Tiny Piecing with Zsofia - November Meeting
Guild Business
We started with an opportunity for members to chat and for charity quilt groups to plan their next steps. Quilts and their donation locations are due at the December Sew Day.
For December we’ll have our regular sew day. Members are advised to check your email for the pot luck sign up. RSVPs are needed to plan. There will be additional tables. There will also be the annual opt-in gift exchange. All details can be found in email and meeting slides.
Leadership positions will be voted on for the 2026 year in January. Interested members who have been in the guild for at least 1 year can run. Email Vivian if you would like to run for a position. Prior leaders are always available to answer questions after you take on a new role. Nominations are due by December.
Many people entered quilts in the Beaver Valley Piecemakers Show. Thank you for showing your work.
Membership
We now have 68 members in our guild!
Treasurer
We are ahead with our current income and expenses. The position of Treasurer is clearly spelled out for those interested. The position comes with pre-fab spreadsheets so you don’t have to invent the wheel or have an accounting degree if you would like to run.
Programming
Sew Buddies is running the length of the school year. 14 people have been matched so far. Sign up link is in the member area.
Signups for the Hibernation Block Swap will take place at the December Sew Day. You can also sign up via email before that date.
An Ice Cream Social fundraiser has been planned with Jeni’s in Bakery Square.
Social Media
Members-only information is in the archive. The password is in the emails sent monthly. Remember it is case-sensitive. It is better to type it. If you choose to copy-paste, manually highlight the word. Double-clicking adds extra spaces to what you copy.
Program - Tiny Piecing with Zsofia
Three different scales of Economy block - 1.5”, 3”, and 4”
Our member Zsofia treated us to a presentation of tiny piecing. She showed us her work and gave us tips on how to scale down patterns.
Show and Tell
Embroidery and Stumpwork with Raven Fagelson - October 2025 Meeting
Raised embroidery, charity quilt updates, elections, show and tell, and Q3 challenge entries
It’s been quite warm even though it’s already October. You might not want to use a quilt every night, but it is the season for making them. We’ve been quite busy working on our own projects and being invited to participate in others. If you were at the meeting or checked out the slides you will see that we’ve had multiple offers for different projects in and out of state.
One of those projects is “America’s Tapestry” - a multipanel embroidery project featuring contributions to the American Revolution. The local leader of the Pennsylvania Panel was also our presenter for October. Raven Fagelson is a certified embroidery instructor, artist, and embroidery guild member. She gave a presentation about stumpwork and raised or embossed embroidery for our October program.
Raised embroidery pieces by Raven and literature regarding its construction
Our members have been busy working on multiple charity quilts and had plenty to show at our show and tell.
Elections are happening in January. If you are interested in holding an office for 2026 please check your email for details about how to get on the ballot.
Show and Tell
Charity Quilt Progress Updates
Fabric Games - August 2025 Member Meeting
FQ bingo, Jelly Roll Strip poker, mini challenges? Our meetings aren’t a long time but they are a good time!
The clacking rotation of the bingo ball tumbler was reminiscent of an industrial sewing machine.
Q-U-I-L-T
Our president, Nicole, planned a quilty carnival for us this meeting. We played several rounds of Bingo where people won fat quarter packs.
We played poker with fabric strips and Superman playing cards. When it was all over the challenge was to create a project with whatever 2.5” strips we ended up with. (Only one supplementary fabric is allowed.) Some people strategized with their poker choices to collect matching and coordinating strips. Others just tried to get a decent number to create an item. After multiple laughter-filled rounds, we had the chance to inspect the box of lefter fabric strips to round out our winnings. It was a different and delightful style of meeting. Our finished projects are due at the December sew day.
This year’s charity quilt isn’t singular. Since our guild annually has many suggestions for donating a singular quilt, we’ve decided to break into teams and create multiple donation quilts this year. August was the second round sign up for anyone who didn’t get a team in July. Teams perused the huge donation of fabrics to develop their plans.
Show and Tell
