Welcome back! It’s hard to believe that our hot and dry summer is almost over. We hope you had a restful summer and were also able to get in some happy sewing time. Let’s make it an exciting year! Greetings to several new members who have joined us and to those of you returning. If you haven’t renewed your membership, now is the time!
Our first in-person meeting is Wednesday, September 21, at Kennedy Catholic HS in Somers from 6:00-8:30. Hospitality will be providing cookies, be sure to buy tickets at the Table Raffle. Think about one Show and Tell you might share which helps everyone to better know our members. Then prepare to learn from our guest lecturer, Deborah Kalenty, who will hold a workshop the next day at Millwood Fire Co#1 from 9:00-3:00. There is still room for members to sign up for her “Love Links” workshop before we publicize it widely.
We’d like to announce that we have received a $3000 grant from ArtsWestchester to assist with funding our 2022 programs and quilt show, with many thanks for the efforts of Anne Chehebar and Susan Fasnacht.
This year we are excited to invite you to participate in a quilting retreat weekend at The Center at Mariandale in Ossining. We have attended retreats there for years with our other guild (NYCMetroMod) and have loved every single one. It is scheduled for the first weekend in February. There is a minimum number required to reserve our space (as well as a cut-off number). Details will follow at our meeting and in a future email.
Do you have scissors that need sharpening? We have a contact who is good and is willing to come during a meeting with his equipment. We’ll ask for a show of hands during our next meeting to gauge interest. Prices: $10 large, $8 small.
The Ugly Fabric auction will resume and it’s already time to start gathering your donations! Because our January and February meetings are on Zoom, we will start collecting fabric in the Fall.
We plan to resume Super Saturday this February or March – stay tuned for details.
If you signed up for the “Card Tricks” Guild Challenge, we hope you’ve been “shuffling” your skills and designs and coming up with a winning card! This is an opportunity for some members to have their quilts displayed in an AQS Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Comfort Quilts Summer Challenge and Quilt Raffle will be presented in October. If you’ve not been able to come to one of our CQ sewing days, please come to one of our upcoming CQ meetings or check out Comfort Quilts at our meeting.
One hundred and forty quilts, made and donated by our members and many other guilds and groups, were successfully delivered to Ukraine. We’ve seen photos as the boxes were being received and opened. Since then, we’ve been asked to make quilts for a Ukrainian orphanage in the Carpathian Mountains. We are nearly ready to send out another delivery.
We need someone to step up and “oversee” the Activities Committee. The subcommittees are already operating under leaders. A coordinator would be most helpful. Please volunteer if you want to do something to help the guild.
Details on these various activities follow in the Latest News section. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions, suggestions or want to volunteer in any capacity, our personal emails are in your member directory. In the meantime, continue to enjoy your summer!
Happy Quilting! See you soon!
Margaret Cibulsky and Jody Sullivan