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!
2021 Board membersPresident -JoAnn Schrepfer
Vice President of Membership - Carol Ann Beane Vice President of Programs - Martha Walker Secretary - Deborah Sweeney Treasurer - Judy Daymont Standing Committees: Newsletter/Historian (web site) - Jo Dennin Ways & Means - Julie Crudo Stroud & Lynn Bauer Community Service - Pat Lincoln Christmas Fair – Judy Crane, Linda Orizondo, Jo Dennin Special Events - 2021 Michelle Fambro Thursday Sewing Group Cancelled until further notice due to Covid
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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Longarm Services
If 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
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
**Special Announcements |
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- Due to Coronavirus all in person activities/meetings have been cancelled until further notice.
- Send Jo your photos for a virtual show & tell.
- Renewal of Membership January 1
- New Presidents Message
- January 25 6:30 pm Guild Meeting: Sarah Veblen Zoom presentation
January 25 Presentation: Sarah Veblen
Exploring and Utilizing the Creative Process
Sarah Veblen
Common Threads Quilt Guild
January 25, 2021
Quilting, garment making, and fabric crafting. For many of us, once we were introduced, we were hooked. We feel like we’ve got to do it. It’s simple a part of who we are.
Sewers are makers. And for makers, there’s a great sense of satisfaction and fulfillment when we create. That in turn encourages us to keep creating.
Yet, as much as we are drawn to our making, there are times we get irritated or frustrated, and we turn away from it. . . . almost always to return to it at some point. This back and forth is part of the creative process.
In fact, there are many aspects of the creative process. Developing an understanding of the creative process and its whims gives us the ability to utilize it. So rather than sinking into that funk we’re in when we can’t get ourselves sewing, or getting stuck in a project and feeling like quitting, we can learn how to use our creative process to get beyond the stumbling block.
When we engage with the creative process itself in a variety of ways, all sorts of magic begins to happen. Join me for a fun exploration of the creative process, and learn how easy it is to sew happier and more successfully.
2020 Bio for Sarah Veblen
Sarah Veblen is a custom fashion designer living in Maryland who now focuses on teaching. Dedicated to promoting the craft of garment-making, Sarah currently offers Live Video Classes on many topics, and she consults virtually with students of all experience levels (https://www.sarahveblen.com/online-consulting). She also teaches online at PatternReview.com.
Sarah’s years of experience fitting custom clients and students led to her book, The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting, and it’s shortened presentation of fitting, First Time Fitting. She has written extensively for Threads Magazine, and has a series of Threads fitting and design DVDs. She has also written for Sew News and Vogue Pattern Magazine. For a complete listing, please see her bibliography ((https://www.sarahveblen.com/bibliography).
Sarah has been a consultant to several small label women's clothing companies as well as a patternmaking consultant for Fit For Art Patterns, with whom she collaborated to develop the Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern.
Sarah Veblen
Common Threads Quilt Guild
January 25, 2021
Quilting, garment making, and fabric crafting. For many of us, once we were introduced, we were hooked. We feel like we’ve got to do it. It’s simple a part of who we are.
Sewers are makers. And for makers, there’s a great sense of satisfaction and fulfillment when we create. That in turn encourages us to keep creating.
Yet, as much as we are drawn to our making, there are times we get irritated or frustrated, and we turn away from it. . . . almost always to return to it at some point. This back and forth is part of the creative process.
In fact, there are many aspects of the creative process. Developing an understanding of the creative process and its whims gives us the ability to utilize it. So rather than sinking into that funk we’re in when we can’t get ourselves sewing, or getting stuck in a project and feeling like quitting, we can learn how to use our creative process to get beyond the stumbling block.
When we engage with the creative process itself in a variety of ways, all sorts of magic begins to happen. Join me for a fun exploration of the creative process, and learn how easy it is to sew happier and more successfully.
2020 Bio for Sarah Veblen
Sarah Veblen is a custom fashion designer living in Maryland who now focuses on teaching. Dedicated to promoting the craft of garment-making, Sarah currently offers Live Video Classes on many topics, and she consults virtually with students of all experience levels (https://www.sarahveblen.com/online-consulting). She also teaches online at PatternReview.com.
Sarah’s years of experience fitting custom clients and students led to her book, The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting, and it’s shortened presentation of fitting, First Time Fitting. She has written extensively for Threads Magazine, and has a series of Threads fitting and design DVDs. She has also written for Sew News and Vogue Pattern Magazine. For a complete listing, please see her bibliography ((https://www.sarahveblen.com/bibliography).
Sarah has been a consultant to several small label women's clothing companies as well as a patternmaking consultant for Fit For Art Patterns, with whom she collaborated to develop the Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern.
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Congrats to all! We reached our goal for the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Library Bags! |
Community Outreach October 2020
Currently there is a need for Library Bags for the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. We were tasked to make 150 bags. We have had 109 turned in so far. We only have 41 more to go. You may turn these in to Hetty or Michelle on Tuesdays at the Sharpsburg sewcial if you attend there, or Thursdays at CTQG sewcial.
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Time to Renew your Membership
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!
Please note that the membership dues remain $24 a year, Our calendar year is now January 1 through December 31, 2021. Make checks payable to Common Threads Quilt Guild.
You can print off a membership form(below) and mail it to:
Carroll Ann Beane
27 Valley Vw.
Newnan, GA 30265
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!
Carol Anne Beane
Please note that the membership dues remain $24 a year, Our calendar year is now January 1 through December 31, 2021. Make checks payable to Common Threads Quilt Guild.
You can print off a membership form(below) and mail it to:
Carroll Ann Beane
27 Valley Vw.
Newnan, GA 30265
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!
Carol Anne Beane
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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.