Featuring a Sundry of Samplers Raffle - Contemporary Quilt Sampler Quilt Moda Modern Building Blocks. Luncheon available, Quilters Walk / Members sale table. Vendors: Annie's Teeny Tiny Quilt Shop, Bolt Fabrics/Quilt Shop, Primitive Quarters Quilt Shop. Free gift to first 100 attendees!
Thomas College, Waterville *Business Meeting at 10:00 am; Speaker to Follow Lunch* Workshops on Friday, September 7 and Sunday, September 9 Come to our exciting fall workshops with Kristine Poor of Poorhouse Designs. Our first workshop will be in Windham at the Veterans Hall on Friday with the pattern Pine Ridge and the second will be on Sunday in Bangor at the Spectacular Events center with the pattern Turn Dash, both 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. On Saturday Kris will be telling us her story with a presentation and trunk show at the Members’ Meeting at Thomas College in Waterville. If you have any questions please call
Friday, September 28 1pm-6pm EST Saturday, September 29 9am - 3 pm EST (Vendors close up at 2:30 pm) Vendors, Raffle Quilt, Raffle Alley, Meet Our Quilter - Bonnie Brown Hunter, Special Exhibit, Children's Activities Over 200 quilts!
September 28 and 29, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Close to 100 quilts. Vendors, Door Prizes, Bed Turning, Quilt Raffle. Lunch is available for a fee. patrick@beeline-online.net. for more information.
Doors open at 5:00 PM, Supper at 5:30, guest speaker 6:30, Show ‘n Tell to follow Speaker Heidi Boyd, fabric designer and fiber artist. Heidi will have some of her fabrics and kits available for sale. Please bring a 10 ½” unfinished, untrimmed log cabin block using layout below. All blocks start with a red center. These blocks will be given away at the end of the evening to some lucky winners. (Use 2” strips) For information about the block picture contact Deb at backroadquilters@gmail.com. Menu *Finger rolls, chips, pickles, fresh veggies & fruit, cheese plate, coffee, tea, bottled water and dessert tray. *Gluten free
Show is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters tables, quilter's yard sale, a quilt walk with small quilts and other handmade items. Lunch will be available. Admission is free, donations are accepted.
The evening will begin with a buffet of sandwiches, salads, beverages and desserts. The vendor for the evening will be Half Square Quilt Shop. And of course there will be door prizes. Our speaker for the evening will be Susan Rooney, from Fairport, NY, who designs fabrics and patterns. I believe she may have patterns and products available after the presentation. The program including a trunk show is “The Process of Designing Fabric & Patterns”. Her designing interests include fabric, patterns and machine embroidery. “Susan will share her inspirations, the experience of designing for manufacturers and the benefits of self publishing patterns in house. She
The guest speaker will be Patty Sawyer from Sew-Clusion Retreats in Sebago, ME. She will be showing her collection of antique quilts and feed sacks. She invites you to bring along your antique quilts/feedsacks to share with the group. Bring along your lunch and beverages and dessert will be served. The quilt block for the block raffle will be Woven Ribbons by Quilters Cache. Please use unbleached muslin for the four corners and FALL colored fabrics for the ribbons. See Area 3 Blog for picture and link to block. Don't forget to bring along your show and tell, 2018 Charity Quilt Block Challenge Blocks and
We are asking attendees to bring a 9 1/2" unfinished star block in Fall colors (star block of their choice). They will be part of the door prizes. We will have two baskets with quilt related items to raffle as well. Dessert and Drinks will be provided. Carolee Withee is the speaker. Her topic is "Vintage and Modern Handwork in Wallquilts and Miniquilts".
Calling All PTQG Members! All blocks will be made for the Quilts of Valor Foundation It is my wish that every PTQG member will make at least ONE quilt block to go towards a quilt of comfort for those who fought for our freedom. How do you play? It’s so simple! 1. You can enter either as a chapter or as an individual. 2. We are looking for 12 ½” unfinished quilt blocks made with ¼” seam allowance. These can be made in any technique, but remember most of these blocks made into quilts will probably get a lot of use. 3. Use only patriotic