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April 9-10, 2021 Yard Sale for Quilts of Valor Items
for sale * at Ronnie Sauerbrey's residence, 120 Butter Road, Ocean View
All proceeds will benefit QOV. * Additional donation items are welcome.
April 12, 2021 - 9 am - 12 noon - Charity Quilts
(Bring your own lunch) - 1 pm Guild
Meeting - 7 pm Guild Meeting (See newsletter
& virtual email for details) Program:
Presentation about the Applique Society by Kathy Tweed
- Raffle Basket
($1.00 for 1; $5 for 6 tickets - bring exact amt.)
April 28, 2021 - Fundraiser for
Ryan's Case
4-8 pm at Randazzos, 34th St. Ocean City
Good for take-out and gift certificate purchases.
May 26, 2021 - Fundraiser for Quilts
of Valor
4-8 pm at Randazzos, 34th St. Ocean City
Good for take-out and gift certificate purchases. . June 14,
2021 Guild Member Yard Sale Be Ready to Buy! .
2019 Quilt Show Photo Page with Winning
Quilts - Here
See slide presentation of the 2019 Quilt Show - Here
Enjoy 8-min. video "walk thru" of 2019 Show - Here
See
Oct. 2019 Quilt Show Page - Here
See new email address for contacting Quilt Guild
southshorestitchersquiltguild@gmail.com
Other Items: n/a
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Also see our SSS Facebook Page
For additional current 2020 Information
See QOV 2018 Page for Guild member
involvement
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What's New
Meals On Wheels Placemat Challenge

The winners of the Meals On Wheels Placemat
Challenge were announced at the March 8, 2021 Guild meeting. First
Place winner, left, Merry May; Second Place, middle,
Diana Easterday; and Third Place, Ginny Cooper.
Each winner received a Gift Certificate to Dollard’s Sew and Vac in Marmora.
The placemats all had a ‘Spring Theme’. South Shore Stitchers Guild
members completed over 90 placemats for the Challenge and they will all be
donated to the Meals On Wheels organization. Thank You – everyone – for
participating!!
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Guild Member Supports Ryan's Case Project

Eleven bolts of fabric cut into 27-inch lengths
for pillow cases were recently handed over to Sharon Cadwell,
left, of Ryan's Case. The fabric was cut by SSS Guild member Ginny
Cooper, right.
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"Antique
Quilts Roadshow"

Guild member
Merry May (left) presented her program,
"Antique Quilts Roadshow" at the November Guild meeting. This quilt was
brought in by Guild president Debbie MacNeill. Merry talked
about each quilt's construction, fabric, quilting and the time period in
which it was made. .

Guild member Mary Alice Campanaro (left) brought in this
quilt from her family for Merry May to analyze at her Roadshow. .

Guild member Ginny Cooper brought in this 1930"s quilt for
the Roadshow. .
This hand embroidered bird was in the center of a large white quilt that
Guild member Gail Tweed brought to the Roadshow.
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Thank You For Voting!

PDF version of above graphic
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Here .

The Crazy Quilts Group of SSS members was
started by Debbie MacNeill
(left) and Betty Lou Cassidy.
They, and members of the group,
presented a Show and Share Program for the SSS Sept. 14, 2020 meeting
(held outside). .

Cecelia Swilkey
(left) and Diana Easterday
showed off their
projects as members of the Crazy Quilts group of South Shore Stitchers.
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QOV Drive-By, held Friday, Sept. 11,
2020 A
few Quilts Of Valor members at the monthly Drive-By 'meeting' - dropping
off completed items and picking up new kits and quilts to work on for the
organization. The monthly drive-bys are held in the parking lot of the
Seaville Firehall in Upper Twp. (Click on above photo for large
view.) .

The results of the Guild's Charity Scrap Quilts Challenge were displayed and
voted on by the members. The first place winner (left) won the Challenge and
a donation will be made to the Challenge group's chosen charity -
Ovarian Cancer. Guild members on the winning team were
Bonny Collins, Jane Pszczolkowski, Kathy Doerr and Laurann Cacioppo. The
middle quilt in the picture was made by Challenge group Merry May,
Marianne Hauck, Joey Goodman and Ruth Ann Bosworth. Their chosen
Chairty was Quilts Of Valor. The two quilts on the right
were made by Challenge group Debbie Conrad, Crystal Smith, Sue Gill
and Jo Ann Voit. Their chosen Chairty was Adoption Quilts.
A 'boy' and 'girl' quilt were made and will be given out on
National Adoption Day in Cape May and Atlantic Counties, later
this year. .

Guild members met Monday, August 10, 2020, for the first time since their
March meeting. Social Distancing, with masks, outside. Lots of Guild
discussions took place! .

South Shore Stitchers and South Jersey Quilts of Valor volunteers doing a no
contact exchange of completed projects and fabric during the May 13, 2020
fundraiser at Ocean City's Randazzo's Restaurant. Social distancing
conversation - with masks - left to right - Ginny C,
Sharon C, Ceclia S, Debbie C, Jane P, and Crystal
S. Everyone took home a delicious dinner with 15% of the proceeds
from all orders donated to the QOV program.
> www.randazzospizza.com/
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“Attention Quilters: Do not fear Self
Quarantine.
This is what we have been training for! Keep Calm and Quilt On.”
- Quote shared
by SSS President Deb MacNeill in the April Quilt
Guild Newsletter .

Two photos from the
2020 Garden Patch Quilt Show at Wheaton Village. Two years of
planning, making quilts and hosting a night before-the-show Reception – and
then the Show was taken down because WheatonArts closed the venue as of
Saturday, Mar. 14, 2020. The special reception
for Show Winners was held Friday, Mar. 13th. See more photos of the show and
the SSS member participation on our Guild's Facebook page.

(Click above photos
for large versions.) .
Annual Pot Luck South Shore Stitchers
Dinner Held Monday, Mar. 9,
2020



So Much Delicious Food!! Members waited patiently for a 'trip around the
kitchen counter' to load their plates with all the Pot Luck goodies. And
after finishing they were able to take another plate to the counter of
delicious desserts! Debbie Conrad and Ronnie
Sauerbrey were co-chairs of the dinner. (Click above photos
for large versions.) . Mug Rug Workshop at Feb. 2020 Guild
Meeting Coordinated by SSS Guild Member Lynnette
Coates

Joyce Wood works on wrapping fabric over the cord.

Debbie MacNeill and Jane Pszczolkowski
work with their 'rug' circles on their machines. Debbie made her circle a
little larger to use as a trivet.

Laurann Cacioppo keeps 'going around' with the zig-zag
stitch and wrapping.

Dottie Saslav wraps her cord, then zig-zags.
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Many South Shore Stitcher Guild members participated in a Saturday, Feb 8th
workshop to make Fidget Quilts for Alzheimer Patients in area nursing homes.
The small quilts (3 squares x 4 squares) are made with all different kinds
of textured fabrics and embellished with extra items for the patients to
touch and feel. The workshop was coordinated by the Guild's Charity Quilts
Co-Chairs Diana Easterday and Sue Hanlin.
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At the South Shore Stitchers January Guild meeting checks, for $2,600 each,
were presented to the two charities that received the proceeds from selling
the 2019 Raffle Quilt tickets. Co-Chairs of the Show, Pat Kline,
left, and Becky Sheppard, right, presented checks to
Ruth Ann Bosworth, 2nd left, for the South Jersey Quilts Of
Valor, and Sharon Cadwell, 3rd left, for the Ryan's Case
for Smiles organization in South Jersey.
Co-Chairs of the Hospitality Committee ready to serve up a festive table of
cookie treats, made by members, for the Quilt Guild Holiday Tea meeting
Dec. 9, 2019. Pictured are Debbie Conrad, left, and
Ronnie Sauerbrey. .

Winner of the 2019 Raffle Quilt was Mary Brenan of
Pennsylvania.
She won the Raffle Quilt after buying just
one ticket at the Guild's table during the Oaks Quilt Show in Sept.
2019. .

Joyce Hughes presented a trunk show of her many
thread painted art quilts at a special meeting of the South Shore Stitchers
Quilt Guild, Friday night Nov. 1 at the Upper Twp. Community Center. In the
photo above Joyce is holding a thread painted fabric panel of a heron. In
the background is an earlier quilt she made by cutting out all the fabric
elements and composing the "fairy land" scene and then thread painting and
quilting it. - In the photo below ‘assistant’ Diane (left) is holding up the
fabric panel that Joyce used to make the art quilt held by ‘assistant’ Sue
(right). The flower arrangement was cut from the panel, placed on different
background fabric and heavily thread painted with brighter colors and then
quilted. Joyce Hughes was the instructor for a Workshop on Saturday, Nov 2,
where many SSS guild members learned about and experimented with her thread
painting techniques.

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South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild
Biennial Quilt Show - "Quilting For Cures" Held Oct.
18-20, 2019 Upper Township Community Center, Tuckahoe, NJ
Facebook Photo Gallerys
http://bit.ly/SSS2019QuiltShowDayOne .
http://bit.ly/SSS2019QuiltShowDayTwo .
(Raffle Quilt tickets on Sale until Nov. 11th meeting)

"Blossoms of Color for Cures" 2019 Raffle Quilt - Queen Size (Double click image for larger view
of quilt.)
Proceeds from 2019 Raffle Quilt Will Benefit:
Ryan's Case for Smiles South
Jersey Quilts of Valor .
(Raffle Tickets on Sale til Nov. 11th meeting)
See
2019 Quilt Show Page .

Quilt Guild Members Plan Quilt Show
South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild members are busy planning for
their Biennial Quilt Show which will be held October 18, 19, and 20, 2019 at
the Upper Township Community Center, 1790 Route 50, Tuckahoe, NJ.
Some planning committee members, pictured with the Queen-size Guild raffle
quilt include, from left: Diana Easterday, Nancy Turnbull, Debbie MacNeill,
Sue Shaffer, Nancy Jefferson, Becky Sheppard, and Sue Hanlin.
Tickets for the raffle quilt are $1 each and all proceeds will go to two
charities – South Jersey Quilts of Valor and Ryan’s Case for Smiles.
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Paint Stick Challenge
 
Pictured above are the seven winners of the Paint Stick Challenge. The 'mini
quilts' - on a paint stick - in decorated flower pots were displayed and
voted on by guild members at the SSS September meeting. There were
ties for each ribbon! Clockwise from the top left - 3 First Place winners, 2
Second Place winners and 2 Third Place winners. Come to the SSS Quilt
Show to see all the different Paint Stick Challenges and the names of all
the winners and the other entries. Click on above photos for enlarged
view.
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2019 Quilt Show Displays at Upper Cape Branch Library,
at left, and Ocean City Library. Also see pictures on the SSS Guild's
Facebook page. Click above photos for
link to view individual shelves.
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South Shore Stitchers Summer Ice Cream
Social
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2019 Quilt Show Co-Chair Becky Sheppard
fuels up before the August Guild meeting and her Quilt Show Presentations to
help members get ready for the October Show.

Guild members at the monthly meeting in August had fun rounding the table
and adding many varieties of special toppings to their ice cream dishes. So
many choices!

Ice Cream server Diana Easterday (right) 'tops' off'
Jane Pszczolkowski's dish. Click on above
photos to enlarge. .

Madelyn McCarroll: Dog and cat entries,
submitted to the Cape May County 2019 Senior Art Show as a craft;
the cat took a second place ribbon. (Also see her two HCSV Brewery quilt
submissions below.)

. "Yarn Bombing" at Woodstock 2019


The photos above are just 3 trees of many that were
"Yarn Bombed" as an art installation on a woodland trail at the Bethel Woods
Center for the Arts, NY. The trail is across the road from the original
Woodstock Music Festival Site. The Art Center commissioned artist Carol
Hummel to create the "Yarn Bombing" Installation as part of the 50th
Anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival that was held in August 1969.
Carol Hummel is the originator of the "Yarn Bombing" movement and she has
"Bombed" many sites all over the world with her crocheted art installations.
(She used a heavy colorfast macrame cord for this installation which will
last up to 5 years on the trees.) Photos by Ginny Cooper
Links:
https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/hummel-1
https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/the-museum/woodstock50anniversary
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2019 Vermont Quilt Festival

SSS Guild Member Ginny Cooper traveled to see The Vermont
Quilt Festival (June 27-29) and found out at the Reception that she had won
a Second Place Ribbon for her Wall Quilt - "The Making of My Snail Trail Bed
Quilt". .
HCSV Quilt and Fiber Show - June 2019

SSS Guild Members were represented at the Historic Cold
Spring Village Quilt and Fiber Show - June 22-23, 2019. Above is
Lynnette Coates with her blue ribbon for her Hydrangea Quilt.
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Jane Pszczolkowski's
Quilt (above) - Hanging on the Edge - won a Third Place Ribbon.
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The pictures above are details of quilts entered by
Anne Lovell (left) and Pineapples (right) by Colleen
Fansler.

The Cold Spring Brewery Challenge for the 2019 HCSV
Quilt and Fiber Show featured the Log Cabin Quilt Block. SSS Guild members
Bonny Collins (left) and Jane Pszczolkowski
entered the competition. The quilts were displayed and voted on in the
Brewery during the Quilt Show. .
The Cold Spring Brewery Challenge for the 2019 HCSV
Quilt and Fiber Show featured the Log Cabin Quilt Block. SSS Guild member
Madelyn McCarroll submitted two quilts.
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Alison Hendricks,
a recent Ocean City High School graduate received the Guild's 2019
Scholarship in memory of Bea Minor. The check for $1,025.
was collected from SSS Quilt Guild members and also a donation from members
of the Wind Rose Quilt Guild in Atlantic County. The check was present by
Mary Alice Campanaro, chairperson of the Bea Minor
Scholarship. .

Almost 80 flag-door hangers were collected at the June
Guild meeting. SSS Quilt Guild members made the door hangers to be
given to residents of the Veterans Home in Vineland, NJ. .

SSS members Margy Wismer, left and Mary Alice
Campanaro show off their hand made Sock Monkeys started during
Merry May's March 2019 workshop.

SSS member Elizabeth Ohlson with some of her kelidoscopes
at the Ocean City Art Center. The display of her quilted art pieces
was the featured show at the Art Center for the month of May 2019. She sold
several pieces - Congratulations Elizabeth!

Attention all Quilters and Fabric Enthusiasts
Share this for SSS Guild member Elizabeth Ohlson's up-coming Show and
Reception in May at the
Ocean City
Art Center.
Kaleidoscope Wall Quilts, by SSS Guild member Elizabeth Ohlson, will be the
featured show at the Ocean City Art Center for the month of May, 2019.
SAVE The DATE: Friday May 10, 2019, 7 pm for Elizabeth's Show Reception at the Art Center.
>
https://www.oceancityartscenter.org/


SSS Guild member Betty Lou Cassidy, demonstrated
Gelli Block Printing at the April 8th Guild meeting. She used
acrylic paints and many household objects and 'trash' for printing on
fabric. She also displayed many finished projects (pillow - above and quilt
- below) that incorporated her printed fabric with other commercial
fabrics.
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Sock Monkey Friends ...
After the South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild's Pot Luck
Dinner, Mar. 11, 2019, Merry May worked with some members on making
special Sock Monkeys. She is pictured here with some of her sock monkey
friends.
... Guild's Pot Luck Dinner - Mar. 11,
2019

Hospitality Co-Chair Ronnie Sauerbrey
serving up the ham slice! . .
Many delicious choices! .

Guild members getting a little of this and a little of
that!

Many delicious dessert choices! . . Guild's Annual Christmas Tea
and Cookies - Dec. 10, 2018
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Delicious Christmas Goodies were enjoyed by South Shore Stitcher Quilt Guild
members at their annual Holiday Tea Party at the December 10, 2018 Guild
meeting. It was impossible to sample each of the items, but everyone tried!
(Click on photos to view larger image.)

Many South Shore Stitchers Guild members participated in the Ornament
Exchange held at the Dec 10th Holiday Tea.
If a member brought an ornament, they got to take a different one home. As
the ornaments were handed out each member was acknowledged for
bringing a beautiful handmade ornament. Members Jane P. and
Kathy D. organized the Exchange.

Two baskets, filled with quilting items, were raffled off at the South Shore
Stitchers Guild Holiday Tea on Dec 10, 2018.
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60 placemats, made by South Shore Stitchers members, were voted on at the
Nov. 12, 2018 meeting. Pictured are the winning placemats, from left,
Diana Easterday, first place; Cherie Barber, 2nd
place; Bert McCaughey and Rosemary Lomanno,
3rd place tie. All placemats will be donated to the Meals on Wheels program.
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Another great event for Ryan’s Cases for Smiles! This was held Sunday, Sept.
16, 2018 at the Hammonton Fire House and our South Shore Quilt
Guild group completed 192 pillowcases and won the Smile Makers trophy!
Thank you to Diana Easterday for sharing this photo. (Click on above photo to view larger version.)
. Annual Ice Cream Social, Aug. 13, 2018
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Hospitality Co-Chair Debbie Conrad
demonstrates how to make the most of the South Shore Stitchers
Annual Ice Cream Social and all the toppings - while her helper Co-Chair,
Ronnie Sauerbrey is busy scooping up the dishes of ice
cream. .

All the Guild members enjoyed full dishes of ice cream
with a variety of toppings and goodies. .
It takes lots of helpers to feed some hungry
Guild members! Front to back - Sue Hanlin, Diana Easterday, and
Elsie Carey.
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At the Guild meeting Monday night, August 13, members showed the
Raffle Quilt they made for the Holiday Fair at the Church of Saint Katharine
Drexel in EHT - October 12-13, 2018. Tickets for the quilt titled -
"Diamonds in Batiks" are $1 or 6 for $5. SSS Guild member
Linda Dowd will have them for sale at future guild meetings. (Queen
size quilt.) >
www.skd-parish.org/Parish-Life-Ministry

Challenge Winners Winners of South Shore Stitchers Guild
‘Paint Chip Challenge’ were chosen at the July 2018 Guild meeting by the
members. Left to right – 1st Place Jane Pszczolkowski, 2nd
Place Elizabeth Ohlson, 3rd Place Debbie
Lombardozzi, and 3rd Place (tie) Shirley Allen. For the
Challenge, members picked a paint chip from a paper bag. The Challenge was
to use those colors in a small quilt. The paint chip was to be displayed
with the finished quilt. A total of 26 Guild members participated in this
year’s Challenge. All the quilts will be displayed in the Guild Quilt Show
in October 2019. (Click on above photo to view larger version.)

Round Robin’ Quilt Project At the July Guild meeting
members signed up to participate in a ‘Round Robin’ Quilt Project that will
be completed in 2019 and will be displayed in the October 2019 Guild Quilt
Show. The above photos were examples shown by the committee chairs of past
projects. Round Robin participants will be divided into groups. Each member
makes a center 12 ½” block. The block is then passed to the next member who
makes four 4 ½” blocks. Then the next month the project is passed to another
member of the group until the quilt is ready to pass back to the original
member who then assembles the quilt – and keeps it. (Click
on above photos to view larger versions.)
Save the Dates
Monday, Sept. 10, 2018
Program - John Dollard talks about Sewing
Machine Maintenance
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
Oaks Quilt Show Bus Trip
$41. see newsletter for details.
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28th Annual Quilt and Fiber Arts Show at Historical Cold
Spring Village - June 2018

Jane Pszczolkowski won 1st Place in Bed Quilts With 'Good to the Last Scrap'

Bert McCaughey won 1st Place Wall Hangings for 'Under the Sea' .

Nancy Ely won 2nd Place in Wall Hangings with 'Preppy the Whale' .

Coleen Fansler won 2nd Place Bed Quilts and Best In Show (!) for Celestial
Dreams

Jane Pszczolkowski won 3rd Place Small Hangings for 'Poe and Van Gogh
or the Raven and the Sunflowers'
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On Saturday and Sunday at the 28th Annual Quilt and Fiber Arts Show at
Historical Cold Spring Village, SSS member Merry May, gave her presentation
of 'South Jersey Quilting History'.
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National Organization 'Ryan's Case For Smiles' was represented at Cold
Spring Quilt and Fiber Show on Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24,
SSS members Sharon Cadwell, JoAnn, and Jane sewed pillowcases on the porch
both days!
Save the Dates
Monday, July 9, 2018
Program - Voting on members' Paint Chip
Challenges Introduction of the
Guild's Round Robin
Sign-Ups for the Oaks Quilt Show Bus Trip
Show and Share
Monday, Aug. 13, 2018
Program - Ice Cream Social Information on
the Meals-On-Wheels Placemat Challenge
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018 9-3pm
Workshop with Merry May
'Rags to Riches' Price - $10
Making a quilt with 100 4" squares
See Merry for Details
Monday, Sept. 10, 2018
Program - John Dollard talks about Sewing
Machine Maintenance
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
Oaks Quilt Show Bus Trip
$41. see newsletter for details.
South
Jersey Quilts of Valor 2018 Page


Stockton University students in the
Occupational Therapy program participated in a 'sew day' on Tuesday, Mar.
27, 2018, to make pillowcases for Ryan's Case for Smiles. They pinned,
sewed, and ironed the cases that will be given to children in area
hospitals. SSS Guild member, Sharon Cadwell and her team of helpers worked
with the students to make dozens of pillowcases. Students in the two
volunteer groups are pictured above and below.
www.caseforsmiles.org

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Prior Meetings
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Program - Penni Domikis
Author of book, All Scrapped Out!: A
guide to making a masterpiece from
your unruly collection of scraps . The Domikis workshop "All Scrapped
Out" will be Saturday, April 14, 2018
at the Upper Twp. Community Center.
https://cabininthewoodsquilters.com/about-us/
. Monday,
May 14, 2018 Program: "Hit or Miss" Show and Tell about your
favorite or least favorite quilting tool.
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Upcoming Workshops / Events
Garden Patch Quilt Show - Millville
March 10-11, 2018
Wheaton Arts Center
www.gardenpatchquiltguild.com/2018info.html
Lancaster AQS Bus Trip
Saturday, March 24, 2018
www.quiltweek.com/locations/lns18/
www.lancasterquiltweek.com/ (See newsletter for
details.) .

February 2018 program, Shirley Allen
Trunk Show on Handbags, for
South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild. .

South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild - New officers for
2018: From left - Pat Kline, President; Diane
Easterday, Vice President; Pam Horton,
Treasurer; and Nancy Jefferson, Secretary. - Photo by
Elizabeth Ohlson
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Photo Gallery of 2017 Quilt Show
Sit down and put your feet up and revisit the show.
Thank you Carol Campbell for your beautiful photos. > https://SouthShoreStitchers.shutterfly.com/
Viewer’s Choice Winners Page
Click Here
For 2017 and Prior "What's New" Page
Click Here
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