OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 3/6/2026 (4 posts)
Unify Diverse Fabrics in Scrap Quilts
If you’re always looking for ways to use up your scrap fabric, you may want to check out this article from StashBandit on tips for using all those little and large scraps that are lying around in your sewing space!
Worth Repeating
March Meeting and Workday
Community Quilters Make A Difference!
Community Quilter’s Workday
Nancy Hoover will lead us in a workday, as we create the various items we share with our community recipients.
Bring your sewing machine, threads and sack lunch. Come enjoy the fellowship of quilters and know you are helping our community with making chemo bags, receiving blankets, walker bags, pillows, burp cloths and adult bibs. Easy sewing and it makes you feel so good to help others. All materials provided.
Email Nancy Hoover, nanhoov12@gmail.com for questions.
Looking forward to our April Meeting . . .
April 9, 2026, Evening Meeting
Quilts I Have Made Over the Years and Classes I’ve Taught
Rebecca Carter, quiltmaker and teacher at Finally Together Quilt Shop for over 20 years, will speak at our April meeting. During her trunk show, Rebecca will inspire us by sharing Rag quilt, Half Log Cabin, Hidden Star Log Cabin, Labyrinth, Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star Topper quilts, Peek-A-Boo Pumpkin wall hanging. Nine by Nine, Echo Star Log Cabin, Dot Dot Dash, Over & Down Under flannel quilt and Coastal quilts.
Friday, April 10, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, $55, plus $20 for textbook/pattern book
Variation on a Half Log Cabin
What is a “half log cabin”? The block starts with a dark square and then adds rectangles–one light, one dark, one light, one dark, etc., until the block is “big enough.” The square is half dark and half light, with the dark logs going one direction and the light logs going another. Blocks can be made with 1-1/2″, 2″, or 2-1/2″ strips, as desired. Rebecca Carter, innovative quilter and teacher, will lead us through a fun-filled class creating half log cabin blocks in colors and