Patchwork Pals of Greater Lowell

April 2013,

Everything Yo-yo.  We learned to make teeny, little yo-yos, large yo-yos, and many sizes inbetween.  Thank you Dianne.

March 2013

Once again we welcomed Christopher Daley.  his talk on the history of the Irish in Boston was fascinating.  I knew about the problems and the distrust from the "Need Not Apply" period of the 1800's.  I was stunned to learn that it started much, much earlier.  right from the founding of Boston.

February 2013

For the first time in the six years I have been a member the meeting was cancelled.  Thank you Nemo - the blizzard of 2013.

January 2013

We learned about local quilter Sally Palmer Field.  What an interesting lady, both in her life and in her quilting

December 2012

Thanks to all the hard work by Cindy and Brenda wae had a wonderful Christmas party.  The color challenge showed just how talented our members are.  The generous spirit of the guild never fails to amaze me.  Twenty five quilts were given to hospice.  Thank you ladies.

November 2012

Our own Brenda displayed her 20+ years of quilting and, as she says, hoarding.  Quilts, wallhangings, pin cushions, embroidery, aprons, table runners galore.  When does she find time to sleep? 

October 2012

Thanks you Chris Daley for a spooky evening filled with bone-tingling tales of Haunted New England.

September 2012

Thank you Brenda for leading us in such a fun worksho.  Button blossoms.  So fun.  so easy.  so colorful.  Mine look great in the kitchen window.

August 2012

An informative meeting on technology and quilting.  Blogs.  shopping.  Selling.  Patterns.  Chat rooms.  You name it Lee covered it.  Great job.  Sorry about forgetting my camera, no pics of Lee in action.

June 2012

Sandi Bard brought her treasure chest of goodies.  She does such beautiful work with wool felt and her patterns are adorable.  Which one, or two, or three to buy?

May 6, 2012

The Cozy Tea Cart brought us a tea tasting.  What a fun and educational evening. We sampled and rated two green teas, two oolongs, and two black.  We learned where tea is from and how it it harvested and processed. 

April 2102

Fun with miniatures.  An evening spent orking on a quilt, a mini quilt.  Will next month's Show 'n' Tell be filled with mini?  I hope so.

March 2012

An fun and educational tour of the world of antique quilts by Julie Crossland.  Who knew that a quilt from the early 1800's would still be so vibrant today (see photo at right).  That is the power of natural dyes for ya.

February 2012

Maureen Blanchard of Cobblestones in Townsend wowed us with her applique trunk show.  Hopefully we were motivated enough to have a few appliques at next month's show 'n' tell.

January 2012

We started our first meeting of the new year with a wool felt project.  Cute snowmen mats.  Perfect size for a candle but no one would stop you from using it with your morning cup of coffee. 

December  2011

We started the evening with the important stuff - dessert.  Celebrated Christmas with tables of desserts.  OMG.  Heaven.  Afterwards we displayed our Christmas stockings from the challenge.  So many beautiful stockings. 

November 2011

The first in our color theory series.  We colored our own color wheel.  (Great fun.  I rarely get a chance to use crayons anymore.)  Then we learned about achromatic color - the absence of color.  For the next meeting we are to bring in a 10" achromatic block.  See the Color Theory tab for more info.

October 2011

We made wool felt needlecases.  All supplies were provided, including the needle (which we kept for our new cases) and the scissors (which we returned).  No a witch did not attend the meeting.  It was costume night.  We had several witches in attendance, including one covered in tatoos - scary.  A Red Hat lady, Hermione Granger's mom, a clown, and the cutest candy corn fairy were there too.