Challenge 2024/2025

Becky S

 The annual guild picnic on Tuesday was a success of gigantic proportion! There was so much yummy food, great conversation, a visit from the 'kitty', and, of course, the unveiling of our completed challenge quilts!  Check out the quilts and their makers below. Voting was fierce for the best challenge quilt with coins being tossed this way and that! Congratulations Peggy R for first place, Zak K for second place, and Lenore for the third place. So much beautiful eye candy here! And thank you Zak, for the challenge!

Peggy R 

Zak K

Lenore C

Nancy S

Fran H

Judy R

Barbara Z

Ann R

Leslie D

No Wednesday Meeting In June

 There will not be a Wednesday daytime meeting in June.  We'll be back on July 16th at Pine Hall Lutheran Church

In Case You Missed it: Scraps and Skeins Fiber Arts Showcase at Toftrees

Five CPQG members had a physical presence at the show and several others were spotlighted on a virtual slideshow.  Congratulations to all who participated. 

MaryLouP

BeckyT

FranMac

Jane B

Becky S

Summer UFO Challenge

     We will be having our summer UFO challenge again this year.  Pick your favorite, least favorite, oldest, or a project that needs some motivation to GET ‘ER DONE. Sign your project contract and put $5 in the Kitty at your next meeting. She’ll hold it until the September day and evening meetings. If you fulfil your contract and show your project at one of these meetings Kitty will return your money back. If it’s still a UFO, she’ll give your $5 to the program committee. She realizes belatedly (now that her eyes are getting old) that she needs to attend both meetings.

June Picnic - Tuesday June 10th - Blue Course Community Church

     We are having our annual Picnic at Blue Course Community Church (rain or shine - it's inside) starting at 5:30 PM.  The event will be catered (wraps, croissants, chips, salads, dessert).  Feel free to bring your own food and beverage as dietary restrictions require.

    Bring your nametag, Challenge Quilt, and other Sew & Tell.

    Bring your dues if you've not yet paid:  Adult $35 / Student $10 / Professional $15.  Cash or check payable to Centre Pieces Quilt Guild.  Your checks will not be cashed until July 1 to keep the Treasurer's books clean and easy.  If your contact information has changed, please include a membership form.  

Wednesday Meeting - May 21 - Sewing Workshop

    Join us at 1 PM for a sewing workshop at Pine Hall Lutheran Church.  The hall will be open at 12:30 for setup.  We are hoping to assemble lots of fronts and backs for charity quilts, but you are welcome to bring your 2 1/2" strip project as well.  We need 5-6 sewing machines, so bring yours if you can, but we also need people to iron, pin, cut and trim, etc., so bring your sewing supplies.  DianeG will be bringing her AccuCutter to cut your fabric into accurate strips for that project you've been inspired to start (or finish!).

Muncy Show

 

Tuesday Evening Meeting - May 13 - Strip Patterns

     We will meet at 6:30 (social), 7 PM for the meeting at Blue Course Community Church for a program on projects using 2 1/2" strips.  In addition to some videos of techniques, please bring any projects  and tips you have for using strips.  Think more than jelly roll or potato chip blocks.  Such as Hip to be Square, String Ribbons, String X, Step in Time, etc.

    Also, bring any projects for Sew & Tell, not just your strip projects.

Red Bud Quilt Show winners

 CPQG had 14 entries in the Red Bud Show. 2 were “display only”. Of the remaining 12, there were 8 ribbons. The 8 ribbons were won by 4 members (IrisM-1, BeckyT-3, SueY-3, KarenP-1) The 14 quilts were submitted by 7 members.  

Thanks to KarenP for transporting our quilts to and from Huntingdon.

IrisM 

Lenore

BeckyT

KarenP

SueY

SueY 

PeggyT

Quilts for Hendersonville / Asheville NC Due Date - May 9

     If you are donating a quilt for the North Carolina hurricane victims, CindyR needs them by May 9.  She's in the Green Booklet!

Wednesday Daytime Meeting - April 16 - Round Robin of Techniques

     Join us at Pine Hall Lutheran Church at 1 PM for a round robin of techniques by several of our members.  Demos will include binding, flying geese, and hand quilting.  Bring your Sew & Tell as well.

Redbud Quilt Show - April 25-26 - Huntingdon

    The Redbud Quilt Guild is sponsoring the 34th annual Huntingdon Quilt Show April 25th, 9 am to 6 pm and April 26th, 9 am to 3 pm at the Huntingdon Community Center located at 310 5th Street, Huntingdon, PA. 

    In addition to some beautiful quilts, there will be homemade crafts, vendors, classes, demonstrations and door prizes. Area quilters may register quilts on Thursday, April 24th 9 am to noon.

QBs / UFO Fridays Cancelled for April 8th & 11th

     QBs and UFO Fridays will be cancelled due to the Spring Retreat for the week of April 8th

Tuesday Evening Meeting - April 8 - Patriots Day Celebration

     Join us on April 8 in person at Blue Course Community Church to commemorate Patriot's Day (actually April 19), the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago.  Bring anything vintage to share (need not be quilt related, ie samplers, etc) as well as anything you have been working on over the winter.

    Social time starts at 6:30 with the meeting at 7 PM. Hope to see you there!

