April 2017 Are you the Raffle Quilt winner? 1st Quilt Retreat...

APRIL 11TH IS FARMERSVILLE 

RAFFLE QUILT DRAWING

AND THE WINNER IS:
Ann Black of Caddo Mills, Tx

Pat our community service chairperson  all smiles with her friend the winner Ann 

Debbie Pie raffle quilt sales chairperson posing the winner Ann 

Look how nice the raffle quilt looks on her bed

FARMERSVILLE QUILT GUILD UNVEILING 2017 RAFFLE QUILT

Tickets for sale

$1 each or 6 for $5

'STARS SURROUND'

(name of Quilt)

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April 11th, Guild program will be 

"Finishing your Quilt" presented by Pat & Janice

This month’s Farmersvile Quilt Guild meeting was held April 11th, at 7:00 pm in the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.
We will be drawing a winner of our raffle quilt at the meeting, GOOD LUCK

Visitors are always welcome. 

For more information about the guild see: farmersvilequiltguild.blogspot.com

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Janice & Pat Demo 'How to finish your quilt'

Janice has some great tips to finish a quilt.
Thank you Janice for all the work you put into the demo, we appreciate it

Binding tool Janice made for all members to have.
Janice & Pat  we appreciate all the work it went into the program

Pat showing a QOV pillow case she used the left over binding for the strip (so cleaver).
 She also tough us a quick and easy way to cut bias binding. Pat knows her stuff.

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1st Annual Quilt Retreat

DATE: Friday, April 7 - Sunday April, 9

TIME: Arrival any time on Friday after 3:00PM, Depart by 3:00PM on Sunday

LOCATION: Quiltagious Quarters

ADDRESS: 101 South 3rd Street, Celeste, TX 75423

BRING: Sewing stuff, machines, mats, rotary cutters, irons, etc.

Farmersville Quilt Guild 1st annual Quilt Retreat
Back row, left to right:
Claude Ann, Elizabeth, Kathy, Lesa, Debbie Pie, Peggy, Janice, Lou Ann, Pat, Karen
Front row, left to right:
Barb, Sherri, Jennifer, Susan

Guilds 1st annual quilting retreat
pictured: Jennifer, Pat, Susan, Peggy, Janice, Claude Ann,
Karen, Lou Ann, Sherri, Debbie Pie,
not pictured Lesa, Elizabeth, Barb, & Kathy (photographer)
Did I miss anyone??

Barb & Peggy helping each other.

Kathy did her March BOM.
Nice job

How cute is this Tea Pot quilt Lesa is working on.

Ta-Da

Looks like Jenn is happy

Sherri showing her stuff

Is Pie awake (probably laughing again)

Elizabeth accomplished this cute quilt,
Ya going to share that fun pattern

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CALENDAR of Upcoming Events:

Farmersville Quilt Guild Meeting 

Tuesday, April 11, 2017  at 7:00 pm in the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.
Raffle Quilt Drawing, 2017/2018 Board Slate announced

Guest Speaker: Janice & Pat Demo 'How to finish your quilt'

QOV Presentation for Todd Bushman

Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 1:00PM
Tyler, Texas

How special it must have been for Elizabeth to present her brother Todd with a Quilt of Valor Quilt she made.

Sew Day - Evening Group

April 18, 2017 Tuesday at the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.

4:00PM - 10:00PM

Sew Day - Day Group

April 27, 2017 Thursday at the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.

9:00AM - 3:00PM

Executive Board Meeting - FYI

April 27, 2017

7:30PM

Farmersville Quilt Guild Meeting

 May 9, 2017 Tuesday, at 7:00 pm at the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.

 2017/2018 Officers Vote

Program: "Surprise Night"

Sew Day Weekend

May 6, 2017 Saturday at the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.

8:00AM - 8:00PM

Sew Day - Day Group

May NO  THURSDAY SEW

Executive Board Meeting - FYI

May 25, 2017

7:30PM

Farmersville Quilt Guild Meeting

June 13, 2017 Tuesday at 7:00 pm in the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.
 - Installation of Officers

Anniversary Celebration

Sew Day - Day Group

June 1, 2017 Thursday  ***DATE CHANGED

9:00AM - 3:00PM  at  the O. E. Carlisle Civic center.

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Letter from our Guild President:

Sewing Sisters,

Wasn't Patience Griffin wonderful? I so enjoyed hearing about her experiences and the things that she learned in her quilting community. I have adopted her galloping horse philosophy! This month, Janice Tower and Pat Beeler will be presenting a program on Finishing our Quilts. I'm sure we'll learn a lot from these accomplished quilters.

