Tuesday, July 21, 2009

BIG GUILD NEWS!



As you know, we entered the 2010 opportunity quilt in the State Fair. We just got a letter from the fair ... and it says:

Our quilt has been selected for the following awards :

First place
Best of Division
Special Awards from: Country Sewing Center
Mountain Mist
River City Quilters


The judge's comments:

  • Wow! Fantastic use of color, fabric and design


  • Foundation piecing well executed


  • Quilting design is appropriate


  • Binding is excellent.


CONGRATULATION GOLDEN VALLEY QUILT GUILD!

Monday, July 20, 2009

And last but not least.



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And a Few More June Pictures

A few more quilts Patrica shared with us.


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June Meeting Guest Speaker - Patricia Beavers

Here are a couple of pictures of Patrica Beavers, and her wonderful quilts, that she shared with us, in June.


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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Fabric Sale!

Everyine loves a fabric sale, right? One of our members Judy Keyawa has sent this invite for us.

FABRIC SALE*FABRIC SALE*FABRIC SALE
Judy Keyawa and I still have over 125 bolts of good quality quilting fabric for sale. Low, low prices from $1.00 - $6.00 per yard. Most are $3 - $4 - $5 per yard. These make great inexpensive quilt backs and some are 54" wide.
SATURDAY JULY 25TH 9AM - 1PM
4681 OAK GLEN WAY
FAIR OAKS
From highway 50
North on Sunrise
Right on Sunset
Second stop sign, Right on Chicago
One block, Left on Pomona
One Block, Right on Paula
One Block, Left on Oak Glen - on the right corner of Oak Glen and Paula
Green house with white trim - house faces Paula
You can park in front of house on Paula.
Call Judy Hickey 965-8115 or cell 622 2032 for more information or if you need to come at a different time.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ALL YOUR FABRIC LOVING FRIENDS TO INVITE THEM TO THE SALE.

Hello and Welcome

Welcome members! Hoping that we can use this format, for awhile, until we have a more formal website set up. Hopefully we can use it to communicate and share our love of quilting.



Thanks to Gloria Cromer, for sharing all the wonderful photos, she takes at meetings and workshops. Weare limited to the number of photos, that can go into the newsletter each month, so I will put as many as I can here.



If you have any comments, ideas, or thoughts, to make this better, please leave them.

As always, you can contact me at goldenvalleyquilters@gmail.com