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SSS Guild Quilt Show, Oct. 20-21-22, 2017
Show Title: "You Reap What You Sew"
Location: Upper Twp. Community Center, 1790 Route 50, Tuckahoe,NJ
> www.southshorestitchers.com/whats_new.htm
2017 Show Page > www.southshorestitchers.com/Show-Page-2017.htm

2017 Raffle Quilt (76" x 102")
Quilt Title: "Jeepers Creepers"

See 2017 Quilt Show Page Here

Proceeds will benefit:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic - Cape May Counties
- Coalition Against Rape and Abuse (CARA)

 SSS Guild Quilt Show, held  Oct. 20-21-22, 2017
Show Title: "You Reap What You Sew"
Location: Upper Twp. Community Center
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Quilts of Valor (QOV) Workshop, held Mar. 11, 2016 at the Cape May - Lewes Ferry Terminal
See QOV Photo - Info Page Here
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 SSS Quilt Show Promotion Display and Sale of Quilted Items
at the Positively 4th Street Cafe, Ocean City, NJ
Now until Saturday, Oct. 14th, 2017
Pictured, from left, participating Quilt Guild members, Jane Pszczolkowski,
Mary Alice Campanaro, and Ginny Cooper.
Kathy Doerr, also contributed to the display. Special thanks to Mary Alice for reserving the 4th St. Cafe
 walls for our quilting items and her paintings for two weeks to promote our show.
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Winners of the Quilt Show Challenge, voted on by Guild members at the August. 14, 2017
 meeting.  From left, Ginny Cooper, 1st Place; Sue Rau and Doris Foglio,
2nd Place; and Debbie MacNeill, 3rd Place (showing the reverse side of her quilt).

 All of the quilts will be displayed at this year's Quilt Show in October.
Click here to see Quilt Show Challenge Page.
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Eileen Sackin with her granddaughter at the Quilt Guild's
2017 Ice Cream Social during the August meeting.

2017 Ice Cream Social

Quilt National Show at the Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio.  Photo shows Best of Show.
Click above photo to open larger version. There were 85 entries.  The Show ends Sept. 4th, 2017.
See photos of show winners here > http://dairybarn.org/quilt-national/5759-2/quilt-national-17-prize-winners/
Photo by Ginny Cooper, SSS Quilt Guild Member 
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SSS Quilt Guild Display - Cape May County Main Branch Library, CM Court House
Click above graphic for PDF file.

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Winners of the Button and Beads Challenge
Guild members displayed their creations at the July meeting. The Challenge was to create
 a winter/snow scene inside a 6" wooden hoop. Above are the Viewer's Choice Winners.
 Left to right, First Place: Debbie MacNeill, Second Place: Elizabeth Ohlson (held by Sue Rau),
and Third Place: Doris Foglio and Sue Rau.
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Raffle Quilt sales at the Upper Twp. Historical Society Strawberry Festival on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
Pictured from left are Quilt Show Co-Chair Lynnette Coates and Guild members Ann Carroll and
 Ginny Cooper. Also helping sell raffle tickets for the day was Betsy Hand.
Many people enjoyed the day at the historic Gandy House and the strawberries sold out,
 the shortcake was all eaten and many raffle tickets were sold!
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Merry May at SSS May 2017 Guild meeting,
She entertained members with a color lecture titled "The Scrap Quilt and Beyond."
She showed many examples of her work and also many antique quilts that illustrated her topic.  

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Pillowcase Workshop at Stockton University
Students in the Occupational Therapy Program at Stockton University participated a Case For Smiles Workshop on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 and helped make pillowcases for children in South Jersey Hospitals. The workshop was conducted on the Stockton campus by members of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild. Case For Smiles coordinator and SSS guild member, Sharon Cadwell organized the event. > http://caseforsmiles.org See Facebook Gallery - here
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Girl Scout Troop - Upper Township, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Upper Cape Library Branch.
They participated in a Case For Smiles Workshop and helped make pillowcases for children in South Jersey Hospitals.

Ginny Cooper, South Shore Stitcher Quilt Guild member, at the AQS Lancaster Quilt Show, April 1, 2017.
Her quilt, "Life's Twists and Turns",  was juried into the 2017 Show, held at the Lancaster Convention Center.
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At the Quilts Of Valor Workshop - January 6, 2017 - members worked on QOV tops using the Jelly Roll Race method.
 Several tops were made during the workshop. Pictured above is Jane Pszczolkowski with her top.
More pictures from the workshop are on the Quilts Of Valor page - Click Here 

South Shore Stitchers Guild members helping with the Holiday Tea Party on Dec. 12, 2016. They included, from left, Kathy Demaria provided background Christmas carols on the piano. Hospitality Co-Chairs Ronnie Sauerbrey, center, and Debbie Conrad helped arrange the display of cookie treats.  

