October 16, 2012 Meeting Summary

Hey everyone-
I'll get to the meeting summary in a few, but I just wanted to let everyone know how shocked and dismayed we were to hear that Bev's "Fixing a Hole" quilt that she painstakingly made for our Title Challenge (#3) was stolen from the Quilter's Legacy of Lakewood Quilt Show in Rocky River, OH on Saturday. Many of our members were at the show and we find it incredibly hard to believe that anyone could justify stealing someone else's artwork. We know it happens all the time, but it doesn't make it any better or any less shocking. We are all very sorry this had to happen to such a wonderful and talented person. We all hope whomever stole it has a conscience and turns it back in unharmed. We can all only imagine how upset Bev is.

We started out the October meeting with our show and tell- and a lot of it was worn in on our members! Cindy had on her Day of the Dead quilted sweatshirt jacket, Joanne had one her quilted vest and Charlotte had one her 174pc Fabric Collage vest, reversable and complete with piped edges! She also gave us a preview of her Quilt Show entries "Pussy Willows and Snap Dragons" and her 4 Elements Wallhanging. Cathy brought her blue-work quilt and I showed a block from my latest project- an Ohio Star Block. We even got to meet Harvey- Bev's Pumpkin Purse!

We decided to make this meeting a book review meeting where we passed around books meant to inspire us for our next challenge- the Solid Fabric Challenge. We looked at "Modern Quilt Blocks", "Block Party", Make it Modern", "Simple Contemporary Quilts", "Fresh, Fast and Fun Quilts", and "Create Your Free Form Quilts". I'm sure we all got good ideas and I certainly can't wait to see what we all create (since I haven't started yet, as usual!)

So, next meeting will be Nov 20, 2012 and the Solid Fabric Challenge pieces will be revealed at that meeting. Also, remember that there will not be a December meeting- we will resume January 15, 2013.

Thanks!
Judi