Our monthly workshop is Wednesday, March 11th
at the Enfield Senior Center, from 6:00 – 8pm.
Come and bring your rotary cutter, cutting mat and any small buttons (we
need 200 buttons) to help make the Sharing Day handout pincushion kit.
We would like to Thank Diane Derose for donating fabric.
We will also start collecting items to be displayed, bring your mysteries,
challenges, placemats, show and tells, bags, outstanding library books and
anything else that we did this year to show the many talents of our chapter.
We will meet Wednesday, March 18th,
at HB Stowe School on Post Office Road,
doors open at 6:00pm, meeting begins at 7:00pm.
We will continue collecting items to be displayed at Sharing Day.
Bring your mysteries, challenges, placemats, show and tells,
bags, outstanding library books and anything else that we
did this year to show the many talents of our chapter.
We will be doing signups for carpooling, if
interested, in driving or being picked up.
We are looking for the following committee nominations:
Refreshments, Steering Committee, Secretary.
Jan. 22 - Apr. 19
Exhibit of Contemporary Swiss Quilters
New England Quilt Museum
Lowell, MA
The New England Quilt Museum is hosting a new exhibit of contemporary
quilters, called “Fabric Connection.” The seven Swiss quilt artists
came together out of a passion for quilting, having long seen and
admired each other's work at exhibitions. Each has her own distinct
style and developed her own innovative techniques. Together, Maryline
Collioud-Robert, Beatrice Lanter, Elizabeth Portmann, Ursula Kern,
Ursula Koenig, Katherina Della Chiesa, and Sylvia Einstein have created
an exhibit that will delight and inspire. In addition to the exhibition
of their works, two of the artists will share their techniques.
On February 7, Sylvia Einstein will give a day-long workshop on her
innovative technique for creating Pieced Spirals, and on April 18,
Ursula Kern will give a lecture on "Color in Design: Between Playing
and Hard Work." For more information, please visit the Museum's website.
www.nequiltmuseum.org
Mar. 5-8 (Thu-Sun)
Quilt Fest of New Jersey V
Somerset, NJ
www.quiltfest.com
Mar. 13-15 (Fri-Sun)
CT/NY Quilt Shop Hop
( 7 participating shops )
www.ctnyquiltshops.com
Mar. 21 (Sat)
9:00am to Noon
Sharing Day
Stafford Community Center
Rte 190 (3 Buckley Highway)
Stafford, CT
Plan on being there. There will be snacks, door prizes, the GHQG library
and the chapter with the highest percentage of attendees gets a prize.
Apr. 18 (Sat)
9:30 am
Spring Lecture
Northeast Utilities
Berlin Turnpike
Newington, CT
The speaker will be Mickey Lawler!!
Following the lecture, a 1-1/2 day class will be offered:
Sat 1:30-5 and Sun 10-4 at:
St. Gabriel Episcopal Church
68 Main Street
East Berlin, CT
Fee is $60.00. Please see the March Basting Line
for the registration form and further details.
Apr. 25-26 (Sat-Sun)
Traditions & Treasures Quilt Show
Canton, MA
www.rhododendronquiltguild.org
June 27-28 (Sat-Sun)
Interfaith Sewing & Service Group Quilt Show
First Congregational Church
Willimantic, CT
This event will include vendors, a quilt drawing, crafts,
and professional quilt appraisals by appointment.
For entry forms & information contact Linda Gardner
at 860-429-7995 or on the web
www.fccwillimantic.org
Jul. 31 - Aug. 2 (Fri-Sun)
2009 QUILT SHOW: STITCHES THROUGH TIME
Central Ct. State University
New Britain, CT
www.ghqgquiltshow.com
See the latest Basting Lines for more info.
As part of our continuing service to the community, we are making quilted
placemats for the Meals on Wheels clients for Spring. The deadline for their
completion is the April 15 meeting. The mats can be any style, of simple
design, and even of just one fabric. Spring, Americana , or any fun fabrics
can be used. If each member made one we would have plenty.
Thanks for your time and talent to show a part of the Community that the
Enfield Quilters thinks of them. Our Christmas-themed mats were a BIG HIT!
Please contact Cyndi Ostrout if you have any questions!
A reminder that the Brown Bag Challenge is due in May,
and don't forget the Triple Block Challenge due in June.
I'm but a Quilter,
A user of needle and thread;
I create designs of color,
To lay upon your bed.
I know of strips and borders,
Of angles, points, and stars;
Although I make no money,
It keeps me out of bars!
I spend my husband's money,
On fabric and supplies;
He once thought it was funny,
But now he only cries.
My stash it just keeps growing,
All the colors I must own;
My credit card I'm owing,
I think I need a loan!
My quilts and table runners,
Wall hangings and the rest;
Are stored in all the closets,
So they always look their best.
I bring them out for show and tell,
Then put them back just so;
I would like to keep this going,
But shopping I must go!
For I'm just a quilter,
And hooked I will always be;
As I just live for fabric,
And fabric lives for me!
Shared by Kay Oyler: Written by her husband Roger
Hi all!
I just flew in last night, from a great vacation, a month
in Florida!! It is quite a shock to return to the cold and snow
though. I was able to go to a few different quilt shops, and a
shop hop one Saturday in Deland!! I also was able to take an all
day, fabric making doll class. It is still in Florida and not
finished, but will bring it to show and tell when it is!!
A/C Moore closed during the year, but we did get to the Super
Joanne’s and Michael’s ( with coupons in hand!! ) several times!!
I also ate my way through the month!!
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