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2007 Quilt Show
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Guides / Links
- Southern New Jersey Fabric Shops
- Lancaster PA Fabric Shops
- Other "out of state" Quilt Shops (Recommendations by members)
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Special Notice
Reminder
Guild member name tags must be worn
at all meetings
- or suffer a .50 fine for each violation.

Save the Dates

Oct. 11 - Merry May's Mystery Workshop - (Saturday)

Oct. 13 - Regular monthly meeting:
              Frightful, Halloween Fat Quarter Game!
              Each participant is to bring one (1) Fat Quarter (18"x22")
              of 100 % cotton of a Halloween print.

Nov. 10 - Regular monthly meeting. Topic - TBD

Dec. 8 - Holiday Supper / Ornament Exchange

2009 - Upcoming Workshops Set
- Feb. 7 - Charm Square Workshop
- Mar. 6 - Regular monthly meeting on Friday
- Mar. 7 - Curved Piecing Workshop by Linda Hahn

Millville - Fiber Revolution Show
Riverfront Center, 22 N. High St., Millville, NJ 08332
Now thru Sept. 13th
Link:
Fiber Revolution > http://www.fiberrevolution.com/

Gee's Bend Quilts - Sept. 16th thru Dec. 14th at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
> Read more ...

13 Sept. 2008

- Color Theory Workshop Photo Page

Sandra Dorrbecker presented a Color Theory Workshop for the South Shore Stitchers on Saturday, Sept. 13th at the Upper Twp. Community Center. For highlights and pictures of the event see > Photo Page ....

Color Theory Workshop_by Sandra Dorrbecker_For South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild - Tuckahoe NJ

09 Sept. 2008 Updates
- Postcard quilts - September meeting photos posted.
. Appliqué Society
"Nimble Fingers" - A group of South Shore Stitchers members who are devoted to working with and learning about different appliqué techniques.
- The group meets every third Monday of the month at the Upper Twp. Library meeting room @ 6:30 p.m.
- For information contact Kathy at 889-9523.

31 August 2008 October meeting information updated.
Two workshop dates set for 2009 (See above)
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Charity Quilts
Fourth Wednesday of each month. Read more .
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18 August 2008 Updates
- Postcard quilts - August meeting photos posted.
- See link for special fiber arts show being held in Millville.
- Photos of the Antique Quilt Show, held in Ocean City at Wesley Manor during July.
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16 July 2008 Updates
- Postcard quilts - July meeting photos posted.
- Saint Katharine Drexel Quilt Group Fund Raiser
- 2009 Raffle Quilt in progress (See Site Home Page)
- SSS Guild member Mary Alice Campanaro currently has a gallery display of watercolors and small quilts at Positively 4th Street Cafe in Ocean City. The Show runs thru July 27th. Read more ...
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08 July 2008

2008 Vermont Quilt Festival Pictures

Guild member Ginny Cooper, with Shirley Banks - Chairman of the 2008 Vermont Quilt Festival (VQF) and SSS Guild member.

Ginny received a 2nd Place Ribbon (Small pieced wall hangings) and the rose at the VQF Champagne and Chocolate Awards Ceremony and Show Preview, Thursday night, June 26th.

2009 Quilt Show Dates Set
Show Notes:

The Guild has initiated planning for the next Quilt Show for Oct. 2009.
The Show title will be "Quilting Memories ... Connecting the Past with the Present and Future."
The 2009 Quilt Show location will be the Upper Twp. Community Center on Route 50.
Mark your calendars! - Oct. 16, 17 & 18, 2009.

Pam Yoos, Ginny Cooper and Sandy Knorr at the Awards Night. Pam and Sandy were at the Vermont Quilt Festival to attend some of the many workshops offered during the Quilt Show.

2008 Vermont Quilt Festival

SSS member Merry May was a teacher at the Vermont Quilt Festival. This is her quilt on display in the "Teachers Row" section of the Quilt Show.
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Click link to view a selection of quilts in the VQFShow:
good-times.webshots.com/album/563989539BQedTf -

16 July 2008

"Morning Star Quilt"
Queen Size
Made by the Saint Katharine Drexel Quilt Group
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Saint Katharine Drexel Quilt Group Fund Raiser

Hostess: Linda Dowd

Drawing to be held Oct. 11, 2008

See Linda at SSS Guild meetings for tickets

6 for $5.00 / 1 for $1.00

14 June 2008

Update
- Postcard quilts - June meeting photos posted.

01 June 2008 The Charity Quilts, shown above, for autistic children.
> See Charity Quilts Page ... .

13 May 2008

Update
- Postcard quilts - May meeting photos posted.

- The May membership meeting with Karen Kay Buckley's lecture “To Border or Not…” was held Friday evening the Upper Twp Community Center. The follow-on Workshop took place on Saturday.
> See workshop photos ...

25 April 2008

Update
- Postcard quilts - April meeting photos posted.

07 April 2008

Shows
National Art Quilt Show at Wayne Art Center (PA)
Show Link - ArtQuilt Elements 2008 (thru May 10th)

Batsto Quilters Guild Show, New Gretna, NJ
- May 18th (no link)

New Jersey State Guild Show
- June 14th - Edison, NJ

Vermont Quilt Festival
- June 27-29 - Essex Junction, VT

18 March 2008

SSS Winners at 2008 Garden Patch Quilt Show
Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ

Here is the list of the winners at the Garden Patch Quilt Show - from our guild:
Bed Quilts - Appliqué - Hand Quilted
     2nd - Eunice Williamson
     HM - Phyllis Marshall

Bed Quilts - Pieced - Hand Quilted
      3rd - Betty Berenotto

Bed Quilts - Pieced - Machine Quilted
      2nd - Ruth Roesberg

Large Wall Hanging - Mixed - Machine Quilted
      1st - Ginny Cooper

Small Wall Hanging - Appliqué - Machine Quilted
      3rd - Debbie Lombardozzi

Small Wall Hanging - Mixed - Machine Quilted
      1st - Elizabeth Ohlson

Small Wall Hanging - Pieced - Machine Quilted
      HM - Debbie Lombardozzi

Many Congratulations to all our guild member winners!!

17 March 2008

Merry May's One Woman Show

The current exhibit at the Down Jersey Folklife Center at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center at Wheaton Arts (Village) in Millville features South Shore Stitchers Guild member, Merry May.

Show Title - "Folk Art Collections II: Mysteries and Histories: Quilts from the Collection of Merry May."

Some pieces in the exhibition are antique blocks and quilts from Merry's collection and others in the exhibition are pieced and quilted by Merry.

Merry is shown here with just three of the quilts she made that are exhibited in the Folklife Center's exhibition. The show runs through March 31, 2008.

10 March 2008 Update
- Postcard quilts - March meeting photos posted.
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18 Feb. 2008 Update
- Postcard quilts - Feb. meeting photos posted.
- New update on Gallery Page (Member's Showcase)
Quilts by Ruth Roesberg
- New Quilt Store Linked - Lady Fingers Sewing
PA store recommended by Nancy Turnbull.
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10 Feb. 2008 Update
Debbie Maddy's Shining Star Workshop
Friday, April 11, 2008 from 10 am to 5 pm. at the Trinity Methodist Church, Route 9, north of Roosevelt Blvd. Marmora, NJ. Bring a bag lunch or we can do Dutch Treat. Cost is $25. per person (limit 20). See newsletter for more information.) Sign-up at Feb. meeting or call Irene 609-522-3348.
D. Maddy's Web Site: www.calicocarriage.com

Maddy's Lecture - We have been invited to attend Debbie's lecture and truck show as guests of Camaco Quilters, on Wed., April 9th at 6;30 pm. The location is the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road, Villas. The cost for non-Cameco members will be $10/person. (We are sharing some of Debbie's expenses with Cameco Quilts.)

19 Jan. 2008

Updates
- Postcard Gallery
- Meeting information
- See unique Nevada quilt tours / show

Ten Quilt Show Demonstrations Scheduled

Show Weekend
Oct. 19-20-21 - South Shore Stitchers Quilt Show

07 Oct. 2007

The 7th Annual AppleFest 2007, held at the John Wesley Gandy Farmstead in Upper Twp., Cape May Co., was held Sunday, Oct.7th. South Shore Stitchers member Joyce Bashew was on hand to promote the Quilt Guild's hand quilted raffle quilt "Stars Over The Oregon Trail."

26 Sept. 2007

Show Promo
Quilting items displayed at the Upper Twp. Library to help promote our quit show.
The cases are full of many quilting projects, quilting tools, books and fabrics.
The items were loaned by Guild members.

Quilting Display - Upper Twp. Library - Promoting Quilting and the South Shore Stitchers 2007 Quilt Show

Click photos to open larger images.
Mouse-over photos for descriptions.

09 Sept. 2007

Quilt For Sale - Guild members Faye Wasleski and Doris Foglio have made a special children's (I Spy) quilt that will be on sale at the Quilt Show. Proceeds will benefit the Guild’s Charity Workshop.
Read more ...

Gallery Page Updated: Two new photos of quilts by Faye Wasleski
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25 Aug. 2007

Gallery Page Updated

South Shore Stitchers - 2007 Raffle Quilt

Cape May County Historical Society - Clam Bake at the Cape May County 4-H Fair Grounds on Saturday, Aug. 18th. Ann Lovell and Kathy Tweed staffed the South Shore Stitchers Raffle Quilt table.

19 June 2007

"Stained Glass" Queen Size Quilt_By the Saint Katharine Drexel Quilters

"Stained Glass" Queen Size Quilt
Church of Saint Katharine Drexel
Egg Harbor Twp. NJ

Holiday Craft Bazaar - Oct. 19-20, 2007
Parish Life Center, 6077 West Jersey Ave., EHT., NJ

Quilted by the Saint Katharine Drexel Quilters
Contact Linda Dowd for Quilt tickets @ $1.00 each
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02 June 2007 See SAVE The DATE update (below) for June 16 - Workshop - Cathedral Windows by Guild member Elizabeth Ohlson
. Future Local - Lectures / Workshops
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May 9-10, 2008 - Karen Kay Buckley
www.karenkaybuckley.com
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04 May 2007

Quilt Guild Library Now Indexed for Easy Reference
- See listing of 237 publications currently in the South Shore Stitchers Library.
- Two types of files: Excel ~ PDF
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20 Mar. 2007

The Quilt Guild participated in the 2007 Habitation of the 8th home for Habitat For Humanity Cape May County with the presentation of two quilts made by the Guild members. Read more ...

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07 Mar. 2007

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