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by Nico Laudenberg Jan 15, 2021 Welcome to our quilt-along homebase! You will find all you need here. Join our email list and never miss the news, the weekly task and maybe some special goodies just for the email recipients: Click here to receive this wonderful newsletter. We are doing a quilt-along! And note: this…

By Arlene Kindel January 4, 2021 Long-time Guild member, Mary Hogan, will be teaching our January workshops and giving the lecture at our Quilt Day meeting on January 16th.  She has been sewing and crafting ever since she was a child and started quilting in 1993.  After she retired, she was able to devote more…

By Lori Rhode November 29, 2020 Congratulations to Marilyn Knepp, Debbie Grifka, Lucinda Herring and Carol Makielski for receiving the greatest appreciation of the viewers of GAAQG’s 2020 Celebrate the Quilts from Home show! Marilyn Knepp’s quilt,”FREADom, received  viewer’s choice first place. The quilt was made as a retirement gift for a friend’s mother who…

Hello again SafeHouse Sewing Event Friends!!!  In March, we were ‘quarantined out’ of this event!!!  So we will try it again!! To all GAAQG Safari Seekers, Let’s ROAR!! Let’s BRAY!! Let’s BARK!! Let’s CROAK!! Let’s SCREAM!!! (and whatever sounds these animals make!) An African Themed SafeHouse Sewing Event coming to your very own home!!! The…

    Every quilt has a story. A story of how and why it was made. Some are made because a pattern design or beautiful cloth inspired the maker.  Others are made of necessity, to provide warmth and comfort. Some quilts go together quickly and others follow a more winding route from beginning to end….

By Pam Setla, GAAQG Preservationist If you asked quilters how many quilting books they own, chances are they will say at least 100!  With new publications coming out regularly, though, it is hard to keep up with the latest experts and techniques. The Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild has an answer to the questions facing…