We will be doing a special challenge for quilt congresshttps://quiltguildnwa.edublogs.org/quilt-congress-2017/. All quilts must be registered.
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Quilt Congress to feature FREE Mini-Classes
We’re taking advantage of the talent in QUILT to bring you special mini-workshops. Register here:
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Quilt Congress Coming to Rogers
QUILT will host Quilt Congress in October. Many details can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/quiltcongress2017/
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Lynne Hagmeier to Visit Guild in August
Lynne Hagmeier will present our program and is offering a full day workshop, as well as a half-day workshop, if there is interest. Signups are required by July 20, that’s one week BEFORE our July 27 meeting. Please contact Lori Jones for details at alliancelori@aol.com.
The Friday, Aug 25, workshop is Clara’s Raised Bed Garden.
If there is enough interest, the Saturday, Aug 26, workshop will be Mini Table Treats.
For more about Lynne visit
http://www.ktquilts.com/about-us.htm
or follow her on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/KansasTroublesQuilters/
Retreat Reminder
The guild is no longer sponsoring a retreat, however, Liz Ewing and Amy Rollins are planning one in August. There are still openings. Contact them for details.
QUILT 2016
Here’s this year’s schedule:
Jan 28 Raija Salomaa, The Journey of a Quilt Pattern Designer.
Jan 29 Raija Salomaa workshop, Kimberling Quilt
Feb 20 Super Saturday Sew In, Toni Fenton teaches Jenny Doan’s “Presents”
Feb 25 Pat Ferrero, Hearts and Hands, 19th Century Women and Their Quilts
March 12 Cuddly Quilts for Kids Workshop
March 24 Jacqui Gering, Rethink Quilting
March 25 Jacqui Gering, Supernova workshop
April 28 Jane Anderson, stories and trunk show
May 6-7 Enduring Treasures Quilt Show presented by Eureka! Quilts in Eureka Springs
May 21 Super Saturday Sew In, Grace Grame teaching
May 26 Airing of the Quilts
June 23 Linda Pumphrey, My Life With Quilts
July 21-24 Missouri Star Quilt Company Retreat in Hamilton, Mo.
July 28 Jan Krentz, The Great Star Review
July 29-30 Jan Krentz, Quick Broken Star – Expanded workshop
Aug 25 Paul Mariedaughter, Diagonal Designs Make Dynamic Quilts
Aug 27 Super Saturday Sew In, Paul Mariedaughter teaches Diagonal Designs
Sep 17 Super Saturday Sew In, Nora Krein teaches Garden Path
Sep 22 Grace Grame, trunk show
Sep 23 Grace Grame, chenille quilting workshop
Oct 7-9 Retreat to the Hills, Eureka Springs
Oct 27 Sujita Shah, The Root Connection
Oct 28 Sujita Shah workshop Crazy Quilts or Organized Chaos
November No meeting
Dec 1 Christmas party
Raija Salomaa Is January Speaker
The January speaker is our own Raija Salomaa who is lecturing on “The journey of a quilt pattern designer”. Her Friday is her Kimberling quilt at B-Sew-Inn in Fayetteville.
Please note: If Springdale schools are out because of weather conditions, the guild does not meet.
Christmas Mystery Theme for November/December Meeting
QUILT will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 for a joint November/December meeting. The meeting will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2898 S. 48th St., Springdale.
The meeting theme will be “A Christmas Mystery.”
Kielmeyer WIll be October Speaker
Karen Kielmeyer of Bentonville will present the program at the Oct. 22 meeting of QUILT of Northwest Arkansas.
Kielmeyer has received national recognition for her quilts and has exhibited at many major shows, including those sponsored by the International Quilt Association, American Quilter’s Society, National Quilting Association and International Machine Quilters Association.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2898 S. 48th St.
Alice McElwain to Present September Program
Alice McElwain will present the Sept. 24 program. Her topic will be “Civil War Quilts and the Underground Railroad,” a discussion of quilts and their stories, as well as the myth of the Underground Railroad.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 28982 S. 48th St., in Springdale. A social period begins at 6:30 p.m.