MLQG Fall 2020 Retreat

Fall retreat plans have begun. Plans will continue if we have enough interest to hold the retreat this year.

The dates for Linck Hill are Sept. 28 until Oct. 1. The prices are $247/single; $217/double. We have to have at least 14 to book. The set-up will be a bit different as some sewing may be in the rec room downstairs or in the entry upstairs.

The dates for Three Springs Ministry (on the hill) are Oct.1 – 4. The prices are $218/single; $208/multiple. Again, we have to have at least 14 to book, and we will have the same food that is served at Linck Hill.

If you are seriously planning on attending this year, please call Vonda R.  Please give a date and place you would like to attend. Also if you would like a single or more in a room. We will see how this works out. 

Let me know before July 30 what you are thinking. I will make the decisions and call Three Springs on the 31^st as paperwork will begin on August 1 if we have enough interest.  

Questions, call me as I do not check texts or messages often. 

Sew Excited,

Vonda

(contact info can be found on your copy of the guild's newsletter and roster)

More Info on July 2nd MLQG Board Meeting

The MLQG Board will be meeting on July 2 at 10AM at Sylvia Loveland's house. Please bring your mask, a lawn chair and remember to follow the CDC guidelines. This meeting is open to the entire membership if you would like to attend.

The Agenda is as follows:

Regular meetings- what to do about them since the Gmeiner will not be opening until after September at the earliest.

Exhibit

Raffle Quilt

Nominations for open positions

Fall Retreat

August Picnic

All are welcome, please feel free to attend. 

MLQG Board Meeting -- Thursday, July 2

There is an important board meeting scheduled for July 2 at 10AM. The meeting will be held at Sylvia L’s house, outside with proper social distancing. Topics to be discussed are all in relationship to COVID-19 restrictions and how we should handle upcoming guild events and activities (regular meetings, 2020 exhibit, quilt raffle, retreat, etc.). All officers, committee chairs, and interested members are encouraged to attend. Contact Sylvia L. for directions to her home. If you are unable to attend you may email questions, comments, or concerns to be addressed at the meeting to Sylvia L. Her contact info can be found in the guild newsletter and roster.

County Fair Update for MLQG Members

Many MLQG members enter their quilts in the annual Tioga County PA Fair, but unfortunately, the fair has been scaled down for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions and will only be hosting animal shows and a livestock sale.

Save those quilts for next year! And keep working on more!

Update From MLQG President Sylvia L.

I am a homebody, my husband is a social butterfly but I am missing my entire quilting family. BIG TIME!!

They say the absence makes the heart grow fonder and my heart has grown fonder of many different people and things that I have been missing.  I am excited to get back to the business of the Guild and the friendship and camaraderie that I have been missing.

Perhaps this month we will be having a meeting, but as of 6/3 there has been no decision.  I am still confused about the actual parameters around meetings and the Gmeiner has not received their guidelines, so for now they are still closed.

We will continue to prepare for the next time we are together, until then be safe and God Bless. Sylvia

MLQG Outreach Update

COVID-19 Face Masks - Give yourselves a great big pat on the back if you made one or more face masks during this pandemic!  You all did an amazing job making sure that everyone who needed a mask, had a mask!  Thankfully, it seems as though the need is subsiding and I'm sure I'm not the only one who won't be disappointed if I never have to make another face mask again!

Bumble Bags - I have been in contact with Michele Griffin of the Humble Bumble Project and she tells me that COVID-19 still has the Bumble Bag project on hold. Once the hospitals and Hope Lodge locations are allowed to open back up 100% the project will continue.

Asa's Place - I have also been in contact with Robin Adams of Asa's Place.  She tells me she doesn't foresee needing to make any changes in how we handle quilt donations due to COVID-19.  Robin reported they still have a good supply of quilts. 

MLQG's Quilt Closet - In the guild's quilt closet I have a good supply of children's quilts ready for donation to any child in need of a quilt.  If you know of a need please contact me!  I recently gave our last adult quilt to a hospice patient so we could really use a few adult-themed throw sized quilts to have on hand.

Stone Soup Quilt Kits - If you would like a Stone Soup Quilt Kit please contact me and I will see that you get one!

Thanks to all of you who support the guild's outreach projects!  You all truly make a difference in our community with every stitch!

Susan McC 

Outreach Chairperson

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!