Country Aire Quilters to hold Fall Area 3 Meeting

Jo Thibodeau would like to announce that Country Aire Quilters of Turner will be holding an Area 3 meeting on Tuesday, September 9th at the Tripp Middle School cafeteria, 65 Matthews Way, Turner.

The speaker will be Beth Helfter of EvaPaige Designs http://www.quiltwoman.com/Beth-Helfter-EvaPaige-Quilt-Designs.aspx

More details to come!

Interested in a fabric swap?

Check out the link below for more information:

http://hexagonswap.blogspot.com/2014/05/are-you-interested-in-combo-swap.html

Quilting Tip of the Week 5.15.14

 

Instead of buying those expensive rolls of pre-printed quilting paper, try using adding machine tape! I take a 2' length of tape and using a template mark my lines. I then cut about three more pieces of the same length of paper and pin together. Using a non-threaded long stitch, I sew over the marked lines.

Place the ready pieces on the quilt and stitch away! Remember to always use a smaller stitch so you can remove the paper easily.

Quilting TIp of the Week 5.8.14

Here's another for those of you who do handwork on the road...

This is a suctioned-cup soap/sponge holder. You'll find these in plastic or metal at the dollar store, home store and even at home improvement stores!

Just place on your passenger side window and store your scissors, thread, etc.



Quilting Tip From Doreen of Village Scrappers

Doreen Maxwell of Village Scrappers wanted to share her quilting tip with us...

"When we went on a Quilting Cruise in March,
they used bed risers under the table legs to bring them up to a good height for ironing and cutting."

This is a great idea as the bed risers come in various sizes to accommodate all heights. Thanks for the tip, Doreen!

Do you have a quilting tip or suggestion? Recipe? Send it along and we will post and share with fellow Area 3 members.

Quilting Tip of the Week 5.1.14

This is plastic tubing (I believe 3/8" wide). I got mine from Home Depot in a 25 yd. bag for $6.99 a few years back.

Cut it into 1/4" or so widths and make a cut on one side. These are perfect to put on your bobbins--much better than those pesky knitted ones that you cannot see through!

This package will give you TONS of covers--be prepared to share with your other quilting friends.

Cote Brothers Sewing Machines Have Moved!

Their new address is 293 Auburn Rd. (Rte. 4) in Turner. It's 5.5 miles north of the Auburn Mall and right next to the Paris Farmer's Union.

You can reach them at 207-225-5920.