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South Shore Stitchers Quilt Show October 14-16, 2011
Show Theme:
"Friends Bound By Quilting"

See 2011 Quilt Show Photos on Guild's Facebook Page

2011 Raffle Quilt Proceeds Benefit

   - ARC Cape May County
   - Covenant House Atlantic County

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Quilt Show Proceeds
Proceeds from the South Shore Stitchers 2011 Quilt Show were presented to representatives of two local organizations at the Guild’s meeting in December. Katie Kasten, at left, of the Covenant House in Atlantic City, received a check from Quilt Show Co-Chair Jane Pszczolkowski. Sarah Matthews, second from right, of ARC in Cape May County, received a check from Quilt Show Co-Chair Kathy Doerr.

Upcoming Workshops / Events

Our Heritage in Quilts Exhibit
Now thru Dec. 30, 2011
Ocean City Historical Museum, located in the Community Center, 1735 Simpson Ave., Ocean City, NJ  399.1801
  >  www.ocnjmuseum.org 
Featuring over two-dozen, rarely seen antique quilts from the Museum's collection including: crazy, patchwork, applique, embroidery, album and bicentennial.
Free admission.
Hours: Tues. thru Fri. 10-4, Sat. 11-2.

Quilt Art at Michener Museum
The time-honored tradition of quilting gets a modern art makeover in Quilt Art: International Expressions at the James A Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., on display now thru Dec. 31.
> http://www.michenermuseum.org/exhibits/quilt-art.php
This Quilt exhibit / link was suggested by Guild member Jane Pszczolkowski.

ArtQuilt Elements 2012
March 30 - May 13, 2012 / Wayne Art Center / Wayne PA
AQE 2012 is the 10th Exhibition of this internationally acclaimed show set in suburban Philadelphia
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http://www.artquiltelements.com/

  • Cookbooks - The South Shore Stitchers Cookbook is available at Guild meetings for purchase at $6 each.

  • 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.
     - For information contact Kathy at 889-9523.

Insider's Guide to Quilting Careers
 by Merry May and Linda J. Hahn
Visit >
  http://quiltwoman.com/dts-101.aspx
  www.DoubleTroubleStudios.com

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Autism Charity Quilt - South Shore Stitchers - Tuckahoe NJ
Charity Quilts
Fourth Wednesday of each month. Read more.

The Charity Quilts, shown above, for autistic children.

See last year's activities
on the archived
What's New 2010 Page

 

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Holiday Tea Party
Tasty goodies were served up by kitchen helpers (from left) Pat Kline, Debbie Conrad and Hospitality Co-Chair Nancy Thomson at the December Guild meeting Tea Party. Specialty sandwiches and homemade cookies and bake goods, from the members, were enjoyed by all.  

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Quilts of Valor






One of the Quilts of Valor that was shown at the November 14 guild meeting, pieced by South Shore Stitchers members. This quilt will be presented to Army Specialist William Cooper, IV. Quilted by SSS member Debbie Doernbach.





Pictured with their ribbons are SSS members (left to right) Ginny Cooper, Bert McCaughey, LeFaye Yurick, and Debbie MacNeill.

Viewer’s Choice awards from the 2011 Quilt Show were announced at the SSS Quilt Guild meeting on Nov,14.

Awards were given in three categories.

Small Quilts (Perimeter up to 100”)
1st – Debbie MacNeill
2nd – Ginny Cooper
3rd – Colleen Fansler

Medium Quilts (Perimeter 101” to 249”)
1st – Bea Minor
2nd – Elizabeth Ohlson
3rd – Colleen Fansler

Large Quilts (Perimeter over 250”)
1st – Beth Hermans
2nd – LeFaye Yurick
3rd – Bert McCaughey
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Guild Quilt Show 2011

See 2011 Quilt Show Photos on Guild's Facebook Page
Local quilters featured in Press of AC article, Nov. 7, 2011. Their work gives warm 'thank you' to veterans
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Quilt Show Photo Galleries on Guild Facebook Page.
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Site Updates



Click above ad for Quilt Show details




2011 Quilt Show Challenge Winners
     Winners were chosen for the South Shore Stitchers 2011 Quilt Show Challenge at the Sept. Guild meeting. The Challenge Quilts were hung and voted on by the members of the guild. The winners, with their quilts, are, left to right, #2 Dottie Greto, #1 Elizabeth Ohlson, and
#3 Jane Pszczolkowski.
     The winning quilts, and all the Challenge Quilts, will be exhibited at the 2011 Quilt Show in October.
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Quilt Display - Positively 4th Street Cafe, Ocean City NJ



