The Pea Pod travelling fabric store will be at our UFO this weekend at 5 pm on Saturday

Who's Hungry?  wanna fill your plate or toss your cookies?? View this email in your browser

November is halfway through and we would love to see you!! UFO DETAILS: PLEASE NOTICE THE DAY CHANGES The building will be open for drop-in from: Friday November 25, 2016  - 4pm-10pm Saturday November 26, 2016  -  9am-10pm The Details: 1) Food:  Bring your own dinner for Friday night, snacks and lunch for Saturday. Saturday Pot luck dinner at 6:00 2) Games and prizes:        We will play BINGO again, Saturday around 7pm .  This theme will be FOOD or BEVERAGE,   With this time of year comes visiting friends and family and lots of good food and beverages to enjoy over the holiday season, so why not see what everyone can come up with .  Will you fill your plate, toss your cookies, or perhaps find yourself drunk as a skunk after this bingo?  Volunteering:  As most of you know Volunteering is part of our membership....not a lot is asked of you, just 2 hours.  There are a variety of things you can help out with.  here is a short list of some of those ideas:    Ideas include: Artifact Research Town and County History Research Archiving and Cataloging Cleaning Artifacts Cataloging Artifacts Data Entry This is not all that is available but it some of it.  Feel free to call or come by and look for something that suits you.  We would like to remind you that you need to fill out the volunteer sheet for the museums records and take a photo of it to send to Carolyne so we can keep track of the volunteer hours.   4) Parking: Please remember not to leave your vehicle at the side entrance, come in unload and move your vehicle to the parking lot...Thank you. 5)  Set Up & Clean Up:  Setting up will now be everyones responsibility, as you arrive you can set up your table and as you depart you can put it away.  There are plenty of us there to help out where you need it.   .   6)  APFA  (Alberta Parenting for the Future Association) is always looking for donations for their Christmas event where children can shop for their loved ones in a safe environment.  This year we are collecting handmade items to be put on display for children to pick from for their loved ones.  It does not need to be sewn but we do ask that they be handmade.  Items must be handed in before the end of November. THIS IS COMING UP QUICKLY!!!  Please get donations in quick before time is up.   Thank you. 7) Canada Day:   As some of you know The Canadian Quilters Association is Collecting 12 and a half inch slab blocks and slab block quilt tops in preparation for the Canada's Big Quilt Bee this June.  Their goal is to make 1000 quilts to donate to Ronald McDonald house for Canada Day.  They ask that blocks contain at least one piece of the Canada's 150th fabric from Northcott.  Carolyne has the instructions and info to hand out to anyone interested 8)  We know with the holiday season approaching stress can occasionally get the better of us so just a friendly reminder to be respectful of others.  There's no reason to bring negativity and drama with you, when we are all there for the same reason.  To sew with great people.  Each and every member bring more value and experience to the group and there is room for everyone.             BINGO FOOD and BEVERAGE Lets enjoy some festivities the calorie free way ....     WITH FAT QUARTERS!!!   Fill your plate, toss your cookies, drunk as a skunk, Tutti Fruitti, sweet or salty ..... or anything else you may like, There's lots of good food fabric out there, lets see what everyone an find......

There will be no sewing on Saturday November 12, we will return on Saturday November 19th

Sew in Saturday,  November 5th from 10 am to 4 pm in the Founder's Building at Stony Plain and Parkland Pioneer Museum. Please use the 43rd St. entrance as paving is on going at the Heritage Pavillion.

Vinyl pieces will be available to purchase at the UFO

Additional info for the UFO if you are interested, We will be having a tutorial at 1:30 for “What not Bags”. Here is the supply list:

 2- 10"X12"pieces of fabric ( the back of the bag)

 1-10" X12" piece of batting (or flannel or soft and stable or whatever, depending on how firm you want the back of your bag)

 4- 10: X 1 1/2" pieces of fabric ( the prints on either side of the zipper)

 1- 10"X10" piece of vinyl

 1 zipper longer than 10"

 Approximately 55" of 2 1/2" of wide binding folded and pressed.

 You can use leftover blocks if you want..anything goes

 A full set of instructions will be available as well

Hello Everyone,

We have the blog back up and running and the events calendar has been updated. Please check back on here or on our Facebook page as the events dates draw nearer, for confirmation of these dates and times. Below is the information for our upcoming UFO. Hope to see everyone there!

