Shop Hop to Hueffmeier's Fine Pines

Hueffmeier's Fine Pines is located just outside Brookfield, Missouri at 27905 Highway FF. The shop is just off Highway 36.

This enterprising family also raises pines for seasonal trees, wreaths, and garland. Jeanita Hueffmeier is the owner/operator of the quilt shop. The quilt shop is located on the tree farm and houses over 3,000 bolts of fabric.

Fine Pines Quilting offers custom quilting.

 

Stop in and check them out, call 660-258-3244, or go online and see their selection.

They are on facebook and pintrest also.

 

 

Ideas in every isle.

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful colors!

 

 

 

 

Pre cuts, patterns, and kits!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed visiting Hueffmeier's Fine Pines Quilting!

 

Have you been there in person or ordered from them online?

Block of the Month - Block A

The Twisted Stitchers are working on their 2013 Block of the Month projects. This years project is "A Sparkling Sampler" designed by Lynn Lister and published in McCall's America Quilts For Christmas Autumn 2010 beginning on page 61.

Only 16 more Block As to make!

Ronald McDonald House Quilt Part 2

Here is the completed section of the Ronald McDonald House quilt that utilized the Monkey Business pattern from Kim Brackett's book Scrap-Basket Surprises 18 Quilts from 2.5" Strips.

On the lower left corner of this twin size quilt the M is a tribute to the donations made by the customers of the McDonald's Restaurants. The idea of a parabola and its axis of symmetry was all that was needed to create the M.

 

Look for more about the Ronald McDonald House Quilt in future blogs. What is your favorite charity?

January Guild Show and Tell (4)

Beautiful Work!

 

25th Annual Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Show

If you love to go to quilt shows check this out!

25th Annual Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Show

10 am - 4 pm

Friday, February 8 and

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Salvation Army Community Center

14700 E. Truman Road

Independence, MO

 

FREE Admission

 

• Demonstrations throughout both days
• Shop with their many vendors
• Scissors/Knife sharpener
• Ample parking on West side of building
• Concessions / Food
• Opportunity Quilt
• Opportunity Basket each day

 

For information call:

Clara at 816-682-1140 or

Rosemary at 816-796-6705

January Guild Show and Tell (3)

Let the hard work of our members inspire you.

 

 

January Guild Show and Tell (2)

Look at these quilts that our members shared on January 17, 2013.

 

 

January Guild Show and Tell

Here are a few of the wonderful quilts the members shared.

 

 

 

 

 

Watch for more Show and Tell in later posts!

Bling for your Scissors

The January 17th program included making a bling for our scissors.

 

Sewing a Ronald McDonald House Charity Quilt

I had a friend at college who was living a nightmare. My friend and his wife were marking time as their precious little child was suffering with Leukemia. They stayed at the Ronald McDonald House during the frequent medical trips. The home offered them comfort and togetherness as the rest of the world continued on unaware of the precious breath by breath moments slipping away.

 

As you deposit those small amounts of change into the collection stands in your favorite McDonald's restaurants know your generosity offers an oasis to families in the darkest of times. Take some time to visit the Ronald McDonald's House Charities Website to find out more about this much needed and appreciate program.

 

This quilt will be donated to the charity upon completion.

 

For the top of the quilt I am using a pattern from Scrap-Basket Surprises 18 Quilts from 2.5" Strips by Kim Brackett published by Martingale and Company. All of Kim's patterns in the book are exciting but I have selected Monkey Business on page 64 for this project. The quilt illustrated in the book measures 53.5"x65.5". I will be making a twin size quilt so changes to the pattern will include the increased width. The Ronald McDonald House Charity twin quilt will measure 65"x88". Take the time to read Kim's Basic Quiltmaking Instructions beginning on page 12. Her techniques and tips are well written and illustrated.

 

I bought my copy of the book from Hueffmeir's Fine Pines Quilt Shop located in Brookfield, MO 660-258-3244. Purchase a copy so you can sew along.

 

I selected Kona solid colors black and white with a touch of yellow (not included on the top part of the quilt). The fabric was purchased at Missouri Star Quilt Company located in Hamilton, MO 888-571-1122.

 

Brackett's instructions are easy to follow and clearly written. 

 

More on the quilt in later posts. Thank you for considering the Ronald McDonald House Charities when making your charity quilts or depositing change at your local restaurant.





Free Patterns from Jolly Jabber Fat Quarter Shop

From Carolyn

Get inspired with free patterns. Check out the Fat Quarter Shop's Blog. They post free patterns once a month. We don't know why they post the free patterns of the month at the end instead of the beginning of the month.

See you at the January 17th Meeting!

Have you checked this out? Let us know what you find that inspires you.

TWISTED STITCHERS 2013 PROGRAM IDEAS

from Carolyn

Theme?  Year of Beginning Quilter?

 President’s Challenge

Make and Take more often - every other month?