Raffle Quilt Ticket Sales - Upper Twp. Fall Festival in Seaville, NJ. Guild member Ginny Cooper sold tickets for the day-long event, held Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011.
http://www.uppertwpbusinesses.com/news.html


Gallery Page
 - New quilts by Ruth Roesberg posted on page


Information link about testing some new quilt marking pens. - Recommended by Jane P.
Reference:
http://quiltingclimber.blogspot.com/2011/07/frixion-pens-evaluated.html

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  A portion of the Guild's special exhibit, at the
Upper Twp. Library Branch, to promote the
upcoming Quilt Show. The displays will be
showing now, thru Oct. 2011.
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12 Sept. 2011 Michener Art Museum - Quilt Exhibit - See events list on right hand column for link.
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15 Aug. 2011 Gallery Page
   New quilts by Elizabeth Ohlson posted on page.
31 July 2011 Site Updates 

County Store Registration Forms
- Quilt For Sale Form - v1.2_July 2011 (PDF)
- Items other than Quilts - v1.2_July 2011 (PDF)

 - Note: Forms have been updated from versions that were included in the August 2011 edition of the Guild's Newsletter.

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18 July 2011 Gallery Page
 - New quilts by
Irene Gamble and  Ruth Roesberg posted on page

 - Girl With Ball - Slice of Art - Fame continues, with 2nd Place Award in Group Category at the 2011 NQA Quilt Show, Columbus Ohio (June 2011 > NQA Link
See Photo link and other awards list on Guild's Gallery Page
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Time Waster Page - About Machine Quilting
 - Two new listings, suggested by Ginny Cooper

Guild Library Display - June 2011 - Cape May County Library, Main Branch Lobby, Cape May Court House, NJ. Quilt items display arranged by Bert McCaughey and Mary Alice Campanaro.

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Upper Twp. 2011 Strawberry Festival - South Shore Stitchers Guild member volunteers selling Raffle Quilt tickets during the Festival were, from left, Ginny Cooper, LeFaye Yurick, Lynette Coates and Pam Yoos. 
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Other members, also selling tickets on Saturday, May 21st, were Doris Foglio, Kathy Tweed, Mary Rann and Ann Carroll.

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Click above ad for Quilt Show details

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Time Waster Page - The Art Quilt Gallery•NYC
 - New listing, suggested by Ginny Cooper

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Cotton Theory Workshops, Tuckahoe, NJ - April 2011

 

 

 

 

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Cotton Theory Workshops, held April 9-11, 2011, were presented by Sue Wilson, left, pictured with her "mom Betty." See Betty Cotton's Website

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26 Mar. 2011

New Postings:
2011 Quilt Show Page
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Registration Form Ready for download.

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Patriots Week - Quilt Display, NJ State Museum
Photos taken by Nancy Thomson
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28 Feb. 2011

Gallery Page
   New quilts by Liz Herrera posted on page.
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Time Waster Page - Three new listings, suggested by
Debbie Lombardozzi, Nancy Turnbull and Ginny Cooper.
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See last year's activities
on the archived
What's New 2010 Page 

 

Guest Speakers - January Meeting

Guest Speakers - January Meeting

Two groups will be co-recipients of the Guild's 2011 Raffle Quilt proceeds. Pictured, from left, Katie Kasten of Covenant House in Atlantic City; Kathy Doerr, Quilt Show Co-Chair; and Sarah Matthews, of ARC in Cape May County.

Covenant House is a Crisis Shelter for young adults aged 18 to 22. Last Year they helped over 300 young adults in the Atlantic County area.

ARC of Cape May County has 18 programs serving about 400 CMC residents with developmental disabilities and their families.
Please visit their websites for more information:
   www.covenanthousenj.org

   www.arcofcapemay.org

Close-Up_2011 Raffle Quilt "Top" ~ "Friendship Star"

 

 

Archive Pages
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Raffle Quilt Display_Oct. 2009 Quilt Show
 See 2009 Show Photos

Viewer’s Choice Awards
 Quilt Show - 2009

2009 Quilt Show

Area Quilt Show Links:
Wings & Water Quilt Show - 2010

Pictures from past workshops:
- Charm Squares Workshop, 2009 Photo Page 

What's New - Logs of Guild activities / links:
What's New 2010 - Archived Page
What's New 2009 - Archived Page
What's New 2008 - Archived Page

 

 

 

   
 

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South  Shore  Stitchers
PO Box 1103, Marmora, NJ  08223
www.southshorestitchers.com
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