April 2012 meeting

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Hello lovely readers..

here we are on another monthly meeting ,,

we surely had a wonderful time and one of my friends Mrs. Hoda visited our guild for the first time and hopefully she enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed having her ..

it felt strange not having Elsa with us at the meeting , we miss her a lot already and we wish her all the best ..

some ladies were lucky to win our show and tell vouchers:

Lona, Kate, Paula, Renee

and here are the projects that were shown ..

this is Kate’s

its so hard to say good bye to Kate after all these years knowing her ,, we will miss her everyday shes not around and also miss her yummy baking :)

this is Lona’s

this is Mariam’s

Kelly’s

Renee’s

Paula’s

and finally here are the projects that I showed ..

the quilt project of the month..

and this smart project which is the wrapped cord basket/bowl

and here is the video tutorial of it ..

March 2012 Meeting

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well hello everyone,

here is a recap of our last monthly meeting ..

but first I would like to welcome our new member Paula Hendrix

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congrats to the show and tell winners of this month :

- Darlene Smalley

- Kelly Gibson

- Anne Dunn

- Nurcan Aras

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and here are what the lovely ladies showed us

The Block Of The Month

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Sandy’s work

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Elsa’s

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Kelly’s

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Darlene’s

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Francis’s

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Maryam’s

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Annie’s

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Nurcan’s

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and finally here’s mine

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February Meeting.

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Good day,

Last week we held the monthly quilting club meeting at Craft Kingdom for the month of February.We had a very lovely time “as usual” , and I am really happy for the development of works done by the members, and with the new friends I make every week . And now I leave you with those lovely projects and lucky winners of our monthly (40 S.R) coupons draw.

Quilt by Elizabeth

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Cushions by Elizabeth

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Quilt by Elizabeth

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Happy News !

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Good day all,

I present to you my dear winner quilt for this year at “Dubai International Quilt Show 2012“.

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Also I would like to thank our visitors from Ras Tanura for coming to Craft Kingdom on Monday 20th of February, I will be glad to receive  more visits from you in the future.

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Thank you : )

January Meeting.

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Good Day Ladies!

Here is a quick look on our January meeting, and I have been busy attending the Dubai International Quilt show  - which I will post its great news later ! – . So with no further delay here are the highlights .

Flip Flop Quilts

I did a demonstration on the “Flip Flop” quilts, taken from the book “Flip Flop Block Quilts”  , and the template is available in our shop !

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New Year, More Stitches and Quilts!

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Happy New Year all !

Today I was happy to celebrate the beginning of 2012 with my dear friends, slowly we will return to our loved routines, quilting & sewing and crafting all day! We had a traditional setup to take pictures and here are they ladies!

Wish you all had a great day, and enjoyed it.

 

Elsa & Kate

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Lorri and Cindy

November 2011 Meeting

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first of all I would really thank the lovely members for coming today although it was raining heavily..

and a warm welcome to the new members to the club:

Charazad

Marie Claire who brought along her little girl Anise  which was so exciting for Hessah (my daughter) to meet her first French friend :)

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this month’s show and tell winners were:

Elsa – Fouzia – Mariam – Marie Claire

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SHOW AND TELL

Charazad

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Dhel made her biggest quilt to date .. she was so happy that she wrote a little thank you note, ” Thank you for the opportunity to share with me how to do embroidery and how to make quilts besides the house work, thank you very much .. God bless you . I love you ”      Dhel

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Elsa with her projects

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Fouziya’s mats

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Kate’s wall hanging quilt

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Mariam’s wall hanging and little purse

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Marie Claire showed us how to use the tapestry loom

and here is little Anise putting on one of her mother’s creations

also she showed us a rag quilt she made

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Norcan’s crazy quilt wall hanging and another lovely wall hanging by her

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and finally here are the projects I showed

here is the one where I used the twisted square ruler

a crochet table topping

and my great grandmother’s Bedouin rug called (Sadu) which is probably 60 years old or even more! I love all the small details and how vibrant the colors are..

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