Lets ignore the snow and sew View this email in your browser Happy October Everyone!!! With the coming weather we would like to remind everyone to bring indoor shoes and to enter through the kitchen door. UFO DETAILS: The building will be open for drop-in from: Saturday October 22, 2016-  9:00 am - 10:00 pm ($10.00) Sunday October 3, 2016  -  9:00 am - 4:00 pm ($10.00) The Details: 1) Food:  Bring your own snacks and lunch. Saturday Pot luck dinner at 6:00 2) Games and prizes:         After dinner we will be playing Fat Quarter Bingo, one bingo card per Fat Quarter brought.  this month the theme is NORTHERN LIGHTS.    Volunteering:  As most of you know Volunteering is part of our membership....not a lot is asked of you, just 2 hours.  There are a variety of things you can help out with.  here is a short list of some of those ideas:    Ideas include: Artifact Research Town and County History Research Archiving and Cataloging Cleaning Artifacts Cataloging Artifacts Data Entry This is not all that is available but it some of it.  Feel free to call or come by and look for something that suits you.  We would like to remind you that you need to fill out the volunteer sheet for the museums records and take a photo of it to send to Caroline so we can keep track of the volunteer hours.   4) Parking: Please remember not to leave your vehicle at the side entrance, come in unload and move your vehicle to the parking lot...Thank you. 5)  Set Up & Clean Up:  Setting up will now be everyones responsibility, as you arrive you can set up your table and as you depart you can put it away.  There are plenty of us there to help out where you need it.   .   6)  APFA  (Alberta Parenting for the Future Association) is always looking for donations for their Christmas event where children can shop for their loved ones in a safe environment.  This year we are collecting handmade items to be put on display for children to pick from for their loved ones.  It does not need to be sewn but we do ask that they be handmade.  Items must be handed in before the end of November. Thank you. 7) Canada Day:   As some of you know The Canadian Quilters Association is Collecting 12 and a half inch slab blocks and slab block quilt tops in preparation for the Canada's Big Quilt Bee this June.  Their goal is to make 1000 quilts to donate to Ronald McDonald house for Canada Day.  They ask that blocks contain at least one piece of the Canada's 150th fabric from Northcott.  Carolyne has the instructions and info to hand out to anyone interested   Tammy Carolyne BINGO NORTHERN LIGHTS Who's ready to play BINGO???  Who's ready to buy or search their sash for something that reminds them of NORTHERN LIGHTS?   Well come on then, get to it.      Copyright © 2016 Parkland Modern Quilters Guild, All rights reserved.

Hello Everyone,
Due to the holiday weekend, we will not be sewing on May 21st but will resume on Saturday May 28th. Enjoy your holiday, the weather might be miserable which means it will be a great time to stay home and SEW!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone,
Here are the details of our UFO weekend.
Hope everyone can make it out, even if it's only for one of the days!!1

UFO DETAILS:
The building will be open for drop-in from:
Saturday May 14, 2016-  9:00 am - 10:00 pm ($10.00)
Sunday  May 15, 2016  -  9:00 am - 4:00 pm ($10.00)

The Details:
1) Food:  Bring your own snacks and lunch. Saturday Pot luck dinner at 6:00, We are allowed to use the BBQ that is on site so don't hesitate to bring something to grill.  

2) Games and prizes:  Once again we are playing LRC (Left, Right, Center)  To participate you will need 3 Fat quarters.  This is a non-elimination and fairly quick game in which there is only 1 winner.  We hope everyone will enjoy it and participate.

The theme for this game will be RAINY DAYS  

3)Volunteering:  As most of you know Volunteering is part of our membership....not a lot is asked of you, just 2 hours.  There are a variety of things you can help out with.  here is a short list of some of those ideas:   

Some events you can volunteer for are:   

Farmers Day                                     June 3-5
Canada Day                                      July 1
Blueberry Bluegrass Festival            July 29-31
Cowboy Gathering                            Aug 19-21
City Slickers                                      Sept 23
Harvest Festival                                Sept 24

Other ideas include:

Artifact Research
Town and County History Research
Archiving and Cataloging
Cleaning Artifacts
Cataloging Artifacts
Data Entry

This is not all that is available but it some of it.  Feel free to call or come by and look for something that suits you.  We would like to remind you that you need to fill out the volunteer sheet for the museums records and take a photo of it to send to Caroline so we can keep track of the volunteer hours.  


