My apologies for being so very late with posting our wrap up!! I’ll be combining March & April, let’s get started!
You can view the March photos here:
March was a pretty awesome month- we were very fortunate to have been given space at the Creative Stitches Show at Tradex for our guild and it was smashing success!
We customized our booth with our very own bunting and banner, and Lysa’s amazing quilt stand to show off our best modern quilts. We also had a mug rug swap with the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild which was a great success! We hope to continue with our interguild swaps in the near future!
Big thank you’s to all of the volunteers who worked at the booth and spread the news about our guild: Sherri, Lysa, Cynthia, Darlene, Barbara, Vera, Laura Miron, Amy, Edy, Eryn, Debbie, Colleen Bell, Carol, & Ellen!
And and extra thank you to Lysa for making the fantastic FVMQG buttons and keychains- they were a huge hit at the show & with our members!
And thanks to everyone in our guild for their support and excitement- I think we all had a blast sharing our guild and showing off our modern quilts! Whether you were there in person or just in spirit, we are so glad to have you as a part of our guild & THANK YOU!!
At the March meeting we had our show & tell and saw some great modern quilts and projects, as always! Our guild is just so inspiring and talented! We also did our Fat Quarter swap and that was the March meeting. We forgot to take a group photo- oops! I think my brain was so full of show stuff I didn’t think of it til I got almost home, my apologies!
On to April!
You can view April’s photos here
Ready, set…
April’s meeting was a busy one- we had our first ever Destash and Swap which was a huge hit! Everyone who wanted to play brought some crafty/sewing stuff from their stash and piled it up on the table and 1-2-3 Go Grab what you want! I think I came home with about the same amount of stuff as I brought lol! We’ll be having another Destash in October so start collecting your goodies!
Start planning now! Next Destash: October Meeting!
We also welcomed a few new members, recapped the Creative Stitches show, and thanked our awesome show volunteers with some cheery daffodils.
The Colour Palette challenge officially started in April, and will wrap up in June. If you need more info, visit: http://www.fvmodernquilt.com and click “Challenges”
Darlene mentioned our April Sew-in, happening Saturday April 21, at the University, room B121. Visit our site for more info, in the blog on the homepage.
You can also read about Vera, our wonderful and gracious Miss April!
Sign-ups started for the workshop with HouseTop Quilt Workshop Barb Mortell in July, if you’re interested in signing up, you can check out the info on our site here: http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Workshop_BarbMortell-July-7-2012.pdf (3 page pdf)
Registration fee of $40 is non-refundable but is transferrable. If you want to register by mail/email, please contact Cynthia directly: cynthia@greencouchdesigns.com
And next month we will welcome Linda Sharp, http://rockpaperstitches.com/, who will be showing us and speaking about her wonderful work.
We have some exciting workshops and events coming up, stay tuned!
Thank you all so much for being part of our guild and for making it such a happy and inspiring group, we couldn’t do it without you!













