A few finishes and a sale

There was mad race to finish this quilt so we could put away the frames 

 with determination and co-operation 

 it did get done 

 Beautiful front and back with the lovely hand quilting that went into this project  

 Clara on our last evening has the pedal to the metal and gets the binding machine sewn. Member Anna is going to sew it by hand and the SOLD sign goes on it.  

Now onto my recent project 

Scrap Happy Diamond little quilt 

by A Very Special Collection 

my strips are ready and all are Kansas Troubles scraps. 

This is a foundation piecing project  

 Lots of little strips 

There is the diamond within the triangle 

and here is one of the four squares. 

all together .....makes a cute little quilt. 

 ..... with Kansas Troubles scraps .......
ready to be sandwiched and machine quilted by Moi .  

closing event with a flare......

but first here is another Karen Neary finish 

Member Christina's  Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend

And her bargerllo table runner.   

These are beautifully done and to think it is her first year quilting. 

and so the guild closed its doors for the July and August months and as predicted we went out with a bang. 

The Thimot sisters  

Members  Nicole and Janice

and the other sister member Carmen organized a fantastic and I must say "decadent" array of foods ..  

 Heating up ... in anticipation for 

 Oh yes..the chocolate fountain... wow!  

 and everyone is ready to indulge.....

in this  "sinful", the other term for decadent.... menu the 3 sisters prepared for us.  

On that same line we then have member Elaine who explains to us the next activity that will take place the rest of the evening..  

"Strip Poker" 

 Yes you read it right but ... no no the game is 

to play with 2½ " strips 

 and we get ready 

 Member Anna checks out her loot! 

 Member Charmène racks up a pot... 

 and lo and behold I even win a pot... but not for long 

 Game strategy is discussed 

 Member  Clara puts in her ante 

 and there is member Charmène racks it up again ..... 

my stash is getting low and sure enough the next round  my strips are all gone... 

 and the strips keep on being passed around

 in the end our Junior member Marie-Claude(center) won most of the strips. This is the gal who at the beginning was appalled that her grand-mother Clara was going to play strip poker and did not want to hear about it. She caught on early in the game what was at  stake and that it was not that "Sinful" ; joined in only to end up a winner and happy as she is making a "hexie" project.

 A wonderful evening was had by all and we went home with a bit of nostalgia at the thought we were going away for two months.

If you recall in an early post I mentioned Beth from Mrs Puglsey Emporium had given us a beautiful sewing basket? 

Well we all wrote our names for  a chance to win it  and 

Member  Yvette  

  was the lucky winner...

Merci! Beth from all of us and especially member Yvette ! 

And now we prepare for the 

Expo-Couverte Quilt Show

 If any of my readers in this area or neighboring areas would like to put their quilts on display for the quilt show  please feel free to drop them at the Saulnierville Parish church civic # 9650 on the main highway on July 26  between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm . You will need to pick them up 

after 4:00 pm on July 31st . 

For those who will be coming for the first time I look forward to meeting you and for those who are returning ..can't wait to see you

again. 

Perfect sewing day

With the thunder moving away from this area and the rain creating a peaceful melody I go off to the sewing room to plug in the machine and in no time I am lost in HSTs.   

 Words To Live By .. all done :) 

Designed by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings..

How to quilt it is the dilemma now.. machine? hand? 

Stay tuned.  

Did I get enough of the half square triangles???.. nooo 

This is the next project on my to-do-list... By Laundry Basket. Pattern has been shipped. 

Here is another beautiful gem... Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend from Karen Neary's workshop.  

This one by member Charmène 

Things are winding down at the guild for the summer . We only have two more sewing days. This last Wednesday we gathered to sew articles for our shop to sell at the  quilt show.  

What a successful day... everyone happy to be together and enjoying the friendships that have been formed over the past four years at La Guilde Acadienne de Clare.

   

NS Towelette are a hot item 

 among our visitors 

 The large quilt is almost all done and will be for sale at

 the Expo-Couverte 

We cannot make enough of  these little Acadian  purses. 

So we should be all set for July .. 

 Lorna makes beautiful fabric Baskets 

 Denise makes Acadian Trivets 

 Simone makes NS Tartan clutches 

 Anna is in the production line for the little purses  

 Susanne is sewing with Acadian fabric 

 This gang is busy making Owl Pot Holders 

 Bernadette cuts and packages fabric squares

Glenda and Charmène are busy sewing the towelettes 

And Elise and Deanna setting the machines for the perfect stitch...   

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Happy Sewing :)   

Oh the "Gems"!

 Talk about precious gems!

Here they are .. all cultivated in Saulnierville NS from 

the workshop by Karen Neary  

  

Stunning off white and red by

Member Lorna Comeau 

Gorgeous red and green 

by member Christina Boudreau

Red and green with the gold diamonds .. how beautiful is that ?

by member Clara Melanson 

This one will brighten any table in green and white or in this case any bed 

by member Anna Aymar 

who made it to place on a white bedspread in the middle of her bed

and this ray of sunshine 

By member  Margaret Melanson 

This beautiful gold dust 

by member Marilyn Comeau 

and the rubies and emeralds embellishes the Christmas season 

 for member Elise Saulnier 

This one sparkles like new fallen snow and is a gift to the guild from 

the Master herself Karen 

Speaking of gifts... from Karen 

she left a bag for the guild and we opened it last evening at the guild meeting to find treasures galore.. Beautiful projects made by Karen for us to sell in our emporium. Christmas in June for the members. Here we are all digging in the bag as if Santa himself left us loose in his toy factory .........  lots of emotions of gratitude were expressed .

and the gifts keep on coming 

This beautiful sewing basket was given to the guild members from Mrs Pugsley Emporium ( Beth) and will be the door prize for our closing event on June 24th. 

Next Wednesday is dedicated to sewing for the guild to replenish our articles for sale in our shop as we get ready for Quilt-Expo-Couverte so we will be sewing that beautiful Fat Quarter Bundle Beth gave us . 

Thank you sew much Karen and Beth