4) Parking: Please remember not to leave your vehicle at the side entrance, come in unload and move your vehicle to the parking lot...Thank you.

5)  Set Up & Clean Up:   Remember to help out where you can.  The more help the less work for everyone.  Thank you.

6) Membership:  Membership renewal is now available.  We will have the forms and cards ready to hand out this weekend.  $35 for the year.  You will receive a new membership card this year.  

7) 100 Block Challenge:  We will be continuing our 100 Block challenge during this UFO.  If you have been unable to find/ purchase this book, no worries....we will have copies around for the fist few blocks.  This is a great book and the blocks are simple and quick.    No pressure to participate but we hope many of you are interested.  

8)  The Teahouse:  The Teahouse opens for the summer this weekend.  Feel free to stop in for lunch during the UFO it's just for one of the days!

Hello Everyone,
We are returning to our Sew In Saturday this week, Saturday May 7, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Our next UFO weekend is next weekend, Saturday May 14 from 9 am to 10 pm and Sunday May15 from 9 am to 4 pm, more info to follow.
Hope to see as many of you as possible for both weekends. Excited to see what everyone has been working on while on hiatus.

UFO Weekend

Hello Everyone,

UFO DETAILS:
The building will be open for drop-in from:
Saturday April 16 -  9:00 am - 10:00 pm ($10.00)
Sunday  April 17   -  9:00 am - 4:00 pm ($10.00)

The Details:
1) Food:  Bring your own snacks and lunch. Saturday Pot luck dinner at 6:00, We are allowed to use the BBQ that is on site so don't hesitate to bring something to grill.  

2) Games and prizes:  We are changing things up this time and playing LRC (Left, Right, Center)  To participate you will need 3 Fat quarters.  This is a non-elimination and fairly quick game in which there is only 1 winner.  We hope everyone will enjoy it and participate.

The theme for this game will be Blue/Orange/Yellow  our thought was since you  need 3 FQ's, you could bring one of each in complimentary colours.  

3) Parking: Please remember not to leave your vehicle at the side entrance, come in unload and move your vehicle to the parking lot...Thank you.

4)  Set Up & Clean Up:   Remember to help out where you can.  The more help the less work for everyone.  Thank you.

5) Membership:  Membership renewal is now available.  We will have the forms and cards ready to hand out this weekend.  $35 for the year.  You will receive a new membership card this year.  

6)  100 Block Challenge:  We will be kicking off our 100 Block challenge during this UFO.  If you have been unable to find/ purchase this book, no worries....we will have copies around for the fist few blocks.  This is a great book and the blocks re simple and quick.    No pressure to participate but we hope many of you are interested.  More information will be given out during the UFO

7)  Tutorial:  The lovely Carolyne will be doing another tutorial for us.  This time the project is for potholders:

those who would like to participate, these are some instructions for you to prepare:
 

cutting directions to make 6 potholders from 4 fat quarters or scrap fabrics 1. cut six 1 1/2" strips WOF {aprx 21"} from each fat quarter or a scrap folder 2. cut six backings: { 10" x 11" for hexagon potholders }                       or { 10" x 10" for square potholders } 3. cut six pieces of batting to match your six backings. 4. cut six pieces of insulbright or batting to match your six backings. 5. cut six binding strips WOF {most people cut at 2.5" ) Hope you can join us!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!   We just wanted to say a BIG Thank you to everyone for Helping out, attending or visiting us during our OPEN HOUSE last weekend (Feb 27/28 2016).   It was a great success and we enjoyed seeing everyone.  We had some great quilts and projects on display for the weekend, i hope everyone had an opportunity to see them all.  

This Saturday we have our usual Sew-In-Saturday planned.  All you need to bring is your machine and personal tools, your project and the days $5 fee.  We have the Coffee, tables, cutting matts, rulers and irons already.    We hope to see lots of you out to join us.   

Good Evening Quilters!

We had just an amazing Open House and UFO Weekend this last weekend, what a great couple of days.  This was a fabulous opportunity for our guild members to really shine and share their fantastic work.

A big thank you to Cindy from Sewing with Class for getting us excited about some of the new products that they are carrying, can't wait to use them.

Our regular Sew in Saturday will be this Saturday March 5th, 2016 at the Museum, see you then!

OK Ladies .... May UFO weekend is quickly approaching......  Like usual we will be having out Fat Quarter Bingo and this time the theme is "What Colour Is Your Polka Dot Bikini?"   Bring your favourite polka dot FQ's and Good Luck ...... oh right ....bad news, Tammy is most likely playing this time so play lots and lets try and prevent her from winning.  