South Shore Stitchers members, enjoying hot tea and getting ready to circle the cookie table
 for treats at the regular December Guild meeting.  

The program for the 2016 SSS Quilt Guild Holiday Tea Party included a handmade ornament exchange.
If a member made and brought an ornament, they got to take home a different one.

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Many varieties of cookies and treats were sampled by Guild members at the annual Holiday Tea Party.
 It was impossible to try them all - but we tried our best!
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Handmade in America Craft Show
Nov. 2016 Craft Show in the Upper Twp. Community Center. (Click photo to view full-size file.)
The Show was managed by Quilt Guild member Merry May (above).  Show Website Here

SSS Quilt Guild member June McCauley at the Nov. 2016 Craft Show in the Upper Twp. Community Center.
(Click photo to view full-size file
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 Quilt Marketplace
South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild's first Quilt Marketplace was a selling success.
Held Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 at the Upper Twp. Community Center in Tuckahoe.
Vendors, members and friends sold quilt and craft related items at their tables.
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Quilt Marketplace
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
South Shore Stitchers Guild members and others can sign-up for table-space.

SSS Quilt Guild - Trash Pickup
On a sunny fall Saturday morning (Oct 16, 2016) several SSS Guild Members participated in the Upper Twp.
 Clean Communities Program by picking up trash along Stagecoach road in the Marmora section
 of Upper Twp. The SSS Trash Crew is pictured above - from the left - Elsie Carey,
 Nancy Jefferson, Kathy Doerr, Pam Horton, Sue Gill, and Lois King.
(Also trash crew member and picture taker, Ginny Cooper)
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Winners of Guild's Placemat Challenge were selected at the October meeting. 
They are, from left, 1st Place: Marianne Houck (her placemat held by Sue Shaffer);
2nd Place: Rosemary Lamanna; and 3rd Place: Bert McCaughey.
All the placemats from the Challenge will be donated to Meals on Wheels. 
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Collage of Placemats - Guild Placemat Challenge, Oct. 2016, from fat quarter exchange of Fall,
 Halloween or Christmas themed fabric.
All the placemats from the Challenge will be donated to Meals on Wheels. 
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On Wed, Sept. 21, several South Shore Stitcher guild members attended a workshop and made fabric pumpkins
for the Guild Show Boutique table. Many different varieties are pictured above.
Be sure to buy some at the Quilt Show in 2017!

Ryan's Case for Smiles - Battle of the Guilds
Several SSS guild members participated in the pillowcase challenge Sunday,
Sept 11, 2016 at the Hammonton Fire House. In the top photo guild members
 Jane Pszczolkowski, left and Sharon Cadwell, right are pictured
with Ryan's Case for Smiles founder, Cindy Kerr.  Guild members participating in the
Pillowcase Challenge are pictured in the above photo.
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Quilt Marketplace
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
South Shore Stitchers Guild members and others can sign-up for table-space.
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Annual Ice Cream Social for the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016.
Ice Cream was generously donated by Sharon Cadwell and "Ryan's Case For Smiles."
There were plenty of toppings to go around and everyone had a good time.

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July 12, 2016 - Guild Meeting Program - Michele Scott
    "Every quilt tells a story" > www.piecefulquilter.com
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Quilt Marketplace
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
South Shore Stitchers Guild members and others can sign-up for table-space.
More details later.
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Guild member Pat Kline instructed members on English Paper Piecing
 at the June 13, 2016 meeting.  Members hand stitched tiny hexagons
 into wreaths to make Christmas ornaments for the Guild’s Quilt Show next year.
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2016 Cape May County Senior Art Show:
Ginny Cooper won a 1^st Place Ribbon in Crafts
(Non-professional) for her quilt:  Stepping Up.

2016 Cape May County Senior Art Show:
June McCauley won a 2^nd Place Ribbon in Crafts
(Non-Professional) for her painted feathers: Natures Feathers.
  She also won an Honorable Mention in acrylics for: Wren.  

2016 Cape May County Senior Art Show:
 Bert McCaughey won a 2^nd Place Ribbon in Watercolor (Non-Professional)
 for: Woven Poppies. She also won an Honorable Mention
ribbon in Crafts for her quilt: Make a Quilt.

