2022 Raffle Quilt

 Don't let your friends and family miss out on the opportunity to win this wonderful quilt!

Contact Ellen for tickets or to take the quilt or pictures of it to an event to sell even more tickets.

If selling tickets isn't your thing, please consider buying tickets.

We have a winner!

 The members of the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild are so appreciative to everyone who supported this year's quilt raffle. 

We are excited to announce that Joy C. is the winner!

 

Ellen presenting the quilt to Joy

Mr. Lovejoy representing the Tioga Masonic Lodge drew the lucky ticket.

A close up view of the lovely quilt.

Stay tuned to this blog for exciting news about our next raffle quilt. 😀

MLQG Raffle Quilt Info

Although the 2020 MLQG Exhibit has been rescheduled for September 2021, the 2020 raffle quilt drawing will still be held on October 19, 2020.

MLQG members are encouraged to continue selling tickets.

Photos and details about the raffle quilt and tickets can be found by clicking here.

Remember, proceeds from the raffle ticket sales help pay for various MLQG programs and activities!

MLQG Virtual Raffle Ticket Sales

Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild members spent many hours last year creating a quilt to be raffled off throughout 2020 and the Guild’s Exhibit scheduled for September. The drawing is scheduled for October.

With the lockdown, the guild has not been able to meet, and we have not been able to get the quilt to various events to sell tickets. The proceeds from the raffle usually cover many of our program expenses for the next year. 

We are hoping to sell some tickets virtually. If you are interested in tickets, which are $1 each, or 6 for $5, please use the "contact us" form on the right side of this blog (be sure to include your email address), and we will email you the snail-mail address for tickets. You can send a check made out to Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild, and we will fill out your tickets and get them in the drawing. We will keep your stubs, or if you want them, you can send a stamped envelope with ticket money and we will send them to you. If you are the winner, and you are not local, we will happily mail the quilt to you. Good luck!

MLQG Raffle Quilt History

If you missed the November program featuring a slide show of the guild's raffle quilt history, you can see the slides by clicking here.

And as a reminder, here's a look at our gorgeous 2020 raffle quilt! Contact Ellen M. for tickets (her contact info can be found on the guild's roster).

MLQG 2020 Raffle Quilt Photos

MLQG's 2020 raffle quilt is complete and ready for a new home (but not until October)!

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The guild's raffle quilt was revealed at the November 2019 guild meeting, and we're now in the process of selling tickets. Members are encouraged to get a few books of tickets to sell from raffle quilt ticket chair Ellen M. at guild meetings or at other arranged times. Her contact info can be found on the guild's roster, or you can use the "contact us" form on this blog. The cost is $1/ticket or $5/6 tickets. The drawing will be held at the October 19, 2020 MLQG meeting.

Proceeds from the raffle ticket sales go toward guild programs and activities, so the more we sell, the more we can do in the upcoming years! When selling tickets, feel free to use these photos to show how gorgeous the quilt is.

As we've said before, a big THANK YOU goes to all MLQG members who helped make this quilt a reality. MLQG Rocks!

Help Needed To Sell Raffle Tickets!

The guild will be selling tickets for our 2020 raffle quilt during Wellsboro's Christmas on Main Street celebration on Saturday, December 14th at the Deane Center on Main Street. Volunteers are needed to help sell tickets from 9:00 to 4:00. If you can spare an hour or two, please contact raffle quilt chair Tess McC. Her contact info is in the guild's newsletter and on the member roster. Or you can just use the "contact us" form on the right side of this blog, and we'll make sure Tess gets your message.

Please consider helping out. It should be a fun day in Wellsboro, and by selling raffle tickets, the guild can continue to provide valuable programs and events for MLQG members.

MLQG 2020 Raffle Quilt Progress

Just catching up with some photos of our 2020 raffle quilt progress. Shown here is some of the applique portion. Thanks to all guild members who have been volunteering their skills for this stage (and, of course, thanks to all members who have participated in any part of the raffle quilt work)!

If you've missed previous photos of the raffle quilt progress, just click here.

Raffle Quilt Work Bee -- Monday, September 23rd

MLQG members are invited to help with the next stage of the guild's 2020 raffle quilt. We will meet at the Gmeiner studio on Monday, September 23rd, starting at 10:00 AM and working until early afternoon. We will be working on tacking down dimensional flowers on the applique portion of the quilt, and perhaps sewing on the borders to complete the quilt top.

Please bring hand-sewing tools, and pink thread if you have some.

Raffle Quilt Work Bee -- Monday, July 22nd

MLQG members are invited to help with the next stage of the guild's 2020 raffle quilt. We will meet at the Gmeiner studio on Monday, July 22nd, starting at 9:00 AM and working until 1:00. We would especially like to invite members with hand-applique skills (and we know there are quite a few talented members in the guild) to work on the stem and leaf applique, as well as tacking down some of the dimensional flowers.

Please bring hand-sewing tools, and dark green and pink thread.

