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.

Community Service Sew In: Tuesday 5/30/23 5:30pm - 9:00pm

 

All Nimble Thimbles members: We need your help!

This coming Tuesday, May 30 2023, the 5th Tuesday, we are planning a Community Service sew night to piece backings and bindings to pair up with any remaining kits. By working together we can eliminate excess fabric and kits. Our goal is to eliminate as many kits and backing fabric as we can to reduce the need for storage. 

You also are welcome to bring any kits you pick up prior to May 30 to stitch and pair with backings and bindings. We will be starting at 5:30pm and can sew until 9:00pm.

Our current CS quilts are given to:

Gathering Humanity, which helps refugees settle in the Phoenix area;

Pregnancy Crisis Center, which assists young moms through their pregnancies;

Moms and Babies Veterans Program, which gives new veteran moms and babies supplies including quilts;

Two Hospice organizations in the Valley: Infinity Hospice and Hospice of the Valley.

Please reply to Penny at pboese@cox.net saying what you will be bringing; we need sewing machines, cutting mats and rotary cutters/rulers. Hope to see you all next Tuesday!

Zoom Meeting: Julia Graves presentation

 Nimble Thimbles Meeting via Zoom

May 16, 2023 7:00 - 9:00pm

Speaker: Julia Graves - My Quilting Journey

Julia Graves is an artist, quilt maker and owner of Special Occasion Quilts.   Julia will be presenting a Zoom lecture.   An email with the Zoom link will be sent out to the membership closer to the meeting.

Global Quilt Connection - All Star Sampler Platter

 Global Quilt Connection - All Star Sampler Platter

There will be an online presentation from 12pm - 3pm on Saturday May 6 and 12pm - 3pm on Sunday May 7 by the Global Quilt Connection.  This is an opportunity to view short presentations by quilt teachers from around the world.   An email was sent out to the membership with the link to the presentations that also contains a pdf with descriptions of the teaching staff and what they will be presenting on..