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Do you enjoy quilting and other fiber arts? Do you enjoy sharing ideas about fabrics and quilting with other quilters? If you do, then we're the quilt guild for you. South Jersey Quilters Guild is a community of kindred souls who enjoy working with fabric and being in the company of other quilters. The members of the South Jersey Quilters Guild would like to extend to you an invitation to visit, socialize, sew with us and join our guild.

The South Jersey Quilters Guild seeks to promote the work and accomplishments of our quilters and to preserve the tradition, culture, and history of quilting. The guild welcomes all who are interested in quilting. We have classes, workshops, activities and events planned for the entire year.

Our meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Franklinville Community Center. Each meeting includes show and tell, thimble and postcard prizes, workshops and lively discussion of issues relevant to the quilt world in general and South Jersey quilters in particular. Beginners are welcome too, as we have members of all levels of quilting experience. Come, learn, share, enjoy.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

New York Beauty Workship - August 22, 2015
Fifteen ladies enjoyed cutting, stitching, pressing, and oh, yes, lunch!

Sue Garrison was making her first New York Beauty.  She's done foundation paper-piecing before. 
  Her take on this project?  "Very fun!"
 There were lots of stitchers there, and everyone has their own way of putting those fabrics together.
 Gloria Stewart took us on a step-by-step. 
   Later, she was asked why she decided on the NY Beauty.  She laughed and said "Kathy Skinner made me do it! She came into the shop and said 'I want to learn it and you're going to teach it!'"
   Gloria has made two or three NY Beauties.  This is the third time she's taught it.
.  She's made a table runner and a wall hanging, and hopes to someday make a queen-sized quilt.
  It's a beautiful pattern and looks complicated, but don't let that stop you!
   Gloria says that it's the paper-piecing technique that makes it possible for even a beginner to start a NY Beauty. 
 Once they've done one, just repeat! 
  Eventually you can make enough for a bigger quilt.
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  1. UnknownJune 25, 2016 at 10:37 AM

    Please announce our upcoming Show to your Guild members:

    It’s not too early to register your quilt for the show! Walker Valley’s Country Quilters will hold their thirteenth biannual quilt show September 24 and September 25, 2016 from 10a.m. until 4p.m. at the Pine Bush High School, 156 State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY. Admission is $7 per day or $10 for both days.
    In addition to an amazing quilt display, the show will include, guest speaker Susan Reich, Invitational of Antique Quilts –“Scrap Happy,” a gallery talk, a judged show, a variety of quilt related vendors, a craft supply sale, a block contest, a boutique with Quilts and quilt related items for sale, demonstrations, door Prizes, AQS Appraisals by Sue Reich, and raffle prizes which include Quilt, Quilter’s Attic gift certificate or a handmade basket full of quilting fabric, and a raffle to support the guild’s Pine Bush High School Scholarships! Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
    For more information on the show, how to register your quilt, and how to become a vendor for the show visit the guild’s web site: www.countryquilters.org

    Contact: Kelli Palinkas Greer 845-744-3055 kellipalinkas@yahoo.com
    Or Cyndi Beres at 845-283-6815 RBERES@hvc.rr.com
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