November MCQG Meeting

Thursday, November 10, 2016 is the drawing for the quilt raffle.  Make sure that your tickets are turned in, with the money!

The program will be presented by Donna Kooistra.  She will be talking about Amish quilts, but she will also do quilt appraisals--$50 for a written appraisal, and $30 for a verbal consultation.

Thursday, November 10, 2016 is the Charity Sew Day

Bring your favorite sewing machine, mat, rotary cutter, rulers, and other tools.  Thursday, April 14 will be a guild charity sew day.  Pack a lunch, purchase lunch from the VFW or a group of you ladies can go out to lunch.  Sew day is from 10 am-4 pm at the Monroe VFW post. 

Did you see the viewer's choice winner for the 2016 MCQG show?

This beautiful quilt was made by Donna Suit! 

Christmas Dinner will be on the next Guild meeting on December 8th, 2016.  Cost: $12 of which $1 is donated to the VFW

Menu: Chicken Mostaccioli Red Skin Potatoes Corn Beans Salad, Rolls and Butter Coffee, Tea and Water  Signup sheet is available.   You can pay at November meeting.  Bring a $10 quilt-related gift for a gift exchange if you wish to participate.

Quilt Raffle Tickets

Hello, Monroe County Quilt Guild Members, Congratulations! You have sold $2205 worth of raffle quilt tickets! A job well done! The winning tickets will be drawn at our November meeting. Only ten ladies still have tickets outstanding. We will contact you by email or phone. Please bring the ticket stubs, money, and unsold tickets to the November meeting.

Monroe County Quilt Guild Show

Monroe County Quilt Guild Quilt show is Friday, Oct 7 9 am - 6 pm and Sat. Oct 8 9 am - 4 pm. At Redeemer Fellowship Church, 5305 Evergreen, Monroe, MI. Admission is $5. We hope to see you there.

April Charity Sew Day

Bring your favorite sewing machine, mat, rotary cutter, rulers, and other tools.  Thursday, April 14 will be a guild charity sew day.  Pack a lunch, purchase lunch from the VFW or a group of you ladies can go out to lunch.  Sew day is from 10 am-4 pm at the Monroe VFW post.  

                                                                         Sew days for 2016 are:
              February 11                                                                                     August 11
             April 14 **                                                                                       October 13
             July 14                                                                                              November 10

So far this year we have donated 29 quilts to the VFW and 1 quilt to New Beginnings.

I know I have a few to finish up and return! 

The program for the Thursday evening meeting speaker will be  Jean Overmeyer presenting Traditional to Art Quilts.

Initial Welcome and March Meeting

Welcome to the new Monroe County Quilt Guild blog.

The March 10, 2016 guild meeting was happy to welcome Chris Forman who shared her wonderful Gift Bag's.  No-- not the kind of gift bag you are thinking about.  Chris developed a pattern for a simple bag to use to to present gifts.

 Some were made of panels

 Others made from favorite fabrics.  Don't you just love the chalkboard looking bag?

What quilter wouldn't love a bag with scissors?  The bags can be put together in a couple of hours and have two pockets on the outside, and can have many pockets on the inside.

Thank you Chris for the wonderful presentation.