North. The church is on your right just past the light at Village Center Dr.
 Workshops
Our next workshop is March 28, 2012, and is "Sea Glass" presented by Karen Montgomery of The Quilt Company. The quilt pattern uses a 40 strip jelly roll to generate a 46" square quilt that works great with batiks. Use Karen's new Creative Grids Quick Trim Ruler for even faster cutting and piecing.
Check back later for more information.
Fabric Swaps
February Fabric Swap - is fabric suitable for an I Spy quilt - animals, food, fairies, toys, etc. Bring (30) 6-1/2" squares in the plastic bag with your name on the outside. You squares will be traded with the rest, and you will leave with 30 different fabric squares.
At the meetings, check out the tables in the back. There is always something that is bound to spark your interest.
PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS
- Mar 27 - *Karen Montgomery Lecture "Tips from a Pro". Owner of The Quilt Company, a full service quilt store, Karen also designs fabric for Timeless Treasures and publishes a book and pattern line under The Quilt Company name.
- Mar 28 - Karen Montgomery Workshop "Sea Glass"
- Apr 24 - *Debra Gabel Lecture & Trunk Show"My Journey Thus Far"
- Apr 25 - Debra Gabel Workshop "Fusible Raw Edge Applique", held at Quilt Beginnings East
- May 22 - *Bonnie Hunter Lecture "Scrap Users System"
- May 23 - Bonnie Hunter Workshop "Sister's Choice"
- Jun 26 - Gail Wadley Lecture, Electric Quilt Design
- Jun 30 - Gail Wadley Workshop "Hands-on EQ Design" (EQ software and computer required)
- Jul 24 - Jingle Bells in July Party and Picnic
- Aug 28 - *Linda French Lecture "Machine Quilting"
- Aug 29 - Linda French Workshop "Home Sewing Machine Quilting"
- Sep 25 - Bi-Annual Common Threads Quilt Show
- Oct 23 - Fright Night - Chili Cookoff, Costume Party and Scary Sewing Sale
- Nov 27 - Quilt Diva "Demo Night"
- Dec - No Meeting - Happy Holidays
* Nationalty Renowned and Award Winning Quilting Instructors - non-member fee at the door. |
