Quilt4u

We also get a 20% off in quilt shops. We also have a block a month program I just won a fat quter an a 5$gift card fro doing all the blocks for the season we have a drawing each month to see who will get the blocks each month

Quilting Aggi

Its a shame you didn't make it to the CQA quilt conference this year!!! Its here in St. John's this week! I am going with the rest of our Thursday night quilting group tonight. We are meeting for supper first at Pasta Plus restaurant then heading over to the university to see what we can find!!! We are really looking forward to seeing the Merchant's Market! I was chatting with a few girls from the Singer Sewing World store not far from the office here the other day and they said the Merchant's Market was incredible!! I was warned to hang on to my money cause there will be sooooooo many things you will want to buy and may find yourself broke before the end of the night!!!!

Have you been to any of their conferences before? I wanted to do one or two of their workshops, but first, where I wasn't a CQA member, those members got first dibs on registering for the workshops first. When I was ready to register, the courses I wanted were filled :( Not to mention the workshops were very costly. I did find out back in February though, that some of the instructors (that are here from around the world) will be spending more time here on the island and offering workshops in some of the quilt shops. I am attending a landscape wallhanigng workshop on Monday. I am taking Monday off work to do this course. I can't WAIT!! I will be shown how to do more creative FM embroidery and thread painting which is something I always wanted to try!

Quilting Aggi

Oh that sounds like so much fun!!! I don't have the time to join our guild here. I know many of the guild members as I used to work in a quilt store here years ago. Another reason I haven't joined is because of a nasty nasty evvvil EX-MIL!!! Mind you, she has been my ex MIL for about 8 years now and she loathes the ground I stand on.... the woman is very very childish and immature and loves to put me down every chance and opportunity she can. The last time she tried that was at the quilt store a few years ago. She tried to embarass me in front of her friends, but I had enough of her crap and I put her in her place and embarassed her in front of her friends. She never came back to that store again!! LOL I wouldn't care WHAT she said to me now, but I still don't wish to join. I don't wish to cause a scene, cause I know I would say something to her again if I had to.

But after saying that all, another reason I haven't joined is because I just dont' have the time!! Between working on my designs to sell, prepping projects and lessons plan for teaching, teaching :) and just general fun, I don't have time. Maybe one of these days I might do so when things maybe slow down for me... hee hee don't see that happening anytime soon!!

Until then, I consider this place here to be the BEST guild of all!!! You don't have to wait one day out of each month to meet, you can come here all day all night 365 days 24/7!!! Everyone is sooooooooooo nice and supportive and inspirational!! Its just a shame we all couldn't be closer together!! Just THINK of the fun retreats and sewing sessions we could all have!!! What fun!

Nita

I joined our local quilt guild two years ago and I just love being a member. Our website is www.towpathquiltguild.org/
We still have some charter members actively involved. There is such a wealth of talent in this guild and yet no one is ever made to feel "unworthy". There are workshops offered that are either free (if members are teaching) or a ridiculously inexpensive fee ($25 for a 3 hour class). i like the idea that we do worthwhile service projects, such as quilts to the military or lap quilts to nursing homes. The guild has brought in some well known speakers, such as Carol Taylor. Our Holiday Party is the biggest social event of the year and is so much fun. And, guess who offered to be the chairperson for the 2008 Holiday Party? You guessed it, "Yours Truly". Should be fun. We have a big quilt show every two years and our next one is Spring 2009. It is a really nice show, but alot of work to put together. I would know, because I helped with the last one. I could go on and on about Towpth Quilt Guild, but I'll spare you. But, please, take a peek at the website and I think it will give you a good idea of how fortunate I am to be a member of this organization :wink: Nita

quiltingchic

Quilting Aggi
That would of been so nice to go. I hope one year I can make it when it is held closer to me. It would of been nice to go back to Newfoundland as it has been years since I lived there In Gander. I have not taken any class with them but I have been very lucky to Take a lot of great classes with well known quilters when I liven in Austin and I got to go to the Houston show twice.
I did try to do the challenge one year but I was too late there were no more packages left but i should try again LOL
Dawn

Quilting Aggi

One of these days I will get to the big quilt show in Houston!!!! It's definetly on my list of places to see when it comes to my quilting!

Andi

I starting quilting 2 years ago in Kelowna BC and the ladies were fantastic, they took me under their wings and taught me all I needed to know to get started. I could only go to evening guild meetings because I attended classes in the mornings, but then when school was done, I got to go every Tuesday morning. Show and Tell was a blast, and of the 125 members there were always at least 40 or 50 ladies present, so I got to see a lot of works in progress. They did a lot of charity work so my first 4 quilts were for the community.
Now that I have moved back down to the coast, I found a guild here in Richmond BC and the ladies work on Mondays and Fridays on community projects only, so i have finished to crib quilts for them and just finished a lap robe top last night. Thursday is do your own thing, so I am usually there for a chat and a bit of advice etc. There are only about 20 active members though, but it is great fun.
Andi

SBTexProQuilter

:twisted: :evil: Guild? Some kinda Quiltzillas, I saw

bj

I like the guild here. My only problem is I can't seem to get to meetings consistently. We're either gone or have the grandson about half the time. Not their fault :) , just seems to work out that way. The ladies are all very nice and there are some amazing talents amongst them. I love the show and tells, and each meeting the vp has a planned lesson of some kind. Our community outreach is making bears for the EMT folks to carry on the ambulance and hand out to kids in traumatic situations. Last year they handed out 700+ bears.

NannyBet

I really like the guild I've been attending for about 1 1/2 years. They are about 30 strong and meet during the day.

We have some amazing quilters and some beginners. Each month we have our business meeting, a lunch provided by 3 members at a time, show & tell, BOM, and a program which is usually a technique lesson.

Once a year we have a retreat at an area lodge and I get to go this year!

We also ask that each member make 5 charity projects that we then donate. We make lap quilts for the area nursing homes, youth size quilts for the Shriners Children's Hospital in St. Louis, lap quilts for a women's shelter and some others as the need arise.

We also do a quilt raffle each year that provides the income for our guild. We pay $19 per year in dues, nothing per meeting and we pay our own way for the retreat. They sometimes work in day trips to places of interest or area LQS too.

It's a good group.