Hi everyone! Hope this update finds you all healthy and sewing if you’re able to do so! Things are constantly changing, as I’m sure you’re well aware, so here’s a few updates from the guild: The April meeting is cancelled. We really wish we could meet up, but as Social Distancing/Shelter in Place is in effect, we can’t make that happen. Quilt in a Day has also cancelled all of their classroom events through April 17th (as of 3/29/2020), so that also effects the decisions we’re making. We may not be able to meet in person this month, but member…
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For the safety and health of everyone during this time and to limit the spread of the Coronavirus, we have decided to cancel the sew-ins scheduled for the rest of this month. We have also decided to postpone the Scaling Your Sampler workshop with Colleen Molen scheduled for next Saturday to a later date to be determined. We will let you know once a new date has been finalized. At this moment, we are deciding whether or not to have our April meeting on Sunday, April 5th. We’ll see how things are progressing and update you with a decision once…
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Our next guild meeting will be held on Sunday, March 8th at Quilt in a Day at 11:00am. Sue Bouchard will be presenting her modern quilting lecture at the meeting. 2020 Membership – if you haven’t paid your $50 dues and/or filled out the registration form (both new and returning members need to fill this out), please do so ASAP. You can fill out the registration form here: 2020 Membership Registration Sign ups for the Scaling Your Sampler workshop taught by member Colleen Molen are open and spots are still available for this class. The cost is $25 and more…
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For the health and safety of everyone and to limit the spread of the Coronavirus, we have decided to postpone this workshop to a later date. We are still working on scheduling this new date, but will post an update once we sort that out. Member Colleen Molen will be presenting a workshop called “Scaling Your Sampler” on Saturday, March 21st at Quilt in a Day from 9:30am-3:30pm. This workshop is a little bit of improv, a little bit of color theory, and a little bit of quilt math (but not enough math to be scary). In this workshop, you…
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Here are some samples of our Progressive Quilt Swap which kicks off this Saturday, 2/9!
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Our next meeting will be on Sunday, February 9th at 11:00am at Quilt in a Day in San Marcos. If you still need to register for the 2020 year, please fill out our registration form and pay the $50 dues to be a fully registered guild member. The form and other information can be found on this blog post: Guild Registration We have moved the April meeting up a week to Sunday, April 5th, as our usual second Sunday falls on Easter. We are hosting a guild Progressive Quilt Swap for those that are interested in joining starting in February…
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This year, we’re going to be having a progressive quilt swap. (Think Round Robin/medallion style quilt swap) Sue has outlined the swap in more detail in this handout: Timeline for the swap: 1/8 January Introduce the Progressive Quilt Swap 20202/9 February Bring in Starter Block in a plastic box with a lid3/8 March Boxes are distributed4/5 April Boxes with first Border exchanged5/10 May No Regular Meeting – Sew In Day at QIAD only6/14 June Boxes with second Border exchange7/12 July Boxes with third Border returned to maker. If you are interested in signing up to be in the swap, please…
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I received a request for the Stitch, please! design to be relaunched in time for us to represent in Austin. The closing date to get your order in time is January 22! Click here!
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Our annual retreat will be held from Thursday, June 4th – Sunday, June 7th at Vina de Lestonnac Retreat Center in Temecula. Space is limited for this retreat, so don’t wait to register! Spaces for the retreat are now full for both the weekend retreaters and Saturday Sewers. We have opened a waitlist for both options. If you’re interested, please sign up and we’ll contact you if a space is available. Pricing and Information Weekend Retreater:$370 for a triple room$460 for a double room$610 for a single room (not guaranteed, sign up dependent) Registration and non-refundable $100 deposit due by…
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Hi all! Happy New Year! Our apologies about the blog subscription not sending out emails for the past many months. There was a bug that was preventing the notification emails from being sent out. I think that we’ve solved it. You should have received a notification on January 2, 2020 about this post, and also about Kristyn’s newsletter post. If you didn’t, try checking your spam folders, or resubscribing using the form in the top right corner of the blog. (You have to do this on a computer and not a phone or tablet). Thanks so much for being patient.…