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Up Close and Personal: Amy Friend By Maryann Hummer, VP Programs Amy Friend of During Quiet Time, LLC is our instructor for November Quilt Day weekend. A former museum curator, she is now a full-time, modern quilter specializing in paper-pieced designs. I interviewed Amy recently. I’m sure you’ll find her
Comfort, Healing, and Hope Through Quilts Guest blogger: Christine Watson, Executive Director at SafeHouse Center At SafeHouse Center, every quilt created and donated by your members is far more than fabric and thread. It is a symbol of warmth, dignity, and compassion, and a tangible reminder to survivors of domestic
Up Close and Personal: Erin Grogan By Maryann Hummer, VP Programs Erin Grogan of Love Sew Modern, who started quilting about nine years ago, is our instructor for September’s Quilt Day weekend. Erin took time out of her busy day filled with appointments and preparing for an evening Girl Scout
Up Close and Personal: Lilo Bowman By Maryann Hummer, VP Programs Maryann and Lilo share a laugh at Quilt National Lilo Bowman is our speaker for July Quilt Day weekend. She is President of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) and Editor-in-Chief of The Quilt Show. To learn more about Lilo
Are You Ready to Shop? Fabric Sale – Saturday, May 17 By Roberta Myyra Our next Quilt Day Meeting is Saturday, May 17 at the Morris Lawrence Building at the Washtenaw Community College campus. Our annual Fabric Sale is in the atrium after the meeting. Several members have been doing
Up Close and Personal: Tammy Silvers By Maryann Hummer, VP Programs Tammy Silvers is our speaker and instructor for the May Quilt Day weekend. To preview her talents, check out her website, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube channel. Register for workshops www.gaaqg.com/workshops/ I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Tammy
Meet September’s Workshop Instructor: Beth Helfter By Jane Clark, VP Programs I recently had a conversation with Beth Helfter from Eva Paige Quilt Design. Beth will be our September workshop instructor via Zoom. She has quite the sense of humor and wants everyone to enjoy the quilting process. Beth works
Be Captivated by 60 Special Exhibit Quilts at the GAAQG 2024 Quilt Show By Camie Roper Left to right: Ugly Fabric Challenge – Quilt by Pat Weber and Bilious Green Challenge Quilt by Deb Spring Our guild has several small groups of 5-20+ members. For each quilt show, several groups
Come Ready to Shop! Fabric Sale – Saturday May 18 By Roberta Myyra Our next quilt day meeting is less than a month away, on Saturday, May 18. The Fabric Sale will be held just following the lecture and meeting as we have done in the past. We have some
