Here is a complete write up of the instructions for using our InkTense Pencils and our Indigo and Procion MX Dyeing. With step by step directions for using the Procion MX dyes.
Joy of Quilting will be on Monday, February 4 at Joy’s Bakery in Simcoe. Let Monica know if you are interested.
Our Vice President’s Retreat will be on Saturday February 9 and Sunday, February 10 at the Port Dover Library. 9:30-4ish. $20 each day includes lunch. Contact Terry Anderson for more information.
Our next meeting will be Monday, February 11. Michelle Dunn from Kallisti Quilts will be telling us about her South African and Japanese fabrics and her Sashiko kits. You can read more here. Bring some cash or your cards in case you want to buy some fabric, patterns or her kits.
Our Beth Garner dyeing workshops are on Tuesday May 14 and Wednesday May 15 at the Vittoria Community Centre. Non-member can now sign up. $55 each day and $15 supplies each day. Flat Dyeing to Quilt and Gelli Printing are the topics.
Our Camp Trillium Retreat is Friday, November 1 to Sunday November 3. $200 includes all your meals and 2 nights accommodation in the cabins. We have 25 people signed up already. We will start taking your $100 deposits at the March meeting.
Mary’s joining binding tutorial is here. It covers the whole binding process so scroll through most of it to see the joining part.
Here is a 4 minute video that shows another easy method. You use the end snip from your binding to cut your overlap.And a simple diagonal fold makes a really easy join.
Patti showed her quilt with custom cut name letters on the back. Patti used her Cricut Explore Air 2 cutter. Here is a little video that describes the process. There are lots of alphabets and object files to chose from. All of the MakerSpaces at the Norfolk library have Cricuts, but maybe not the same model. They are used more for scrapbooking and cutting paper.
Twilight Quilters' Guild of Norfolk County 