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March 2011 Guild Meeting

Q.U.I.L.T.S. March Guild Meeting was a combination meeting – garage sale and tie-in.  This meeting was set aside to give members who wanted to clean out their sewing rooms a chance to set up a table and sell their unwanted sewing items to other guild members.  When members weren’t selling or shopping, they tied-quilts that were left […]

March 5, 2011   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Kits, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Patterns, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Soldier Quilts, Tie-In  Comments Closed

2011 Winter Blues Sit N’ Sew

Our second annual Winter Blues is now history.  Approximately 20 Q.U.I.L.T.S. members met at the First United Methodist Church in Schenectady to sit and sew….and show & tell and visit with friends and spend a very enjoyable day.  It was also a very productive day, as volunteers worked together to sew the black drapes that […]

March 5, 2011   Posted in: Guild Meeting Recaps, Sit N' Sew, Winter Blues  Comments Closed

February 2011 Guild Meeting

Our annual “Tie-In for Northeast Kids” was an ‘overflowing’ success. Over 30 quilt tops and backings were paired with battings graciously donated by the Gloversville Sewing Center.  Guild members had the opportunity to visit with other members over a good old-fashioned quilt tying.  The tied quilts were taken home by volunteers who will finish the quilts by […]

March 5, 2011   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Kits, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Soldier Quilts, Tie-In  Comments Closed

January 2011 Guild Meeting

Karen Brackett from Skidmore College and Patti Estabrook from Patti’s Quilting & Fabrics in Glens Falls gave a wonderful presentation of their Education Study Program in South Africa.  This program is designed to expose Skidmore College students to the history, culture, geography and education system of South Africa.  While this program has been in operation […]

January 12, 2011   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Guild Meeting Recaps, Monthly Meetings, Northeast Kids, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers  Comments Closed