Binders are available for pick up for Karen P.

 Bobbie Muscarella announced that QBs will start meeting on Tuesdays at the State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive. I will plan to be there for the next 2 Tuesdays (6/29) from 10:00 - 12:00 and (7/6) from 9:30-11:15 if you would like to pick up your binder.

For those of you who haven’t paid, please bring a $30 check or cash.

If neither of those pickup opportunities work for you, let me know when you will be shopping along North Atherton, like at Walmart, Target, Giant, Weis, Trader Joe’s, or Wegman’s.

I live close by and I can plan to meet you in a parking lot or you can come by my house in Overlook Heights.

Also, I will bring any remaining binders to the next CPQG meeting at Orchard Park on Tuesday, July 13.

.,Questions or comments, or to set up a time for pickup, please email Karen,

QBs is back

Thanks to Cindy Rutschky, we have found a church willing to host us this summer.  We will meet for the first time on next Tuesday, June 29, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

Location:  State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College.  There is LOTS of parking in the back of the church.  Enter through the back door. We will be meeting at this location every Tuesday at least until August 31.

Textiles in Translation

 Exhibition at Penn College until July 22

“Textiles in Translation,” a collection of fiber-based artwork by 35 Pennsylvania regional members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, will be showcased at The Gallery at Penn College June 1 through July 22.

The exhibition can be viewed in person at the gallery, located on the third floor of the Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Summer hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. (The gallery is closed on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays and will be closed July 3-6.) The gallery is following COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols, including requiring masks, social distancing and capacity limits.

July 13 Membership Meeting

Our Co-Vice Presidents have planned another winning program for us at the July 13 meeting at Orchard Park. This face-to-face meeting will be all about Quilting Bingo. 

Please bring fabric scraps, fat quarters, or larger pieces in the following themes: Stripes, Plaids, Blue & white, Patriotic, Novelties, Pastels, Neutrals, Animals (dog, cats, bunnies, fish, birds, etc.), Seasonal (winter, spring, summer, autumn), Holidays (Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.). Buttons, trims, threads, patterns, books, precuts, notions or storage containers that may reflect one of the themes would also be welcomed. These will be used in the prize baskets. At least four items per person would be ideal.

Executive Board 2021-2022

Co-Presidents: Leslie Demmert and Becky Trunzo 
Co-Vice Presidents: Fran Hrenko and Karen Powers 
Secretary: Jane Brown and (need a nomination for a co-secretary) 
Treasurer: Carrie Fala 
Co-Members at Large: Lynn Springer and Jill Aller

New Membership form available

 Please click here for the 2021-2022 Membership form.  

CPQG Challenge 2021 – quilt label ideas

The 2021 Centre Pieces Quilt Guild “My Town” challenge reveal is just around the corner!

The one requirement for the challenge is a label that references the challenge, what town or area you picked, and why you chose the town or area.

The internet link below provides lots of ideas about what information to include on the label and how to create the label: 

https://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilting-sewing/how-to-label-a-quilt-7-ideas/

Information you may want to include on the label:

-your name as maker
-quilter’s name if item was quilted by someone else
-the name of the quilted item if you gave it a title
-the town where the quilted item was created
-the year the quilted item was completed
-recipient’s name if your quilted item will be a gift
        -the name of the pattern and pattern creator if pattern is not original
        -washing and care instructions

Those of you with embroidery modules as an accessory to your sewing machine may want to search online for videos to help you make an easy (or complex!) machine embroidered quilt label.

Another idea is to search online for information about how to use freezer paper and fabric or pre-treated fabric sheets to print a quilt label using your ink jet printer.

Easy labels can also be printed free-hand using a permanent archival marker or pen. Or you can hand embroider a label.

Other ideas include using project scraps or an orphan block when creating your label.  

Let your creativity shine!