Latest Guild News :
QUILT CHALLENGE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
Let’s get our creative juices flowing to join the Dakota County (Minnesota) Star Quilters in making a quilt commemorating the American women getting the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. The first election in our nation held after the amendment went into effect was in Dakota County, where 90 women voted. Their guild has planned the challenge, which is already scheduled to be shown in several venues, including the Mall of America.
Make a quilt 24 inches square celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Our challenge will be due at November’s meeting and we will vote for a winner and two runners up. There will be prizes!
Quilters can decide whether to enter their quilt in Dakota County guild challenge which is due on January 1, 2020. Their specific Submission Guidelines are available on their website www.dcsq.org , and we will have copies at the September meeting.
Have Fun and Good Luck!
NEW THIS YEAR
DOOR PRIZE
One of the new surprises added this year is an occasional door prize. And this one is great...it's the complete Indigo Square Quilt which includes 12 individual block kits plus the setting kit. Be sure to put your name in the door prize container...only one per person please. We will draw the door prize at the end of the meeting.
CHARITY FOCUS GROUP
The Charity Focus Group will meet at 11am before the meeting. For the next couple of months we will work on making stuffed animals for the Holiday Charity. Please bring a scissors, pins, regular needle and embroidery needle. The animals will be ready to be stuffed, sewn shut and faces embroidered.
HOLIDAY CHALLENGE
The Holiday Team is challenging the guild members to increase our filled stockings, drawstring bags and back sacks from 300 to 350. Check out the Holiday Display for patterns as well as ideas about what to purchase. Let's see if we can meet or even go beyond 350 this year and make lots of folks happy at the holiday season.
To RENEW your Membership CLICK HERE
CHARITY NIGHT RETURNS for all the info CLICK HERE
If you have an idea for a monthly or quarterly column email newsletter@empirequilters.net. The deadline for the October newsletter is September 15th 2019. Thanks!
Workshops
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Guild Business Meeting:Sat. Sept. 14th 2019 1pmLocation: Church of the Holy Apostles296 Ninth Ave @28th St New York, NY 10001 (Map) Guest Fee $10 Bring a Friend!
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Our next fundraiser quilt will feature the WONKY STAR Block For instructions CLICK HERE
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THE MONTHLY SWAP LIST 2019-2020
Sept : Greens - Stripes
Oct : Oranges - African Prints
Nov : Off White - Winter
Dec : Pinks - Dots
Jan : Grays - Stars
Feb : Reds - Batiks
Mar : Purples - Geometrics
Apr : Aqua/Turq/Teal -Flowers
May : Yellows - Black & White
Jun : Blues - Animals
CLICK HERE FOR The SWAP Instructions.