Meeting In Person Tuesday 9/19/23 7:00-9:00pm Scrappy Fun Night

 Come Tuesday night 9/19/23 for a night of scrappy fun!

Place for Tuesday Meeting

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

739 E Erie Street

Chandler, AZ 85225

Time: 6:00pm to set up

Fun starts at 7:00pm

What do you need to bring?

A sewing machine, sewing kit (rotary cutter, scissors, ruler, small cutting mat), strip scraps, and scrappy fabric of your choice. Lots of scraps to organize!  A hand project if you choose not to sew.

We will start the meeting with membership and community service, then the scrappy activities will begin!  There are 3 activities to choose from:

Sewing the scrappy Donna Jordan pattern, sent in the previous email

Cut out scraps from Heather's scrap chart - this is your opportunity to get your scraps organized

A table for hand projects

Everyone is encouraged to participate in one of these activities!

At break time, enjoy snacks, the free table and the pattern exchange treasure hunt! 

After the break we will play the games with the 5” squares.  Remember to bring 5” scraps - 3 baggies with 25 scraps in each.

Get ready to have fun!  See you at Scrappy Night!

(Don't forget to bring in completed items for the Small Quilt Auction to be held on 10/3/23)

Upcoming Events 

Arizona Quilters Fun Day-3rd Annual 

When: Saturday, October 21, 2023 9:00 AM
Where: 330 W Coral Gables, Phoenix, AZ 85023

Meeting In Person Tuesday 9/5/23 7:00-9:00pm: Speaker - Diane Pitchford Trunk Show of Scrappy Collection of Quilts

Welcome to Scrappy September Month!

It’s time to pull out your patterns, books and magazines! 

This Tuesday 9/5/23 meeting we are asking for you to bring 1 (one) book, pattern or magazine for the scrappy night exchange on 9/16/23.

9/16/23 meeting-please bring 3 bags each with 25 - 5” square in a zip lock bag to play left right and center. This will give you an opportunity to get to know the NT members and make new friends. There will be other scrappy activities. 

This Tuesday coming up we are meeting at the church on 9/5/23.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

739 Erie St

Chandler, AZ 85225

Come at 6:00pm for set up and (earn an extra) ticket for door prizes.

Meeting starts at 7:00pm 

Tonight’s guest speaker: in house meeting 

Our very own member Diane Pitchford!

She will be presenting her beautiful scrappy collection of quilts! 

Penny Boese will be reviewing our challenge for the quilt show. 

Show n tell theme, scrappy quilts!

Please bring any items you plan to put in for the Small Quilt Auction on October 3, 2023

November 24,2023 Challenge: sew a 36” x 36” wall hanging or small quilt using your soy batik fat quarter dyed from our June 6th hands on meeting. The theme is “Harvest/Autumn”.

Don't forget the fantastic FREE TABLE!  It's a great way to recycle and give new life to older and unneeded items to refresh new quilting ideas.

  

Remember to sign up for snacks.  Click on the Sign Up link in the latest email to bring something yummy for our future meetings.

 

Hope to see you all Tuesday 9/5/23!

Heather Nothum

President, Nimble Thimbles

Zoom Meeting: Tuesday 8/15/23 7-9pm: Speaker - Elizabeth Grandsberg: Adventures with 60 degree Triangle Quilts

Nimble Thimbles Zoom Meeting

Tuesday 8/15/23 7:00 - 9:00pm

Tuesday, August 15 is a ZOOM meeting.  Our guest speaker is Elizabeth Grandsberg.  She will be presenting a trunk show titled, "Adventures with 60 degree Triangle Quilts".  She will share her experiences with One Block Wonder Quilts, Stack and Whack, and Hexified Panel Quilts. 

Check your email for the Zoom link to this online meeting/lecture. 

Elizabeth is giving our members a 20% discount on her Etsy shop - check your email for the link and dates the discount is active.

Also, if you have a show and tell item, you can email a photo to Crystal Bray - check your email for her email address.

We will also have Penny Boese sharing with us an exciting Challenge for the AQG quilt show in March 2024.

