Archive for the ‘Veterans’ Quilts’ Category

May 2016 Guild Meeting

Award winning textile artist and instructor Betty Pillsbury gave a presentation on the history of crazy quilts.   Betty’s talk was accompanied by a trunk show featuring crazy quilts she has collected over the years along with her own beautiful textile work.   Due to a lengthy business meeting, the guild members’ own show & tell was limited to […]

June 27, 2016   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Northern Rivers Family Services, Speakers, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

Veterans Sit ‘N Sew – Saturday, April 16

A Sit ‘N Sew for Veterans quilts will be held at the First Reformed Church on Saturday, April 16th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will use the small room next to our normal meeting space. We have room for 14 sewers and can always use a few hands to iron, cut and cheer […]

April 14, 2016   Posted in: Sit N' Sew, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

March 2016 Guild Meeting

Barbara Pershing and Mary Hoover from Fouth & Sixth Designs helped take the fear out of sewing curves with their discussion of using templates and just 2 pins to make Drunkard’s Path quilts. Their presentation included a trunk show of their curved-pieced quilts. Not to be outdone, guild members also presented a ‘truck show’ of […]

March 12, 2016   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Northern Rivers Kids, Speakers, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

December 2015 Guild Meeting

The December guild meeting was our annual Holiday Celebration, with members bringing in their favorite ‘sweet and savory’ treats to share. In addition to making comfort quilts for donation to Northern Rivers Family Services and the VA Hospital throughout the year, members brought in special donations of hats and gloves for the children at Northern […]

December 27, 2015   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Uncategorized, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed