Common Threads Quilt Guild, Bexley, Ohio

Welcome to Common Threads!

"All of us are stitched with love and tied to one another. Reap the benefits of your sewing, Baste consideration into your life, Hem up disagreements, And embellish it all with love."

May Meeting

Bonnie Hunter

WHEN: Tue, May 22, 2012, 7:00pm.

Program: Take a trip to Quiltville and meet the 2011 "Teacher of the Year", nationally renowned quilting author, educator and designer... Bonnie Hunter. She will unleash her "Scrap Users System" so we can learn how to utilize every inch of our fabric stash. This is a progrmam you won't want to miss. For more information about Bonnie, check out her website at quiltville.com and her blog at quiltville.blogspot.com.

Location: Location is the Bexley United Methodist Church, located at 2657 E Broad Street, Bexley, OH. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Note: Non-guild members are invited to attend the meeting/lecture with a $5.00 donation at the door.

NEWSLETTER: Link to the May 2012 Newsletter (PDF).

Scraps & Shirttails II, by Bonnie Hunter

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Workshops

"Scrappy Sister's Choice" by Bonnie Hunter

Date: Wed, May 23, 2012
Workshop: Scrappy Sister's Choice (or what to do with an over flowing bin of 2-1/2" scrap strips!)
Presenter: Bonnie Hunter
Cost: $45.00
Time: 9am - 3pm
Place: Mifflin Presbyterian Church, 123 Granville St, Gahanna, OH

The description of these workshop/pattern can be found here:

quiltville.com/sisterschoicepf.html

Click here for a supply list.

For information about more workshops presented by Common Threads, click here.

News

Karen Montgomery came to visit and present the program and the Sea Glass workshop a couple of months ago. Look what she has to say about our guild...

http://karensayssew.blogspot.com/2012/04/common-threads.html

Swaps

For the rest of the year we are swapping 10" squares. One yard yields (12) 10" squares. Place two 10" squares of fabric together and stack them giving them a quarter turn to make swapping easy. Twelve pairs of fabric squares equal one set. You may swap as many sets as you would like. Place each set in a plastic bag and write your name on the outside of the bag.

Upcoming fabric swaps:

April: Neutrals
June: Medium to Dark Blues
August: Batiks
October: Halloween (one small print and one large print)

Check out the Swap table at the quilt guild meeting to sign up and for more information. If you have any questions, contact Vicky Price (see your roster for contact details).

Common Threads Quilt Show

Biennial Quilt Show
September 25, 2012
6:30-8:30 P.M.
Bexley United Methodist Church
2657 E. Broad Street Bexley, Ohio

Free admission -- Light refreshments -- Basket and quilt raffle

Common Threads members - click here to download the quilt entry form.

Spring Retreat

The Common Threads Spring Retreat will be at the Berlin Hotel and Suites in Berlin, Ohio, on May 4 - 7. Total cost for 3 days of sewing and 2 nights of accommodations is $150 per member for double occupancy. Deposits of $50 can be made now. Hope you can attend. It is a great time!

Service Quilts

Quilters needed!! The piecers are way ahead of the quilters. Bev has 7 baby quilt tops & 7 QOV tops ready to be quilted. Great way to practice your quilting skills. The kits are complete with the top, backing, & batting.

2012 PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

May 22 - *Bonnie Hunter Lecture "Scrap Users System"
May 23 - Bonnie Hunter Workshop "Sister's Choice"
Jun 26 - Gail Wadley Lecture, "Electric Quilt Design"
Jun 30 - Gail Wadley Workshop "Hands-on EQ Design" (EQ software and computer required)
Jul 24 - "Jingle Bells in July" Party and Picnic, UFO fund raiser Quilt Challenge Reveal
Aug 28 - *Linda French - "Machine Quilting" Lecture
Aug 29 - Linda French Workshop "Home Sewing Machine Quilting"
Sep 25 - Biennial Common Threads Quilt Show
Oct 23 - Fright Night - Chili Cookoff, Costume Party and Scary Sewing Sale Fundraiser
Nov 27 - Quilt Diva "Demo Night"
Dec - Social Gathering is being planned.

For more information about any of these programs and workshops, see our Programs page and our Workshops page.

* Nationalty Renowned and Award Winning Quilting Instructors - non-member fee at the door.

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