**In-Person Meetings Suspended** |
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Due to the extension of social distancing protocols, we have suspended our in-person meetings. A return date has not been set. Please stay safe and healthy! Check back often for new information.
April Virtual Events
Newtown Quilters Guild Meeting
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Workshop Tuesday, April 20 10AM-4PM, "Free Spiraling with Mel Beach"  Free Styling & Spiraling with Mel Beach
Time is Running Out!
Mel Beach, internationally known and award-winning quilt artist, will be teaching “Free Styling & Spiraling” via Zoom. This is a Members-only event and filling fast. Please register and send your fee of $50 to our Treasurer as soon as possible. Registered participants will receive a supply list, pre-class instructions, and the Zoom link for your class. We will be creating "improv-pieced spiral designs that are sure to mesmerize and energize!! We’ll start with square spirangles and experiment with different design options and construction techniques. Then, we’ll explore new spirangle designs: rectangles, triangles, hexagons, and diamonds…oh my!!" Learn more about Mel and her Modern, Bold and Fun approach to quilting at melbeachquilts.com/ |
In-person Outside Quilt Show
Heading to New York City this month for a spring stroll? Why not check out the Brooklyn Quilters Guild Fence Show Saturday, April 24?
Go to our Quilting Events of All Kinds tab for more information. |
2021 Stash Challenge - Please read if you signed up
A whopping 40% of our Guild has signed up to complete that certain project that just didn't get done. You should have received an email asking you to make sure your project is on the master list. Please make sure to check this as soon as possible. See the Members page on this activity for more.
Let's get this done so we can all enjoy seeing them and hearing your stories in December. |
Coming in May!
“Thread Sketching Free-Motion Basics/Couching & Creating a Landscape” Workshop with Eric Drexler
Sulky thread sketching example.
Workshop participants will learn cursive writing by machine, basic free-motion straight stitching techniques, free-motion quilting techniques with different thread types, fill in stitching techniques and an introduction to thread sketch portraits and pen and ink tangles as well as basic raw-edge applique, layering techniques, machine-fed/free motion couching and creating textured fabrics.
Workshop fee is $45, plus a kit fee of $25.00. Sulky is very generous with their kit contents There will be a door prize courtesy of Sulky! Signups for this fabulous workshop are due by April 18, 2021 to give Sulky time to get the kits to those participating. Send your payment to our Treasurer prior to April 18, 2021 to insure your place in this unique and exciting workshop.
As with all workshops, you are not registered in a workshop until your payment has been received. If you are mailing payment, please let our Treasurer know so that she can be alerted as to those who are signing up as the mail delivery service has been slow lately.
Eric will also be joining our May Guild meeting. Stay tuned!
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April 2021
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hi Everyone, Spring is just around the corner, and its arrival will surely be welcome, considering our recent snowy weather. Spring is the season of renewal, as Mother Nature wakes from her long winter’s rest with flowers poking through the ground, birds singing, and greenery replacing the barren landscape. As we celebrate the arrival of spring, we also celebrate National Quilting Day on March 20th. Quilt making has thrived since the pandemic changed our world. One could even say that every day since then has been National Quilting Day! Quilters turned to their stashes and UFOs, making good use of lock-down time to work on their projects. Can’t you just envision that guild meeting 100 years from now when 2020-2021 antique quilts are being shown and quilt historians will lecture about the many quilts made during those years. Quilters also used time at home to make and donate thousands of masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, and they never forgot about helping those in need through quilt donations. Quilters learned about a new way of staying connected while physically distant – the virtual platform. I have written often about our new virtual world and the opportunities it presents. How quickly the quilting world adapted and how the platform changed the future of teaching and learning will be noted at that guild meeting 100 years from now. So, quilters, how will you celebrate National Quilting Day? |