President's Message
WELCOME TO THE EMPIRE QUILTERS GUILD WEBSITE
SEPTEMBER 26th GUILD MEETING
Your board has many things lined up for the September 26th Guild Meeting. Check out the agenda to the left to see what all is going on...and be sure to mark your calendar so you don't miss the meeting.
Remember our meetings begin at 12:30pm with time to chat and work out any Zoom problems. The invitation to the Zoom meeting will be emailed the Monday prior to the meeting with a follow-up on the morning of the meeting.
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MEMBERSHIP
The board voted to lower the membership fee to $30/year due to the loss of meetings last year. They also changed the due date for membership to January 2021. However, we realize that many of you are sending in your memberships now which is perfectly okay and choosing to pay $60 (our normal membership fee). We will consider that any monies above the $30 will be a gift to the guild and we do thank you for those gifts. Our normal income streams have all stopped during this pandemic (i.e. raffles, share table, magazine sales, fabric sales, etc.) as we are not meeting in-person so the additional monies are welcomed. Also, please note that the membership form has not been updated due to a glitch in the system. We hope to have this cleared up shortly.
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SPEAKERS LINED UP FOR 2020-2021
September: Heather Kojan - Quilt Remix: UFO'S, Orphan Blocks and What Was I Thinking??!! Fresh Ideas for Stale Projets.
October: Leni L. Weiner - Finding Your Artistic Voice
November: Shannon Shirley – An Eclectic Mixed Trunk Show
December: Alex Anderson – A Review from Quilt North
January: Cindy Grisdela – Playing with Colors
February: Rachel Clark – Topic TBA
March: Sheri Cifaldi-Morrell – Content, Concepts & Quilts: Quilting as a Graphic Designer
April: Carrie Zizza - A Deep Dive into Needles, Thread, Batting & Fabric
May: Ellen Linder – Confessions of a Fabric Whisperer
June: Mary Tabar - Embellishments Techniques
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Where do you quilt? Or make your creations? We want to put together a slideshow of "Where Our Members Create' so please send us a photo of where you create. It can be as small as your kitchen table or as large as a studio! We hope to share the slideshow this fall.
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Remember, in order to join us you need to download, install and join Zoom (It's free to join). Zoom is found here: https://zoom.us/ The invitation will be sent via email. Simply click the link and follow the instructions.
PLEASE REMEMBER: ALL IN-PERSON MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
To RENEW your Membership CLICK HERE
Workshops
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ALL In-Person Meetings have been cancelled until further notice. When we resume meeting our location will be at the Church of the Holy Apostles 296 Ninth Ave @28th St New York, NY 10001 (Map)
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ZOOM MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES:
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QUILTS OF VALOR -
2020 Block Drive of 1,000 blocks by Empire Quilters
Click HERE for Instructions
CORONAVIRUS CHALLENGE QUILT
Deadline: September 26th
There are no rules nor limits on how you want to express yourself in a quilt depicting these last few months of coronavirus and social unrest. We've had enough rules and restrictions. Create whatever you want, however you want and share it with the guild. Remember, there are cash prizes for member's choice.
SUMMER FLOWERS CHALLENGE QUILT
Deadline: Postponed until October 24th
A small quilt the sum of all sides should not be more than 50 inches. A great chance to try a new technique on a small scale depicting summer flowers however you want. Cash prizes awarded to member's choice.
PLAY ON WORDS CHALLENGE QUILT
Deadline: Postponed until October 24th
A quilt no larger that 24 inches on any one side. Smaller would be fine. The theme is Play on Words like thumbs up or silver lining or bed of roses. The object is to have fun with the theme. Cash prizes awarded to member's choice
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