Special Events
Karen Cyson is our guild coordinator for special events for 2018.
What's coming for 2019;
Picture-to-quilt and landscape quilts. We'll have classes next January/February 2019. The first all-day class will be on creating a pattern from your photo and the second class will be using your pattern to construct a quilt (fabric selection, sewing, embellishing). Classes will be on Saturdays, probably two weeks apart. There will be 12 spots available.
Scrap Exterminators continues with another new scrap quilt pattern for members each month. Whittle down your scrap pile and make fabulous quilts designed by Cheri Merritt and Nathan Carter. Patterns will be available at monthly guild meetings for registered members. Anyone new to the guild (new member after 1/1/18) can register for $10 and receive each monthly pattern and patterns from the previous months.
Featherweight Group - This group does fun projects throughout the year. To be part of this group, you must own and bring a Featherweight sewing machine. Julie Johnson is the facilitator. They meet the second Thursday of the month at 9:30 am at Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN. Contact Julie to be added to the email list for meeting notices.
President’s Challenge:
It’s the year of the Scrappy Quilt. Therefore, I challenge everyone to make a scrappy quilt or two using your “orphan blocks that you have in your stash. If you don’t have orphan blocks, check out thrift stores or garage sales. Incorporate T-shirts into the scrappy fabric, too.
I’m suggesting two sizes. 48x48 inches square or 48x60 inches rectangle. They would be a welcome addition to our service projects, if you choose to donate them. Start scrapping.
Special Events:
We are having a quilt retreat! We have 3 days of quilting fun scheduled for the first 15 guild members who sign up and pay. We will take turns providing meals, so we should be able to enjoy ourselves with a minimum of work. We will be stepping back in time in the historic surroundings of Simply Sisters Retreat Center in Richmond, MN, surrounded by lovely antiques but also modernized, with well-lit, surge-protected work spaces for 12-15 quilters. Since this retreat is during the week, we have no minimum number worries; this retreat will happen! Here is more information: When: September 17-19 (M-W), 2018
Where: Simply Sisters Retreat Center 58 Ivy Avenue, Richmond, MN 56368
Cost: $87.50, checks payable to SCHQG. Payment must be made when registering. You may register at the July or August guild meeting or by contacting Alice Sue Becker.
Registration will not be available after our August guild meeting.
What's coming for 2019;
Picture-to-quilt and landscape quilts. We'll have classes next January/February 2019. The first all-day class will be on creating a pattern from your photo and the second class will be using your pattern to construct a quilt (fabric selection, sewing, embellishing). Classes will be on Saturdays, probably two weeks apart. There will be 12 spots available.
Scrap Exterminators continues with another new scrap quilt pattern for members each month. Whittle down your scrap pile and make fabulous quilts designed by Cheri Merritt and Nathan Carter. Patterns will be available at monthly guild meetings for registered members. Anyone new to the guild (new member after 1/1/18) can register for $10 and receive each monthly pattern and patterns from the previous months.
Featherweight Group - This group does fun projects throughout the year. To be part of this group, you must own and bring a Featherweight sewing machine. Julie Johnson is the facilitator. They meet the second Thursday of the month at 9:30 am at Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN. Contact Julie to be added to the email list for meeting notices.
President’s Challenge:
It’s the year of the Scrappy Quilt. Therefore, I challenge everyone to make a scrappy quilt or two using your “orphan blocks that you have in your stash. If you don’t have orphan blocks, check out thrift stores or garage sales. Incorporate T-shirts into the scrappy fabric, too.
I’m suggesting two sizes. 48x48 inches square or 48x60 inches rectangle. They would be a welcome addition to our service projects, if you choose to donate them. Start scrapping.
Special Events:
We are having a quilt retreat! We have 3 days of quilting fun scheduled for the first 15 guild members who sign up and pay. We will take turns providing meals, so we should be able to enjoy ourselves with a minimum of work. We will be stepping back in time in the historic surroundings of Simply Sisters Retreat Center in Richmond, MN, surrounded by lovely antiques but also modernized, with well-lit, surge-protected work spaces for 12-15 quilters. Since this retreat is during the week, we have no minimum number worries; this retreat will happen! Here is more information: When: September 17-19 (M-W), 2018
Where: Simply Sisters Retreat Center 58 Ivy Avenue, Richmond, MN 56368
Cost: $87.50, checks payable to SCHQG. Payment must be made when registering. You may register at the July or August guild meeting or by contacting Alice Sue Becker.
Registration will not be available after our August guild meeting.