Meeting InformationIf you are looking for a dynamic, fun quilt guild, Common Threads Quilters Guild is it! We have engaging speakers, Saturday Sewcials for learning new techniques and make many quilts for community charities.
Monthly Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of every month (check the calendar for November and December meeting dates). Meetings are from 7-9pm at: Mills Chapel Baptist Church 85 Country Club Road Newnan Ga 30263 Visitors are Always Welcome! For more info see our Contact Information page above under the Home Tab. Hope to see you soon! ![]() May Birthdays!
Rosanne Bennett 5/2 Hetty Mapp 5/7 Sandy Thomas 5/7 Donna Gill 5/8 Kris Townsend 5/10 Colette Parent-Hay 5/21 Susan Anglin 5/24 Julia Smith 5/25 Sigrid Bush 5/26 Susan Hardin 5/27 2015 Calendar
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**Special Announcements
Candace Haasen & March Show & Tell
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Garden
Party Wall Hanging
Wall Hanging
Sandy's "Garden Party" wall hanging and supply list. This is a fantastic project and easily customizable to suit your own taste and size. Sandy is experienced and enthusiastic in the use of hexagons.
English Paper Piecing
Kris Townsend will teach the English paper piecing method - a classic quilting technique with infinite design variation. If you have the size paper foundations you want to use, bring them. Otherwise, we will have a handful for you to practice with. Bring your fabric, fabric scissors, needle, thread and enjoy!
Quilt size 38” X 35”
Fabric Needed:
2.5 yards of Muslin OR 1 yard of pre-quilted fabric
½ yard of matching solid fabric
Basket
1 Fat Quarter – fabric of choice
Flower Petals
5 Fat Quarters
(Or ¼ yard pieces)
Colors of choice
Stems
½ yard of green, but if you prefer you may use 3 to 5 fat quarters for variety of greens.
Other supplies needed:
Lite Steam-A-Seam 1 Baby Button
19 shirt buttons 1 medium button
Folded Hexagon Projects
Hot Pad – 9” diameter
One (1) 6” x WOF fabric for 6 surrounding hexagons (or six 6” circles or squares)
One (1) 6” x 6” fabric for center hexagon
Insul Bright or other batting – 3” x 28”
Top stitching thread
Scraps or buttons for centers
Star Pillow – 16” round pillow
Seven (7) 10” fabric squares (will be cut into hexagons) – for star hexagons
One (1) 7” x WOF fabric for background hexagons and half hexagons
One (1) 5” x WOF fabric for layered hexagons (if desired)
One (1) - 18” x 24” fabric for pillow back
One 16” round pillow form
Scrap batting
Fabric scraps or buttons for centers
Wall Hanging
Sandy's "Garden Party" wall hanging and supply list. This is a fantastic project and easily customizable to suit your own taste and size. Sandy is experienced and enthusiastic in the use of hexagons.
English Paper Piecing
Kris Townsend will teach the English paper piecing method - a classic quilting technique with infinite design variation. If you have the size paper foundations you want to use, bring them. Otherwise, we will have a handful for you to practice with. Bring your fabric, fabric scissors, needle, thread and enjoy!
Quilt size 38” X 35”
Fabric Needed:
2.5 yards of Muslin OR 1 yard of pre-quilted fabric
½ yard of matching solid fabric
Basket
1 Fat Quarter – fabric of choice
Flower Petals
5 Fat Quarters
(Or ¼ yard pieces)
Colors of choice
Stems
½ yard of green, but if you prefer you may use 3 to 5 fat quarters for variety of greens.
Other supplies needed:
Lite Steam-A-Seam 1 Baby Button
19 shirt buttons 1 medium button
Folded Hexagon Projects
Hot Pad – 9” diameter
One (1) 6” x WOF fabric for 6 surrounding hexagons (or six 6” circles or squares)
One (1) 6” x 6” fabric for center hexagon
Insul Bright or other batting – 3” x 28”
Top stitching thread
Scraps or buttons for centers
Star Pillow – 16” round pillow
Seven (7) 10” fabric squares (will be cut into hexagons) – for star hexagons
One (1) 7” x WOF fabric for background hexagons and half hexagons
One (1) 5” x WOF fabric for layered hexagons (if desired)
One (1) - 18” x 24” fabric for pillow back
One 16” round pillow form
Scrap batting
Fabric scraps or buttons for centers