Jill Eskew will be presenting up coming events, including some fun scrappy challenges. 

 Looking forward to seeing you all ONLINE!  So dress in comfy clothes, enjoy your own snacks and beverages.   Quilt ON!

 

Meeting In Person: Tuesday 8/1/23 7:00-9:00pm Speaker: Debra Kay - Landscape Quilts

 Nimble Thimbles Meeting In Person

Tuesday August 1, 2023  7:00 - 9:00 pm

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

This Tuesday is our in person meeting. We will have Debra Kay presenting Landscape Quilting. She will share her process for creating these works of art.

We will set up starting at 6:00 and our meeting will start at 7:00. We meet at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 739 West Erie St in Chandler.

Make sure you sign up for treats if you have not yet. We all love a tasty treat! Click on the SignUp Genius link in the email from Heather to sign up.

Also, bring your show and tell items to our meeting. We look forward to being inspired by all your creative works!

Our President Heather expresses her gratitude to Kathy Krieg for another successful PUPs meeting! Also, thank you to the entire Community Service team for presenting all those quilts at the last meeting!

Meeting - In Person: Tuesday 7/18/23 7:00 - 9:00pm PUPS

 Nimble Thimbles In Person Meeting 7/18/23 7:00 - 9:00pm

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

739 W Erie St, Chandler, AZ 85225

Our topic tonight will be PUPS (Poor Unfinished ProjectS).  Bring in your completed PUP that was chosen by the group last year and three potential PUPS for the group to vote on as your project for next year.  

In addition, we will hear from Community Service, Membership, upcoming events and Camp.

Don't forget to sign up for refreshments for our future meetings.  Check your email from our Nimble Thimbles President Heather for the link to Sign Up Genius to sign up.

Meeting - In Person: Tuesday 6/20/23 7:00pm - 9:00pm Speaker: Karen Walker

 

This is our last meeting for our calendar year 2022-2023!

Reminder this is an In Person meeting!  Not on Zoom!  (Please note there is no meeting on July 4th due to the Holiday.   The next meeting is an In Person meeting on July 18th)

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Community Life Center)

739 W Erie Street 

Chandler,Az 85225 

6:00 Meet to set up (Get an extra ticket for the drawing)  

6:30: Registration and chat  

7:00 Meeting begins  

8:00 Snack and break  

9:00  Take your inspiration with you  

Membership - Betsy Saxe Verrico

Community Service - Penny Boese

Program:  

Karen Walker, a quilter and a designer of quilting patterns. Karen has a new line of fabric coming out through Riley Blake Fabrics called Huckleberry Saltbox. It’s her first line of fabric and so pleased to have the opportunity to share with us! 

Come join us for a Trunk show and Lecture. 

Here is her blog for review: http://laughyourselfintostitches.com 

 Karen will bring items to sell for sale and payments will be made directly to her.

See her blog (link attached above). 

Break 

Melissa Bickham - Recognition for out going leaders and Board members.

April Small - Rusty Barn

Show and Tells

Free table to bring and donate to and take home

Meeting In Person: Tuesday 6/6/23 7:00-9:00pm

 Soy Batiking workshop 

By Linda McCurry

Place: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Chandler

Please arrive early so we can start promptly at 7:00pm.

It’s an 1 ½ to 2 hours long.

Please bring an apron, gloves, paint brushes and foam brushes 

Fabric is supplied by Nimble Thimbles 

If you can please come at 6:00 Meet to set up (Get an extra ticket for the drawing) We need tables set up. 

6:30: Registration and chat and get set up.

Workshop starts at 7:00pm

Steps for the workshop

Steps for the workshop

Demonstration

Apply first soy wax layer

Apply first paint layer
Let Dry

Break Time:

Betsy - Membership

April - Rusty Barn

Melissa - Crayon Challenge reveals 

Snack time

Back to final steps

Apply second soy way layer

Apply second pain layer

Final instructions on steps to complete the project that will be done at home

 

No show n Tell tonight we will have an opportunity at our next meeting, June 20th which is an in house person meeting.