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Monthly Meetings
Join us for our Zoom meetings in 2020/2021. We will meet on the third Monday of each month, September through June – our meetings begin at 7:00 pm with Zoom opening at 6:00 pm.
Our next meeting will be March 15, 2021,
- Download the Quill-Mar2021 here.
Click here for information about our past meetings and a schedule for our 2020/2021 meetings as well as details of our meetings from years past.
Click here for the Guild’s Constitution and Procedural Manual.
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TBQG Sisterhood Swap –
The Guild is sponsoring this project swap and supporting the members in the purchase of the ”Sisterhood” pattern by Berene Campbell of Happy Sew Lucky. Each participant will need to pay $5.00 for the pattern. The pattern is paper pieced and will be available only to those members who participate in the swap. The material will come from your stash. Please use 5 different low volume materials for the background. Members will be assigned to a group of 8 for the purposes of the swap.
By participating in the Sisterhood Swap, you are committing yourself to make eight of one section of the pattern, as assigned by the Swap Committee. To ensure everyone receives the correct number of sections for the block, you will keep one section and send the other seven sections you made to the other members in your group. You will then receive the seven other sections required to complete the pattern from your group members. The finished block will be 16 inches square.
Registration must be received by March 1, with the $5.00 payment to the Guild. Groups and patterns will be emailed or available in print to you (at an extra cost) by March 8. Finished sections of the block must be mailed by May 1.
It is hoped that the blocks will be completed by the June meeting for our Show and Tell. The Swap Committee is looking forward to seeing what we all can do together. Blocks can be made into a bag as shown, or can be used to make a quilt if a number of groups want to do so.
Ellen, Anne, Cathy, Laura
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Traditional and Curvy Workshop with Daisy Ascheboug – an additional class added!
April 10 and 11, 2021
$60/member – $80/non-member. Only 5 spots left.
Click here for more information.
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Sew Days
In-Person at the CLE
The next Sew Day at the CLEE is scheduled for February 27. However I suspect that it will be cancelled due to the present lockdown rules possibly being extended. I will keep all the Sew Day members updated as to what is happening.
Ellen
Virtual Sew Days
- Saturday, March 21 – 10 am to 4 pm – in celebration of National Quilting Day!
Join us on-line from your sewing room. A chance to get a project or two done while visiting with others. And we are there if you need an opinion too. Please email Cathy if you are interested in being added to the list at president.tbqg@gmail.com. Space is limited.
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Placemats – *New Patterns* added regularly
A new page dedicated to placemats has been created. Click here to find all of the patterns in one place. Try one or all of them.
We had an awesome and generous response to our shout out for 181 placemats to donate to the residents of the PR Cook Apartments. A wide array of gorgeous placemats was collected, and we expect that they will have been delivered to the facility prior to tonight’s meeting. We heard reports of excited anticipation at PR Cook once they heard that the placemats were coming their way. Thanks to all of you who contributed!
We learned this month that if your iron is too hot, it may possibly melt our placemat labels, so please keep that in mind. For those of you who are not familiar with these labels, they are made of satin ribbon and are attached by folding in half width-wise and tucking the raw edges under the binding before it is completed.
There are lots of new patterns for placemats to try. All patterns can been found here. If you need some labels, please contact Doris (dorisd@tbaytel.net ) to make arrangements to get a supply.
Here are some new patterns to try:
Happy Quilting!
Doris & Judy
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Teddy Bear Quilts
A dedicated page has been created where all of our Teddy Bear Quilt patterns will be to make it easier for everyone to find. Click here.
First of all I would like to thank all those who made quilts for their stuffed animals or teddy bears this year. I also want to thank the committee who tied and bagged the many ones that were handed in.
We had a total of 275 handed in on November 21 for the Tailgate party. Weather wise we had a great day to do this. It was +2C but there was no wind and no snow showers. Christmas Cheer will get 60 with stitched eyes and the remaining 215 will go to Our Kids Count for their Christmas party.
This was a very different year with the pandemic and it was great that we could help out another organization and put a smile on a young child’s face.
Peggy
Click here for more information on this wonderful project and some more great patterns to try like:
Peggy
For more details about this and other Community Service Projects click here.
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Virtual Quilt Bee – cancelled – stay tuned for a new date
Even though we decided to postpone the quilt bee for now due to the lockdown, we hope that you are continuing to work on donation quilts. I plan to get back to finishing my Linda’s Quilt this weekend now that a few other projects are off my plate. I encourage you to reach out to me if you need batting or backing to finish a current project. I can be reached by email at alopes@tbaytel.net. The pattern for Linda’s Quilt was attached to the January Quill. If you are trying it and want some pattern support, please contact Adrienne.
