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Sharon Hendrix has agreed to be on the nominating committee. She will be calling everyone to see if y'all would like to help out and be on the 2024 Board. So look for an email or voicemail from Sharon.
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Please have the items that you wish to donate to the auction at the church and set up by 5 PM so that everyone will have a chance to "shop".
Be sure to tell your friends and bring guests for an evening of fun.
Heart in Hand Quilt Guild brings another great FREE
display of quilts produced by club members. These beautiful works will be on display from August 12 to September 28. Over 70 quilts will be again dripping from the rafters of this vintage schoolhouse building. Docents will usually be on hand mid-day for tours and information. www.bowenarts.org/events/annual-quilt-show-summertime-and-the-living-is-easy/ 5 Members attended the show and had a great time. If you still would like to go see the show, it would make a fun day trip.
GA National Fair - Oct 5 - 15 2023 located in Perry GA.
I heard from Magical Stitches (one of the drop off points) that a lot of quilts have been received and there should be a great Quilt Display this year. Another possible field trip???? Let someone on the board know if you would like to go. Perry is only 2 hours and the back roads are a nice drive if you prefer to go that way instead of the highway. Ask Mandy about the drive. Membership
Membership forms are linked below. Dues are $30.00/year.
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Thursday Sewing Group - 10am - 1pm
Fifth Thursday Sew-Ins - 10am - 1pm
Four months of the year have a fifth Thursday, so we are designating this day as a sew-in. August 31st - Our members came together and assembled 42 Library Bags. Everyone had a job to do and we kept the assembly line rolling. It was great fun!
Polly brought in 10 and Martha and Mandy took home some kits to finish. We have 68 so far to give to Mills Chapel Church for the Christmas Shoe Boxes.
June 29th was Santa’s Workshop!
We made Log Cabin Santa ornaments that can be sold at the Christmas Market. Use up your red and white fabric scraps and strips for these adorable ornaments. There are three pattern options that are basically log cabin blocks. See Martha for more details. March 30th was the first one. It was taught by our own, Andrea Thompson. We had a great time learning and creating aprons.
Check out the Community Service page for 2023 and the Calendar page for all the upcoming community service projects.
Feel free to work on any of these projects at home as well as during our designated sewcials.
Our guild continues to reach out to our community with compassion sewing and quilts.
Great Ideas by our Members Shared by Martha Walker in her President's letter.
THIS IS SO COOL! Learn how to piece your quilt backing diagonally and save on fabric Video tutorial by Sparrow Quilt Co. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebZG0CReGM Cut your backing in half diagonally, shift one side down, sew it back together and presto you've just saved a boat load of fabric & money! And what quilter doesn't love to save money?! Using a brilliant worksheet from Jinny Beyer Studio based on a John Flynn method, Bradie is able to easily turn this 60" wide fabric into 77" without having to use two full lengths of fabric. Find the link here for a print out jinnybeyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Diagonal-Backing-Worksheet.pdf Also shared by Deb Sweeney on our FB Page www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmKGt79aw4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
