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Guild's18th Birthday Party

I Love Switzerland!!!!!!!!!!

As I sit under the apple tree in the kids yard, I'm serenaded by cow bells...love that sound!

That's me yesterday, again under the apple tree, taking a cat nap for about 30 minutes (after being up for 30+ hours). Took a walk in the canton forest behind the house before the nap, went out to eat, took another walk in the canton forest after the nap.

After being up for about 37 hour...I had to sleep.

Taking In Quilts For County Fair

Betty H's (on right) entry for judging...after some arm twisting.

Charity Quilt Day

Betty R. and Sandi had some things to show us today...Betty's fabric birdhouses and Sandi's batting buddy donation baby quilt.

July Show & Tell Photos

Patti's Texas quilt for her son.

Batting Buddy charity quilt...sorry can't remember the maker :(

Brenda's Batting Buddy charity quilt.

Visitor Lizz (hopefully a new member) brought a quilt that she made at a Nancy Zeiman class in Wisconsin.

An original design by Lizz!

Paula's embroidered quilt.

A close up of an embroidery block.

Betty's hand pieced giant of a quilt top!

Martha's contribution to the Christmas Tree at the library.

Patrick's Stack and Wack quilt.

Close up of Patrick's work.

A quilt for Patrick's father.

Placemats that Patrick made with the Georgia Shop Hop fabric.

Patrick used the flip and sew QAYG method.

Ringgold Quilt Shop Roadtrip

On the 5th of June, four cars full of quilt shoppers headed to Ringgold, Georgia to check out Sew Be It Quilt Shop.  A little over a year ago it was destroyed, along with a good portion of Ringgold, in a tornado.  The town and the shop have come a long way in a years time.

As you can see from the bags that everyone has, it was a successful shopping trip...a good time was had by all!

Next Tuesday, we will have our annual picnic at ETC Park on Legion Road.  We will meet at 11:00 a.m. and bring a dish to pass.

Live At The Shop Hop....Again

Sharon and Chuck did the Shop Hop on the motorcycle and made Ellijay their last stop. Sharon won two drawings while at the Quilt Shop On The Square...and they were her third and fourth wins for the day. Sharon will be buying a lottery ticket!

Live At The Shop Hop

Isabel (on right) from Gainsville just won a drawing at The Quilt Shop On The Square in Ellijay.

North Georgia Quilt Trail

Yes, it's true!!...we have the beginning of a quilt trail here in picturesque Ellijay, Georgia. The first quilt block is up already in downtown Ellijay and more will be appearing!

The vision for the trail is to extend beyond Ellijay and hopefully beyond Gilmer County. If you want to find out more or may want to become a part of the trail, please visit the North Georgia Quilt Trail website.

The images above are courtesy of Jim Harmon, a local photographer/videographer/wood artist, who will be maintaining the website for the North Georgia Quilt Trail.  Jim also created the quilt block for Laurel.

Raffle Quilt and Shop Hop News

Our 2012 Raffle Quilt has been completed and we will start selling tickets during the North Georgia Shop Hop, May 10th thru the 12th.

We will have the quilt displayed and a table set-up at The Quilt Shop On The Square, in Ellijay.

We hope to see y'all there and be sure and let us know if you've read our blog.

Meeting At The Quilt Shop

Our March classroom meeting is going on NOW at The Quilt Shop On The Square. We have a lot of newbies and Pam (owner) is going over proper techniques.

Woo Hoo It's 2012!!!!

I'll be great to get together again....can you believe it's been a month!  After our Christmas Luncheon, we don't meet for the rest of the year so everyone can get ready for the Holidays and our first meeting for 2012 was cancelled due to school cancellation (snow in high country).

We will have our business meeting for January and then, members who will be doing the Brazilian Embroidery class, will stay and have our introduction to the embroidery technique.

September Show & Tell

We're doing an experiment on You Tube where our Show and Tell slide show is set up like a movie. You can click here to watch the slide show.

Upcoming Baltimore Album Trunk Show

We are so pleased to have Jane Gorder coming to Apple Country Quilt Guild to put on a Baltimore Album Trunk Show.

Jane was always interested in quilts and took her first quilt class in 1976. Her favorite technique is appliqué and the Baltimore Album Quilts intrigued her. Jane traveled to Baltimore 3 times to study the Baltimore Quilts and learn about the fabrics, colors and designs that were used in the original quilts. Jane learned the Victorian Ladies kept journals, the blocks of the Baltimore Quilts are like a journal, and they all have a meaning.

The quilt in the photo is called the Metropolitan Garden and won best in show and first place in the 2009 East Cobb Quilt Show.

The Trunk Show will be September 20th and will be held at Hope Lutheran Church off Hwy 515 and Old 5.  The Trunk Show will start at 10:00 a.m. 

If you are not a guild member and are interested in attending the show please leave a comment and let us know how many may be attending.

2011 Gilmer County Fair Quilt Show

The quilts pictured below are the top placing quilts of each of the nine divisions in the show.

This quilt was also the judges choice...Best In Show.









An 11 year old made this quilt (her first) without the assistance of anyone that knew anything about sewing or quilting!

This quilt was done by a 9 year old.





We had a really great response to our raffle quilt at the Fair. You still have a chance to purchase tickets for this quilt through the Apple Festival in October. The winning ticket will be drawn the second week of Apple Fest.

Just a reminder...this Tuesday, we will be doing a bleaching technique on dark muslin. Linda Daughtry will be with us again...watch for another movie. If you didn't get a chance to do the fabric painting, Linda will also have the paints available for that...just bring your light muslin (pre-washed and fat quarter size or smaller).

OK...Our Fabric Painting Video Is Ready!!

This was a real learning experience and a lot of fun...hope you enjoy it.

Update! Upon viewing the video in Blogger, I've decided the viewing quality is better at YouTube, so click here to watch it.



Here's some information that Linda email us on where to find fabric paints:

Fiber on a Whim in Marietta has a few colors of the fabric paint.

Dharma Trading Co. offers more brands and colors. Their website is here.

I could not find any on JoAnns website.

Michael's has Setacolor. Click here for Michael's fabric paints.

Blick Art Supplies also carries fabric paint. Click here for their selection.

You can always google the name brands to find more.

Painting Demo Video In The Editing Stage

Linda Daughtry (here's her blog) presented a fabric painting and pattern design technique last Tuesday to Apple Country Quilt Guild. To say that it was an excellent class is an understatement.

As the title states, the video of our monthly class is in the editing stage and should be ready hopefully sometime tomorrow. In the mean time here are some stills taken from the video.

More Picnic Photos And Demo Update

Here's Ruth...our picnic (social) organizer extraordinaire.


Isn't this just the perfect place for a picnic!

Tomorrow is our much awaited demo with Linda Daughtry, at Hope Lutheran Church, and we have a clarification on the type of muslin needed...a light neutral color and pre-washed.