CAMQG Fall 2013 Member Quilt Exhibition

We are pleased to announce that we are currently accepting submissions/applications from our guild members for the CAMQG Fall 2013 Member Quilt Exhibition.  Modern perspective quilts and other projects will be on display during September and October at Historic Harrisburg Association in conjunction with Gallery Walk and 3rd in the Burg.  If you are interested in guild membership (required for project submission) please contact us.  More information about the exhibition will follow in August.

(Quilts shown for promotional purposes are courtesy of Lois Bruno, Jill Stemple, Sigrid Plajer, Mary Zanolini, and Rose Haury.)

CAMQG July Meeting

We will be holding our CAMQG July meeting on Tuesday, July 16th, at 6:30 p.m. at Meg Connor's home (address will be sent with RSVP).  Please feel free to bring along a dessert or appetizer to share (Meg will provide drinks and paper products).  The focus of the meeting will be:

• Local guild dues
• Member quilt show
• Fall programming/activities
• National Modern Quilt Guild membership steps/planning

At this meeting, we will be collecting our first official dues for the guild.  Due to the number of items that need to be completed prior to official Modern Quilt Guild national membership, we have decided that we will first begin collecting local dues and working toward completing the items necessary for national membership by the January 1 renewal date.  Dues for the first 6 months will be $15 (July-December). Checks should be made payable to Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild.  For membership in the guild, you will simply need to pay your dues and make sure that you have submitted a member information sheet.  Dues for the 2014 calendar year will be around $30 (still be determined) and will be collected in December.  FYI...in order to display a quilt in the fall member quilt show, you must be a dues paying member (quilt show information will follow this post).

We are asking that you please RSVP for this meeting by July 12th.  We hope that you can join us for the evening!

Here's wishing you happy stitching!

Meg and Jill

Caitlin's Smiles Sewing Day

As a young guild we still have a lot of firsts, but this past Saturday was a particularly great one as we gathered for our first charity sewing day (hosted by the very generous folks at Smile Spinners). 

We're lucky to be neighbors with a pretty amazing organization called Caitlin's Smiles who distributed over 10,000 "Bags of Smiles" to children facing serious illness in the hospital.  The bags are filled with games, toys, and craft kits to help make the time in the hospital go just a little bit faster.  Their mission is amazing, as is the story behind it, and they share it beautifully in this video, if you're interested in learning more.  

Twenty six bags have already been delivered and we hope to at least double that with some home sewing follow up. 

The next big first for the CAMQG is a members quilt exhibition, so stay tuned for more details on where you can see some of member's awesome work in person this fall!

Community Service Sewing Day...Tomorrow!

We are ON for the community service sewing day tomorrow, Saturday, June 15th, from 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Smile Spinners.

If you are able to join us, you will need to bring:

• Your sewing machine and basic supplies
• A neutral and a dark thread (poly or 100% cotton)

It would be great if you could bring:

• Fabric (non-holiday or religious)

If you are unable to attend but would like to still participate, please feel free to make your own bags (just following the basic guidelines for Caitlin's Smiles Bags) and contact us to arrange drop off.  Any questions, please let us know.

Looking forward to sewing and wishing you happy stitching in the mean time!

Meg and Jill

Quilt Blocks for Boston...from CAMQG, with love.

Our wonderful members donated 9 blocks for the Boston Modern Quilt Guild's Quilts for Boston project....

Block set #1

Block set #2

Blocks were collected at the May meeting and shipped to BMQG the next day in time for inclusion in one of the many quilts that this wonderful guild is creating for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.  Head over to their page to see the progress!

What are YOU doing this Saturday, June 15th?

So what are you doing this Saturday, June 15th?  You could join the Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild for a community service sewing project at one of our local quilt shops!

We will be holding a Bags of Smiles (for Caitlin's Smiles) assembly workshop this Saturday, from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.  Both of our LQS's (Smile Spinners and Quiltmakers Cottage) have been gracious enough to host if we have enough volunteers to "staff" both locations.  However, if we are not able to confirm a minimum of 7 for each location, we will host the event at Smile Spinners.  We will notify all participants by Thursday as to which location they will be sewing at.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, June 12, and include which location would be your preference....please take into consideration that if we do not have enough to "staff" both locations, Smile Spinners will be the main location for the event.  Again, all participants will be notified Thursday of where they should "report" for the sewing day.

No matter which location you end up sewing at, you will need to bring:

• Your sewing machine and basic supplies
• A neutral and a dark thread (poly or 100% cotton ok)

It would be great if you could bring:

• Pre-cut fabric, according to the attached directions

I have attached the directions for the bags...the directions for cutting are at the top.  Again, we will be sewing these bags production line style on Saturday.  If you are unable to attend but would like to still participate, please feel free to make your own bags (just following the basic guidelines for Caitlin's Smiles) and contact me to arrange drop off.  Any questions, please let me know.

Looking forward to sewing and wishing you happy stitching in the mean time!

Meg and Jill