Double click on above Art Show Photos to view larger version.
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Quilts of Valor tabling at the Coast Guard

Community Festival - Training Center Cape May, Saturday, May 7, 2016. 
> http://coastguardcommunity.org/festival-2/#festival
> www.southshorestitchers.com/Quilts-of-Valor.htm

Quilts of Valor (QOV) Workshop, held April 16, 2016 at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal.
Quilt presentations were made at the Workshop to Air Force veteran George Shrunk, left, and
Army veteran Bryan Roscoe. Both men are Vietnam Era veterans.
See QOV Page > Here
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Pillowcase Workshop at Stockton University
Double click photo for full-size view.
Students in the Occupational Therapy Program at Stockton University participated a Case For Smiles Workshop on Monday, April 4, 2016 and helped make pillowcases for children in South Jersey Hospitals. The workshop was conducted on the Stockton campus by members of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild. Case For Smiles coordinator and SSS guild member, Sharon Cadwell organized the event. > http://caseforsmiles.org See Facebook Gallery - here.
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Kathy Demaria, SSS Quilt Guild member at the March
 Covered Dish Dinner playing her Celtic Harp.
See Video on Facebook Here
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SSS Quilt Guild members at the March 2016 Covered Dish Dinner
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SSS Quilt Guild members at the March 2016 Covered Dish Dinner

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Guild member Elizabeth Ohlson with her quilt "Sanctuary"
 at the Quilt and Sewing Fest of New Jersey, held March 3-6, 2016 in Somerset, NJ.
 This picture has reached more than 4,000 people on the SSS Facebook page, as of Sunday, Mar. 6th.

Blanket Statements Quilt Show at the James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA. by Kaffe Fassett.
See photo gallery on Quilt Guild Facebook page - Here
Double click photo for full-size view.

Quilt History Talk at Cold Spring Village
Kathy Tweed, quilter / historian and SSS Quilt Guild member,
presented a quilting program for the Colonial House Questers
 at the CSV Welcome Center on Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016.
- SSS Quilt Guild Photo by Ginny Cooper
> www.hcsv.org
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Raffle Quilt Proceeds Presented

Representatives of the two charities receiving the raffle quilt monies from the South Shore Stitchers
 Quilt Show at the Guild's January meeting. Pictured, from left, Anne Lovell SSS guild member
 and chairperson of the Charity Committee, Kathleen O'Neill of Family Promise,
Laurie Johnson (with check), Director of Family Promise of Cape May County,
Isabelle Mosca (with check) of FACES 4 Autism of Atlantic County,
and Sue Gill, SSS Quilt Guild President.
Double click photo for full-size view.
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Double click photo for full-size view.

Thread Art
Embroidery thread installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC.
Artist Gabriel Dawe used miles of thread, from floor to ceiling, to create his piece called Plexus A1.
The Renwick Gallery just opened after extensive renovations.
Nine artists, including Dawe, were invited to do large installations in each of the galleries of the Museum.
- Photo by Ginny Cooper > http://renwick.americanart.si.edu/

Please check back frequently for Guild updates on this page.
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For more frequent postings,
 also "like" the Quilt Guild's Facebook Page - Here.

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SSS 2015 Quilt Show
"Quilting Up a Storm" - Smilebox Presentation
Click Here > http://tinyurl.com/njmnvhu
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Nancy Thomson, right, received a special award for her several years as coordinator of the Quilts Of Valor committee of South Shore Stitchers, making special quilts for veterans. The award was presented to Nancy by SSS president, Sally Lomanno, left. It was designed and embroidered by SSS member Jane Pszczolkowski.

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SSS Quilt Guild - Trash Pickup - Community outreach project, along Stagecoach Road in Upper Twp., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Pictured, from left, Harry Sauerbrey, Ronnie Sauerbrey, Kathy Doerr, Nancy Thomson, B.J. Chadwick, Candy Moleff, Elizabeth Ohlson, and Crystal Smith. Also participating, but not pictured were Ginny Cooper and Nancy Jefferson.
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Quilt Show Challenge winners, pictured from left, Kathy Tweed, 1st Place; Merry May, 2nd Place (held by a helper);
 Linda Dowd, 3rd Place.  Come see all the entries, displayed at the SSS Quilt Show.

