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Bid early and often! GAAQG Online Auction for...
Click here: The Threads of Love On-line Auction is now live! The GAAQG and Safehouse Centerhave joined forces to ensure that the center has enough funds to continue their important work of keeping families safe from domestic violence. The need is even greater now since so many people are still stuck at home and funding…
PLEASE VOTE…..for your favorite quilt in our...
By Lori Rhode October 4, 2020 This month we are inundated by get-out-the-vote messages. The pundits say turnout will be good. However, voter turnout for GAAQG’s online “Celebrate the Quilts from Home” show is low. So far, no clear favorites are appearing from the show’s viewer’s choice ballots. In the show, as in our general…
Online SafeHouse Sewing Event – Saturday...
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…
Which Quilt Is Your Favorite? Vote for Your...
By Lori Rhode August 22, 2020 Choosing the best, the most beautiful, most talented, most popular of anything is a based on many things. When it comes to making the choice among hundreds of beautiful, well made and varied in style quilts at a show……I find that impossible. I can’t do it. At least not…
Teapot Quilt By Lori Rhode
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….
The Guild library is great for your budget...
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…
LET’S SHARE A SPARE !!
By Jan Kosko May 14, 2020 safehousequiltkits@gaaqg.com I have some ‘spare parts’ and I want to SHARE!! Do you need GAAQG Labels for your SafeHouse bound quilts? Email me with your name and address and number of labels you need and I will send them to you by USPS. 5 – 15 labels fit into…
Stay Home. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Stay...
Post by Susan Schwandt April 26, 2020 To all our Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild members and friends, this special webpage helps us stay connected to GAAQG and to each other during the COVID-19 crisis while we are staying at home to keep ourselves and our families safe. This page will be updated frequently, so…
SafeHouse Center Updates
By Susan Schwandt, April 11, 2020 Children’s masks needed SafeHouse Center needs children’s face masks for ages 3 to 9 years. You can Google children’s face mask patterns and select the free pattern of your choice. This is a good way to use up any leftover SafeHouse fabrics and baby quilt scraps. Guild members…
GAAQG is holding its 16th Biennial Quilt Show, “Celebrate the Quilt From Home” here on our website. Every even-numbered year, GAAQG members create items to enter into this non-juried show. This online show features member-made entries and two Special Exhibits. In lieu of admission, we are suggesting a $6.00 or more donation to SafeHouse Center. For more information, check our 
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