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April 2013 Guild Meeting

Designer and quilt shop owner Jessica VanDenburgh was this month’s guest speaker.  Jessica, through her company Sew Many Creations,  is an up and coming designer of custom bags, ornaments, patterns and accessories, and more recently, new owner of Patti’s Quilting and Fabrics.   Jessica spoke to the guild about how she got her start designing […]

August 16, 2013   Posted in: Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers, Workshops  Comments Closed

March 2013 Guild Meeting

Our Guild was honored to have nationally known quilt teacher and lecturer Sharon Schamber speak about her work, with a focus on color.  Sharon’s presentation was very entertaining and enlightening.  She had a lot of knowledge to share, along with a trunk show of her marvelous works. The following day, several guild members attended a […]

August 16, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Service Projects, Show & Tell, Speakers, Workshops  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

January 2013 Guild Meeting – Mini Workshops

The new year brings the sharing of new techniques to Q.U.I.L.T.S. members with our popular mini workshop meeting. Guild members rotated through 15 minute sessions given by our own fellow members. Kathie Greenwold demonstrated how to make leaf bowls using fusible interfacing, Lynn Lauzon-Russom showed members the “old-is-new” technique to make fast 9-patch blocks, Pat […]

January 5, 2013   Posted in: Comfort Quilts, Mini Workshops, Monthly Meetings, New Techniques, Show & Tell  Comments Closed