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Tacoma Lake Quilters Show October 15th & 16th

 Tacoma Lake Quilters will be holding their quilt show on Oct. 15th & 16th from 10-4 at the Carrie Ricker School, 573 Richmond Rd in Litchfield.

More detailed information can be found at the link below:











http://tacomalakesquilters.blogspot.com/2016/08/tacoma-lakes-quilt-show.html

25th Hexagon Swap Information

Ladies, it is with pride I announce our 25th 1" Hexagon Swap!

To celebrate this very special event, we will having 25 days of prizes, along with contests and games. If you haven't swapped with us before, this is the one not to miss!

All the information is posted on the hexie blog link below (read all three of the top posts). All the details of the guidelines are listed on the right side of the blog under "Favorite Links". If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask! My email is 2013hexagonswap@gmail.com

This would be a nice chapter project as you could all send in your hexies at once and save postage.

http://hexagonswap.blogspot.com/

Quilt and Needlework Display October 1st

Thursday Threaders presents their Quilt and Needlework Display at the South Limington Free Baptist Church, located at the Junction of Rt. 117 & Moody Rd. in South Limington.

This event will be held on Oct. 1st from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will including spinning, quilting, knitting and crocheting.

Vendors and refreshments will be available. Donations for the church are welcome. For more information, call 207-651-3133.

Autumn In Western Maine Shop Hop 2016

The Autumn in Western Maine Shop Hop will be held Sept. 24th-Oct. 1st from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Participating shops are:

North Woods Quilting in Wilson Mills, ME  207-486-9331

Kedar Quilts in Waterford, ME  207-583-6182

Oxford Mill End Store in Oxford, ME  207-539-4451

Sew Orchid in Norway, ME  207-739-2065

BOLT in Cornish, ME  207-625-4255

Annie's Teeny Tiny Quilt Shop in Limerick, ME  207-793-9988

Primitive Quarters in Shapleigh, ME  207-636-1571

There will be a challenge block project at each shop with a free pattern available.

In-store drawings plus 21 gift certificates prizes!

Free passports available at each shop

Cleaning Your Cutting Mat

Our rotary cutting mats need cleaning, but most of us never bother to do it. They need moisture, believe it or not!  Here is a simple way to do it (check your mat manufacturer for their suggestions). Mine is a reversible, two-colored mat by Fiskers.

Before cleaning

After cleaning

I fill my tub with COOL (not cold) water 1/3 of the way, add 1/4 cup white vinegar, swish to mix, add the mat and soak each side of the mat 10 minutes. Some mats are oversized, so adjust it several times during the soaking process so all of it is wet. After the 20 minutes, take a SOFT brush (I bought a facial brush at my local dollar store) and gently rotate on the mat using a bit of Dawn detergent and this will loosen any remaining debris. Rinse with the same cool water, wiping as much of the water off of it as you can. Put down a towel and dry flat, flipping it every 1/2 hour or so until dry. Store FLAT.

I was shocked at how much lint came out in the water. Since most of the current mats are self-healing, that lint gets caught between the cuts. It's like having a whole new mat!

"Charity Quilt Block Challenge" Winners

Please check out the blocks submitted in the previous post. We now have the three winners of the 2016 contest:

For the $50.00 prize, each quilt block was issued a number as they were logged into my spreadsheet. I used a free random picker to choose a number between 1 and 300 and the winner was....

Generate  integers between  and   

#25

And the winning number is belongs to a block submitted by Callie Lavoie!

The $25.00 prize for the individual or chapter sending in the most blocks was 100 blocks by Lakeside Quilters.

And my favorite quilt block wins a $10 gift card...and the winner is:

Linda Throckmorton

Congratulations to those that participated in what I hope to be an annual event. 300 quilt blocks will make many quilts for those in need. And winners--be looking for your prizes in the mail!