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We will carpool to downtown Duluth to visit the energetic and creative HollyAnn Knight. She will have a presentation and tour of her shop which includes a variety of Ruby Society fabrics. Afterwards we will have lunch and go to another quilt shop in the area.

Geri Beam, member of Jasper‘s Out on a Limb Quilt Guild, will be presenting a program on the various fusibles used in quilting. Which fusibles work best for what, positives and negatives of the different types and anything else we need to know to be comfortable using them in our projects. Jeri‘s background includes the theatrical arts and continues in that field for enjoyment. Her passion is textile arts and in 2011 she retired from a 26 year career in information technology to pursue this full time.

We will have an all day sew-in for our Community Service projects. More details from the committee this spring. Lunch will be provided for those attending for the day.

Barb and Karen, 2 of our favorite master quilters in PNQ, will present their quilting story. We are excited to be able to focus on these 2 talented friends who give so much to PNQ.

Candace returns after her successful March program to the guild. This is a wonderful sampler quilt of contemporary design for all stages of quilters, especially beginners. The quilt uses a variety of simple blocks such as quarter and half square triangles. The variety of layouts and ways to make the blocks unique by using color placement, stripes, and/or directional prints will be shared. This will be an all day workshop including lunch, pattern, presenter fees and the cost will be around $65 but details will be shared in early summer. quiltdesignsbycandace.com

Georgia is a master quilter and a hosted multiple quilt shows through the years. She is credited with inventing the ‘lap quilt‘. Georgia has been inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame, was President of the International Quilters Association and the founder of the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild in 1982.

Let‘s gather with your peeps and work on our Christmas projects. More info shared in early summer but the small fee will include lunch. More details in early summer. We will be able to accommodate a larger number if folks are going to do handwork and will not need an outlet for sewing machines....

Our second annual Quilts of Valor presentation will be the initial part of the program. We will then follow with the sharing of the Round Robin and Row by Row quilts and end with Dollar Store Hacks (go to the a dollar store, buy a hack that can be used for quilting, share the usefulness and finally put it in a basket for a door prize for a member).

The Quilts of Valor team will lead us in sewing new quilts for our veterans. All supplies, patterns, fabric.....will be supplied. More details will be added in the summer.

The committee will update closer to the date with the necessary information in our annual event.