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November 2013 Guild Meeting – Annual Sew In for Kids

The November Guild Meeting was the Guild’s annual Sew-In for Northern Rivers Kids. At this meeting, members worked together to sew tops for donation to Northern Rivers Family Services. The sewing began at 4:00 and continued into the evening, with a short break for pizza, tossed salad and a business meeting. There was no Show […]

November 13, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Sew-In  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

February 2013 Guild Meeting

The February Guild Meeting is one of our more “social” meetings. Guild members gather in groups to tie quilts which we then donate to Northern Rivers Family Services (formerly Northeast Parent & Child.) This meeting is a great experience for our new members, as they get to meet and chat with others who share their […]

August 14, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Kits, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Northern Rivers Family Services, Service Projects, Tie-In  Comments Closed

December 2012 Guild Meeting

December’s monthly meeting was the Guild’s Annual Holiday Celebration which featured a trunk show by Lucille Makrin from Cambridge, NY. Lucille shared her life’s journey of quilting which began with the Bi-Centennial resurgence of quilting in the mid-70’s and continues through the present day. Guild Members were awed by Lucille’s potpourri of quilts which ranged […]

January 1, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northern Rivers Family Services, Show & Tell, Speakers  Comments Closed