Free APQS Roadshow Longarm Experience

 Thanks to Lenore C for sharing this!

Rec'd from Julia Graves - Special Occasion Quilts

APQS (American Professional Quilting Systems) is hosting a free Road Show event focused on longarm quilting in Harrisburg PA on Sept 23, Pittsburgh PA on Sept 24, and Morgantown WV on Sept 25, and we'd love to invite members from your guild to attend.  Please include this information in your guild newsletter or email announcement.

Event Highlights:

• Learn about longarms at a FREE, lively and enlightening event
• Hands-on demonstrations of APQS longarm machines – experience APQS quality and ease of use first hand
• Gain insights on batting, threads, and accessories for machine quilting
• Considering a business?  APQS provides pricing strategies, marketing advice and a Sample Business Plan
• Special Road Show pricing – save big!

Why APQS?

• Built with 40 years of expertise
• Built in the USA – visit the factory in Carroll, IA
• Lifetime warranty—yes, lifetime!
• Certified technician located nearby
• Legendary quality and customer support

 

Don’t miss out—reserve your spot today!  The show starts promptly at 11; please plan on attending the entire time to get the most out of our event.

 

Harrisburg PA, September 23 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT

Register here for Harrisburg

Pittsburg PA, September 24 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT

Register here for Pittsburgh

Morgantown WV, September 25 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT

Register here for Morgantown

Please feel free to share this invitation with your members.  All are welcome who want to learn more about machine quilting and longarms. As the local APQS representative hosting the event, I would be thrilled to welcome members of your guild to the Road Show!

Julia Graves

Special Occasion Quilts

CPQG represents at Grange Fair!

 Why enter quilts in the fair? 

• We are proud of what we do.
• It inspires others and may just be that final motivation for a new quilter.
• It contributes to the beauty of the fair, and provides quilters and non-quilters alike to enjoy diverse and beautiful creations.
• It supports the fair as a community events - and helps ensure that these types of displays continue.
• It helps carry on a long tradition of sharing our art with the world!

Sally Ripka - Arts, Photography, Crafts - Handbags - FIRST PREMIUM

Sally R - Quilts, Cross Stitch - FIRST PREMIUM

Sally R - Quilts, Conventional - Pieced - SECOND PREMIUM

Claudia C - Valentine’s Day Creations - FIRST PREMIUM

Claudia C - Christmas Creations Over 12”

Claudia C - Pieced Wall Hanging - Machine Made

Sally R - Knitted Pullover, Child — SECOND PREMIUM

Claudia C- Halloween Creations

Beth B - Quilts, Any Other - Machine Made

Highlights from Wednesday 8/20 gathering

 Ellen Campbell, "mother" of Scraps and Skeins, spent some time with the guild exhibiting the technique of slow stitching this past Wednesday. She shared some samples of the work she has done over the past several years and all I can say is 'wow'! Many of the fabrics and adornments she found at Scraps and Skeins. I'm wondering if her talk prompted any of our members to visit Scraps and Skeins the next day?! You just might have seen me there!  

Check out some photos of our Wednesday gathering and thank you Becky S for the photos!

Ellen with one of her fabric booklets featuring shapes

Ellen with another one of her fabric booklets 

Other examples of Sashiko and big stitch quilting

More samples

Becky T with Ellen Campbell and examples of her work

Carrie F with her Sashiko stitching learned at a guild workshop

Susan B made a rice bag with machine sewn Sashiko stitching

Leslie D

Peggy T with Christmas quilt pattern from Viola

Lynn T with challenge pieces made in her Florida guild

Lynn T

Nancy S with her moon collage

Eye candy from August 12th meeting

We had loads of fun at our Tuesday evening meeting. We learned A LOT about Riley Blake designs and their various fabric lines. We heard about new and unexplored (by many of us) fabric shops in Pennsylvania*

We also had so many show n' tell quilts to ooh and aaww over! Check them out!

Cindy Anderson of Riley Blake Designs

Lois L and her quilt from Riley Blake Designs

Leslie D

Ann R

Becky M

Fran H

Barb Z

Barb Z

Barb Z

Margaret M

Lenore C

Becky T

Lenore C & Becky T

* websites and additional information for quilt shops/fabric stores will be added under the 

Links to Pages of Interest to Quilters tab on the main page of the website.

Quilting open house at the 'Y'

Oh my goodness! A plethora of quilts! 

Thank you Carol B and Becky T for organizing the showcase of quilting at the State College YMCA this past Thursday (8/14). There was representation of every type of quilting from strip piecing to stack n' whack, machine quilted to hand quilted, as well as the steps involved in each.

Several people visited to view the quilts and talk to guild members. I'm sure that Becky  or Carol will fill in the details at our next meeting. Perhaps there will be a few new members! 

 

Don't miss our Tuesday meeting!

 

https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/Fabric/Current-Collections/Twinkle-Little-Star

August 12

6:30-8:30 Blue Course Community Church

Cindy Anderson of Riley Blake Designs will be presenting the basic Riley Blake Fabric Design cycle. She will include a talk on Color Theory and how it relates to quilting as well as a presentation on how the Riley Blake Design batiks are made.

This is a meeting you are not going to want to miss!

Echoes of History

https://kariroslund.com/grove-farm-residency/

 Juniata College Museum of Art on the corner of 17th St and Moore has an exhibit of the pieces by Kari Roslund of Mount Union.  Her beautiful and unique quilted pieces are awesome and hard to adequately describe.  

Check out this link to her website:  https://kariroslund.com/grove-farm-residency  

Her exhibit runs through August 22 (just 3 more weeks) with very limited museum hours. So, treat yourself to a special experience and stop by the JC Museum.. (Wed and Thurs 1 to 6 pm, Fri 11 am to 3 pm).