We will be planning for a quilt bee in the coming months. In the meantime, if you would like to finish a quilt or a kit, contact Adrienne for options for supplies pick up. If you’d like to hand back a complete top to be quilted by others please contact Adrienne, Leona or Wendy. Thank you. Keep up the great work (quilting).
A special pattern has been drafted that you may want to consider making. At the next Bee, our long time and creative member, Linda Guitard, handed in a beautiful quilt top that has been made into a new pattern especially for the Thunder Bay Quilters Guild. It is going to be ready for the 2021 Bee as both hospice size and lap size. A photo of Linda’s quilt is included here so you can consider if you’d like to make this quilt as your charity quilt this year. If interested, please let Adrienne know. Don’t worry if you’re not ready for this quilt. It will be around as a Guild pattern for years to come.
- download the instructions for Linda’s Quilt-Instructions
Thank you to everyone who is completing quilts for donation! We are doing a great job of keeping our recipients warm this winter. If you have finished a charity quilt and hand it in at a meeting please remember to let Adrienne, Leona or Wendy know so your name can be marked off the list. Remember to attach the guild label before handing it in. Thanks.
Any questions? Email Adrienne at alopes@tbaytel.net.
Adrienne
For more information on the Quilt Bees and our Community Projects – click here.
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NEW *Figit Quilts
We’ve added a new page that will feature pictures, patterns and instructions to make Figit Quilts. Check them out and try some. Click here
Pat and Florence
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Superior Quilt Show – May 26, 27, 28, 2023
Although our Quilt Show has been postponed – the Challenge is still on!
Information about the Challenge can be found here .
NEW – The challenge quilts will be displayed as part of the Grand Nations Crossroads fibre arts exhibition from July 13 – September 17, 2021 at the Thunder Bay Museum. Voting information to follow.
Keep checking this site for more details.
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Library
Please Note – The Library Committee is currently working on a plan in the works to allow members access to the Guild’s extensive collection online. We will update members when we can.
In the meantime, click here to view the updated TBQG Library List Aug2020
When we are back up and running the Library will open from 6 – 7 pm and during the break. Members are allowed to sign out 3 books at a time. Did you know that Quilting magazines are available for free and discontinued library books are on sale for $2.50.
Try out one of the new rulers:
- Non-slip Pineapple Trim Tool Mini (4″, 5″,6″) or the Regular (6″, 8″, 10″) size
Quick Curve Ruler (Regular Size and Mini) with Runner Pattern
Tucker Trimmer
Wing Clipper
Add-A-Quarter Inch Plus Ruler (12″ long and a 6″ mini)
Click here for more information on what’s new to borrow at the Library.
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Comfort and Figit Quilts
The Committee is always reviewing and updating the list of locations that receives Comfort Quilts. If you know of any location that may benefit from receiving a quilt or quilts, please provide contact and background information. The aim has been to support facilities where quilts will be used multiple times and benefit the users. We don’t provide quilts to sell or give specifically to any individuals, however, Guild members often contribute their time for these other projects.
Jackie Black is piecing together larger quilts using the quilted 12 1/2 inch blocks. Please keep bringing them in. Blocks can be any pattern but we are requesting that colours be kept neutral so they can be used by male and female residents. Remember to sandwich larger (about 14 inch backing and batting) and leave them untrimmed. It is a wonderful way to try out a pattern you find in a magazine or on-line. Come find Jackie or me if you have questions.
Thanks goes out to the many quilters who contributed quilts, squares, time and so much support so far this year.
Just a reminder – Labels should be sewn on the back of the quilts flat so that they do not get caught on anything including fingers and toes. The label that is sewn on flat is the correct way to sew them on. Click here for more information about our Comfort Quilts and other community projects.Have you thought about making a Figit Quilt? Florence and I could provide you some tactile fabrics and notions to give it a try. Here is a great example of a fidget quilt. This is from ‘Man Quilting’ with Rob Apell. He has some great ideas on this fidget quilt. If you Google ‘fidget pillows’ you’ll see more examples made as pillows instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=GhojSOjTAn4
Florence and Pat
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FAQs and Tips
Aunt Marti’s 52 Quilts – Susie’s Magic Binding Tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8N6nv90H2c
Binding a quilt without binding strips – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw_OBqG_nAI
Do you have any tips to share? Click here for more…
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Take a look at what we’ve done in our past shows –
Superior Quilt Show 2019
Viewers’ Choice Best in Show & Members’ Choice – Paradise in Bloom by Shirley Assaunt
2nd in Viewers’ Choice – Full Bloom by Suzanne Mills
3rd in Viewers’ Choice – Friendship by Jeanette Dann
Winner of the Challenge – Joyce Gilmore
Best Booth – Road 17N
For more information about the Superior Quilt Show – click here
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