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 sixth year. We meet at the Breed Town Hall and Community Center, south of Mountain, Wisconsin.

Each Month:

• Regular meetings 3rd Monday at 7:00 p.m .
• Sewing Session 1st Monday at 1:30 p.m.
• Newsletter posted about ten days prior to regular meeting
• Slideshow added within week after special activities

Dates for 2010 Meetings and Sewing sessions are listed on page two of the December 2009 newsletter. 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.

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 will meet in the afternoon and sew pillowcases for the Pediatric Unit at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. For every two cases you pledge to make and donate, the guild will give you the fabrics to make a third pillowcase. So tell Deanna how many pillowcases you will buy fabric for and sew, and the guild will provide more fabric. She projects that we should turn in all cases by the April meeting so that she can take them to Green Bay. We will have a potluck meal that evening (Feb 15) to be followed by our regular February meeting. (Pillowcase Weenie-Roll pattern posted on the PATTERN page.)

Quilt Show

Our third quilt show will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at Suring High School in Suring. The theme is "Winter Wonderland". This is not a juried show; it is only for members of the guild.

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 with patriotic fabrics to be donated to wounded soldiers (the guild has done this twice before.) These were to be ready so that they could be displayed in the Mountain Memorial Parade. Click here to read about this challenge.

National Quilting Day: The third Saturday in March is designated as National Quilting Day, a day to appreciate and recognize quilters. The National Quilting Association started National Quilting Day in 1991 when the NQA members passed a resolution at the 22nd Annual Show in Lincoln, NE. As our country looks forward to 2009 with a new president and new hope for our country, we at NQA thought it would be appropriate this year to devote National Quilting Day to the home. With the economy and housing market in decline, the home has become all the more valuable to all. Go to Nqaquilts.org to find a pattern for a large wallhanging (pictured to the right), which you and your friends might like to get together and use on March 21, 2009, National Quilting Day.

The Pine Needle Quilters have observed this special day each year by donating baby quilts to the first baby born that day (or the days after) in each of the hospitals in Shawano, Oconto Falls, Antigo and Rhinelander (the nearest hospitals to our members.)

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

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