President’s Montly E-mail
***Reminder*** - The business meetings for this month will be on Thursday, June 3rd and Friday, June 4th. The second Thursday meeting will be held on June 17th.
Fat Quarter Swap -.This month the fat ¼ swap will be 30’s Reproductions. If you have any questions please contact Jean Greenlee at 673-4290.
Hospitality - The following members have signed up for snacks at our June meetings. Thursday, June 3rd , Jeannine Rigney, Michelle Marrone and Kathy Voelker. Friday, June 4th , Jeannine Rigney, Judy Lynch and Marge Shaughnessy. Thursday, June 17th, Jeannie Weller, Trudi Cost and Jeannine Rigney. This has been an awesome year of snacks ladies. Thank you to everyone who has spoiled us with their contributions!!
Quilt Show - Vermont Quilt Festival is June 25th – June 27th. Friday and Saturday hours are from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sundays hours are 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. It’s being held at the Champlain Valley Expo Center in Essex Jct., VT. Admission is $12.00
Quilt Show - The Quilters’ Connection show is Friday June 4th and Saturday, June 5th from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Also Sunday June 6th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Arsenal center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA Admission is $6.
Quilt Show - Bayberry Quilts of Cape Cod. “A Symphony of Quilts”. August 5 – 7th. Thursday and Friday hours are 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. It’s being held at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, in Harwich, MA Admission is $6.00
Quilt Show - Images Quilt Show in Lowell, MA is on August 12 – 14 and this year it’s moving to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Thursday hours are 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday hours are 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $12.00 and this year it’s moving to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium at 50 East Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
Quilt Show - World Quilt Show – New England is August 19 – 22. Thursday – Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. It’s being held at the Radisson Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. Admission is $12.00 (Sunday is $10.00)
Board Meeting – The next board meeting will be on Wednesday, June 16th @ 6:30 p.m..and will be held at the Amherst library. It will be a joint meeting with both the outgoing and incoming board meeting on this day so that we can transfer the “reigns” so to speak. Anyone who would like to attend is more than welcome.
SVQG Board for 2010 – 2011 – We are pleased to announced that we have Elected a complete board for the 2010/2011 calendar year. The Board Members are as follows:
Co-Presidents - Milly Cunningham and Gail Pinet
Co-Vice Presidents - Michelle Marrone and Jennifer Parent
Secretary - Kathie Beltz
Treasurer - Susan Wheatley.
Thank you ladies for volunteering to lead us all through another fun filled year of quilting at SVQG.
SVQG Quilt Show - As all of you know we had our bi-annual quilt show last weekend and by all accounts it was fantastic! We received many positive comments from guests about the quilts and about the entire show set up. We had a tie for the “Viewers Choice” award. The two quilts that tied were from Lisa Scalia (her little girl’s dresses quilt) and Barbara Wood (her tribute to Christopher Columbus quilt). We also had two vendors’ choice awards and they went to Jeannine Rigney (her Egyptian quilt) and to Lou St. Onge (her Chains and Posies quilt). Congratulations to all of you!!
Barbara Woods' Viewer's Choice Quilt
Lisa Scalia's Viewer's Choice Quilt
Also thank you to everyone that contributed with all of the volunteer positions that dealt with set up, running the show, and take down during the three days. And a big thank you to all of our wonderful members, on the quilt show committee, that put so much time and effort into organizing the entire show for our guild. It was a fantastic show!!!!
Don’t forget to bring your Show and Tell to the meetings!!!
Farewell from the President – Wow! This year has just flown by. It has been a year filled with so many fun experiences and lots of laughter. This is such a wonderful guild of women and we all seem to have a good time sewing and chatting together and of course teasing each other. I can’t think of a better combination. A nice get-together where we do something we love and enjoy the company and laughter of other women at the same time. What great therapy for the soul.
I just want to take a moment to thank my fellow board members, Lisa Scalia, Jeannine Rigney, Donna Goodie-Seibert and Trudi Costa. You ladies have made this a truly wonderful, fun filled year and I just wanted to say thank you for all your contributions and guidance.
I’ve so enjoyed being your president but I will also enjoy now coming to meetings and just socializing and relaxing with all of you without the duty of running the meetings. Thank you to everyone for all your help and making this year a nice experience. See you soon.
In the first newsletter in July 2009 I posted the poem “Ode to My Wife the Quilter” by Marsha Heimann, so now I’ll end the last newsletter with “The Quilt” author unknown.
The Quilt
Life is like a patchwork Quilt, and each little patch is a day
Some patches are rosy, happy and bright, and some are dark and gray.
But each little patch as it is fitted in, are sewn to keep it together
Making a quilt in this life of ours, filled with sunshine and rainy weather
So let me work on Life’s Patchwork Quilt, through the rainy days and the sun
Trusting that when I have finished my quilt, the Master will say “Well Done”
Happy Quilting Ladies!!
René G. Therrien – President SVQG
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