PTQG Member's Meeting September 8, 2012

Mark your calendar for our upcoming PTQG member's meeting on Saturday, September 8th at Jewett Hall, U of M, Augusta from 9:30 a.m. until adjournment.

Important business will include our election of officers and other appointments.

Our guest speaker will be Brenda Hall with the lecture topic of "Beautiful Quilts-Fast and Efficient Paper Piecing Techniques."

Area 3 is responsible for door prizes, so if you still haven't given them to me to take, you can bring them along. I do ask that they are wrapped, preferably in fabric.

If you have any questions, please drop me a line. Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Modern Quilts Group--Are You Interested?

Betsy Cannan of Minot would like to invite those who are interested in modern quilts, such as the works of Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr.

You can check out their work on their website here.

The first meeting will be held at Betsy's home in Minot on Wednesday, September 5th at 6:00 p.m.

If there is enough interest to proceed, a decision as a group will be made on going forward.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please call Betsy at 207-212-7600 or email at bjtulip@aol.com for directions and more information. If you have any books on modern quilting or a modern quilt, please bring them along. Snacks and beverages will be offered.

Pina Colada Zucchini Bread

Here is one of my favorite recipes. You can add some shredded coconut to the mix if you wish.

4 cups white flour
3 cups sugar
2 tsps. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
4 eggs, slightly scrambled
1 1/2 cups canola oil (you can also sub half of the oil with applesauce or prune puree)
1 tsp. EACH of coconut, rum and vanilla extracts
3 cups shredded zucchini, drain and squeezed dry with paper towel--leave on the peeling
1 can crushed pineapple, drained (around 14 ½ oz. can)
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Line the bottom of three greased and floured 8” x 4” loaf pans with wax paper and spray with PAM.

In large bowl, combine dry ingredients.

In another bowl, combine eggs, oil and extracts and stir into dry ingredients until moist. I use my hand mixer, as it will be a little stiff to mix by hand. Mix in zucchini, pineapple and nuts until blended

Bake at 350 degrees for 50 - 60 minutes till toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks. Freezes well, but better to share with your quilting friends!
Tastes especially good with a REAL Pina Colada!

Get Your Jo-Ann VIP Discount Card

Here is an easy way to save 10% off of each Jo-Ann store visit! And yes, you can still use your other coupons (except for the 10% off your entire order).

Just click here to be linked directly to the site and enroll. Use Pine Tree Quilters Guild as the organization name.

The card should arrive in about 10-14 days and is good until next August. I just got my new renewal card in the today.

Evening Area 3 Meeting to be held on October 9th

Country Aire Quilters of Turner and Village Scrappers of Livermore will co-hosting an Area 3 meeting on Tuesday, October 9th at 6:00 p.m. at the Tripp Middle School (cafeteria), 65 Matthews Way, Turner, next to the Leavitt Area High School. To use Mapquest for more directions click here

 

Joanne Timberlake and Beth Allen from Babbling Brook Quilt Shop in South Paris will give us presentations on machine applique and machine quilting. There will be door prizes and refreshments will be served.

The block exchange with be the Signature Friendship block below, done in fall colors. Please sign your name using a Pigma pen in the center section.

For questions on this event, you can reach Stephanie Thibodeau at sjt@megalink.net

As stated in the post for the September 11th area meeting, the ladies put a lot of time and effort to make this a pleasant event for all. Please show your support these chapters by attending this meeting.

The directions for the Signature Friendship block (made in FALL colors):

Cutting chart for 12" finished block:

Light (A)--4 pieces--3 7/8" (to be cut in half for half square triangles)

Light (B)--1 piece--2 1/2" x 9 1/4"

Medium (C)--1piece--6 1/8" (to be cut in half for a half square triangle)

Dark (D)--4 pieces--3 1/2"

Dark (E)--1 piece--7 1/4" (to be cut into four quarter square triangles)

Making Gifts Out Of Recycled Materials

Sweet Tooth Pouch

Hey, I'm all about recycling! And the excuse to eat candy to make a gift, well, does it get any better than that?

Link on to Punkin Patterns blog for details directions to make the Sweet Tooth Pouch

And what about using all those plastic bags you have overflowing in your closets? A nifty way to make "plarn" to knit or crochet into a multitude of designs! Gooseflesh blog will supply you will all the details here

And for a neat pattern for a Plarn Market Bag, check out the blog on Crochet Spot here



Plastic Yarn

  And last, but not least, you can fuse those    plastic bags and make your own material to use in your projects. Etsy Lab Archives has a Fusing Bag Tutorial here

So, clean out those cupboards and go green!



Plarn Market Bag



Fused bag

Pine Needle Quilters Host Area 3 Meeting September 11th

"Arrowhead Puzzle Block" from Quilter's Cache

Pine Needles Quilters of Norway/South Paris invite you to attend their area meeting on Tuesday, September 11th beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the First Congregational Church, 17 East Main St. in South Paris. Directions to the church are on their website at http://www.southpariscongregational.com/  Lunch will be provided.

Wolf Gumm will speak on the ongoing project to collect quilts for Running Strong for Native American Youth. If you would like to bring a quilt along to donate, he will be more than happy to collect it. In addition, Beth Allen will give a presentation on vintage dresses and dressmaking.

The quilt block selected for the block drawing is the “Arrowhead Puzzle Block” and can be found on Quilter’s Cache website http://www.quilterscache.com/A/ArrowheadPuzzleBlock.html

The background is to be of unbleached muslin with fall colors as shown in the photo above. In addition to the block drawing, there will be a sale table, lots of door prizes and a Chinese auction.

 We are hoping for a good turnout for this meeting and an opportunity to reconnect with chapter members. I know the ladies of Pine Needles put a lot of work into putting this meeting together and your support is encouraged.

 If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact Judy Knight at 207-743-6450 or at judyk1@megalink.net. If you need more directions to the church, please put “Area 3 directions” in the subject line of your email.