SSS Guild Display at Upper Cape Library Branch in Petersburg.
See other previous Library Quilt Displays on Guild's Facebook page - here. 
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At the recent August Guild meeting, South Shore Stitchers Guild members displayed - and voted on - their 'Do Not Touch the Quilts' Challenge
 for the Guild's 2015 Quilt Show in October. The winners are, from left, Debbie MacNeill, First Place, Jane Pszczolkowski , Second,
 and Bert McCaughey, Third.  All the Challenge pieces become property of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild and will be hung at their biannual Quilt Shows - to remind people - 'Do Not Touch the Quilts!'

Several South Shore Stitchers Guild members helped the kids of Gilda's Club sew pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer.
A fun time was had by all! (And the sewers got to take home one of the  special pillowcases that they sewed.)

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Panorama photo of the 7 quilts made with knitted blocks from Peru for the Advocacy Project - displayed at the Long Beach
Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. The 38 knitted blocks were arranged, stitched and quilted by South Shore Stitchers
Guild members Elizabeth Ohlsen, Merry May, and Ginny Cooper. The museum is displaying a total of 21 Advocacy Quilts from
around the world. (Click on Advocacy photos above and  below to open new window - larger view of display.)

Guild member Merry May with the knitted blocks from Peru she assembled into a quilt. Her quilt is one of 21 narrative quilts from the Advocacy Project: A Voice For the Voiceless, currently on display through August 17, 2015 at the Long Beach Island Foundation Arts and Science Center, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ. The seven Nunca Mas (Never Again) Quilts (see the panorama photo above), carry the names of Peruvians who disappeared or died during Peru's 20-year internal conflict (1980-2000).  Each square was knitted by a close relative from the village of Sacsamarca in the province  of Ayacucho, Peru, in the summer of 2014.  the project was managed by the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF). T. J. Bradley, an AP Peace Fellow, profiled the artists and brought their squares to the US.  Elizabeth Ohlson, Merry May and Ginny Cooper, from the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild, Tuckahoe, New Jersey, assembled the 38 squares into 7 quilts.  Doris Foglio, also a guild member, hand-stitched the binding and added sleeves for several of the quilts.  For information about the Advocacy Project and the Advocacy Quilts, visit < http://advocacynet.org 

Guild member Elizabeth Ohlson with a quilt she assembled for the Advocacy Project: A Voice For the Voiceless, currently on display through August 17, 2015 at the Long Beach Island Foundation Arts and Science Center, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ.
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.Guild member Ginny Cooper with two of the three quilts she assembled and quilted for the Advocacy Quilts Project.

Two more  of the 7 narrative quilts from the Advocacy Project: A Voice For the Voiceless, currently on display through August 17, 2015 at the Long Beach Island Foundation Arts and Science Center, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ. These two were assembled by Elizabeth Ohlson and Ginny Cooper.

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 Jane Davila gave her presentation "Discovering Found Objects" at the SSS Quilt Guild's
 June 5, 2015 meeting at the Upper Twp. Community.
Guild members also attended Davila's Saturday, June 6th,workshop
entitled "Planet Patchwork. Davila website here.
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(Click on above photo for larger version of this quilt.)

Guild members Kathy Doerr and Jane Pszczolkowski recently completed this stunning quilt for the
Ocean Heights Presbyterian Church in Egg Harbor Township.
The quilt is titled "Transposition of Crosses" and is 42" x 148".

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Quilts of Valor (QOV) - Quilts were presented to Vietnam veterans at the April 13, 2015 Guild meeting,
Pictured, from left, SSgt. Frederick Dowd, USAF; Petty Officer Gil Dale, USN;
MSgt. Robert Beyer, USAF; and Sgt. John Campbell, Army.
Each veteran received an individual quilt made and quilted by South Shore Stitcher members.
QOV website> http://www.qovf.org/
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ConKerr Cancer Pillowcase Sew-In @ Stockton University
Several South Shore Stitchers Guild members spent a recent afternoon with Occupational Therapy students at Stockton University. Guild members instructed the students in the fun challenge of making pillowcases for the ConKerr Cancer organization. The students pinned, cut (with rotary cutters!), sewed and finished 151 bright, kid-themed, pillowcases. (Click on above photo to enlarge.)  ConKerr Cancer coordinator and SSS guild member, Sharon Cadwell organized the event. Guild members helping Sharon and the students were Jane Pszczolkowski, Elizabeth Ohlson, Freeda Rothenberg, and Ginny Cooper. The national ConKerr Cancer website is here.