• Fat quarter apron

• 10 minute table runner

• Charm pack coasters

• Jewelry caddy

• Linda Pack’s thread catcher

Host Make It and Take It at the shop for public  (following the T.S. program)

Ask MSQC if there is a wish list for the classroom or new Quilt Retreat Center.  Mini mats? Mini pressing boards?

No name tags – 25 cent fine. Money used for?

Field Trips – Lincoln Museum,

College Springs- Creston- Lucas Iowa day trip,

Quilt shops down Hwy 13 day trip

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Workshops

Floral log cabin

Blended quilt

Meet the quilter  - 20 minute show and tell

Continue show and tell

Continue Charity Quilts

Bernice suggests discontinuing UFO’s – not many participated this past year.

Group social with Lathrop and Trenton in new Retreat Center

Possible quilt show or display during Penney Days/Hamilton Homecoming

Ways to increase membership

Daniela :  cathedral window demo/workshop

Request for chenille demo/workshop

Wool Work Workshop conducted by Linda and Marie – Crossroads Quilting

 

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JAN:  Make it and Take it: Thread Catcher, Linda Pack

FEB:    Meet the Quilter: Amy Gertz

MAR:   Spring Wool Work Kit: Linda and Marie from Crossroads Quilting

APR:   Spring Housecleaning: Bring  fabric, patterns, etc. to sell at yard sale prices.  Proceeds to support new Quilt Retreat Center

MAY:  Make it and Take it:  Daniela – Cathedral window

JUNE:  Field Trip to ?

JULY: Make it and Take it :   Jenny:  Halloween project

AUGUST: Meet the Quilter:

SEPTEMBER:  Joint Social with Trenton and Lathrop Guilds at Quilt Retreat Center

OCTOBER: Make it and Take it.

NOVEMBER: Quilt Retreat?

DECEMBER: Christmas Party

WORKSHOPS: 2^nd Saturday of JAN, APR, JUL, OCT

Make it and Take it for public: 2^nd Saturday of FEB, JUN, AUG, NOV

Type by Julia Rothman from Windham Fabric

The Type fabric by Julia Rothman from Windham Fabric looked cute online through Missouri Star Quilting Company.

I was wrong ... it is SUPER CUTE!

 

A good mix might include bungle jungle by Tim and Beck from Moda and solids by Kona from Robert Kaufman.

January Meeting

The Thursday, January 17th meeting will include a door prize sponsored by this blog site. The door prize will be a Sterilite flip top storage container as highlighted in an earlier posting. Come and join us in the fun and meet the new officers. The meeting location is at Missouri Star Quilt Shop, 100 North Ardinger Street, Hamilton, Missouri at 6:30pm.

Pink Chalk Fabric Surprise

Pink Chalk Fabrics included a wonderful card in a recent order to a member. The card gives the mattress sizes and suggested quilt sizes for a variety of quilt types. Its fun to do business with companies that include nice little surprises. The member ordered the Quick Curve Ruler and a downloadable pdf pattern by Sew Kind of Wonderful and the pattern Northern Lights by Jaybird Quilts. The order arrived as expected and in the time frame expected. This was the first time the member placed an ordered with Pink Chalk Fabric.

What surprises have you received from fabric companies that make you want to do business with them again?

Binding Part 1

One of our members shares thier binding practices. Pinning and markings are optional.

Horizontal Cut Binding
The binding is horizontal strips cut 2.5 inches wide.
The binding strip length needs to measure the perimeter of the quilt plus about 10 inches.
If the perimeter of your project is greater than the width of your fabric, from which you are cutting your binding, you will need to join multiple strips together.

A quick vocabulary lesson.
The right side of fabric refers to the front of the fabric. The wrong side of fabric refers to the back of the fabric.

Joining Binding Strips
To join strips place fabric strip ends right (front) sides together, at 90 degrees as seen in the photo below. Solid color fabric is more forgiving about identifying right and wrong (back) sides, but there is a difference.
If you extend the ends slightly past each strip it is easier to follow the diagonal stitch line.
Connecting the strips at 90 degrees helps to cut down on bulk.

Sew along the diagonal line. Painters tape works well as an optional sew guide to marking. Both practices are illustrated below.

Iron the seam open before cropping as seen below.

Cut (crop) the excess fabric from the seam. Use any of your tools that have quarter inch markings to measure the seam (if you wish) as seen below. Meauring the seam is optional.

Now the fabric is sewn together. Keep joining strips until the length of the binding strip is greater than the perimeter of your quilt by about 10 inches.

Iron the binding lengthwise in half (right side of fabric to the outside).

Connect Binding to Quilt Front
Pin where you want to begin to sew. Pin the binding raw edges to the quilt's raw edge beginning about 10 inches from the end of the binding and about in the middle of the longest side of the quilt.

This ends part 1 of binding