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Nancy McNally Zoom Meeting
“What was I Thinking”
Nancy McNally from nancymcnallyquilts.com
Nancy McNally will zoom into our March Guild meeting from Michigan to talk to us about how she designs quilts and the messes she has gotten herself into. She will discuss how she works with color, batiks, and longarm quilting. Nancy will share with us how she tweaks a pattern, keeps the eye moving across the quilt, adding a border by bringing in an element from the block out into the border. Nancy says that when she first was introduced to quilting by 3 friends, she had no idea you could buy fabric, cut up in small pieces, sew back together and create a masterpiece! She was hooked!
Nancy has lectured and taught at many AQS shows this past year. She designs patterns, blogs and publishes. She has produces “How To” videos on making a quilt from scratch to finish, Bargello quilts, stain glass quilts curved piecing and more!
Mini Workshop following our meeting – learn to make a fidget quilt
A Hospice in Lawrenceville has asked our guild if we could please make some fidget quilts for their patients. They are especially useful for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s. On March 19 – following the Guild Meeting Joyce Taylor will show everyone interested how to make a Fidgit Quilt.
Bring your lunch – and stay for about an hour to learn how to help others. Joyce will have a variety of supplies (buttons, zippers, etc) you can use to get started.
Sign up at the Program Table. This is free but we need to know how many members plan to attend.
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Note from the Vice President
March will be dry goods- cereals, noodles, rice, beans, etc
April will be non-foods- toiletries, toilet paper, paper towels, soaps in various forms, laundry detergent, etc.
Please continue to work on our community projects- Breast Cancer Pillows, Pillowcases, Placemats, Fidget Quilts, Mommy pads and Just For You quilts.
Affinis Hospice first asked for the fidget quilts for their dementia and Alzheimer patients and have asked for at least 10. This week we have also had a request from another facility so looks like the word is out that we are a very giving group of quilters. We will have a demonstration on the fidget quilts after this months meeting. Contact Carol Kreson if you would like to join us.
Please consider joining the great group of members on the governing board. The nominating committee will be forming soon and we will be needing people to help lead us into the next year. Contact any board member if you are interested.
Joyce Taylor
Vice President
Barbara Means with Ryan’s Cases for Smiles will have a sew-in for pillowcases at the Duluth location of Atlanta Sewing Center on March 19.
Ryan’s Cases for Smiles Donation Letter
YouTube video about fidget quilts: https://youtu.be/SuTk6rVq3KM?si=c42Oolf8WZyAT_CX
Joyce Taylor, Vice President
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DONATIONS NEEDED
The Guild is sponsoring an after-school sew club at Lawrenceville Elementary School. Here’s
your chance to help and to perhaps clear duplicates out of your sewing room! We can use the
following: Large eyed plastic needles to use with sewing cards, pin cushions, tape measures,
small scissors (5th grade size), buttons, yarn, and anything else you think we can use! There
will be a bin set up for collection at our next meeting. And thank you….perhaps we have future
quilters in the works!
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Masks are optional.
No food or drinks will be provided.
The door on the left side of the building will be locked; however, we will have someone stationed there to let people in from 9:30 until 10:05. If you arrive after that time you will need to enter through the door on the opposite side. (the side by the traffic light)
Show & Tell – Because we expect everyone will be anxious to show what they have been doing over the shut-down, we will enforce the two quilt limit for show & tell. We need to give everyone a chance to display their projects.
Free Table – The Free Table will be set up for you to share your treasures. At the end of the meeting, please take home any of your items that were not chosen.
GOT TICKETS?
The birthday table will be set up for our first time back together in two years! Raffle tickets are still a bargain (when everything else is rising in cost). Just $1 will get you four tickets. Time for us to gather and have a great time!
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Just For You
The J4U bee group is now meeting at Grayson United Methodist Church, 555 Grayson Parkway, Grayson, Ga from 10:00 to 2:00 the 4th Thursday each month. We have plenty of space for people to join us. You can work on the kits or your own J4U quilt. If you have any questions please contact me.
Carolyn Prue
Cprue220@gmail.com
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Library
Thanks to all our members using our library. Hope you are enjoying new additions from our recent and upcoming guest speakers as well as our latest additions to Quiltfolk. Because we registered our guild with Quiltfolk’s nationwide guild directory we are receiving copies of Quiltfolk on a quarterly basis.
Quiltfolk would love to find more ways to work together and support our guild. If you have any thoughts, please feel free to contact the Librarians or Board Members.
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Link to The Quilting Bee information
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Smokey Mountain Quilters Call for Quilts
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Original Sewing and Quilt EXPO March 7-9