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QuiltAway, 2026; San Francisco Quilters Guild
NOTE: No newsltter this week. I will be enjoying Easter with my family. You know it’s been a good time when you are sad to leave. Yes, I was super sad to leave QuiltAway 2026, the San Francisco Quilters Guild‘s semi-annual retreat. The SFQG is a 250 member guild, created in 1981. Eighty members attended…
Read MoreSan Fernando Valley Quilt Association; NCQC Promoting Your Guild Panel
NOTE: I won’t be writing next week; be back on the 30th…I hope. I am unsure about the newsletter this week; I will take that as it comes. I traveled to Southern California to visit the San Fernando Valley Quilt Association. What a guild! I felt embraced by the lovely outreach phone call before I…
Read MoreUFO’s – I’m not so sure they all need to be finished
I have a few UFO’s (Unfinished Objects) hanging around that are talking to me. I am project-oriented. I like to finish what I start and I don’t usually have a high head count of UFO’s. But I’m thinking differently these days. Do all those UFO’s really need to be finished? I’m kinda thinking not.…
Read MoreI completed a quilt judging course!
NOTE: I also posted a finish this week in another post you’ll find here. Two weeks ago I attended the two-day Quilt Judge Training School and received my certificate. Yippeee! I’ve been interested in quilt judging for some time. I have volunteered in the judging room of my guild, the Folsom Quilt and Fiber…
Read MoreI’m back: Teaching, applique and working with a new-to-me thread
I’ve missed a few newsletters and blog posts lately; it’s been wonderfully busy! I taught a fabulous class last Fri and Sat at the Meissner Main location. I had the most enthusiastic students with me for 2 days of “Fills For Days”. I covered tons of designs, showed supporting photos to spark creativity and along…
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