Meeting Pics
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September 2021 - In-person (and Zoom) meeting We met at our new location - The Berkeley Hills Lutheran Church. Our meeting topic was Graffiti Quilts. Stacy arranged for us to view a group of 24 themed challenge quilts. It was a mini quilt show and we voted on a viewer's choice and a number of specific category awards. A few Santa Bags were turned in., as well as the last of the raffle quilt blocks. So the raffle quilt is well on its way for the show next year. |
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May 2021 -- In-person (and Zoom) meeting We met at Martina Spiritual Center since Kearns was not yet available. It was great to see old and new friends - even though we were masked up. After a brief business meeting, we had a pattern exchange and "Show 'n Tell". Santa Bag kits were also available. You can get a kit(s) by contacting Anne S. |
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March 2020 -- Community Service Night
Children's Hospital has asked us to make Santa Sacks for the children hospitalized over Christmas. Kathi Exler, a representative from Children's Hospital, came to the meeting and shared some of what happens at Children’s Hospital with sacks. During the evening, we prepared kits for 200 bags. And, all the kits were claimed by NPQG members. Thanks to everyone who helped make up the kits and those who are now stitching them up at home. |
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February 2020 Kim Kelley and Sarah Nowlen from the Allegheny Health Network gave us some great tips and exercises to make our quilting pain and injury free. |
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January 2020 Game Night! We named our teams, created personalized quilting license plates, challenged our brains with word games and pasted up a paper quilt. |
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December 2019 It was a night of earning new techniques. A round robin was presented by 7 of our members. |
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November 2019
Stacey and Kelly organized a Surprise Project for us. It was a quick no-sweat item that can be easily completed for the holidays. We used the strip insertion technique and got a pattern that can be adapted to many other themes and used again. It was a great opportunity to socialize while we worked through the pattern. |
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October 2019
Pepper Cory - How To Become a More Creative Quilter Pepper gave us 10 rules for increasing our creativity, starting with having an open mind. She had us laughing as she debunked the myths surrounding quilting creativity. She had useful advice on developing the ability to learn or change old habits of designing and presented an unconventional look at organizing that stash (not to be confused with a drug dealer's "stash"). |
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September 2019 Augusta Cole - A Stroll Through My Quilt Garden With her lovely Southern accent, Augusta took us on a tour of her quilts - many personally hand quilted. Her motto is "Variety is the Spice of Life" and the variety of ways she used half-square triangles showed it. |
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May 2019
Pat Pauly - Challenge Yourself Pat, an expert in contemporary fiber arts, showed many of her gorgeous quilts, modern, bold and graphic! She encouraged us to know when to apply the rules and when to toss them out. |
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April 2019 Penni Domikis --Quilting Threads Penni from Cabin in the Woods Quilters talked about the foibles of quilting and showed her MANY scrap-based quilts. The Challenge Quilts were shown during Fat Quarter. They will be part of our quilt show next April - so you still have time to make one. Click here for details. |
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February 2019 Missy Bauer -- My Favorite Things Missy showed us her many "favorites" - tools, designers, patterns, bags and quilts. |
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January 2019 -- Game Night
Winners: Anagrams -
Tray Items - Perky Pieces Alphabet Blocks - GiGis |
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December 2018 -- Auction
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November 2018 Stacy Koehler Her "audience participation" presentation was titled: "You Be The Judge!" |
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October 2018 Janet Miller The City Stitcher |