I'd like to thank Debbie Piekarski and all who have assisted in selling raffle tickets and promoting our raffle quilt. It looks like we will sell out of tickets - 3,000 of them - at the Alley Sale at Happiness is Quilting this Saturday. Congratulations! It will be exciting to see who will win this beautiful quilt. 

Please let Debbie P. know if you have any tickets that you will not sell so that we can add them to our pool for this weekend.

At Tuesday's meeting we will unveil the 2017/2018 Raffle quilt and name the new board slate for your consideration.

What to bring:

Please bring all tickets, stubs and money to Tuesday's meeting. If you are going to the Retreat this weekend, Kathy will be happy to collect your money there.

Pillowcases - please bring your completed pillowcases to the meeting so that we can turn them in to Happiness is Quilting. Thank you for your work on these items.

Community Service Quilts - Please bring all completed lap quilts, baby blankets, fidget quilts etc.

March Block of the Month

Show and Tell items

See you Tuesday night!

Love you to pieces,

Elizabeth

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Some fun info from  Bonnie:

 FYI there is a Block of the Week that started last week from Moda. I forgot to mention it last night. A new pattern comes on Facebook every Wednesday. You sign up (or join) for free. I just got my block this morning. Look for Moda Block.

 Heads if  you are interested. It is a fun thing to do.

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April #4 BOM

JR Showing members the #4 April BOM

JR is putting together the BOM to show that the Mystery Quild is coming along

JR is also doing a QOV BOM every month also. So at the end for the year she will have a Mystery QOV done!!!

Guild members showing off the #3 March BOM
They look marvelous girls:)

Pat's #3 March BOM

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This is a challenge BLOCK.
It won't be in the Guild mystery 12 month BOM.
If you would like to make this 
block to challenge yourself
email JR and she will email the
pattern. 

Lynn

Bonnie

JR

JR sample
Fabric choice is not good

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Raffle Quilt Sales

Happiness is Quilting Alley Sale

April 8, 2017

10:00AM- 4:00PM

Paige & JR at Happiness is Quilting in McKinney selling raffle tickets
Jackie & Donna B sold out at the second shift.
Drawing is this Tuesday April 11th
GOOD LUCK

Barb & Elizabeth selling tickets and taking donations to help us support our Quilts of Valor at

1st Lieutenant Robert F. Welch III, Run For Heroes

April 1, 2017 Wylie, Texas

Farmersville High School Craft Fair

March 25, 2017
Thank you Farmersville for supporting our Guilds raffle ticket sales. 

Bonnie might have been top sales for the day:)

Sherri supporting her guild

Karen & JR having too much fun working

Debbie P & Karen are you chatting or selling them tickets??

What a great day!

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SEW AND TELL

JR & Karen presenting Wyndi the editor of the Farmersville Newspaper
a Christmas tree skirt showing the Guilds appreciation for supporting the Guild in the newspaper.

Wyndi and JR/Debi

Skirt made by JR

Look at the fabric print  (her fabric choice)

Pat QOV pillow case
She use the leftover binding for the strip, so smart.

Pat QOV
Can't wait to see what lucky Veteran receives this beautiful quilt

Becky's QOV. She worked hard on this difficult pattern and it paid off

Becky donated several quilt tops to Guild for community service
Thank you Becky, you have a big heart.

More quilt tops Becky donated to the Guild
Did you know she is moving?
JR has her new address, I bet she would love a card from you...

Terry just starting sewing a few months ago.
This is her 3rd community service block.
She won't be a beginner for long.

Donna's QOV Pillow case
What's inside?

Donna's wonderful QOV

Look close she wrote/quilted 'God Bless Amercia'
Now that's talent!

Elizabeth this QOV is beautiful
Bet someone is going to love it:)

Terry's 1st quilt she ever made.
It's for her doggy, Mac.

Karen said "I had to get it"

Pat's son pick out the pattern, fabric, and colors. All Pat has to do is made it.
beautiful job! 

The back to her son's quilt

Claude Ann made this modern quilt for someone special, shhh it's a surprise

JR made this modern baby quilt for her great nephew

"Bonnie teach us how to make this"

Kathy is having too much fun helping Elizabeth show off this QOV she made and presented to her brother.
How special.

Terry showing off her doggy quilt she made for Mac
(1st quilt she ever made)

Elizabeth, Pat, & JR donating a raffle quilt to the Farmersville Fire Dept. for their annual Fish Fry fundraiser.
If you want a chance to win this beautiful quilt made by the Farmersville Quilt Guild Members go support the
Fire Dept May 20, 2017 at FVHS.

Pat & Elizabeth did a class at "What a Find' on how to paint Barn Quilts
How creative they are.

Elizabeth working hard