Wine Woman

LindaZ search on the 'User List' by area and you will see how many are in your area. We did this post for OR/WA quilters together from the Board. We meet every other month and have had one beach weekend away! There are so many great people here on the board-start a post about getting together and see what response you get! Our Oregon group is getting together in Jan at the Quilt Show. You never have to be alone there are so many quilters!

Kat Sews

We have a group that meets every thursday morning at 9:00am. We get together and hand quilt and talk about our latest projects. share info and ideas with each other, try to help solve current quilting problems. Sometimes we have a nice potluck lunch or snacks. If anyone wants to join us and is in the Cagle mountain area you would be welcome. pm me for info.

foxxigrani

I wish I could find or start a group. I have tried a couple of times but they all fall by the way side. Its so much fun if you can find others that have same interests, I love to try and sew, as stated in earlier post I do not know how. So a group would be great for me. But no one wants to do it once a week or even a once a month.

Yarn or Fabric

I used to meet once a week with a friend of mine... then she started to home school.... :(

I do have a sewing group that meets about once a month on a Saturday and we generally sew the entire day. It's really nice :)

grammyk50

I am part of a group that meets monthly-we all met at our LQS. We meet at my home since there is ample room for 7 ladies, and their machines, cutting boards, etc. Last year we swapped batik squares monthly, and used a common pattern. It will be fun to see how different the finished projects will be. Oh, and dessert is always provided by one of our members-nothing like a little sugar to keep the creative juices flowing!

I also started a quilt group at our local library, where I volunteer. We loosely refer to it as a "quilt" group, but you're likely to see any kind of handcrafts being done. No machines are used here, since the facility is very small-only 2 rooms. Everyone enjoys it so much, that we're now going to meet two times a month this year.

If you know even one quilter, start a group. It will grow!! Have fun.

Deborah12687

I don't have any friends to meet with anymore since I moved as most of my quilting friends moved to. I tried to do the sewing with my Grandaughter and there friends and my Sister in law spoiled it all. Just going to keep to my self and stay busy.

Betty Lee

We have a Church Quilters Group that meets twice a month. We do group quilting, also can work on your own quilt project. Betty Lee

grandme26

I sew with a friend some of the time and we work on projects that we are doing for the Quilting Guild or the LQS that we are in. We get more done working on our projects together than alone. Wish we could get together more often.

marciacp

Hi Linda,
I had the privilege of meeting 3 other board members
in New York City, of all places (I live in TX), in early Dec.
We had a great day of going to quilt shops, talking,
having lunch, and just making new quilting friends. I
know that is not what you are really talking about, but
I would encourage you to get together with the new
friend you have made on this board and see what the
two of you would enjoy doing together.

I started a group at my church back in 2000 and we had
anywhere from 5 - 10 each week. We got together every
Thursday night to make quilts. We each worked on our own
projects, but we also made some quilts as donation quilts
for various things. In 2001 we made 20 patriotic quilts
from my "America Still Shines" pattern and then in Sept
of 2002, 4 of us took them to New York to give to some
of the police stations, fire stations, port authority station
that lost the most workers on 9/11, and some of the widows
of some of the rescue workers. It was very rewarding.

We had so much fun meeting each week and sewing together. Sometimes we would have an overnight mini-
retreat where we would come on Friday, and leave Saturday.
We sewed into the wee hours of the night, and some slept
a few hours and then got up and sewed some more. We
also took day trips to quilt shops, and sometimes we took
an excursion out of town to do our own mini-shop hop.

Those were some of the most rewarding and fun years of
my life. Sadly it all came to an end and I am now in a position of having to sew alone, which I don't like. If you
can find a buddy where your personalities mesh and you
want to get together, I say go for it. You won't be disappointed.
Have a Great Day!
Marcia

mshawii

I am going to my quilt group today. We have just celebrated our 25th year. We meet in each others homes. We also have two retreats One in Central Oregon at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt show, and the other at the beach over Columbus day weekend. Been doing that for 17 years. We work on our own items but on special occasions we do make items for our members to commemorate something special, weddings, births, cancer, deaths. We are an extremely close group. I wouldn't miss a quilt day other than traveling or illness. Jan