Concord Piecemakers Guild Calendar

Program Overview for 2009-2010

September 16^th Welcome Meeting

We will introduce the theme of the year -- "Unfinished Projects." We will also do our final planning for our Quilt Show. Please bring your summer projects for our "Show and Tell."

October 15^th Quilt Show Setup

Set up for our Quilt Show begins with drop off starting at 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM.

October 16-17^th Basket of Quilts Show

Information about our Quilt Show:

Place:	St Matthews Church Acton, MA (Exit 41 off Rte 2).
Time:	Friday 10 AM to 8 PM Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM.

October 21^st Debbie Wendt Crafts and Textiles of Egypt; Egyptian Tentmakers' Applique

Debbie Wendt will discuss her quilting experiences in Egypt and the United States.

November 18^th Jenny Johnston Journal Quilts

Jenny’s ambitious project to document, weekly, her experiences for a year has resulted in a collection of outstanding and creative works of art. Jenny will share her quilts and tell us the stories of how they came to be. Not to be missed!

December 9^th Holiday Party

Please bring finger food for 6-8 for our holiday repast; as always the Guild will supply the drinks. Note the agenda: by popular request, our program (after eating) will be a reprise of several "more before" demonstrations. Some will be popular repeats; some entirely new. At stations around the room, learn techniques that could make your quilting projects easier, more polished, and more efficient to produce. Feel free to bring any handwork or other projects to work on during our time together. Don't forget to bring any UFOs or other projects to show and tell.

January 20^th UFO Workshop

Cathy Racine of the Charlton Sewing Center will provide a program on sewing machine tension. Some of you know Cathy as the owner of this unique shop and as a sewing machine technician extraordinaire. Cathy's lively and informative talk, complete with props, will teach you a thing or two. And she does it in the most engaging way. She will also bring the many threads she carries and she will answer all your questions. This is a must-see program, and I can't wait to see it all over again.

January 29^th-February 1^st Getaway Weekend

Spend 3 days and nights, 2 nights, 1 night or an afternoon sewing (and laughing) together on the ever-popular Getaway. Details to be supplied.

February 20^thQuiltathon

Place:	St. Matthews Church Central Street, Acton
Time:	8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Make a quilt top and back in advance, if possible. Bring your scissors and thimble. Lunch will be supplied

March 17^th Gerald Roy

Gerald Roy is a well know collector of antique quilts.

April 21^st Caren Betlinski Thread Painting

Caren’s thread painted quilts are a wonder. Her painterly use of colored threads shows what else can be done with our machines as she creates true works of art. Caren will present a trunk show of her work and describe how she achieves her results.

May 19^thAnnual Meeting and A Musical Tour of Quilting

Speakers:	The Singing Quilters
Topic:	A Musical Tour of Quilting

Back by popular demand, husband and wife team, Cathy Miller and John Bunge will present a program of songs and stories about quilts and quilting, to accompany a trunk show of Cathy's quilts. Since their last show, new songs, new quilts. We will also have our election of new officers.

June 9^th Annual Pot Luck Dinner

We will have our annual pot luck dinner. Please bring a dish to share. Also, we will have the installation of New Officers, our Challenge Show and Tell,and our “Newly Finished Objects” Show and Tell.

Workshops

April 22-23^rd Caren Betlinski Workshop

Topic:	Thread Painting
Time:	9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Learn Caren’s techniques and explore yet another way to use your sewing machine. In this workshop we will create a quick machine appliqué background. Over this background we will create a composition of Black-eyed Susans. Then using basic thread painting techniques, we will create details and interest. This class is really too full for one day. By taking both days you should be nearly finished with your piece. A $20 kit is required; it includes most everything you will need.

Cost: $70 for 2 days, $40 for first day only; plus kit price.

Other Quilt Events

Quilt Fun is a free e-mail newsletter sent by Wendy Walsh in Freeport, Maine to subscribers with information of interest to quilters all over New England. When you subscribe, you can add your e-mail address to the mailing list for her business "Simple Folk" or just to the list for "Quilt Fun". She accepts news items from anyone, publicizing quilt shows, classes, get-aways, museum exhibitions, items for sale, etc. To subscribe to Quilt Fun, go here and scroll down the page to the sign up form.

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