Quilter’s Message

I shared the Gadgets, Tools, and Notion List with St. Louis friend. She responded with a useful tip:

Place a 3-5 # hand weight (the kind with hexagonal shaped ends) in front of your foot pedal to prevent it from “walking” out of reach.

The Yard Sale is less than 2 weeks away! If you are selling items and making your Master List, feel free to continue listing on the back of the sheet.
When you drop off your sale goods on the 11th you can arrange your sales area/table at that time. This way you will know exactly where your things are and it will be easier to collect your unsold items at the conclusion of the sale. You are not required to mark down your items  during the last 1/2 hour but that is an option.

Feel free to bring a crafty friend or two or three! This should be lots of fun and a great way to change out your Sewing Room inventory!

If you have any questions call me. (912-656-3605)

Theresa Sapp

Clip to down load or print the newsletter.    SQG Newsletter August 2023

Carol Lannom

After the July meeting there were some concerns regarding Show & Tell vs enough time to yard sale shop. So, in order to ensure that we have enough time for everything, the August meeting will start at 9:30 with Check-in beginning at 9:15. The Yard-Sale will be extended past noon if we need to. So there should be no need for us to rush through the morning. We’ll have a brief meeting first, followed by Show and Tell, then we start the yard sale. See you at the Sale!  Kim

Thank you all for your continued support of Project Linus! I’m looking forward to seeing the finished blocks and quilt tops for those of you who took one home at the July meeting!

Project Linus is in need of volunteers to help with finishing these quilt tops. We can provide supplies such as batting and backing fabric, but we need volunteers to put them together. They can be completed on a traditional sewing machine, or a professional long-arm.

If anyone is interested in helping out, send me an e-mail: elliegrix@gmail.com

And if you know of any professional long-arm quilters, I’d love to get in touch with them too! Woven Key Quilts has generously volunteered to complete some tops for Project Linus, but we have many more quilt tops than she can handle. Project Linus can reimburse professional quilters for supplies, but not for the labor. Send some contact information my way!

Thanks again for your support!

Ellie Grix

I wanted to make sure everyone knows that we are continuing to sign up for the Friday Class, “Dresdens Reimagined”, on September 8th with Candyce Grisham. In addition to the class, we have also contracted with her to speak to us during our guild meeting on Saturday, the 9th. Candyce Grisham is a nationally known author, fiber artist and teacher. In this class you will learn to make the Dresden plate with five different finishes. Class Fee is $75 which is non-refundable. A special template is required. Detailed instructions for purchasing the template will be on your supply list. It is worth the time to check out her website at icandyfiberart.com.
Most importantly, the guild brings in nationally known quilters/instructors twice per year to teach an all-day class plus present a talk to our guild during the program portion of the meeting. To accomplish this, we set a minimum class limit and calculate a class fee to offset the cost for instructor fees, plane tickets, room & board, etc. In addition to the class fees, the Guild General Fund also helps cover these costs. For the Dresden class our minimum limit is 20 participants with a class fee of $75. We currently have 7 people signed up. We still need 13 spots filled to be able to move forward with the guild presentation and class. If you plan to sign up, we would like you to contact Judy Walker, in lieu of waiting until the August meeting. Judy will give you all the necessary information.
Judy’s cell phone (912) 547-3166 and email jwwalker06@icloud.com
Thanks for your support! Kim Hayes