The first monthly business meeting will take place on Monday, September 22, 2014 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the West Tisbury Public Library.
Until then, we plan to have a series of organizational gatherings on Monday evenings, from 7 to 8:30 pm at the West Tisbury Library. All are welcome to these organizational meetings. Beginning in late September, in addition to a monthly general/program meeting, we plan to sponsor weekly 'drop in' gatherings or 'bees' on Monday evenings for members who would like to share, get input, and learn together. These meetings will be held at the West Tisbury Library from 7 to 8:30 pm. See the list of topics suggested by Founding Members. |
Possible topics themes for future weekly gatherings - including additions made at the June 9th organizational meeting:
Founding Members would like the Guild to sponsor weekly gatherings that have a specific topic or theme that would be posted in advance. Here are the topics/themes that Members have suggested to date:
Founding Members would like the Guild to sponsor weekly gatherings that have a specific topic or theme that would be posted in advance. Here are the topics/themes that Members have suggested to date:
- Time-saving Fabric Bundles night: charm packs, jelly rolls, fat quarters, layer cake etc.
- UFO nights: Members bring projects and work on them.
- Design Wall nights: Members bring projects they are planning (or projects-in-progress) and get constructive feedback using Design Walls.
- Color nights: Members bring projects they are planning and get constructive feedback.
- Good Cause nights: Members work together to complete blocks for quilts to be donated to worthy organizations.
- Pinterest night: Members learn to use Pinterest as a way to collect photos, quilts, patterns, fabrics they like. Pinterest can be private or shared with others.
- Crazy Quilt night:
- Great Quilt Tools night:
- Quilt Terminology night:
- Quilting Basics for New Quilters night:
- Helping Hand night: Members with experience are teamed up with members who need help with a problem and/or need to master a new technique.
- Block of the Month night:
- T Shirt Quilt night: Share examples of T Shirt quilts and how to make them. [This could be of interest to teens and parents of same.]
- Family Memory Quilt night: Share examples and how to make them.
- Special Topic night: Members who love a particular block or pattern teach a mini workshop.
- Trading Fabric Night:
- Beginners' Nights and Advanced Nights (advertised in the “calendars” of MV Times and Vineyard Gazette)
- Mentoring Nights:
- Applique Night:
- Cherrilla's 'Quilting Style" Night: