Fifteen member gathered to sit and sew at the Saugus Senior Center on July 8th, 2026. One member brought fabric from her stash to share. Another cut out fabric for our next quilt show raffle quilt. Some people knitted. Others put on binding. One member did some hand quilting on a wall hanging. Others hand embroidered. Throughout the evening, we enjoyed each others’ company and shared many a story. Some even got work done.
The last guild meeting of the year is traditionally an ice cream social. This year our choices were vanilla, chocolate, coffee, and lactose free ice cream. The ice cream also comes with all the toppings including plenty of whipped cream. A huge thank you goes to the ice cream servers who did a great job.
After a very short business meeting, some members showed off their work in our show and tell segment. To see those quilts, got to the 2025-2026 Quilt Gallery.
Our president, Nancy, presided over the May general membership meeting. The members voted on three officers for the next two years. Kirsten remained as Vice President; Carol remained as Treasurer; and Dale was elected to Membership Chair.
Guild member Kristen presented at trunk show with just some of her quilts. She told us that she likes doing mystery quilts and showed us a few of them. She also had samples of different quilts that she taught others to make. Below are some of the quilts she presented.
In addition to showing us her quilts, she also explained that she has a long arm business. She gave us several tips on how to prepare our quilts to take for long arm quilting. Her tips are captured in the files here.
The Hammersmith Quilters Guild sponsored a bus trip to the New England American Quilter’s Society Quilt Week on April 11, 2026. Several members, spouses, and friends enjoyed the quilts displayed at the show. Many members brought home quilting supplies from vendors at the show. During the bus ride, our trip coordinator, Gail, kept members busy with games and fun.
Janet, one of our members, had her quilt chosen to be displayed at the show.
The above pictures show but a smattering of the beautiful quilts on display.
We had our usual business meeting with the addition of nominations for officers. The current Vice President and Treasurer have agreed to run for a second term. Dale Deluca volunteered to run for Membership Chair.
Timna Tarr, a fiber artist, presented a trunk show. She explained her techniques for creating her quilt pictures.
Kenlyn Jones, a guild member, taught a group of ten members how to make a quilted jacket on March 7, 2026. The group created their jacket pattern first. The preparation was quite involved with measurements, types of sleeves, collar or no collar, and lots of other decisions. Then the began the actual work of laying out the pattern on their quilt, cutting it, and beginning the assembly.
Reports from attendees gave a resounding “we had fun” and “we will finish to show other guild members at the April meeting.”
Nancy Sandreuter, President, opened the meeting with a moment of silence for Margie Berkowitch. Margie was a longtime member and a past president of the guild. She contributed her talents in many ways to support our organization.
After routine business, Rosie Graham introduced a Creative Quiltworks project to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of our nation. She asked the members to make a quilt or blocks using the Massachusetts quilt block from Quilt Therapy. The link to the quilt block is here.
Kenlyn Jones, a guild member, gave a presentation on how to make a quilted jacket from a quilt. She showed examples of clothese designers who have used quilt motifs in their designs. She also showed some current styles of quilted outerwear. She went into depth on making a pattern, placing it on a quilt, and assembling it. This presentation helped prepare the group who would attend her workshop the following Saturday.
With 2026 being the 250th anniversary of the birth of this country, our guild is honoring that milestone with both a challenge quilt and/or a block containing a version of a Massachusetts quilt block. Massachusetts does not have an official quilt block. Several blocks are named after the state. We are choosing the block from Quilt Therapy. The link is https://quilttherapy.com/on-cloud-nine-massachusetts-quilt-block-2/.
If a members wishes to make the challenge quilt, you must use this block at least once in the quilt and make the quilt 36” x 48”. We look forward to seeing your Massachusetts quilt. Please have the quilt top done by the September 2026 guild meeting. Then please save your quilt for the 2027 Guild quilt show to display in the challenge quilt portion of show.
If you just want to make the Massachusetts quilt block, then make one or more of the blocks and bring it to the May guild meeting. We will then put the blocks in groups of 12. Each person will get a ticket for each block he/she made. Drawing will be held for each group of twelve and you may get enough blocks back to make the challenge quilt or any quilt you want to make.
For questions contact Rosie at [email protected]
President Nancy Sandreuter welcomed members and five guest to the February General Membership meeting. Our guest speaker, Debbie Young, shared her crafting story. Many of the artistic skills she learned were through area Senior Center classes. The pictures below show some of the extent of her vast artistic skills.
At the end of the meeting was a Show and Tell. Click here to see the pictures from it.
The Hammersmith Quilters Guild annual potluck meeting took place on December 3, 2025. President Nancy Sandreuter introduced three new members to the guild at the meeting. In addition to the festivities, members brought food to donate to the local food pantry. They also brought adult socks to donate to Lifebridge North Shore.
The program organizer encouraged members to wear hats of some ridiculousness and several of our members dressed for success with that encouragement.
Members brought lots of food to share for the potluck. They enjoyed all the dishes brought and some even went back for seconds.
After the supper, our program organizer had us switch tables to play a game. The game involved passing our exchange gift or answering a question based on what card we drew from a deck. Some questions even involved singing the answer. There were lot’s of smiles and laughter during the game.
The night ended with show and tell. Pictures of those quilts are in the 2025-2026 Quilt Gallery.
