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2024 PTQG September Meeting and Speaker

PTQG September Members’ Meeting
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Business Meeting 10:00 a.m.; Speaker’s Presentation 12:30 p.m.
Hope Church, 728 Western Avenue, Manchester, Maine

Kitty Wilkin will be our speaker on Saturday September 7 and will present a talk about quilt photography.  Have you always wanted to take great photos of your gorgeous quilts and the results haven’t been what you expected?  Kitty will walk us through the tools and process of transforming photos from blah to WOW! You won’t want to miss this informative talk!

PTQG offers Workshops with Beth Helfter September 6 and September 8, 2024!

Please join us September 6 and September 8 for an opportunity to learn about a diverse set of techniques to add to your toolbox with Beth Helfter. All the workshops will be conducted via Zoom.  Don’t miss out on these opportunities!

There will be two workshops to pick from presented by Beth Helfter of EvaPaige Quilts, https://evapaigequilts.com/.  Accordion Sewn HSTs and Kickin’ Stash. These workshops are open to PTQG members for advanced sign-up. PTQG is committed to at least 10 participants for each workshop. The workshop is then opened to members of the public to fill out the class.  The half-day workshops are $35 each and the full day workshop on Sunday is $50.  

Beth Helfter Bio

Workshops will be only open to members of PTQG until 8/6/24.  After 8/6/24, registration will be opened to members of PTQG and to the general public until the class is filled. Sign-up and payment will be through EvaPaige Quilts, https://evapaigequilts.com.  If you have questions, email Kathy Hopkins at 1stvp@mainequilts.org.  

Click here for workshop descriptions, supply lists, and registration information.

September Workshop Descriptions

Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2024

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Our Thursday Night Banquet Key Note Speaker 

Diane Harris “The Stash Bandit” Diane Harris is a scrap quilt specialist. After 11 years as an editor for Quiltmaker magazine, she formed Stash Bandit to help quilters use their fabric collections and make quilts that are both unique and beautiful. She never met a fabric she didn’t like. Her work is featured in a variety of publications in the US and abroad. Diane lives on a working farm in rural Nebraska and has been quilting for more than 40 years. Learn more at stashbandit.net and on Instagram @stashbanditquilts. 

Workshop Registration will continue to be online only, opening March 15th for Pine Tree Quilt Guild members. Non-members may register beginning April 16th. Be the first to sign up for the classes you want. Very easy and efficient. You’ll love it! 

Look for more information on our website – www.mainequilts.org as well as in future issues of Piecing Together Maine Quilts and The Patchwork Press about quilt show details and workshops being offered as we continue to gather the descriptions and supply lists from the teachers. 

I am looking for a White Glove, Theme Row and Demonstrations Chair – join the team! If you are interested please contact me at info@mainequilts.org