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Guild's March 9, 2015 Program: Fabric artist Jane Hamilton presented
a lecture entitled "Out of the Box." Visit her website 
Hopscotch Designs > www.JanesQuilts.com
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Greater Tuckahoe Area Merchants Association (GTAMA)
Craft Show to benefit the GTAMA Scholarship Fund
 at the Upper Twp. Community Center. GTAMA website - here.

South Shore Guild members sold quilt raffle tickets at the Greater Tuckahoe Area Merchants
 Association (GTAMA) Craft Show on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014.   
  Top photo: Crystal Smith, left and Lynnette Coates.
Photo below: Dottie Greto, left and Sue Gill.
Also helping sell tickets for the day were Anne Lovell and Candy Moleff.

Quilts of Valor (QOV) - Quilts presented to veterans
 at the Sea Isle City Veteran's Day program on Nov. 11, 2014.
See photo gallery - here.
QOV website> http://www.qovf.org/

Madge Ziegler, from Newark DE, presented a program entitled
"The World of Aprons" and displayed her collection of vintage aprons and quilts
at the Nov. 10, 2014 meeting of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild in Tuckahoe.
View Madge's Facebook page - here.

Several Guild members modeled many of Madge's aprons after her lecture.
Shown above are Dottie Greto, left, Betty Berenotto, Madge,
 and Debbie MacNeill.  More guild member 'models' are pictured on the Guild's Facebook page. To see more apron pictures - click here.
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The South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild 2015 Raffle Quilt was displayed at the FACES 4 Autism Open House
on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 in Atlantic County.
Guild member volunteers Anne Lovell, left, and Ginny Cooper
sold over 100 tickets at the event.

Proceeds will benefit FACES 4 Autism and Family Promise of Cape May County.
www.faces4autism.org
www.familypromisecmc.org

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Shannon Shirley - fiber artist and author from Woodbridge, VA presented
the October program at the general membership meeting, held at the Upper Twp.
 Community Center.  For Shannon's website - Click here.

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Some of the participants in Merry May and Lorraine Fenstemacker's
 Quilt Workshop weekend in Wildwood, NJ. A good time was had by all.
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South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild members at the Oct. 18, 2014 AppleFest,
held at the Gandy Farmstead in Upper Twp., NJ.
From left, Ginny Cooper, Rosemary Lamanna, Crystal Smith,
Sandy, and Candy Moleff. Also helping at the table was Jeannie Flynn.
- Photo by Ralph Cooper, Historical Preservation Society of Upper Township NJ
HPSUT > http://www.uppertwphistory.org/
AppleFest 2014 photo gallery - Click Here

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"The Proud, The Few, The Trash Crew," from the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild.
 Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 was roadside trash pick-up day for the Quilt Guild.
From left, Ginny Cooper, Elizabeth Ohlson, June McCauley,
Lois King, and Nancy Thomson.
The Quilter Crew worked a section of Stagecoach Rd. in the Marmora village of Upper Twp.

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2014 Airing of the Quilts in Tunkhannock, PA
See photo gallery on Facebook - here.
Pictures taken Sat., Oct. 4th by Ginny and Ralph Cooper

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Quilts of Valor (QOV) Presentation
On October 8, 2014 SSS Guild members Nancy Thomson and Liz Barrett presented Quilts of Valor to
 PFC Leonard Migliaccio, Army, Vietnam, and STG3 Robert Waldron, Navy, Korea.
The QOV quilts were made by the South Shore Stitchers - Quilts of Valor Group.
Pictured, from left: Leonard; Charles Adelizzi, Upper Twp. VFW Post
8695 Post Commander; Robert; and Liz Barrett, SSS QOV Group Co-Chair.
QOV website> http://www.qovf.org/

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Guild member Merry May's quilt "Big Red" has been chosen for inclusion in a special exhibit - "Selections from 500 Traditional Quilts" - at The International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. The exhibit is part of the 40th Anniversary celebration for the largest quilt show in America. This year's show will be October 29 through November 2, 2014. Merry's quilt is also featured in a new book - "500 Traditional Quilts" curated by Karey Bresenhan.
Houston 2014 Quilt Festival - Click Here.
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 Guild Member Quilts in the Oaks Quilt Show 2014

 'Welcome to My Universe' by Elizabeth Ohlson won an Honorable Mention ribbon at the Oaks Quilt Show, Sept. 2014.

