Archive for the ‘Veterans’ Quilts’ Category

June 2014 Guild Meeting

Q.U.I.L.T.S. members celebrated the end of another successful guild year with our traditional pot luck dinner. In addition to delicious food, there was plenty of eye candy, as the Challenge and Mystery quilts were on display and up for viewer’s choice voting. What a marvelous end to the year! See everyone in September! Members’ Show […]

August 17, 2014   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Challenge, Monthly Meetings, Mystery Quilts, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

May 2014 Guild Meeting

Guest lecturer and teacher, Linda Halpin shared helpful tips about how to block our quilts for squareness, how to bind, and how to prepare for show. She also shared these lovely quilts from her collection and her two books: “Scrap Bonanza 2” and “Quilting with Laura: Patterns inspired by the Little House on the Prairie […]

May 17, 2014  Tags:   Posted in: 2014 Quilt Show, Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers, Uncategorized, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

October 2013 Guild Meeting

Award winning quilter and teacher, Donna Hastings, presented a lecture and trunk show highlighting her work with Mariner’s Compass quilts. The following day, many guild members attended Donna’s class where they learned her easy paper piecing technique. Check out the photos of Donna’s lecture and see the new, redesigned meeting room! The evening concluded with […]

October 20, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed

September 2012 Guild Meeting

The new guild year is underway! At the September 2012 meeting, Ann Clothier, Director of Education of Saratoga County Historical Society’s Brookside Museum presented information about the “Threads of Time” exhibit of historical quilts. Ann shared valuable information about documenting quilts and things to think about before cleaning and storing older quilts. After a short […]

September 8, 2012   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers, Veterans' Quilts  Comments Closed