Pot Luck again, and remember we have BBQ access, so feel free to grill up something yummy.

Check out the newsletter about our new parking rules and watch out how you enter the grounds as we have to use the back gate now due to some new construction in the area.  

come on out and have some fun we look forward to seeing everyone.

Good Evening Quilters;

Quiet day at the museum today.  So for those of you who were not there today (pretty much everyone)  We have a new PMQG member, Ginny.   I hope everyone helps us by welcoming her with open arms.

Just a quick reminder that next weekend is a long weekend, there for there is NO Sew-in Saturday.

Last weekends UFO weekend went well and we had lots of ladies there sewing.  It was great to see everyone and all the wonderful projects being created.

The block of the month has begun and if I ever figure out how to post pictures I will start sharing everyones wonderful work.  The first couple blocks are started but if you weren't there, no few, it's never too late to join in the fun.

Also there's still room for anyone who wants to join us for the retreat at Rustic Ridge Ranch at the beginning of March.  A few details for games and prize winning opportunities will be finishing up soon and I will let you know if there is anything you may need if you choose to participate.

Also Registration for the 2015 season has begun and we hope to see all of you back for another year.  This year we were able to lower the registration costs to $35.  

Thanks to everyone for making our first year a great one and we look forward to many more years of quilting to come.

Charity Easter Chicks & Other Marvellous Work

PMQG Easter Charity Project:

Thanks to all who worked so hard at putting together the Charity Easter Chicks during the last few weeks.  This was a great group project and it was so wonderful to see so many of you contribute time and supplies to bring a nice Easter treat and smile to some local adults that are facing challenges, and are often forgotten at Easter time.

80+ Handmade Easter chicks, filled with chocolate eggs, were handed over to the kind folks at Everglades Special Care Lodge in Parkland County. Before they made the trip, however, they had a bit of a day at Gerald McGinn Drilling in Stony Plain. Under the watchful eye of Sheila H., this large peep of chicks had a heap of fun at work.

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It's off to work we go!

Chicks looking good on the job:

Hen Session:

Uh-Oh, over-worked chick:

Quitting time:

Other Charity Things:

Here's a gorgeous quilt that was recently pieced by Sheila Hancock and quilted by Carolyne Stanton, with materials donated by Gerald McGinn Drilling.  This went up for raffle and brought in a large amount of funds to a great club. Wonderful job ladies!

More to come: 

*We'll soon be announcing a wonderful charity project for you all to consider, watch for those details. I think you will LOVE it. 

**I'm gathering up some photos of our member's quilt finishes and will be sharing those with you in the next couple of days, stay tuned!!

May all of your bobbins be full,

Janelle

PS.  It would be great to know if the comments worked here on the blog, wink, wink. Try it! 

SUPER Sew-In Saturday Coming May 3rd!!

Along with our regular Sew-In Saturdays, we are throwing in a "SUPER Sew-In Saturday" on May 3rd.  This will be like a Mini-UFO weekend, with the idea of have a fun and full day of sewing and socializing.

The Details:

- 9:00 am - 10:00 pm, Saturday May 3rd
- Stony Plain & Parkland Museum, The Founders Building
- 10$ for the day for Members (Members welcome to bring a friend)
- (Prizes !!)

What to Bring: 

- something yummy for Pot Luck dinner
- your unfinished sewing projects
- lunch/snacks/drinks for yourself
- Fat Quarters in Coral & Aqua for the FQ BINGO!!

** PLEASE RSVP for May 3rd immediately to let us know if you are coming, and also let us know if  you are interested in the June 7 & 8 UFO weekend in your email so we know how much interest we have - EMAIL HERE

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

April 26 - Sew-in Saturday 10:00 - 4:00 pm
May 3 - SUPER Sew-in Saturday 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
May 10 - Sew-in Saturday 10:00 - 4:00 pm
May 24 - Sew-in Saturday 10:00 - 4:00 pm
May 10 - Sew-in Saturday 10:00 - 4:00 pm
June 7 & 8 - UFO WEEKEND!!! 
June 21 - Sew-in Saturday 10:00 - 4:00 pm

** The Guild will soon be winding down for summer, with only 1 scheduled Sew-In Saturday for both July and August.  Check the Events Calendar to stay up to date on these days. More dates will be added soon!