2009 Quilt Show

Internet Quilting Time Wasters
SSS Guild member listings of quilting websites and quilting video links. Click on the sites ... sit back and enjoy virtual quilting ideas and shows!

South Shore Stitchers
now on
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Girl With Ball....Quilted - held up next to the Roy Lichtenstein 1961 painting - "Girl With Ball" that hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Ginny and Ralph Cooper took the quilt to NYC in August to take the side by side picture. Please see the Gallery Page for more information about the quilt and the list of members who made the pieced strips in the quilt.

2010  - Upcoming Workshops / Events

•  Philadelphia Museum of Art - Quilt Exhibit
  "Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal" on display now thru July 25, 2010 includes 40 some embroidered examples assembled during the 1920s and 1930s by the legendary historian of Indian art, Dr. Stella Kramrisch.  

• South Shore Stitchers Cookbooks now available at Guild meetings for purchase at $6 each.

• Guides / Links
     - Southern New Jersey Fabric Shops
     - Lancaster PA Fabric Shops
     - Other "out of state" Quilt Shops
         (Recommendations by members)

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.
Note: Meeting location change for Dec., Jan. Feb. & Mar.
          at the home of Doris Foglio, Marmora
 - For information contact Kathy at 889-9523.

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• Save The Dates - Lecture / Workshop - Carol Doak, paper piecing expert, will present a lecture to Guild members. Tuesday night, July 13 and a paper piecing workshop on Wednesday, July 14, 2010.
  • Web Site: > www.caroldoak.com

Carol Doak Teaches - Paper Piece

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Guild member Bert McCaughey, right, presented a quilt she made featuring the South Shore Stitcher's logo to SSS President Kathy Doerr, left. The quilt banner will hang at Guild functions and quilt shows in the future.

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Selling Quilt Raffle Tickets at the Ocean City Spring Block Party. With the Raffle Quilt on display in the Calico N Cotton store window, members Anne Lovell, left, and Trudy Wolf took the first shift on Saturday, May 2nd. Nancy Ely, standing, and Ginny Cooper, taking the picture, took the second shift.

 - 2009 Show Page - Registration link added.

 - Twitter block added (see at right) showing recent Guild entries / posts.

Charity Quilts
Fourth Wednesday of each month. Read more.
The Charity Quilts, shown above, for autistic children.

New Quilt Shop Listings - in New England: Guild member Candy Moleff's vacation in the Fall of 2008 discovered The Bunkhouse Quilt Shop, in Lyndeborough, NH. She also has recommended to shops in Maine: Calico Basket Quilt Shop, Windham, ME and Barking Rose Quilt Barn, Cornish, ME 
 - See SSS Guild's Fabric Shop Page for details.

Charm Squares Workshop Picture Page  

Fund Raiser Success - Geometric Rose Quilt by Kathy Azeez & South Shore Stitchers Guild members

**New Page** Internet Quilting Time Wasters
- SSS Guild member listings of quilting websites and quilting video links. Click on the sites ... sit back and enjoy virtual quilting ideas and shows!

January meeting post cards posted. > 2009 Photos

See Gallery Page update - Quilt by Nancy Turnbull

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Kathy Azeez has reported that the Geometric Rose Quilt (panels made by members of the SSS Guild) was a big hit at the recent fundraiser held by Frenchman's Creek Women for Scripps  Research, Jupiter, Florida. See Kathy's
site www.uniquequiltpatterns.com

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At the end of last year, the AQS solicited quilt submissions from guilds in the mid-Atlantic region (NY, NJ, PA & DE). for exhibit at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY to run from Jan. 16th to Mar. 10th, 2009.  Sandy Ernst submitted two quilts for consideration and the Starburst quilt was selected to be one of thirty on display at the special exhibit named "Quilts of the Mid-Atlantic."  Many Congratulations to Sandy for this special recognition!!

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The Flannel Raggy Quilt Raffle winner is ... Merry May! Tickets for the quilt, made by Doris Foglio, Peggy Long and Barbara Meany, were sold at the Nov. and Dec. guild meetings.

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