Join us for our YEAR END Celebration

....Monday, December 28th, Big Red Quilters Guild meeting at Beechwood Reformed Church.

NOTE CHANGES IN START TIME:

    6:30 - 7:00 PM Social time

    7:00 PM Program begins

Membership renewal was due in October, if you haven't done so already.

The hubbub of Christmas will be over and we’ll still have 3 days left till New Year’s Eve. So let’s get together for a relaxing evening of friendship and fun. No need to dress up, unless you must wear that silly holiday sweater one more time. So come in your sweats or jeans or even in your warm jammies, if you want. We’ll be our own entertainment for this evening, so we hope everyone comes prepared to participate. If you don’t participate, then you are in charge of applause.

In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, we ask each quilter to bring one or two UFO quilts that they commit to getting finished this year. You know you all have at least one. It’s that quilt that gave you trouble, the one that frustrated you, the one that was set aside when a cuter quilt came along, the one that you didn’t have enough fabric to finish. Your project must be more than just a collection of fabric. There must be evidence of both cutting and sewing. You should include the fabrics you have set aside for the project but do not have to add enough material to finish if your planning has not gotten that far.

It’s time to get that UFO out from under the bed or in the bottom of the closet. Bring it to the meeting and tell us about it. Don’t be embarrassed, every quilter has made a disaster; at least you recognize yours. We’ll be laughing with you, not at you. You’ll have a chance to decide to finish your quilt or… hear the drum beat here…trade it for another member’s UFO quilt.

If you trade away your quilt, there are no strings attached. The new owner may slash and dice, dye or bleach, print over, rip and resew. She can add or remove fabric and finish her new quilt any way she wishes. We will take “before” pictures of each quilt with its new and old owners. We’ll use those pictures on the night we reveal the new and improved project.

The due date is up in the air. It will be after the June meeting which is set aside for the reveal of the “Red and White Challenge.” We plan for a speaker in either August or October. The “Return of the UFO’s” will take place on the alternate night.

If there are any members who want to participate in the UFO project but cannot make the Dec. meeting you may send a project along with a friend. Or you can contact me (Kathy Mueller 399-4685). If you send a project, you must be willing to accept a trade we choose for you.