Comfort Covers Distribution UPDATED with pictures

 This week 15 care centers in Centre County will receive Comfort Covers made by all of you. 

IrisM and MargaretM were a great duo at counting all the items being delivered per facility. BeckyT helped get labeled tops into the correct piles around the room. I'm thinking there were more, but maybe they just worked really hard?

Drivers included BeckyS, MargaretM, IrisM, BarbZ, JillW, LindaU, DianeG, LeslieD, and LenoreC.

We collected 181 items, not including the 9 saved out for Toys for Tots in November. We saved back some walker bags but distributed 48 of them. 

We only had 3 fidget quilts, and one site had requested 4 of them. Anticipate a maker day in the summer to fidget! Feel free to play on your own. There are directions on the website, but basically a piece of fabric placemat size that wouldn't slide off someone's lap. Then add textures, things to move back and forth, keys, ruffles, lace, zippers, etc. High functioning can manipulate large buckles, large zippers, marble races. Lower functioning should focus on differences in texture: smooth, scratchy, furry, moveable, bumpy, crinkly (cereal bag or bubble wrap inside something). Your lace piece is only 7 " long, but you've saved it? Time to use it😉

Many thanks to all who made something. The next collection is in October.

IrisM 

LenoreC and BeckyT 

IrisM  

Lap quilts, bed toppers, crocheted afghans, walker bags, and adult dignity protectors 

BarbZ and BeckyT

BarbZ iron Comfort Cover labels

LenoreC, MargaretM, BeckyT

Schlow Library Sensory Crawl Panels UPDATED with pictures

 Elaine Bayly, gratefully received the Sensory Crawl Panels for the children's program for 6–15-month-olds. These blocks are each 20" x 20" and are designed to have babies and toddlers crawl on them to feel the smooth, rough, silky, bumpy, and lumpy textures.  

Centre Pieces members made these over the winter for donation to the library program.

Quilt in Public Day - March 22 - Schlow Library Community Room UPDATED with pictures

   Join us on Saturday, March 22, from 10-4 to learn about quilting and the Centre Pieces Quilt Guild.  There will be rotating demonstrations by Guild members during the day using a variety of machines (embroidery, feather weight, mini, "regular", an Accu-cutter, maybe a serger??) as well as hand work (applique, bindings, etc.)  Quilters love to talk about what they're working on and the fabric/thread/technique they like best to use.  We look forward to meeting you!

Joyce D piecing a potato chip quilt

KarinB attaching binding

DianeG piecing a Comfort Covers quilt, LenoreC making shirt bibs, and CindyR assembling potato chip blocks

CarrieF binding her quilt made for the Centre County Library - Bellefonte fundraiser

Debbie Barrick getting ready to quilt her machine-embroidered design

Lenore C creating a dignity protector bib from a man’s shirt for Comfort Covers.  English Paper Piecing in the foreground.

BeckyT, LenoreC, and KarinB working on piecing blocks, making shirt bibs, and attaching binding.

LenoreC demonstrating four-patch construction

PeggyT guiding her machine embroidery

DianeG beginning a quilt for Comfort Covers

AnnR attaching binding and BeckyT trimming blocks

CindyR piecing a potato chip quilt

LeslieD sewing name tags for guild meeting visitors

In case you missed the label share

 This is the link to our Zoom recorded meeting about making labels for our quilts. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/hRP5Ri737NIUrouVkci4x0IxWTy7nmWi7Ul5FQJrTfM3xma6bmcxaq-Mxr9LCXwT.zNa-_v8PBHXcUKpn

Passcode: 6W%Awn8@ 

Wednesday Daytime Meeting - March 19 - Pin Cushion Share

     Join us at Pine Hall Lutheran Church on College Avenue in State College at 1 PM for our Wednesday meeting.  

    Bring your favorite pin cushion - inherited, made, purchased, or given.  There is also an opportunity to make a pincushion.  DianeG will bring her AccuQuilt machine to cut out pincushions; bring fabrics of choice. More details on the workshop website page.

Pin Cushion Pattern 

Materials 

1 piece of fabric approx 14 in by 4 in 

2 pieces of fabric 5 in by 5 in 

1 piece of wool, felt, or fabric backed by a fusible 

            5 in by 5 in for applique (Some wool will be available at the meeting.) 

Ground walnut shells can be used for the “stuffing.” Some will be available at the meeting .

The finished pin cushion is 3in by 2 in by 3 in 

The Accuquilt die will be used to cut one long rectangle for the sides, two squares for the top and bottom. The wool or felt will be cut into a spool of thread and a sewing machine for applique.

Sewing instructions: Applique the sewing machine and spool to the top and bottom. Buttons or other embellishments can be added. Right sides together, sew the short ends of the long rectangle together, ¼ in seam. There are notches in the long rectangle. The sides of the squares match the notches with a ¼ in allowance for the seam. Right sides together, sew the top to the rectangle. Sew the bottom to the rectangle. The seam should be centered on one of the sides of the pincushion top/bottom so that the corners will line up. Leave a one inch opening along one of the seams to fill the pincushion. Turn the pincushion right sides out. Fill. Sew the seam closed with a ladder stitch.