Below are the descriptions of activities for most of our regular monthly meetings
Quarter Yard Club
The Quarter Yard Club offers members an inexpensive and fun way to add to their stash. Groupings of 4 quarter yard cuts of related fabrics ( a yard total each group) are available via raffle. The tickets are 5 for $1.00.
Mystery Gifts
At most general meetings, the Mystery Gifts group will have tickets for sale for a chance to win a mystery gift. The gift purchases are funded by ticket sales. There are 5 chances to win per $1.00.
Treasure Table
At most general meetings, there will be a “treasure table” where members may bring in unwanted items. These items may be sold to other members at very low prices with all monies going to the Guild. Any unsold items will be offered for sale at the Quilt Show Country Store.
Show & Tell
Members are able to share the quilting projects they have been working on.
Below are the descriptions of our ongoing and yearly activities
Mini Groups
Mini groups are formed to give members a chance to have more small group interaction where they can work on quilting together. They typically work on joint projects as a group, individual projects with a shared theme, learning/teaching new techniques and skills or just bouncing ideas off one another. It’s a great way to meet people in the Guild and share.
Holiday Challenge
Those who join the Holiday Challenge put fabric in a bag. The bag is then passed on to another and she creates a quilt for the person who the fabric came from. The group gets together for a brunch where they reveal the quilts they made.
Jamboree
When funds are available, this is a way of thanking members for their active participation in the Guild throughout the year. This is typically held on a Saturday in October. Attendees can choose one from approximately 5 classes to attend for the day. Members might be asked to pay a non-refundable fee.
Guild Challenge
Each June, a theme is presented for the annual Guild Challenge. Guild members are encouraged to make a quilt with the challenge theme, for presentation at our Springtime in the Pines Quilt Show. Everyone who attends the Quilt Show may vote for their favorite Challenge quilt. The results are revealed at our May Mixer meeting.
Row by Row
Row-By-Row is a group that meets once a month from January – June. Before the first meeting, participants create their first row using their own fabric, often with a specific theme. Each month every participant receives another participant’s row/quilt top. By the next meeting they create an additional row, compatible with the original row and add it to the quilt. Participants won’t see their own row again until June when they receive it with 5 additional rows added!
Round Robin
A collaborative quilt project that begins with a center block. The quilt then progresses through a series of rounds, with a different participant adding borders or design elements in each round before passing it on to the next person. Our group meets once per month to share and exchange the quilt tops. While a quilt top is being shown, its owner leaves the room, so she does not see her quilt again until it is completely finished.
Mystery Quilt
Members have the opportunity (for a small fee) to participate in a Mystery Quilt-along. Clues are handed out monthly starting in the fall. Typically quilts are finished in time for the next Quilt Show.
Annual Picnic
The Guild takes the opportunity for a more relaxed meeting in July. We bring potluck dishes to share, have a very abbreviated meeting and enjoy some fun games. This more informal setting is a great way to meet and get to know other Guild members.
Education Outreach
This committee, formed many years ago by Margaret Boothby, offers help to classroom teachers with quilt-related projects. Volunteer members go into local classrooms to help children with sewing, and learning about quilts with a lending library of children’s quilt books, a play and a collection (“trunk show”) of quilts for children to look at and touch.
1. TRUNK SHOW: A short presentation on the art and history of quilts and quilting. We have lots of quilts to see and touch (time and content geared to grade level)
2. TRAVELING QUILT BOOK LIBRARY: Teachers may borrow our library box for up to two weeks. It contains books on quilts and quilting for children to read, plus lesson ideas for teachers (grades K-6)
3. HANDS ON HELP: We will provide volunteers to help in your classroom with quilt related projects (art, math, Pioneer Days or?)
4. “ROAD TO CALIFORNIA”: A 20 minute play about quilts and the westward movement (geared to grades 3-5). This may be scheduled along with a trunk show.
For more information and scheduling: the Guild is currently in need of a Chair for Education Outreach. Please contact the current President if you are interested in participating with this committee.