April 2012 Guild Meeting

George Siciliano from Lebanon, PA, presented his, "This Guy Must Be Nuts", lecture followed by an afternoon class on “Designing Logs”. George and his wife, Virginia, specialize in variations of the log cabin block. He also had a class on April 14 entitled size really does matter. See the slideshows.

March 2012 Guild Meeting

Nancy Prince, renowned thread painting artist from Orlando, Florida. lectured on "So What is Thread Painting All About?" See the slide show.

February 2012 Guild Meeting

We had our AQS guild challenge "A Travel Poster" contest with judge Becky Harriss this month. The following members submitted quilts for this contest: Nancy Kessler, Marcia Taschenberger, Louise Ragle, Vonnie Rivers,Carolyn Hampson, Cindy Buol, Sandy Kambic, Sharon Boehm Penny Quick, and Loretta Blanchard. The ribbon winners are:

First Place: Nancy Kessler
Second Place: Marcia Taschenberger
Third Place: Louise Ragle
Viewer's Choice: Vonnie Rivers

In addition to these four winners the other quilts chosen to be submitted to the AQS Ultimate Guild Challenge were created by:Carolyn Hampson, Cindy Buol, Sandy Kambic, and Sharon Boehm. Congratulations to all. See the slideshow of this meeting.

January 2012 Guild Meeting

Pat Wys from the Atlanta area gave a lecture on the "ABC's of Quilting". Pat's lecture was entertaining and she showed many quilts from her new book and patterns. See the slideshow

December 2011 Guild Meeting & Luncheon

Instead of a gift exchange, members donated food for Iva's and Good Shepherd Center. Shown here are Pat and Jan with our donations. See slide show.

November 2011 Guild Meeting

Dolly Madison visited our November meeting. Muriel Pfaff gave a presentation on the life of Dolly Madison and showed quilts that were made from patterns of that era. We also had the opportunity to purchase items from Little Quilts of Atlanta, GA. See more photos from this meeting.

October 2011 Guild Meeting

Sally Collins lecture "Quality Workmanship and How to Achieve it". This presentation began with a discussion of quality workmanship, its meaning and importance to the quilt making process as well as suggestions and ideas on how to achieve quality workmanship in your own work. See a slideshow of the two classes she taught.