My Quilt Guild

My local quilt guild is the Columbia River Gorge Quilters Guild. It was formed in 2007 and I was actually one of the first few members (I even have a certificate to prove it). There had been a quilt show going on for several years but not one that had much organization behind it - it was kinda thrown together by a group of women who wanted to do it. I took a hand quilting class at the last pre-guild show in 2006. Since the guild was formed, I've been helping with the publications - the quarterly newsletter and the show booklet. I'm almost done with this years book. I'm really excited about our feature teacher this year. She makes wholecloth quilts with vintage linens. I have wanted to make a whole cloth quilt ever since I learned what they are! Check out her website. I also just joined The Portland Modern Quilt Guild today. Some of the members are quilters who have blogs I read so it's a little like I might get to meet a celebrity if I go to a meeting! You won't be able to see much on the website unless you join, but I'm excited to see that there are quilters closer to my age. Don't get me wrong, I love my "quilter ladies" at the local guild. They take good care of me. But I would like to find people who are similar to me in life who also appreciate quilting. This has been hard to do in Hood River. The Modern Quilt Guild idea apparently started in LA and there are branches developing all over the country. For more, check out the Modern Quilt Guild Blog.

I don't have much in the way of pictures to post today. I've been working on gifts so I can't post the pictures until they have been received. But, I am excited to say I made a button hole for one of those gifts yesterday. Most sewers will know this is not hard but I didn't until yesterday. So, here it is: