UPCOMING MEETINGS and OTHER EVENTS
OUR NEXT MEETING: Thursday, November 14, 2019
PROGRAM: Details to follow...please check back!
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FUTURE PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS:
OCTOBER 29 - Quilt show meeting at 7:00 pm at Benjamin Branch Library
NOVEMBER 2 - Quilt Show Boutique and Community Outreach Sit & Sew day - 10 am to 4 pm in the Starmount Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Come join us to continue working on items for our Quilt Show Boutique. You can also choose to work on quilt kits for Community Outreach. Please bring your sewing machine and sewing supplies. If you don't want to bring your machine we can still use your help with ironing, cutting and folding. Please join us for a fun day!
* WORKSHOP - NOVEMBER 2 - Barn Quilt Workshop with Jackie Russell (12 student maximum).
NOVEMBER 2 - Please join us at the Persimmon Festival in Colfax NC! The festival hours are 11 am to 4 pm. We will be selling raffle tickets for our TESSELLATION quilt and some items from our upcoming Quilt Show Boutique. We will have quilts for sale!!! Go to www.colfaxpersimmonfest.com for more information on the festival.
NOVEMBER 6 - Please make plans to dine out at NATTY GREENE'S (345 S. Elm St, Greensboro). On GOOD WORKS WEDNESDAY Natty Greene's will donate 10% of ALL restaurant sales to a local non-profit. Wednesday, November 6th will benefit the PIEDMONT QUILTERS' GUILD. In addition to the guild receiving 10% we will to sell RAFFLE TICKETS and promote the guild and our upcoming quilt show. Please invite your friends and family for a fun meal at NATTY GREENE'S! (www.nattygreenes.com) See Carol DeSantis or Michelle Volkmann for more info.
DECEMBER 3 - Quilt show meeting at 7:00 pm at Benjamin Branch Library
DECEMBER MEETING - Holiday Dinner
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QUILT SHOW PLANNING MEETINGS
Tuesday, October 29th
Tuesday, December 3rd
All meeting start at 7:15 pm
Benjamin Branch Library - 1530 Benjamin Pkwy
All are invited to attend to learn more about what goes in to making a quilt show a success!
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How to Earn PQG Quilt Money
At each of our meetings and activities each member has the opportunity to earn PQG Quilt Money. The Board may announce other ways to earn money during the course of the year. Here’s how:
Meetings:
$50 Meeting attendance $50 Wearing Name Tag $50 Birthday Month
$100 Bring Show & Tell $100 Bring Refreshments
Programs & Activities:
$500 Attend a Workshop $500 Attend charity sew day
$500 Challenge Participation $2,000 Present a meeting program
$2,000 Teach a Workshop $3,000 Chair a special program/challenge
Community Outreach:
$1,000 Charity quilt donation $1,000 Quilting Demo's to other’s
$1,000 "Day in the Park" $100 Block of the Month donation
How to spend your money
At our December meeting (the end of the year celebration) you will get to spend your money at an auction. The items for the auction will be donated by vendors, members, and others. In the past we have had FABRIC, Quilting tools, Art work, Quilt book & patterns, gift cards and who knows what other surprises! It is a fun spirited auction!
