Meeting Information and LocationIf you are looking for a dynamic, fun quilt guild, Common Threads Quilters Guild is it! We have engaging speakers, Saturday Sewcials for learning new techniques and make many quilts for community charities.
Monthly Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of every month (check the calendar for November and December meeting dates). Meetings are from 7-9pm at: Mills Chapel Baptist Church 85 Country Club Road Newnan Ga 30263 Visitors are Always Welcome! For more info see our Contact Information page above under the Home Tab. Hope to see you soon! July 22 Ruth Anne Yax, " Art Quilts, Techniques, and Eye Candy”Award winning, self taught quilt and fiber artist, Ruth Ann Yak will be our speaker for the July meeting. Her work has included but not limited to traditional quilting, fiber art and surface design.
Ruth Ann’s creativity in manipulating fabric includes thread painting, dying, painting, and unique embellishments to create her original quilts. 2019 Board membersPresident - Michelle Fambro
Vice President of Membership - Linda Brown Vice President of Programs - JoAnn Schrepfer, Kaye Harris & Lynda Johnson Secretary - Pat Lincoln Treasurer - Louise Lawrence Standing Committees: Newsletter/Historian (web site) - Jo Dennin Ways & Means - Julie Crudo & Lynn Bauer Community Service - Sandy Whitlock & Hetty Mapp Saturday Sewcial – Jan Pilnacek Special Events - Lynda Johnson & Kaye Harris Thursday Sewing GroupNo meeting on Thursday June 6 due to VBS.
Our Guild members have the opportunity to meet every Thursday for a "Thursday Sewcial" at Mills Chapel Baptist Church from 10:00-2:00. It is a great time to share ideas and socialize while working on projects. Stop in any time and don't forget to bring a lunch. ** Note: The 2nd Thursday of every month will be dedicated to working on our Compassion quilts. Please join us.
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Jan Cunningham is from Acworth, Ga. She has won several awards, including a ribbon at an international competition staged by the American Quilter's Society. She estimates she has made 500 quilts over the past 20 years.
She teaches at Tiny Stitches and a member of East Cobb Quilt Guild.
She will present a lecture on the "Confessions of an ADD Quilter. She will have about 50 quilts to show us at the May 20th guild meeting.
Looking forward to seeing all of you at the up coming meetings.
JoAnn Schrepfer
Programs
**Special Announcements |
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- Don't forget, you can start your Christmas Market 2019 items now.
- 2019-2020 Membership Forms posted. It is almost time to renew!
- July 22 Ruth Anne Yax - Quilt Artist.
- August 26 Birthday Party
- September 30 Teddy Purett- Sublime to Ridiculous
- September 14 Christmas Fair Sewing
- October 28 Murder Mystery Night
- October 31 Set up for Christmas Fair
- November 1-3 Christmas Fair Coweta County Fairgrounds
- November 11 Chinese Auction Night!
- December 7 Christmas Luncheon
Thursday Compassion Sewing
Check out these wonderful quilters! On Thursday, Feb. 14, yes, that was Valentines Day and these quilters put their hearts into making quilts for the Veterans at Fort MacPherson. What a great way to spend the day. Quilting and visiting with fellow quilters to benefit others! Every month on the 2nd Thursday you can find these quilters stitching and sharing their talents for others. Feel free to join us at Mills Baptist Church from 10-2 on the second Thursday of every month.
July Birthdays
Angie Shelton 1 Linda Brown 12 Sharron Abrams 14 Leah Simpson 14 Ron Kelly 15 Carol Kelly 18 Linda Orizondo 19 Chris Gardner 20 Bylaws Revision Passed |
The new updated Bylaws for Common Threads Quilters Guild wasn voted on and accepted at a the March Guild meeting.
Special thanks go to our Bylaws Committee.
Special thanks go to our Bylaws Committee.
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Time to Renew your Membership
Welcome packet on Newsletter page.
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It is time to renew your membership. We love new members so be sure to invite a guest to come to one of our meetings to meet us and experience what a great quilt guild we are!
You can print off a membership form(above) and either bring it to our next guild meeting or send it to the address on it.
Please check the roster at the link for the CTQG Member Roster above for your personal information. (Password protected.) If anything needs to be corrected be sure to let me know.
Happy Quilting!
You can print off a membership form(above) and either bring it to our next guild meeting or send it to the address on it.
Please check the roster at the link for the CTQG Member Roster above for your personal information. (Password protected.) If anything needs to be corrected be sure to let me know.
Happy Quilting!
Longarm ServicesIf you have quilts that are ready for quilting. These longarm quilters are available to take on customers.Please contact them for fees and information.
Jean Raines Edge to edge and Custom 678-378-2000 jfraines@charter.net JoAnn Schrepfer Edge to edge 770-969-5728 schrepfer@bellsouth.net Kris Townsend Davis Edge to edge 404-606-0887 skristownsend@yahoo.com |