General Information
Heritage Quilt Guild of Southern Minnesota, Owatonna, was created to promote the art of quilting, to further education, provide fellowship and to inspire quilters.
February 2022
Next meeting: February 10 , 7 pm at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 512 S Elm Ave, Owatonna, MN 55060
Monthly Question: When starting a new project, do you prefer kits or choosing your own fabric to go with the pattern?
Upcoming Meetings/Agenda/Refreshment Servers:
February: Mona Rose and Denise Miller
March:
Program: a
February- Bonnie Cole Dritz Rainbow Color Selector (if you have a tool that you use to pick colors, please bring along to the meeting.
March:
Please sign up at the meeting for future programs. Please note the topics are tentative and may change. If you have an idea for a topic or have a technique or skill to demonstrate, please let the program chair know. We have a few months open, so please see Laura as soon as possible.
**We are looking for a new program chair. Please consider volunteering for this vital position.
Next Guild Meeting: March 10, 2022
Guild Meetings are at St. Joseph Catholic Church beginning at 7pm unless otherwise indicated.
Other News:
New Ulm Quilt Show (by Prairie Piecemakers Quilt Guild): April 8 and 9 at New Ulm Event Center (special guest Doug Leko). For more details visit www.newulmquiltshow.com
Ecumen Hospital: The Hospice is very grateful for what we are doing. Keep making those row-by-rows!
Annual membership is due in March ($20). Please see Kathy Sellner.
Each meeting includes time for Show-and-Tell where you can share completed projects, quilts in progress, or any other quilting items of interest you would like to share.
Please continue to make your Row-by-rows for charity. Members will stitch together blocks of any size to make a 60" finished row (60.5 wide raw). Rows should finish to 60” so if you are using one of the kits, please add filler somewhere in the row to make it finish at 60”
Other Notes:
WEATHER POLICY: If Owatonna schools are closed for weather, our guild meeting will be canceled. We want everyone to be safe.
We are now on Facebook! Search for us @heritageqc or Heritage Quilters Guild-Owatonna or our new Facebook Group: Heritage Quilters Guild Owatonna (you will need to make a request to join as it is a private group).
Board of Directors (effective March 2021)
Chair: Bonnie Cole (507-456-2520)
Program Chair: **Please consider volunteering for this position
Treasurer: Kathy Sellner (507-456-8884)
Publicity/Newsletter:
Refreshments/Hospitality: Jacque Meillier and Debe Grunklee
Board Position Openings Available
The guild is still looking for a program chair. Let us know if you are interested.
Email: HeritageQCOwatonna@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/heritagequiltguildowatonna/home
Facebook: www.facebook.com/heritageqcowatonna
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