41st Annual Quilt Show sponsored by Chickadee Quilters. Quilt Exhibits - Demonstrations - Vendor Area - Yard Sale - Chickadee Auction - Cafe July 9 & 10 10 am - 4 pm Stevens Brook Elementary School Off Route 302 Bridgton, Maine Donations at the door $5 For information, contact chickadeequiltersme@gmail.com
The business meeting will begin at 10:00, followed by show and tell and lunch. We will be voting on new Board members for the 2022-2023 year! After lunch Lynn Wheatley from Vermont will be the featured speaker. Lynn’s lecture is titled “Rocket Scientist to Rotary Cutter and Beyond.” This is the story of her quilting journey. Special Events at September Members’ Meeting! Redwork Display! We Love Redwork! You know, all the outline designs of very small stitches done in red embroidery floss. I bet if you don’t have one that you use every day, you have something special hidden away. Let’s bring them out into
Tacoma Lakes Quilters is having a Quilters' & Crafters' Yard Sale on Saturday, September 17th at the Morning Star Lodge, 2422 Hallowell Rd, Litchfield from 9-3 - all inside -rain or shine. 15 tables, lots of items including fabric, notions, books, patterns, yarn, and other craft supplies. We will also be selling raffle tickets on our beautiful quilt with the drawing @ 3 pm. Hope to see you there.
The Clueless Quilters are hosting a quilt show on Saturday October 8 from 9 am to 3 pm. Location: The Meeting House on Route 222, Stetson, ME There will be quilt and craft vendors, tea cut raffle, and sales table. Lunch will be available. Free admission. Donations accepted.
Area 5 Meeting Host: Hancock County Quilters October 15, 2022 @ 10 am - 2 pm Location: St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 175 Douglas Hwy (corner of Routes 184 & 1), Ellsworth. 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Socializing and Area 5 business 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Program 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Personal brown bag lunch with desserts and beverages provided by the host chapter and Show & Tell Suggested donation to attend: $3.00 Guest Speaker(s): Abby Gilchrist (Fiddlehead Artisan Supply) and Amelia Poole (Ecouture), Maine co-authors of "Modern Fabric: Twenty-Five Designers on Their Inspiration and Craft" What to Bring: Name tag Brown Bag Lunch
“ Anything Goes Fashion Show” Planned by - Backroad Quilter’s Lunch will be provided. Admission: $5.00 Wear or bring a (new or loved) fashion item you have made and/or a quilt for Show and Tell. Maybe your whole Chapter had a workshop and made items you could share and tell about. We will need a head count by October 10th. We realize some may not like to drive home at night. We suggest car pooling with someone who could pick you up. RSVP to Jane Hann-Morey 207- 622-0343 jehmquilts2@gmail.com Come and join the fun.
The January Members’ Meeting will be held at Hope Church, 728 Western Avenue, Manchester, Maine, beginning at 10 a.m. with the business meeting, show and tell, and lunch, followed by the speaker, Brooke Biette of Dust and Waves Textiles. Brooke is a Maine native who moved west, landing in Arizona for a few years, and is now back in Maine. She has 30 years of quilting experience and 5 years of self-taught ice and snow dyeing of fabric. Brooke will talk a bit about her dyeing process, how and why she got started, how she mixes dyed fabrics with contemporary and vintage fabrics in her
Frances Parker will be the guest speaker. There will be Show and Tell, so please bring something to share with everyone. The Maine Quilt show raffle quilt will be on display. Light refreshments, desserts, and tea and coffee will be served. RSVP to Meliss Swanson at mhswans18@gmail.com
The Fall Member’s meeting of the Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc will be held on Saturday, September 9th at 10 a.m. Following lunch, Gladi Porsche, Gladi Porsche Quilts – Gladi Porsche Quilts (gladiquilts.net) will be the lecturer. Gladi designs her own quilts and will be telling us about her journey with a trunk show. Hope to see many of you there.