President's Message
Greetings Empire quilters!
It is that time of year again! March 9 will be our all-day charity quiltathon. Collect your quilting supplies so that we have a successful event. Bring your quilt tops and backings and supplies for a fun day of quilting for our charities. Remember to bring your scissors, sewing kit and equipment to do some hand tying of quilts. If you would prefer, bring your sewing machine and extension cord.
In addition we are in need of irons, ironing surfaces (boards or pads),cutting boards, rulers, rotary cutters, and embroidery floss and thin yarn for tying. Be sure to label your items so that we know who needs to get their equipment back at the end of the day.
There is no guest fee for the day, so bring friends to join us in our charity efforts of the day. The service committee is looking forward to the creating of many quilts for our organizations during our Charity Day event.
Cheryl Kulakoff
Shune Sumner co chairs Service Committee
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
Hello, Quilters! Hopefully you’ve been warm enough. And hopefully you stayed inside during some of the cold winter weather, making nice warm quilts. Especially on the cold days we should be grateful that in December we were able to provide hats, scarves, gloves, and socks to many underprivileged kids in our area.
Something sad occurred in late January: Candy’s Quilting closed. Friendly and generous to the very end, the shop allowed Empire to have our usual monthly Charity Night there, In fact, Candy even gave out some gifts. We will surely miss the evenings we spent sewing there, and we thank Candy, Charles, Davida, and the other staff members who helped us. The guild is looking for another place to get together to continue our charity quilting bees. One offer is described in an article later in this newsletter.
Reminder: Empire has to elect a new president and vice president in May, and we need a co-chair for Ways and Means. So think about what you can do and who else would be good for which responsibilities.
PLEASE support your local quilt shops. We’re lucky to have them, and don’t want any more to close.
Workshops
April 12th 2019 Workshop : Pat Pauly "TAKE TWO"
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Guild Business Meeting:Sat. March 9th 2019 1pmLocation: Church of the Holy Apostles296 Ninth Ave @28th St New York, NY 10001 (Map) Please join us! Meetings are free for new members. No Guest Fee Bring a Friend!
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Meeting events and activities:
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2019 QUILT SHOW SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 22!
http://www.empirequilters.net/shows.php?ID=90
JUNE 2019 FABRIC CHALLENGE for details CLICK HERE!
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER IS THE 15th of the Month!
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THE MONTHLY SWAP LIST 2018-2019
Sept : Greens - Stripes
Oct : Oranges - African Prints
Nov : Browns - Winter Holidays
Dec : Pinks - Pokka Dots
Jan : Grays - Hearts
Feb : Reds - Batiks
Mar : Purples - Geometrics
Apr : Aqua/Turq/Teal -Flowers
May : Yellows - Black & White
Jun : Blues - Birds/Bees/Butterflies
CLICK HERE FOR The SWAP Instructions.