21 Feb

Whew! My pansies survived the winter, the yellow and purple flowers are making me smile. Daffodils are poking up soon to have flowers. Yippee!! Spring is coming, my favorite time of year!! I love seeing new life in my gardens; the colors of springtime are so enticing. We had a super Guild meeting in February. Weather cooperated for us that day. So much energy was in the room. It was great fun seeing so many smiling, happy faces. It seemed so long since we had met. Michelle organized a terrific program...

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21 Feb

For our March 4 meeting we welcome Ann Moore from Texas! Ann is a national quilting instructor and designer for Sew Steady/Westalee. She will share with us her “Quilting Journey.” You will love seeing the rulerwork that she does - it is beautiful! Ann is a friend of one of our members who describes her as an “excellent teacher and the nicest person you'll meet.” To learn more about Ann, check out her website at annmoorequilting.com. Ann is also teaching a Corded Binding workshop on Wednesday, March 5th and that class...

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21 Feb

Marie Gallagher – March 2; Rachel Norris – March 2; Jill Zollinger – March 4; Marianne Cooley – March 7; Valerie Curtis – March 12; Ann Kesley – March 13; Karen Gilbert – March 15; Kim Gawrys – March 21; Carol Hooper – March 22; Victoria Beninga – March 26; Donna Kowalski – March 26; Pat McMahon – March 26; Linda Carefelle – March 27; Sarah Aldrich – March 28; Sandy Acquaviva – March 29; Micheline Bouvier – March 30...

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21 Feb

Thanks to everyone who has stepped up to lead a committee or small group this year. What an amazing community we have! If you want to join in the fun, there are still a few committees in need of a chairperson. Let Joyce Oberle know which committee YOU would like to lead in 2025: · CVQA Library – Committee maintains and stores the guild’s library books and displays them at monthly meetings. An accurate inventory of all library materials owned by the guild should be kept. Chairman purchases new books as...

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21 Feb

Thank you to our 110 members who have renewed your membership for 2025. It's shaping up to be a fabulous year! If you haven't yet renewed, please do so before March 31, so you won't miss out on any information about CVQA, our members, and this year's activities. You have 3 options: 1. Renew online at CVQA.org, or 2. Fill out a Membership Form and bring it to the March 4 meeting, along with your check or credit card, or 3. Fill out a Membership Form and mail it with your check to: Cumberland Valley...

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21 Feb

[gallery ids="1171,1172,1173,1174,1175,1176"] You've done it again! The Community Care Committee received 19 quilts in January and February. What a great start to the new year! At our February guild meeting we voted to continue donating baby quilts to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Old Glory Chapter. They host an annual baby shower for service women and women veterans who are expecting a baby. They provide baby essentials to these women and asked us for baby quilt donations again this year. The DAR’s baby shower is May 17, so think about sewing...

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21 Feb

The theme of the block challenge for the 2025 Williamson County Fair is “Summer Nights and Fair Delights.” If you’d like to participate in the challenge, you can purchase a block kit from Connie Little. Block kits are $5 each. The kit includes fabric plus the rules and guidelines for constructing your block. The Fair will take place August 1-9, 2025, at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park – so completed blocks will be due sometime in early July. The blocks made for this year’s fair will be displayed with a label...

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24 Jan

Christmas is a memory. Mine was a delightful “White One” with family in Wisconsin. New Year’s has come and gone. We’re already into February, with Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching. Golly!! How time flies by, ever so quickly!! Sorry that our January Guild Meeting had to be cancelled, but safety always comes first. When Williamson County Schools close due to dangerous weather, we don’t convene either. I hope that you enjoyed your “day off,” maybe you breathed a sigh, read a book, stitched a bit, or just relaxed on your extra day!! Board...

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24 Jan

After we had to cancel our January meeting, First VP Michelle did some fancy footwork to adjust our 2025 calendar. Guest speaker Tracy Hansen (originally scheduled for February) has agreed to move to our June meeting, and we will cover the January agenda in February. Whew. Our February 4 meeting will focus on What the Guild Has to Offer to YOU in 2025: Pop Up Small Groups Several members have offered to facilitate a “limited series” small group, where we can learn from one another in a small setting. There will be time...

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24 Jan

2025 came in with a wallop! I don't have much to report as we didn't have our January guild meeting and we have not given out any quilts yet this year. Our group that puts together kits down at the Bethesda Senior Center will continue to work hard to give you projects to take home and complete. Pictured is Denise Stokes and myself battling a roll of batting. That batting didn't want to give up its cover, but with a lot of tugging we prevailed! Needless to say, there was...

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