'National Button Day' (Nov. 16) by Merry May was part of an exhibit featuring many of the 72 quilts made to "Celebrate the Day with Quilts" at the Oaks Quilt Show

'Bali Wedding Star' by Debbie Doernbach was displayed at the Oaks Quilt Show

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Guild member, Merry May, left, showing one of her Mystery Quits from her collection. Over the years Merry has had workshops and given out instructions for almost 40 quilts in her "Merry Mayhem's Mystery Quilts" series. She gave a trunk show program of her quilts at the September Guild meeting.

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From left, Gary Reagan, Andy Klain, Mike Venzie, Charles Adelizzi, Richard Lefferson, Suzanne Haskins and Richard Lee displaying their quilts.

Quilts of Valor

Quilts of Valor were presented to seven members of Upper Twp. VFW Post 8695 on Aug. 6, 2014 at their Post. Honored with a Quilt of Valor were Vietnam Veterans: Spec 5 Charles Adelizzi, Army; QM2 Andrew Klain, Navy; Staff Sgt. Rich Lee, Army; Spec 4 Gary Reagan, Army; Spec 4 Rich Lefferson, Army; Iraq War Veteran PFC Mike Venzie, Army, and Afghanistan War Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient S/SGT Suzie Haskins, Army.

Attending and awarding quilts were SSS Quilt Guild members Candy Moleff, Jane Psczolkowski, Kathy Doerr, Doris Foglio, Rosemary Lamanna, Merry May, and Quilts of Valor Co-Chairs Liz Barrett and Nancy Thomson. 

Friends and family of the honorees attended, and refreshments were enjoyed by all.

Gallery of photos from the VFW Post 8695 QOV presentation here.
QOV website> http://www.qovf.org/

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 Sgt. 1st Class John Hospodar, Jr., Army, of Moorestown, NJ,
 receiving his Quilt of Valor, with his wife Rita, left
 and SSS Guild member Liz Barrett

Quilts of Valor

On July 18, 2014, SSS Quilt Guild members Nancy Thomson and Liz Barrett presented a Quilt of Valor to Sgt. 1st Class John Hospodar, Jr., Army, of Moorestown, NJ.  John served in the Signal Corps during World War II arriving on Utah Beach one day after D-Day, and throughout France, Germany and Czechoslovakia. He also served under General  George Patton after his unit left Normandy.   John enlisted in the Army upon graduating high school. He went on to graduate college and become Finance Officer for Campbell Soup Company.  John, his wife Rita, and daughter Sharon were very touched by our visit and the quilt.  Sharon later told me they invited their entire neighborhood into their home to see the Quilt!  #50!  (Quilt made by SSS, quilted by Crystal Smith)

On July 5th, Liz Barrett presented a beautiful Scrappy Star Quilt of Valor that she pieced and quilted to her niece, Capt. Nancy Barrett Eberhart, USAF, at a Family Reunion/Bridal Shower for Nancy and her fiancé.  She said Nancy broke down in tears upon receiving her quilt.  She served our country for 8 years, and was deployed to Bahrain and the Gulf War.  (SSS Quilt #49)

In April Guild member Bert McCaughey presented a Quilt of Valor to her husband, Brian G. McCaughey, USNavy, Medical Corps.  Bert pieced and quilted her quilt.  Brian served for 4 years in the USCG.  He then enrolled into Medical School and became a physician for the United States Navy.  The McCaughey Family served in 7 duty stations in 20 years. ( SSS Quilt # 48)

Nancy & Liz thank the Stitchers, for making  blocks, quilting and adding bindings, pillowcases and labels and love! 

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Having fun selling (and buying) at the Guild's Quilt Item Yard Sale.
For Facebook Gallery click here.

South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild
July 14, 2014 Yard Sale and Meeting at the Upper Twp. Community

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Photos from special Mystery/Quilts of Valor (QOV) Workshop,
 held Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Tuckahoe Methodist Church.
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Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
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Elizabeth Ohlson, South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild member,
 at recent Quilt Show in Chicago.

SSS Guild member Merry May and granddaughter at the 25th Annual
 Upper Twp. Strawberry Festival, May 31, 2014 at the Gandy Farmstead.
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The 100,000th Quilt of Valor and Beyond

It was announced that as of May 31, 2014, the QOV program has awarded 101,034 Quilts of Valor.
The total was achieved in ten and a half years.
Thank you South Shore Stitchers QOV volunteers for helping to boost the numbers.
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Four stitchers travelled to Pennsville, NJ on Saturday, May 17, 2014 to present a Quilt of Valor to Master Sergeant Mariella McMillian (Ret.). Sgt. McMillian served both at home and overseas spanning a 31 year career with the US Army. Pictured with her are her
daughter (who served 12 years) and her 3 grandchildren. The quilt is also pictured below, in the piecing-stage of the project.
The quilts presented were pieced and quilted by South Shore Stitchers Guild members.
Nancy Thomson (standing, left, in the photo) is the coordinator of the QOV Program
for the Guild.  The quilters accompanying Nancy to Pennsville were Liza Barrett, Candy Moleff and Sandy Baranyay.

Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
See the QOV Facebook page - here.
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Fran Kordek held a Pipers Stained Glass Wallhanging Workshop Monday, May 12, 2014, before her lecture at the regular South Shore Stitchers guild meeting Monday night.  Above, the participants in the workshop show off their stained glass pieces from the workshop. From left - Lynnette Coates, Mary Alice Campanaro, Jeanne Holbrook, Jane Pszczolkowski, Linda Dowd, guest, and Gail Tweed. - Photos by Ginny Cooper

The South Shore Stitchers May Guild meeting program was given by Fran Kordek. She is a quilter and quilt judge from Elkins, West Virginia. Fran talked about points to consider when entering quilts in a judged show. She brought several of her quits as examples. In the picture above she is holding her favorite quilt. For her website - Tap Here. 
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Long-Distance Quilt Trip - Members of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild
did some sightseeing - and shopping - in Paducah, KY in April 2014.
They were there for the AQS Quilt Week.
Pictured, from left, are Peggy Carlson, Kathy Doerr, Elizabeth Ohlson,
 Jane Pszczolkowski, Marianne Houck, Sue Gill, Sue Shaffer and Freeda Rothenberg.
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Winners of the Placemat Challenge, left to right, Bert McCaughey - 3rd,
Carol Whalen - 2nd, and Lynnette Coates - 1st. The winners were selected
by South Shore Stitcher members at the April Guild meeting. At a previous meeting
members selected a fat quarter of fabric that then had to be used on the front of
the placemat. All the placemats are being donated to Meals on Wheels. The Guild
received 61 placemats from the Challenge.
Photo by Kathy Tweed.
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Thirteen South Shore Stitchers turned in Star Blocks for a
Star Block Challenge. Volunteers will be sewing the blocks
into a quilt to be displayed at the Houston International
Quilt Festival in November 2014. It started with NASA astronaut
Karen Nyberg making a star block on the Space Station.
(See link to the video - Tap Here.)
 The following quilters submitted blocks
(shown left to right - top to bottom, in the photo above)
 Dianne  Migliaccio, Bert McCaughey, Leslie Kohler,
Anne Lovell, Jeanne Holbrook, Kay Mufferi,
Shirley Banks, Linda Dowd, Elsie Carey, Kathy Tweed,
Ginny Cooper, Marianne Houck, and Elizabeth Ohlson.
Photo by Ginny Cooper
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South Shore Stitcher member Elizabeth Ohlson's kaleidoscope
 quilt, "Welcome To My Universe", was juried into the
2014 Art Quilt Elements show, currently on display thru May 3rd
 at the Wayne Art Center (PA).
(Click on picture below to view larger version.)

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Roberta McCaughey with her "Best of Show" Quilt, titled:
My Version of Seurat’s ‘Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte'
at the recent Garden Patch Quilters 2014 Show,
held at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center in Millville, NJ. 
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Quilts of Valor quilts were presented at the February 2014 meeting of the SSS Guild. Our latest group, from the left:
 Bob Smith, Army, Vietnam; George Meher, Army, Vietnam; Bill Brown, Navy, WWII; Herman Scheibein, Army;
 Vietnam;  Ted Behr, Army, Vietnam.  Not pictured: Dennis DeSalvo, USMC, Vietnam.
The quilts presented were pieced and quilted by South Shore Stitchers Guild members.
Nancy Thomson is the coordinator of the QOV Program
for the Guild. Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
See the QOV Facebook page - here.
Photo by Ginny Cooper

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SSS Guild members participated in the National QOV Sew Day, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at the Upper Cape Branch Library.
For the final count of the day, they made: Kits for 214 String Pieced blocks (=5 quilt tops);
 133 finished blocks (= 3 quilt tops); 3 pillowcases; 160 sashing strips for 2 quilts; 90 cornerstones for 3 quilts
 and there are 2 trays full of strips of fabric, along with 50 some strip kits that just need muslin blocks.
Amazing! Thank you for all of your work. It was a fun, productive day.
Everyone was kept going all day long with a delicious spread of goodies!

