Quilter’s Message

Ladies and Gentlemen!

New ideas, new skills and new projects are here.  Everyone should do at least one new thing in 2026!

Two great workshops for you to sign up for.  These two are excellent for beginners and veterans.

Sign up with Mitzie Crow at the table and pay the treasurer your money.   

If you have questions, please ask Mitzie or email terryduncan53@gmail.com

February Layer Cake Fun!  with Lanette Edens

$20

Layer Cake Fun! – Learn an easy technique for making multiple blocks with different shapes.

This is a creative technique that is great for beginners but still offers a beautiful result for the more advanced quilter.

Bring your sewing machine, small cutting mat & rotary cutter, and ruler.  (If you happen to have a 10” or 10.5” square ruler that would be handy too!)

You will need a layer cake and a matching number of 10” squares of a single contrasting color (example: solid black, white or a blender).

March Sheath for your Scissors! With Chris Funtes

$20 plus $15 kit

Worried about the Savannah humidity dulling your fabric shears or denting or dropping?

Using the Cut It Out pattern create a scissor case. This easy pattern is essential for any sewer to ensure lasting fabric shears with a beautiful storage case and is a great introduction to the techniques used in Byannie patterns.

Bring your: sewing machine, cutting tool, small cutting mat, ruler and thread to match your fabric. You will need to bring 3 fat quarters.

The $15 kit will have the pattern and everything else you need.

Thanks to the ever-thoughtful Deb Brown, I was reminded that we had planned to share the results of our Brown Paper Bag Challenge at the January meeting.

If your project is ready for its big reveal, please bring it along to Show & Tell this Saturday—we can’t wait to see what those mystery bags turned into!

And if your project is almost ready… or still needs a few more stitches… or is currently giving you “I’m thinking about it” energy—no panic at all. You are absolutely welcome to bring your finished project to the February meeting instead.

My apologies for forgetting to include this reminder in the newsletter. Thank you for your grace (and flexibility!), and most of all for the creativity, humor, and curiosity you’ve brought to this challenge. I’m really looking forward to seeing how these projects have evolved.

Michael

Looking for female roommate to share expenses and travel together to QuiltCon. Flexible schedule for driving to Raleigh, North Carolina February 19-22, 2026. Please contact Martha Weston at 912 225-8660.

Happy New Year! Please check your information on our membership list for accuracy. If you need to make any changes let Lisa Sims-Stevens know. (lmsstevens717@yahoo.com)

You can click on this link for quick access to the list. https://savannahquiltguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SQG-Membership-List-01-January-2026.pdf

Thanks! Theresa Sapp

Happy New Year dear quilters! That is the first time I have written 2026.

At the January meeting we will announce the next incentive to make pillowcases to start in February. It is the same as the last, you put your name in the jar every time you bring pillowcases to the meeting, to sewing meetups, to retreat, etc. A random drawing will be done at the April meeting to award a donated prize. I know you don’t need incentives, but they are fun😊.

The calendar is out for Lake Mayer: Thursdays the 8th, 22nd, and 29th 12:30-3:30. Fridays 22nd and 29th 10:00-12:00. If you would like instruction or help in making pillowcases, contact Frances or me and we will meet you there.

Remember to bring 2 pillowcases to the retreat or make them there. Kits will be available at meetings and at the retreat. Be sure to put your name in the jar! And thank you to our board for suggesting this.

And lastly, be on the lookout for clearance Christmas or Halloween fabric for 4.99 or under and let me know. We will start Halloween and Christmas in July this year. If you have any pillowcases that you have not finished, it is okay, bring them back and we will still use them.

Happy New Year and we wish you a healthy and happy 2026.

Debbie Whiteway (wahoodeb@gmail.com) and Frances Stockton (frances.stockton1@gmail.com)

Round Robin

Explanation and Rules

This is a fun collaboration!  FUN.  We start with a center block and add borders.  The borders can be pieced, appliqued, paper pieced, embroidered or embellished.  You can include a note with your block with requests, if you like, but group members do not have to follow your requests.  Each border will be due each month at the quilt guild meeting. The only exception will be the last border because of the size.   It will be two months. If you cannot make the meeting, arrangements must be made to get the quilt to pass to the next person.  You will know who you have to hand it off to.

Sign-ups will begin in February at the Guild meeting.  If you cannot make the meeting, you can email Terry Duncan at Terryduncan53@gmail if you want to be included.  If you are interested in doing it, plan on having your center block done by the March meeting.

The center blocks will be handed out in March and off we go!

Center Block:   • Make a block 12 ½” – 18 1/2“unfinished

This can be a pieced block, applique, panel block as long as it meets the 12-18” requirements.  DO NOT Make your block a prime number!   No 13- or 17-inch blocks!  It makes it difficult to make borders.

Groups will be approximately 5 -7 people depending on how many sign up.  This will come out to a center square and a border for each person. (4-6 borders).  This will depend on the number of participants.    After the last border is added, you receive it back and you can do what you want with it.  We will have an unveiling at the meeting and after that you Keep it, gift it, donate it!  Completely up to you.

If you have questions, please contact Terry.  This is a new endeavor, and it can evolve.  Any points of clarification are very welcome!

New Year. New Challenge!  Let’s do it!

Terry