Birmingham Quilters Guild

I went to my first Birmingham Quilters Guild meeting this morning and had a good time.  I wasn't going to join today.  I was only going to see what it was like (see I've been nervous about attending and wasn't sure what it would be like.), but once I got inside and took a gander at everything I felt right at home.  So I joined and got involved.  I meet two wonderful ladies that explained a lot and helped me get set up with a few projects.  I now have some quilting homework to work on :)

This was show and tell time.  I only took a few pictures but there was much more on show.

This is a quilt made of old handkerchiefs as butterflies. 

 This picture doesn't show how pretty this quilt was in person.

This was my favorite of the morning.  

My new member packet.  Which has guild information and a member directory.

The guild has a library table each month where you can check out quilting novels, pattern books, quilting videos, etc.  I check out a quilting novel...and then I checked my bookcase tonight and realized I already own it.  Oh well I guess I'll just check it back in next month.

Guild information and Directory

My Birmingham Quilters Guild (BQG) pin!  

Marsha you would be proud of me...I signed up for a challenge quilt.  A challenge quilt is just that a challenge.  There are a set of rules that the quilt must be designed and created with and if the quilt doesn't meet the rules of the challenge then it is disqualified.  This is the Crayon Challenge.  I had to pick three crayons at random from a box without looking at my colors.  This is due in June.

These are my three colors I pulled from the box.  Apricot, Cerulean (blue), and orange.  I can also incorporate black and white or muslin, but the majority of the fabric must be the three colors of the crayons.  

I also signed up for the block of the month program (BOM).  This is a flying geese block.  The block is due next guild meeting in April and when I turn it in I get a raffle ticket.  All the blocks that are turned in are put in a bundle and a raffle ticket is drawn.  The winner of the raffle gets all the blocks everyone complete to make a quilt.  

This BOM kit came with fabric.  

The other thing I noticed in the guild was that everyone had a neat quilted name tag that they had made.  Every name tag I saw was different so now I'm trying to think of how I want to design my name tag.  I'll be sure to post pictures of the name tag and BOM once I finish it.