Thank you for helping cover those touched by war.
Nancy Thomson is the coordinator of the QOV Program
for the Guild. Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
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New Traditions: A Textile Exhibit
Several Guild members have quilts on display and for sale
 at the Gallery. The Fiber Arts show runs through Feb. 15th.
See additional details in the right-hand column of this page and on the Riverfront Center's website.
 For a photo collage of the Show on Facebook - click on the photo above or here.

Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts
22 N. High St., Millville, NJ 08332 | Ph.(856) 327-4500
Show runs Jan. 20 to Feb. 15 2014
http://www.rrcarts.com/
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Quilts of Valor quilts were presented to Chick Cossaboone, Army; Bill Layton,
Marines; and Joe DeAugustine, Army.  All three are Vietnam War veterans and live
 in the Petersburg area of Upper Twp., Cape May County. They are members
of the American Legion Aaron Wittkamp Colwell Post No. 239.
Post Commander is Herman Scheibein. Marshall "Ted" Behr spoke
at the QOV presentation.  Ted is Past NJ State American Legion Commander.
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QOV recipients and their wives were recognized at the Jan. 13, 2014 meeting
of the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild.  Pictured are Chick Cossaboone, Army
and his wife Jean; Bill Layton, Marines and his wife Linda;
and Joe DeAugustine, Army with his wife Jeanne.
The quilts presented were made by South Shore Stitchers Guild members.
Nancy Thomson is the coordinator of the QOV Program
for the Guild. Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
Photos by Ginny Cooper

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SSS Quilt Show - Held Oct. 2013
Upper Twp. Community Center, Tuckahoe, NJ
2013 Show - Photo Gallery - On Facebook

See Show Winners |  See Show Page

Guild's Holiday Tea - Dec. 9, 2013

New - 2014 Guild Officers Introduced. From left, Liz Herrara, Vice President; Sally Lomanno, President; Crystal Smith, Secretary; and Pam Yoos, Treasurer.
 - Photo by Elizabeth Ohlson

2013 Raffle Quilt Ticket Money was presented to representatives from The Community Foodbank of New Jersey, left and Volunteers In Medicine, third from left. The checks were presented by Kathy Doerr and Jane Pszczolkowski, Co-Chairs of the 2013 Quilt Show.                  

The Guild's December Holiday Tea started with light sandwiches.

Each Guild member contributed a plate of Holiday Tea desserts.

 SSS Guild 2013 Ornament Exchange display.  Each member that made and
brought an ornament got to take an ornament home.

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SSS Quilt Guild's QOV (Quilts Of Valor) - November 2013
Pictured above, Corpsman Stacey R. Turner, USN from New Castle,
Delaware received her Quilts Of Valor at the Nov. meeting.
Corpsman Turner served in Bahrain. SSS member
 Nancy Thomson is the coordinator of the QOV Program
for the Guild. Visit the Quilts of Valor website.
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Guild member Lynette Coates, pictured above, won the Guild Raffle
 drawing for volunteers who worked at the SSS Quilt Show, October 2013.
 She won a table runner (pictured) and four placements
featuring the Show's block theme and pieced with the show's leftover
raffle quilt fabric. (The runner and placemats were pieced
 and quilted by guild member Ginny Cooper)

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Quilts of Valor offers warmth to wounded soldiers
Effort Featured on NBC Nightly News Video
See SSS QOV Quilt Photos Below
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Quilt of Valor made by South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild member Liz Barrett (not pictured).
Longarmed at Dollard Baker Sew Vac in Marmora, NJ, by SSS Guild member Merry May, right.
 This quilt will be given to Lt. Col. Ken Miller, Air Force, of Georgia.
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Quilt top made by South Shore Stitcher Quilt Guild member Dottie Saslav.
 Long armed by Esther Heller of NY.
Given to Capt. Bradley J. Mohr, USMC, of Somers Point, NJ.
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The Proud, The Few, The Trash Crew
 Guild members and helpers picked up trash in Upper Twp. on Sat. Oct. 26. Helping, from left, Harry with wife Ronnie, Jane, Marianne, and Elsie. Crew members not pictured are Kathy and Ginny. Thank you, Harry, for making the helpful pick-up sticks!

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Quilt Show Memorial Tribute to Trudy Wolf and her husband Charlie.  Pictured are
 two of Trudy's daughters and a granddaughter: Terry, Barbara
and Abby (not Danielle, for whom the quilt was made).