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We are a guild of quilters in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. We came together as a formal group in May of 2003, and are now in our eighth year. We meet at the Breed Town Hall and Community Center, south of Mountain, Wisconsin. Each Month:
Dates for 2010 Meetings and Sewing Sessions
For information about any other events, check the most recent newsletter on the NEWSLETTERS page. Special activities are scheduled throughout the year. Feel free to browse our website. The MEMBERS area is restricted to current members of our guild. Quilt Show Our third quilt show will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at Suring High School, 411 Algoma St, Suring from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Admission is $4.00 The theme is "Winter Wonderland". This is not a juried show; it is only for members of the guild. Everyone is invited to view the quilts in our show. There will be 200 quilts displayed, demonstrations, a fashion show, vendors from several quilt shops, door prizes, a member boutique. Lunch and refreshments are available. PNQ guild members will be selling raffle tickets for the "Snowflakes" raffle quilt. This beautiful quilt was made (with permission) using a pattern from the Nov/Dec 2003 issue of QuiltMaker magazine. Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Any of you would be pleased to win this beautiful quilt. Click here for an information sheet on our quilt show (including photo of the quilt). Members: Please go to the MEMBERS page to find the Entry Form to be used for the 2010 Quilt Show.
President's Day Challenge: President Deanna Tachick announced her President's Challenge for 2010 at our Christmas Party. Because she wants members to each make at least two bed quilts to hang at the quilt show in October of 2010, she made a "One-Day Challenge": on February 15 (our regular meeting date), we met in the day and sewed pillowcases for the Pediatric Oncology Unit at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. For every two cases members pledged to make and donate, the guild bought the fabrics to make a third pillowcase. The group who were sewing that day were so enthusiastic that they completed their pillowcases and also sewed the fabrics the guild had bought. There were over 200 pillowcases completed by the evening. Deanna asks that we turn in all cases by the April meeting so that she can take them to Green Bay. (The snowbirds should have returned by then.) We had a potluck meal that evening (Feb 15) followed by our regular February meeting. (Pillowcase Weenie-Roll pattern posted on the PATTERN page.)
Winter Meeting Cancellation Information: We never know what "Old Man Winter" will send our way! If the weather is nasty, and you're not sure if a meeting or sewing session will be held, you may call an officer to find out. For the sewing session a decision will be made by 2:00pm, and for a regular meeting by 5:00pm. You may call Deanna 920-842-2057, or Deb B. 715-276-7085, or Leah 920-855-2731, or Laurie 7l5-276-6l43. If conditions are bad enough that you will not drive, then you can stay home. You need not call anyone. Let common sense prevail. President's Challenge: Deanna Tachick issued a challenge to members of the guild in November of 2008. for children's quilts (for ages to ten) to bedonated to the Oncology units at Green Bay hospitals to be given to child patients. The quilts then go home with the children. Click here for results of this challenge! Soldier's Quilts: Laurie Schoenebeck had asked members if they would make a lap quilt to be donated to wounded soldiers (the guild has done this three times before.) These are to be ready so that they can be displayed again in the Mountain Memorial Parade. Click here to read about this challenge.
Membership: Membership is currently open. Each year we have open positions after memberships are renewed in May/June. If you wish to join, inquire at the Hospitality Table at the next meeting to be directed to our Membership Chairman. You may alternatively send an email to membership@pineneedlequilters.org Copyright 2010 Pine Needle Quilters – All Rights Reserved |
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