Remember that this month is the last chance to show your PhD quilts. Be sure to visit the Programs table afterwards to check off your quilt and give us the dimensions.
This fall, we’ll have pop-up shops in September, with details in the June newsletter, and in October, Carola Russel of Carola’s Quilt Shop will talk about using the latest, greatest tool for free-motion machine quilting: rulers, but not the kind you measure and cut with. See her blog for more details: http://www.carolasquiltshop.wordpress.com. There will also be a rulers workshop with Carola in November.

MAY
Catherine Nicholls ‘Story-Telling’ Trunk Show
Join us for a special evening with Catherine Nicholls while she explores legends and stories – from spoken word to finished quilt. Catherine is a member of the Surface Design Association BC + Yukon. https://ravensthread.com/workshops

JUNE
June Social
June isn’t only our summer social, but a chance to celebrate our Guild’s 30 years of quilting. To keep things light, there will be chiffon and angel food cakes with fruit and whipped cream. We still need people to volunteer to bring cakes and fruit, so please sign up at the Program’s table. It’s all in a good cause – us!

Besides food, we’ll have the prizes for the PhD quilts. Two hundred and eighty-six were registered, so you just know there will be lots of big prizes! For Show and Tell, bring your special quilts, first quilt, worst quilt, happiest quilt, best loved quilt, etc. Tell us your stories. We’ll also have a fun activity and lots of door prizes.

Laurel Hickey, Norine McCaffrey, Betty Clarke, and Rosalind Knight, Program Coordinators

APRIL
Stacey Day (Stacey in Stitches)
This month we are happy to have Stacey Day of ‘Stacey in Stitches’ as our presenter. Stacey is a local quilter and quilt designer who lives in Mission with her husband and two young children. She will do a trunk show for us as well as give us tips for getting free fabric from manufacturers. Stacey has been published in American Quilter magazine and has free quilt patterns on the Craftsy website. She will have copies of her patterns to sell, so come prepared. www.staceyinstitches.wordpress.com.

MAY
Catherine Nicholls ‘Story-Telling’ Trunk Show
Join us for a special evening with Catherine Nicholls while she explores legends and stories – from spoken word to finished quilt. Catherine is a member of the Surface Design Association BC + Yukon. https://ravensthread.com/workshops

PhDs at Show and Tell
Remember that May is your last chance to show your PhD quilts.

JUNE
June Social
For those who might have lost track, this is the Guild’s 30th anniversary – and we deserve a party! Expecting our usual warm summer evening, we’ll be serving chiffon and angel food cakes and fruit, with a side order of fun. There will be a signup list at the Programs table during the April and May meetings – if you wish to bring a cake, please let us know.
We have lots planned, not the least of which is awarding the prizes for the PhD quilts. Two hundred and eighty-six were registered, so you just know there will be lots of big prizes! For Show and Tell – in addition to the PhD quilts – bring your special quilts, first quilt, worst quilt, happiest quilt, best loved quilt, etc. We’ll also have a fun activity and lots of door prizes. And did I mention cake?

Laurel Hickey, Norine McCaffrey, Betty Clarke, and Rosalind Knight, Program Coordinators