To make sure you are sewing with a
scant 1/4" seam allowance, do a quick test. Sew three 1 1/2"
wide strips together. The measurement across the strips
should be 3 1/2".
MEMBERSHIP: Membership
dues are currently $30 annually (pro rated to $20 if joining in
September - December for NEW members only). Non-members may
visit 3 times before signing up and paying dues. Get the
Membership form. Just a
reminder that to be a member of a Bee, you must be a member in
good standing!
SEW ON AND ON ... is
published monthly by the West Houston Quilters Guild and
distributed free to members. News items, articles, and
suggestions are always welcome; submissions will be subject to
space considerations.
DEADLINE: Articles must
be received by the Monday following Board meeting or the last
day of the month, whichever occurs first.
ADDRESS CORRECTIONS: US
mail and E-Mail address corrections should be sent toJoan Roandeau, Membership.
SPAM in your EMAIL? .
. .
When you send guild-related email to
any member, include the guild initials WHQG in the subject line.
That way recipients will not hit delete without readying your
message - maybe thinking that you are trying to sell
health-enhancing drugs or the latest stock tips.
WHQG Auction Bucks
The
program for October 2010 will be an auction of donated items
which you will bid on using EARNED WHQG Bucks. You will earn
Bucks by attending guild meetings, going to workshops,
turning in Linus and comfort quilts, bringing refreshments,
donating a door prize, attending a Quilt Show Guild Shop
workshop, bringing a visitor, taking a class at Festival,
showing quilt/ wallhanging at Show and Tell (other than
Linus/comfort), participating in the challenge blocks, etc.
The
program for October 2010 will be an auction of donated items
which you will bid on using EARNED WHQG Bucks. You will earn
Bucks by attending guild meetings, going to workshops,
turning in Linus and comfort quilts, bringing refreshments,
donating a door prize, attending a Quilt Show Guild Shop
workshop, bringing a visitor, taking a class at Festival,
showing quilt/ wallhanging at Show and Tell (other than
Linus/comfort), participating in the challenge blocks, etc.