What's New 2018

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"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

See 2019 Quilt Show Page
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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.

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Guild's Pot Luck Dinner - Mar. 11, 2019

Hospitality Co-Chair Ronnie Sauerbrey serving up the ham slice!
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Many delicious choices!
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Guild members getting a little of this and a little of that!

Many delicious dessert choices!
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 Guild's Annual Christmas Tea and Cookies - Dec. 10, 2018
  
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.)
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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. 
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All the Guild members enjoyed full dishes of ice cream with a variety of toppings and goodies.
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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.)

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