Calling all quilters-get ready for the fair!

 

Are you ready for the great Centre County Grange Fair? It will be here before you know it - August 15 through 23rd. Are you planning on entering a quilt or other quilted item? Well that deadline is quickly approaching. Your Centre County Grange Fair exhibit entry form is due July 31, 2025. 

Each person is required to pay a $2 entry fee for every 20 items entered. Entry forms can be mailed to:

Centre County Grange Fair
Exhibit Entries
P.O. Box 271
Centre Hall, PA 16828 

or you can drop your entry form off at the Administration Building next to Gate 2 or leave it in the drop off box near Gate 2. 

For more information, you can access the 2025 Exhibit Premium Book here. 

Wrapped in Love exhibit at Penns Valley Historical Museum

Quilts, Coverlets and Fireside Cooking! See love in every stitch of beautiful quilts and coverlets and a stunning bed and dresser set made centuries ago in Rebersburg.

The Penns Valley Historical Museum is open for the season, each Saturday from 1 to 4 PM through October at the Rudy-Corman Building, 244 West Aaron Square, Aaronsburg, PA. Come see the new exhibits! There are numerous beautiful quilts and coverlets and a stunning bed and dresser set made centuries ago in Rebersburg. Also featured, as suggested by our own “Fireside Tales” author, Jeff Frazier, is ‘Fireside Cooking – Cuisine by the Hearthside’, with pot, pans, kettles and recipes from early Penns Valley. Come Learn of a Time Not Forgotten!

https://pennsvalleymuseum.org/open-for-the-season/

Challenge 2024/2025

Becky S

 The annual guild picnic on Tuesday was a success of gigantic proportion! There was so much yummy food, great conversation, a visit from the 'kitty', and, of course, the unveiling of our completed challenge quilts!  Check out the quilts and their makers below. Voting was fierce for the best challenge quilt with coins being tossed this way and that! Congratulations Peggy R for first place, Zak K for second place, and Lenore for the third place. So much beautiful eye candy here! And thank you Zak, for the challenge!

Peggy R 

Zak K

Lenore C

Nancy S

Fran H

Judy R

Barbara Z

Ann R

Leslie D

No Wednesday Meeting In June

 There will not be a Wednesday daytime meeting in June.  We'll be back on July 16th at Pine Hall Lutheran Church

In Case You Missed it: Scraps and Skeins Fiber Arts Showcase at Toftrees

Five CPQG members had a physical presence at the show and several others were spotlighted on a virtual slideshow.  Congratulations to all who participated. 

MaryLouP

BeckyT

FranMac

Jane B

Becky S

Summer UFO Challenge

     We will be having our summer UFO challenge again this year.  Pick your favorite, least favorite, oldest, or a project that needs some motivation to GET ‘ER DONE. Sign your project contract and put $5 in the Kitty at your next meeting. She’ll hold it until the September day and evening meetings. If you fulfil your contract and show your project at one of these meetings Kitty will return your money back. If it’s still a UFO, she’ll give your $5 to the program committee. She realizes belatedly (now that her eyes are getting old) that she needs to attend both meetings.

June Picnic - Tuesday June 10th - Blue Course Community Church

     We are having our annual Picnic at Blue Course Community Church (rain or shine - it's inside) starting at 5:30 PM.  The event will be catered (wraps, croissants, chips, salads, dessert).  Feel free to bring your own food and beverage as dietary restrictions require.

    Bring your nametag, Challenge Quilt, and other Sew & Tell.

    Bring your dues if you've not yet paid:  Adult $35 / Student $10 / Professional $15.  Cash or check payable to Centre Pieces Quilt Guild.  Your checks will not be cashed until July 1 to keep the Treasurer's books clean and easy.  If your contact information has changed, please include a membership form.