NORTH WIND QUILTERS GUILD

OVERVIEW                                               

• All meetings are held on Tuesdays

• Room is open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

• 1st Tuesday:  

  • General Meeting and Pot Luck

• 2nd Tuesday:                                                                                      

  • Block of the Month    

  • Basting

  •  Quiltique Demonstration

• 3rd Tuesday:

  • Board Meeting                                                                                

  •   Quilt Show Meeting

  •   Education Demonstration

• 4th Tuesday:

  • Featured Class 

    • (Does not occur every 4th Tuesday-Check Newsletter schedule to confirm if class is being held that month)

• 5th Tuesday:

  • Community Services Work Day

  Can't make a day meeting?  The Guild now holds night meetings the first Wednesday of each month, 6:30 pm at Cornerstone Quilt Shoppe 1000A West Texas St., Fairfield, CA

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First Tuesday Agenda

•   9:30 am - 10:00 am:

  • Turn in: Fat Quarters, Block of the Month, food for Pot luck. 

  •  Sign up for: Bring and Brag, Basting, Quilt Show Committees.

• 10:00 am  General Meeting begins
  • General Business
  • Featured Speaker
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am:  Featured Speaker
• 11:30 am - 11:50 am:  Fat Quarter and Block of Month drawings
  
• 11:50 am - 12:30 pm:  Pot Luck lunch
  

•  12:30 pm - 1:00 pm:  Vote for favorite food dish

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Second Tuesday Agenda

• 9:00 am-12 pm: 
  • Block of the Month
    

• 12:00 pm  
  • Basting
    
• 1:00 pm-1:30 pm:

  •     Quiltique Demo

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Third Tuesday Agenda

• 10:00 am:  Board meeting
  • Board members meet in the Senior Center Conference Room.  Members are welcome but not required to attend. Quilt room is open for members to use. 
    
• 12:00 pm:   Quilt Show Meeting
  

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Fourth Tuesday Agenda

8:30am:  Quilt Class  (Class begins promptly at 8:45am)

A variety of classes are offered by the guild to its members check newsletter to see if a class is scheduled.

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Fifth Tuesday Agenda

Community Service

 

On the 5th Tuesday of the Month the guild makes quilts to donate to various organizations.

No matter what your skill level, there are plenty of different ways you can help to finish a quilt.

 

What to bring:

Sewing Machine (Optional)
Rotary Cutter
Mat
Thread
scissors
needles  (including large eyed needles for yarn tying)
other quilting supplies you may like to use

We have irons, ironing boards, and extension cords.

 

The guild has donated quilts to Breast Cancer Auctions, Alpha Pregnancy Center, Heather House, Senior Santa Program,  Police and Fire Departments.

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Basting

If you have a quilt that you wish to have basted, tied or pinned please sign up for same at the General Meeting.  Also indicate the size of the quilt.  Before signing up to baste a quilt, a member must be active in the guild for six months or have helped to baste four quilts.  A record will be kept of all basted quilts.  Quilts to be basted must be the property of a member in good standing or a $25.00 fee will be charged for each one. 

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Pot Luck

Each member is asked to bring their favorite dish for all to enjoy.  We have ovens, warming trays,  microwave, refrigerator and freezer available to us for storage until we eat.  Everyone votes on their favorite dish and the winner with the most votes gets their recipe printed in the newsletter.

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Block of the Month

Each month a new technique or design is taught.  Blocks usually measure 12" x 12" when finished. Patterns for blocks will be found in member monthly newsletter.  Members participating will make 2 blocks to be turned in at the next general meeting.  Persons will receive one ticket for blocks when turned in at meeting.  One set of blocks is given away to a member in a drawing and the other set is saved and sold at the Quilt Show Quiltique.

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 Bring and Brag

Please bring in your items that you have worked so hard on and show them to the group.

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Fat Quarters

Each member is asked to bring in two fabric fat quarters in the designated color or type.  A fat quarter is 18" x 22".  One is given to the Quiltique to be sold at the upcoming quilt show, the second is given in a drawing of all fat quarters during the general meeting.

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Quilt Techniques Demonstrations

Each month a quilting technique is demonstrated by one of our experienced  members.  Past lessons have included beginning appliqué, learning to quilt, and tips for using a ruler and rotary cutter.

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Contact us:   

Meeting Place:
Fairfield Senior Center

1200 Civic Center Drive

Fairfield, CA  94533

Last updated May 3, 2010

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