2019 Meetings Gallery

September 2019 Meeting

Special Guest Speaker Barbara Yates Beasley

Newtown Quilters’ Guild welcomed Artist Barbara Yates Beasley who shared her lecture titled “Windows Into The Souls of Animals”. She described her journey as a fabric artist and her inspirations along with some technique approaches. For more about Barbara, visit her site at barbarayatesbeasley.com . Barbara brought along a number of her beautiful pieces to share with the Guild and a small group of members and guests participated in a two-day workshop to learn her technique for collage animal portraiture.

Barbara describes how her love of animals inspired her to experiment with many forms of fabric art

September Block-of-the-Month

Workshop participants share their pet portrait works-in-progress

Show & Tell & Philanthropy Quilts

August 2019 Meeting

Crayon Philanthropy Quilts

August Show & Tell

August Block of the Month

July 2019 Meeting

UFO Landings - Mission Complete!

Unfinished projects. We all have them. Earlier this year, Guild Member Pat Clayton encouraged (well, strong-armed actually) members to sign "contracts" committing to finish that one project, or "UFO", that defied finishing. In all, 45 members participated and the results are truly inspiring. Some of the finished works were years in the making and unveiled at our July meeting. See for yourself what a little perseverance can do!

We can expect to see more projects finish up in the coming months, just in time for our show.

Diana Leslie's Mystery Quilt Workshop

Our own Guild Member, Diana Leslie, hosted a Mystery Quilt Workshop on July 16th where participants created a multi-block pattern quilt in a day. The results are beautiful! Thank you Diana for another fun and inspiring workshop!!

July Show & Tell

June 2019 Meeting

30th Birthday Celebration!

June Block of the Month Progress

June Show & Tell

May 2019 Meeting and Events

Eve Vallorani - "Projects to do between quilts"

The daytime workshop and the evening program presentations by Eve Vallorani were a spectacular success. The daytime Laura Heine workshop was a wonderful learning experience for all who participated. In the evening, members enjoyed having Eve share her expertise and work. We are proud to have you a member of Newtown Quilters’ Guild!

Block of the Month - The "Neighborhood" through blocks #7 & #8

Members' Show & Tell

April 2019 Meeting and Events

Member Demonstrations

April's meeting was dedicated to "members teaching members" through eight different and unique hands-on speed demonstrations. Topics included fabric creation, piecing, quilting and finishing speed demonstrations.

Thank you to our instructors: Marsha Watro – “Fun with Circles”, Francine Oswald – “Binding Techniques”, Leona Law –“Fabric Painting”, Camille Amadio – “Machine Quilting”, Lorie Leonardi – “Raw Edge Strip Applique”, Teresa Wescott – “New and Improved Paper Piecing Technique”, Andrea Csogi – “Tchotchke Bags” and Christine DiMarco – “T-shirt Quilts”

Guild Members' Show and Tell

Block of the Month - The "Neighborhood" is Growing with Blocks #5 & 6

March 2019 Meeting and Events

"Hallmark of Friends Village" Quilt - Presented to Friends Home & Village

This beautiful “Hallmarks of Friends Village” quilt was presented to representatives of Newtown Friends Home & Village (FH&V), Karen Haney, Marketing and Advancement Director, and Beth Hudson Keller, Philanthropy Associate.

Last year, our Guild was contacted by FH&V seeking our help in constructing a quilt which would raise funds for improvement projects at their facility. During the course of a year, Newtown Quilters' Guild Members, Sallie Lloyd, Lorie Leonardi, and Regina Apuzzo, met with Karen, Beth, and some of the residents to plan a quilt that would represent the residents of FH&V. Karen explained this unique quilt’s features to the assembled members.

The quilt will be dedicated on April 4, 2019 at the Friends Patchwork Improvement Project Celebration, and it will be permanently displayed at their facility, located on Lower Dolington Road, Newtown, PA. Newtown Quilters’ Guild is proud to have been a partner in this project.