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Christmas Luncheon

The Christmas Luncheon was held at the White Oak Golf Club.  Thank you to Molly and Deborah for all of your hard work.  The decorations were beautiful!  And the food.... everyone loved the food!! 

October Fun - Schmetz Needles

We had a zoom meeting with Rhonda Pierce of Schmetz needles.  We learned a lot from her.  We also closed out our UFO Challenge. We as a group completed 105 UFOs.  Way to go everyone!!!  

November Fun - Elaine Poplin

We had a wonderful time with Elaine Poplin from Messygoat.  She presented a lecture "Quilting by Numbers" and then held a workshop on her "Outspoken" techniques.  

Mondo Bag Workshop

Thank you to Martha for hosting this fun workshop.  Everyone had a great time learning how to make this wonderful bag.  

September Fun - Auction

What a great time we had at our 1st real Auction.  Lots of great items and very happy folks who were able to get these goodies.  Thank you to everyone for all your hard work putting this together and for all of the monies raised.  This will be a tremendous help to our guild for continued learning and for charity sewing!!

August 2025 - Guild Birthday Party & Fabric Sale

July 2025 - Mary Ruth Hudson

We had a great time celebrating our Guild's birthday.  Lots of Food and Fellowship.  Then we ended it with a Fabric Sale.  What fun!!!
What a great trunk show Mary Ruth did for us.  Her work was absolutely beautiful.  She showed "just a few" of her quilts, her embroidery work, and her bags.  She said she had more at home that she could have brought. :)

 June 2025 Speed Dating for Quilters Workshop & Show and Tell

Our guild members came together for some workshop overviews of different techniques.  The rest of the guild really enjoyed it and have made suggestions for other workshop overviews.  It was a lot of fun!

May 2025 Sew Senoia and Pop up Shop

It's always a good time when Meredith comes to visit.  She showed off the latest collections from Moda designers.  One of our member's granddaughter showed off her quilt made from all of Moda's 50 years of fabric quilt pattern.  
We then had a pop-up shop to enjoy shopping from.  
Completed UFO's were shown as well as results from the Ice Dyeing Workshop.  Check out the pictures under those separate headings under Guild News section. 

April 2025 Ice Dyeing Workshop

April's Show and Tell.

What a great time we had learning to dye our own fabric.  Thank you to Teresa and Jody for such a tremendous workshop.  The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed lunch and fellowship while we waited for the ice to melt and the magic to happen.  ​

Feb 2025 - Georgia Bone and Joint came and gave a very good talk on how to keep our bodies happy by stretching and exercise while enjoying our craft.  No pictures available. 

January 2025 Lilo Bowman - Love Your Creative Space

March 2025 - Ice Dyed Fabric & Temperature Quilts

November 2024 Christmas Market

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The Newnan-Coweta Arts Association annual Christmas Market November 1-3, 2024, at the County Fairgrounds. Common Threads had a great booth this year!   Check out the pictures.
 

October 2024 Fun - Resist Dyeing techniques
with Jody Watts and Teresa Smith including Indigo Dyeing and Shibori Dyeing.

Sept 2024 Fun - Our Annual Auction
We had several large items for auction.  A beautiful serger, an embroidery sewing machine and a couple of large baskets filled with sewing items. 
Thank you to all who participated.   

July 2024 Fun - Kaye Hlvatay - Are you a Bonnieac?

May 2024 Fun - Bite Size Gems with MJ Kinman and workshop. 

April 2024 Fun - Batting: What's Inside Matters with Stephanie Hackney. 

June 2024 Fun - Connie Cameron of Cabin Fever Quilts

May Field Trip to SEQTM with MJ Kinman
Several of us enjoyed lunch and then The Nihon Quilt Exhibit after our guild meeting.  

March 2024 Fun - Sharon Waltman
​Sewing Machine Maintenance.

Jan 2024 Fun - Karen Shellnutt   
​Wool & Embroidery Trunk Show with Q & A

Feb 2024 Fun - Sue Klinker - Fabric Dyeing