If you would like to volunteer to help with applique, but cannot make it to this work bee, please contact MLQG Raffle Chair Tess McC. (her contact info can be found on the guild's roster and newsletters).

Raffle Quilt Progress

Several MLQG members (Tess McC., Susan McC., Peggi Y., Dawn P., Carol B., Sylvia S., Deb P., and Anya T.) spent an evening working on the guild's 2020 raffle quilt. This time, they worked on the design of the applique portion of the quilt. Bias stems were sewn, and dimensional hexie flowers were made.

We can still use some volunteers to help with the hand applique once all the pieces are ready. Contact raffle quilt chair Tess McC. if you have some time to work on it, even just a little. You can find her contact info on the guild's roster and the monthly newsletter.

Take a look at the progress...

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Great group of MLQG volunteers!

Planning the applique

Working on applique placement

Things are moving along well

sewing bias bars for the stems

making hexie flowers

Raffle Quilt Work Bee -- Wednesday, June 19th (Evening)

Learn how to make this flower!

Come join the fun and learn something new while helping with MLQG's 2020 raffle quilt!

The next raffle quilt work bee will be held in the evening for members who have not been able to come to the daytime sessions. The upcoming work bee will be held on Wednesday, June 19th from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center in Wellsboro. The plan is to design and to start work on the applique portion of the quilt. The applique will consist of vines, stems, leaves, and mountain laurel flowers.

This will be a chance for MLQG members to learn how to work with bias bars and to learn a technique for making folded mountain laurel flowers. Novices are welcome!

We need some pink fabrics for the flowers and green fabrics for the leaves, please. They should be large enough for leaves and at least 6" square for the flowers. Not quite solids, but fabrics that read as solids (no other colors or wild prints on them). We could also use a half-yard to yard of dark green for the vines. If you cannot make it to the work bee, please bring your fabric to the June 17th guild meeting and give them to Tess McC.

All MLQG members are welcome to participate. If you need more info, contact raffle chair Tess McC. (her contact info is on the guild roster and newsletters).

When -- Wednesday, June 19th 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Where -- Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Main Street, Wellsboro, PA

Open Sewing at the Gmeiner -- Monday, June 3rd -- Raffle Quilt Work Bee

At this month's open sewing session on Monday, May 6th, MLQG members are invited to work on the next stage of the 2020 raffle quilt. The plan is to finish the neutral border blocks, make the final design plans for the applique, and prepare the borders for applique.

All MLQG members are welcome to participate. Bring your sewing machine, rotary cutter/mat, and usual sewing supplies, as well as any ideas or potential patterns for an applique border. You may bring your lunch or get lunch from one of the local restaurants. If you need more info, contact Tess McC. Susan McC. (contact info can be found on your copy of the guild roster or newsletter)

When -- Monday, June 3rd   10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where -- Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Main Street, Wellsboro, PA

Many MLQG Hands Make Light Work!

MLQG members gathered today at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center to continue working on the guild's 2020 raffle quilt. Today's task was to make the scrappy neutral blocks that will be the inner frame for the center's bright scrappy blocks.

Things are moving along nicely.

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Peggi Y., Barb A., Donna P., Sylvia S., Deb P., Susan McC.

Thanks to MLQG members who donated neutral scraps!

Susan McC., Donna P., and Peggi Y.

The start of some scrappy neutral blocks

Almost all of the neutral blocks were completed today!

Raffle Quilt Work Bee

At this month's open sewing session on Monday, May 6th, MLQG members are invited to work on the next stage of the 2020 raffle quilt. The plan is to make the needed neutral blocks for the inner border. This will be a great opportunity to learn how to make this fun block if you missed the first workshop! All MLQG members are welcome to participate. Bring neutral scraps (if you have some to share), sewing machine, rotary cutter/mat, and usual sewing supplies. You may bring your lunch or get lunch from one of the local restaurants. If you need more info, contact Susan McC.

When -- Monday, May 6th   10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where -- Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center, Main Street, Wellsboro, PA

MLQG Raffle Quilt Progress -- Neutral Fabrics Needed

Several MLQG members worked hard on our next raffle quilt yesterday. (See yesterday's blog post for more photos.)

The center of the quilt is finished, but now we need to work on the first border, which will consist of scrappy blocks made with light neutral fabrics. This border will have some applique added on top. Then there will be another border of the regular scrappy blocks added around the neutral blocks.

In order to make these blocks, we need more neutral fabric. So if you have some strips, strings, or chunks of light tan/cream/white fabrics (lighter than a brown paper bag) that you are willing to donate, please bring them to the April MLQG meeting. Please, no more than one quart-size bag per person.

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sample neutral blocks

Donna P., Susan McC., and Dawn P. urging Kristen P. to finish the center by 2:00PM. She did it!

Completed center -- Looking good!

Thank you to all guild members who have contributed fabric and/or have made blocks, as well as to those who worked at the Gmeiner yesterday.