Happy Holidays

 Wishing all of you a Merry Holidays and Happy New Year!  In this season of lights, take some time to enjoy all the decorated homes in your community.  The days will start getting longer soon...

No Wednesday Daytime Meeting in December

 We will not be having a Wednesday daytime meeting this month.  Take time to finish all your holiday projects (or start one for next year....) 

December Program - Sue Reno “A Sense of Place. Fiber art and inspiration”

 December 13 Zoom Social 6:30; 40th Memories 7:00; Program Sue Reno “A Sense of Place. Fiber art and inspiration”. Sue works with natural, environmental, architectural themes. She uses a variety of printmaking techniques in her textile work. Her art has been juried in numerous national and international exhibits. Follow her on Facebook at suerenostudio.  

Youth sewing classes

First class (pilot) in February on Sunday 1:-4:00 at Schlow Library for 4th through 8th graders. Scraps & Skeins and Hoover’s have donated machines for this class. We are looking for some extra hands to mentor young sewists. Also, we need members during January’s QBs sessions who can cut fabric for the program. 

Wednesday Daytime Meeting - November 16 - Redbud Guild "Light Challenge"

Location:  State College YMCA, 1 PM

Redbud will bring the Light Challenge quilts for us to vote on.  Light – the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible ….illumination…ignite…brightness…bright…sunny....shining…luminescence…. Make something start burning… a source of light… not heavy. 

President Janet Dunlap will tell us a little bit about how they got involved with this challenge and show quilts they made and hear a little bit about the creative process in making the quilts.

Special Field Trip to Redbud Guild - November 14

November 14 Monday at 6 pm  in Huntington, we are welcome to attend the Redbud guild meeting. This is a reveal of the 31 quilts contributed by 5 different guilds in their challenge called “light “. These are all 24 inch pieces. Voting is done as your personal preference. The quilt judge who organized this challenge is Phyllis Manley. We have been invited to cast a vote as well. at the Huntingdon County Career and Technology School in Mill Creek.  The address is 11893 Technology Dr, Mill Creek, PA 17060. If you can travel with us please let Leslie or Fran know so we can set up carpools. 

Tuesday Meeting - ZOOM - Our Trip to the South Seas

 November 8 Zoom Social 6:30; brief business Meeting 7:00; lecture 7:10 Dana Jones program "Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island."  This is a 13-acre island in the central Philippines. Sales of their one-of-a-kind quilts provide one third of the island's income.  No Show and Tell this month. The link will be sent with the meeting agenda on Sunday.