Thursday, April 30, 2015
Sunday, April 26, 2015
April Outreach Sewing Event!
Come join us for this month's charity sewing and social event, a
"Quilting Assembly Line" at the Gmeiner Center on
Monday, April 27th, from 10:00 - 2:00
Friday, April 17, 2015
Open Sewing at the Gmeiner -- Monday, April 20th
Next Open Sewing Session
Monday, April 20th at the Gmeiner 10:00 - 2:00
MLQG's daytime open sewing sessions have officially moved to Mondays, 10:00 - 2:00. The new location is the back room of the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center (where the monthly guild meetings are held). There will be no more Wednesday sessions at the Masonic Lodge.
All MLQG members of all ability levels and interests are welcome to attend on open sewing Mondays and work on any stitching projects, hand or machine, even knitting/crocheting/embroidery. The fourth Monday of the month will be reserved for charity sewing.
The purpose of these get-togethers is to spend time with other MLQG fiber fanatics and to learn from each other, no matter what we're all working on. Bring your projects, machine, and lunch. Stay for an hour or stay all day. Just be warned that if only a couple of people show up, we may pack up early and leave before noon. And if the weather is iffy, only you can decide if it is safe for you to drive. Cancellations will be posted on the guild's blog/website/Facebook page.
If you need more info contact Susan McC., Dori S., Anya T., or Peggi Y., or comment on this blog post.
Monday, April 13, 2015
MLQG Banner Update
Hand quilting of the individual blocks has begun...
More than 40 guild members made blocks for the guild's banner, and the blocks have now all been sewn together around a center panel that was made by one of the guild's founders, Mary Jane Ehlich, who passed away in August 2014. The center panel has been hand-quilted in a cross-hatch pattern by Angie Sykes, and now the rest of the banner needs to be quilted.
The plan is to allow guild members to hand quilt their own blocks, using whatever design they like, simple or complicated. The banner will be set up on a quilting frame at guild meetings and other guild events in the upcoming months, and guild members will be encouraged to quilt their blocks at these times. Thread and needles will be provided; however, guild members may bring their own if they like. If you need to, please bring a thimble of your choice. If you prefer to quilt with a small hoop, or with no hoop or frame at all, the banner can easily be taken off of the frame for that purpose.
We understand that not all guild members may make it to one of these events or may not wish to do hand quilting. Unfinished blocks will be quilted by volunteers, but we hope that most members will participate. Skill is not important here; what is important is participation by the widest number of members. The goal is to have the banner completed by September 2015. A big "Thank You" goes out to all MLQG members who have participated in making the banner, and to those who have volunteered to help finish it.
The banner will be set up for quilting at the open sewing and charity sewing sessions at the Gmeiner in April, as well as at the April guild meeting.
The plan is to allow guild members to hand quilt their own blocks, using whatever design they like, simple or complicated. The banner will be set up on a quilting frame at guild meetings and other guild events in the upcoming months, and guild members will be encouraged to quilt their blocks at these times. Thread and needles will be provided; however, guild members may bring their own if they like. If you need to, please bring a thimble of your choice. If you prefer to quilt with a small hoop, or with no hoop or frame at all, the banner can easily be taken off of the frame for that purpose.
We understand that not all guild members may make it to one of these events or may not wish to do hand quilting. Unfinished blocks will be quilted by volunteers, but we hope that most members will participate. Skill is not important here; what is important is participation by the widest number of members. The goal is to have the banner completed by September 2015. A big "Thank You" goes out to all MLQG members who have participated in making the banner, and to those who have volunteered to help finish it.
The banner will be set up for quilting at the open sewing and charity sewing sessions at the Gmeiner in April, as well as at the April guild meeting.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Open Sewing at the Gmeiner in Wellsboro -- Monday, April 13th
Next Open Sewing Session
Monday, April 13th at the Gmeiner 10:00 - 2:00
MLQG's daytime open sewing sessions have officially moved to Mondays, 10:00 - 2:00. The new location is the back room of the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center (where the monthly guild meetings are held). There will be no more Wednesday sessions at the Masonic Lodge.
All MLQG members of all ability levels and interests are welcome to attend on open sewing Mondays and work on any stitching projects, hand or machine, even knitting/crocheting/embroidery. The fourth Monday of the month will be reserved for charity sewing.
The purpose of these get-togethers is to spend time with other MLQG fiber fanatics and to learn from each other, no matter what we're all working on. Bring your projects, machine, and lunch. Stay for an hour or stay all day. Just be warned that if only a couple of people show up, we may pack up early and leave before noon. And if the weather is iffy, only you can decide if it is safe for you to drive. Cancellations will be posted on the guild's blog/website/Facebook page.
If you need more info contact Susan McC., Dori S., Anya T., or Peggi Y., or comment on this blog post.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Open Sewing at the Gmeiner in Wellsboro -- Monday, April 6th
Next Open Sewing Session
Monday, April 6th at the Gmeiner 10:00 - 2:00
MLQG's daytime open sewing sessions have officially moved to Mondays, 10:00 - 2:00. The new location is the back room of the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center (where the monthly guild meetings are held). There will be no more Wednesday sessions at the Masonic Lodge.
All MLQG members of all ability levels and interests are welcome to attend on open sewing Mondays and work on any stitching projects, hand or machine, even knitting/crocheting/embroidery. The fourth Monday of the month will be reserved for charity sewing.
The purpose of these get-togethers is to spend time with other MLQG fiber fanatics and to learn from each other, no matter what we're all working on. Bring your projects, machine, and lunch. Stay for an hour or stay all day. Just be warned that if only a couple of people show up, we may pack up early and leave before noon. And if the weather is iffy, only you can decide if it is safe for you to drive. Cancellations will be posted on the guild's blog/website/Facebook page.
If you need more info contact Susan McC., Dori S., Anya T., or Peggi Y., or comment on this blog post.
