Doing Just Fine at QG 2009

Quilt Gathering 2009! (This post copied from Mo's blog page )

Quilting is not the only activity that takes place here. This year we had a fruity pincushion project. Aunt Owl Owl has her disected pear parts assembled, with fusing attached, waiting patiently for assembly while the needle is threaded.

Her fearless daughter is nearing the pear assembly completion point. Amazingly I don't have any pictures of completed pears. My mom made hers out of pear batik fabric, very cute.

Besides stitching on projects, we also have roaster pans of goodies for everyone. Since this gathering is a celebration of my maternal grandmother, who sometimes stored her projects under her bed in roaster pans, we each get a new storage container each year. Sometimes it's roaster pans and sometimes it's other fun vessels. Last year it was canvas bags we got to decorate.

Besides stitching, we.....gather.




.....and gather some more......




...and then we have show and tell. This is the only picture I have of show and tell this year. This is a little piece my Aunt Lou Lou cranked out for my guest, KAES, which coordinates nicely with the American Hero project KAES brought along to work on at the QG.




With this group there is always some kind of pranks or sneakiness going on. Here is a project that my mom cut out and drew seam guidances on for my Aunt Owl Owl........while she was sitting next to her. She even asked her several times what she thought about it.




The matriarchs are in fine form here; Mom, Aunt Lou Lou, and Aunt Owl Owl. Fearless leaders of fun, laughter, and life.

QG 2009 Details

Hello QG 2009 Attendees

This year we are meeting in Packwood, WA. As an added bonus again this year, Aunt Jo has reserved a lodge in the area to help reduce individual travel time to and from a central site and likely lodging costs -- which means more opportunity to socialize and reconnect! Later today, directions will be emailed out to each of the email addresses currently on our list. If you have a guest who needs this info, please forward your email on to them, or tell them to check this blog.... or send us your friends' email address and we can add them to the list.

We have approximately 14 attendees this year. And we all need to eat. So, to make sure we don't end up with 18 loaves of bread and no fillings, will you each please let us know what you intend to bring so we can coordinate or redistribute as necessary?

For a gathering project this year, we are going to decorate plain aprons. (You could keep this for yourself, or make an early Christmas gift for somebody else!) Bring along any ribbons or patches or buttons or associated bling that you might want to use. Aprons will be provided.

We will also have games and activities for quilters and non-quilters. I know of an audio book and a puzzle that will be making an appearance.

Goody bins (aka Gram's project roaster tin): This year we would like to ask everyone to bring one small thing to put into each bin -- it can be quilting related or not, can be homemade, from the dollar store, or perhaps from remote Alaskan villages.

See you soon!