Our December meeting had the traditional pot luck meal. Members bring dishes and everyone gets to sample all the delicious goodies. The dessert table is a favorite.

After our meal, President Nancy Sandreuter thanked the membership for their various contributions for the night and for the success of our annual quilt and pillowcase charity drive.

Nancy had a random member draw the winning ticket for the Christmas quilt. One of our members, Helen H. won it

Joyce Rodenhiser gave a champagne (actually sparkling water) toast to the guild and its leadership. She then proceeded to lead us all in a story about Mr and Mrs Wright. The members exchanged gifts by passing them right when they heard Wright or right; left when they heard left; and across when they heard across. The person who had the gift at the end of the story, kept it.

Show and tell followed with members showing off some of their latest creations. Some are pictured in the 2024-2025 quilt gallery web page.

The 2025 Quilt Show raffle quilt was revealed to the members. The pattern is Hestia by Rose of Threadbare Creations. Hestia is an Olympian goddess. Learn more about her by clicking here.

The new Guild year started with welcoming all renewing members back for the first meeting of the year.

After a short business meeting, the nurses from the the Quilting Clinic gave their presentation on fixing boo-boos on quilts so we finish them. They also shared a couple of new techniques that intrigued our membership. One technique was quilt facing which is an alternative to binding. The other technique was using Inktense to color and shade fabric.

The Guild’s general meeting was held on March 6, 2024. President Nancy Sandreuter kicked off the meeting with officer reports and raffles. There was 42 members and one guest present.

Our speaker for the meeting was Penny Young, a Melrose, MA fiber artist. She spoke about her art journey from youth to present day. She started by showing us a fabric remnant from a garment she made as a pre-teenager and continues through her latest art pieces where she fashions art quilts.

At our May 3rd, 2023 general meeting, Vice-President Carmen Arnone used a fish puzzle she had assembled as an analogy for guild membership. Just as all puzzle pieces fit together to complete the whole puzzle, each guild member matters in the successful operation of the guild. No piece is more or less important than any other and each member can determine where they fit in to help make the guild a success. Missing pieces result in an incomplete puzzle. All members matter and when they identify where they fit,  the whole guild benefits.

In order to “find their fit”, members at each table had an opportunity to review a chart listing a thumbnail sketch of the various duties of programs. If a particular description drew their attention they were asked to jot down their name so they could fit together with other like minded members to generate ideas along with the Program Chair for the benefit of the whole guild. For those not at the meeting, please contact Carmen for a volunteer spot.

Two groups of members displayed their round robin quilts as part of creative quilt works.  Each member of the group had to use the fabric given and complete one border for the quilt.

Another creative quilt works project shown were patriotic themed articles.  The winners each received a ribbon.

During show and tell, members showed many quilts.  To see those quilts, go to the gallery portion of the website (click here).

On March 1st, 2023, our Guild held of a yard sale of the Dottie Macomber’s quilting treasures. Her husband donated her stash to the guild when Dottie died. Dottie was a longtime member of the guild and held various offices while a member.

About 50 members of the guild participated in the yard sale.