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The programs for 2010-2011 are now listed. Click on the Programs/Workshops Tab above.
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You can see the quilts of our members that were in the Vermont Quilt Festival if you click here Quilts
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Wendy Walsh has a wonderful newsletter with Quilt shows in the area. If you click here Quilt Fun Newsletter, you can see upcoming shows and even some trips.
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Leif Tillotson has provided pictures from the Franklin County Quilters Guild 12th Annual Quilt Show.
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Ricky Tims SuperQuilt Seminar
Our guild has agreed to become a Promotional Partner for the upcoming Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar to be held in Hyannis, MA from September 2-4. Claire Graham-Smith will be accepting registrations for guild members; if our guild registers as a group of 10 or more, each person will save $40. We will be bringing you more information in a separate email coming in March, and in print for those who need it. In the meantime you can mark your calendar and read more about the seminar at Super Quilt Seminar You may want to check out an article Claire did on her Super Seminar experience last spring. It was in the June newsletter. Here's the link Claire's article It's on page 5.
Here's a podcast(#16)by a participant in the seminar held in Iowa. Podcast #16
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!NEW JIGSAW PUZZLE!
Membership dues may be paid in Sept. The Guild needs your support.
Click on Forms above for a Membership Application. You can fill it out online and then print it and stop by the Membership table at any Guild meeting to pay.
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The Champlain Valley Quilters' Guild of Vermont meets at 7 PM on the first Tuesday of each month, September through June, at the Essex Alliance Church on Old Stage Road, Essex Junction, Vermont. Please join us if you can at 6:30PM for socializing.
Cathy Miller, the Singing Quilter May 4, 2010 http://www.singingquilter.com/
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The purpose of this Guild shall be to promote an interest in the art of quilting for the members and the community, to educate members and the community in all aspects of quilting and to provide an encouraging environment in which members may share, practice, and exchange ideas related to quilting.
Guild News
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"Treasurer for the Guild desperately needed!!!!
I'm leaving for 3 months starting October 3rd. Requirements: Some accounting necessary. Be familiar with Quikbooks or willing to learn.. Board members are willing to help. Please call Thea Platt immediately. 985-3074********************************
It's almost time for selling tickets for the raffle quilt at the Fair. We're in need of people for some of the times. Please help out! Click here for the times that are available.***************************
Abnaki Fall Quilt Retreat Sept. 23-26. Registration Forms here
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Quilts of Valor
A thank you to the members of the Champlain Valley Quilters Guild, the Franklin County Guild and others who worked on the beautiful Quilts of Valor. Five Quilts of Valor were delivered in May to soldiers serving with the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (MTN)...[IBCT (MTN)] who are getting services at Walter Reed Medical Center.
SGM Toby Quick, VTARNG offered the following quote: "The Soldiers loved them and it will be with them for a long time and hopefully be able to be handed down to their grand children." Your generosity was well received, Tammie Schmitt and Roseanne Terrill
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GUEST FEE - If you are not a paid member of CVQG, there will be a $5.00 guest fee to attend our meetings. Please go to the membership table to pay and receive a name badge. This will be implemented in March 2010. Thank you.
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Look in the May 2010 issue of The Quilter magazine to see a picture of Rose Orr's quilt that was in the Quilters Gathering 2009.
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Karen Abrahamovich had an entry - Monet's Wedding Ring - in the MQX Quilt Show in Providence, RI in April.
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Guild Member Presenters Mar 2010
