Friday, September 13, 2019

September 2019 Meeting Reminder

Our September meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 17th at 7pm!! Doors open at 6:45ish if you would like to come early for some pre-meeting sew-cializing!

Programming: UPDATED 9/15: Our programming this month will be project prep! With fall retreat and the holidays coming up, bring some projects you want to work on and get them prepped while doing some sew-cializing with other members. Some irons and cutting items will be available, but please feel free to bring whatever you prefer to use.

2020 Board: As 2019 draws to a close, it's time to start thinking about our board for 2020. If you are interested in joining the board please let a current board member know and we can all share more information about what we do!

Membership Cards: The mother guild no longer sends us physical membership cards. If you need a physical copy the cards can be obtained by logging into your account at www.themodernquiltguild.com. Remember that your user name is the email address associated with your membership.  Your password would have been created when you first created your account at the website.


Fall Workshop: Our fall workshop on Free Motion Quilting will take place on Saturday, October 26th. We have reserved Quilted Threads for the workshop! We have the space from 9:30 (9am setup) until 4:30. Lunch will be provided and QT will be giving attendees a 10% discount. The class cost will be $40 which can be paid to Beth via a check or cash at the September meeting or, PayPal is now open at this link

Summer 2020 Workshop: We will be hosting Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill, of Whole Circle Quilting for a weekend-long event, June 26th and 27th 2020. We will have a class with Sheri on the 26th at Quilted Threads and a trunk show in Manchester on Sunday the 27th. Get excited quilty friends! Sign-ups will open in October. 


Show and Tell: Make sure to bring your finishes for show and tell this month. Remember, each item you bring to show and tell in 2019 enters you into a special year-end raffle. 



Giveaways and Raffles: Giveaway: Dritz needle threader

Raffle #1: Rainy Day Sewing

Raffle #2: Halloween fat eighth bundle, yardage, and table runner pattern




We'll see you Tuesday!

Friday, September 6, 2019

Fall 2019 Free Motion Workshop

Our fall workshop on Free Motion Quilting will take place on Saturday, October 26th. If you're new to Free Motion Quilting or just want to get in some practice, but this will be a great workshop for you!

We had a FMQ exercise back in January with whiteboards and drawings and this class will help you take those skills and turn them into real-life quilting!

We have reserved Quilted Threads in Henniker for the workshop! We have the space from 9:30 (9am setup) until 4:30. 

Lunch will be provided and QT will be giving attendees a 10% discount. The class cost will be $40 which can be paid to Beth via a check or cash at the September meeting. PayPal is available at the button below.