Click on the link below for the pdf of the meeting minutes for March 13, 2018. You may download and/or print them out for your records.

2018-03-13 Regular Meeting minutes

After a short business meeting, the floor was given to Loretta Twiford who had a trunk show of some of her quilts. I hope you enjoy the pictures that follow.

Getting Ready for the big show !

2004 BRQG Block Exchange

BRQG Block of the Month

Early BRQG Mystery Quilt

Second BRQG Mystery Quilt

BRQG Row of the Month

L to R – Carolyn, Tina and Jo

Alex Anderson Plaid

Stripes

More Stripes (from magazine)

Stripes pattern from Trinity

Back of More Stripes (cheater cloth)

X-Centric stripes

Stripes from magazine

Back to Nature by Tonga

There’s a Dog on My Quilt

Trip Around the Scrap Basket

Boardwalk Art Show Tee shirt quilt

Back of Boardwalk tee shirt quilt

Honey’s running tee shirts quilt

Woven Table Runner

Table Topper

One Block Wonder-Jungle Eyes

Jungle Eyes closer

Pretty Roses OBW

Blue Green & Yellow OBW

One Fabric Wonder

Early 2000’s Sunbonnet Sue (from magazine)

Early 2000’s try-yep, those stripes are really sewn

Early 2000’s back (prints)

Let It Wave

Cubes taught by Tina

And then there was Show & Tell – always beautiful work by our quilters.

Gisela O’Connor Commemorative Quilt

Tina Dietz First Mystery Quilt

Claire Hightower Origami Purse

Claire Hightower Fabric Box which opens flat

Tune in again next month for the continuing adventures of . . . oh yeah, Tina will be showing us some tips on applique in April ! Be sure to be there.

Here are some photos from both the set-up on Friday, March 9th and the National Quilting Day event on March 10th. Feel free to leave comments ! Also, if you are on FaceBook, check out the Star Quilters Guild page for a lot of pictures taken by Ann Ware.

Let’s talk

Almost there

Taking a look

Where is that ? ?

Star Quilters Quiltessas table

Getting checked in

Setting up the Speaker

Goodie bags for everyone

Checking out Charity Quilts

A time to chat

lots to chat about

Old friends not seen for a while

Lunches waiting

Gee, haven’t seen you for a while

More check-ins

Hey, there’s Mickey !!

Looking at the displays

Wow, wonder who made that?

And they are still coming

Last minute moderator check

Getting ready for the crowd

What a great turnout

Introducing the speaker

talking with the speaker

Jo Bell and her Bordered Diamonds

Lee Chappell, a great speaker

passing out Goodie bags

I am attaching the National Quilting Day Celebration program which for one reason or another failed to make an appearance at the excellent occasion today !! Please feel free to print it out, especially page 4 which contains important information.

If you weren’t there today you missed out on seeing old friends, enjoying seeing the many quilts displayed, hearing an excellent speaker and oh, my the door prizes ! There will be many pictures posted very soon.

2018 NQD program    HINT: For best results, choose to print in Landscape.

March is National Quilting Month; Guild members met at the Library on March 1st to decorate the Display Case. Good job, ladies ! Be sure to stop by and take a look.