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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

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

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