Enfield Quilters

Quilter

A chapter of the Greater Hartford Quilt Guild

May 2005 Newsletter

The Next Meeting

Wednesday, May 18, at Eli Whitney School, doors open at 6:30 and the meeting will begin at 7p,m. We will be having our annual auction, so please bring in any sewing/quilting items that can be auctioned off. Remember this is our big fund raiser!!

Those who signed up for refreshments are:

Doloris Lang and Cynthia Toolin

Workshop

Don't forget that our monthly workshop is Wednesday night,
May 11th at the Senior Center, from 6:30-8pm.

Our June and last meeting before our summer break will include installation of officers, revelations of secret pals, shoe boxes and a dessert sampler.

We voted on these officers for the fall:

President: Tammy Bungard

Vice-President: Pat Mercier

Treasurer: Fran Mandel
Assistant Treasurer: Pat Hatcher

Secretary: ____________________

Newsletter: Vicky Altenhein

Secret Pal: Dareleen Theriault

Raffle: Betty Pearson, Bonnie MacMaster, Bonnie Klement

Steering Committee: Sally Cummings, Jackie Chaput

Membership: Charlie Hietala, Marcia Testa

Program: Barbara Hull, Shirley Machesney, Cyndy Ostraut,
         Sally Cummings, Jean Hoagland

Publicity: June Smith

Refreshments: _________________

Photographer: Mary Shaw

Block of the Month and Fabric Swap: Christine Goldschmidt

Dates

Through June 19,
Piece de Resistance: Batik Quilts
The New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Mass.

June 18,
Agawam Sesquicentennial Quilt Show,
First Baptist Church Hall: Pioneer Valley Quilters.

June 24-26,
Vermont Quilt Festival,
Norwich University, Northfield, Vt.
Pat Grant has openings on a bus trip on Sunday,
$35 which includes show fee.

July 28-31,
10th annual Northeast Quilt Festival,
Farmington Marriott

PLAN AHEAD!!

August 20 and 21,
Greater Hartford Quilt Guild presents,
STITCHES THROUGH TIME
The Colony, Vernon, CT.

Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1,
Nancy Neiman 3 day event,
Univ. of Hartford (860-633-0721)

Announcements

Looking to exchange quilted trading cards, 2½ x 3½,
contact Sally @ danceswsissors@yahoo.com

Both Bonnie MacMaster and Charlie Hietala have started businesses! Bonnie has a mid-arm (small arm) machine and Charlie has a long arm machine. You can contact them for your quilting needs!

Selling my 2002D ULT Brothers Embroidery Machine and all the "Goodies". Contact: Fran Lenville 413 883-5332... Great Buy.

Selling a QTS Baby Lock Serger, Special Edition, 4/3/2 thread, differential feed. Bought in the early '90's, looking for the instruction manual. Will entertain any offers! Contact Vicky, 745-4956 or vickowaa@yahoo.com

Dear Friends,
Quilts & Treasures, Inc. will be open on May 3, 2005 at 56 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow, MA (formerly Thimbleworks Sewing Machine Center). Class brochures are in the mail and should be reaching your mailbox any day now. In the meantime, you can check out our new website at www.quiltsandtreasuresinc.com. We hope to see you all soon!
Valerie, Betsy, Mindy, Jan, Maryann, Sarah, and Carolyn

Don't you just love quilt history and women's history!

The Connecticut Quilt Search Project is sponsoring the 2006 American Quilt Study Group's annual seminar at the Farmington Marriott on October 5 to 9, 2006. The event will feature eight study centers, seven paper presentations, and five tours of museum quilt collections throughout Connecticut. Also, included in the weekend's activities will be sales of quilt history books, vendors with antique quilts, a silent auction, and live auctions with contributions from the quilt history world.

The American Quilt Study Group establishes, sustains, and promotes the highest standards for quilt-related studies. This non-profit quilt research organization has over 1,000 members in the U.S. and abroad. Members of the American Quilt Study Group participate in the effort to preserve quilt heritage through our various publications, extensive research library, yearly seminar and membership contacts. Membership is comprised of traditional and contemporary quilt artists, quilt lovers, historians, researchers, collectors, dealers, folklorists, authors, museum curators, quilt appraisers, and students of women's studies.

This seminar is being sponsored by the Connecticut Quilt Search Project for the quilters of Connecticut to say thank you for your years of support in documenting the quilts of our state, and publishing "Quilts and Quiltmakers Covering Connecticut," the history of our state's quilts and their makers.

If you are interested in attending this Seminar or you would like to take a more active role in participating as a volunteer, please call or email Sue Reich, at 860.868.0028 or suereich@charter.net

Submittals for Our News Letter

If you have news or events, Classified Ads or other information you would like to submit for publication, please Email it to Vicky, or mail it to Vicky Altenhein, 3 Elizabeth St., Enfield, CT 06082, or call 745-4956. The deadline for newsletter submittals is the first Wednesday of the month.

Thou Shalt not Covet your best friend's Stash!

Thou Shalt keep your collection of quilting books smaller than that of the local library!

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