"Quilts - From Traditional to Modern” at Rehoboth Beach Public Library
OWQG quilters, quilts at Apple Scrapple
photos by D. Vuono
Photo's of OWQG Member's Quilts at Rehoboth Beach Gingerbread Contest 2018.
photos from: Facebook page for Rehoboth Beach Gingerbread contest.
Board Meeting, None in February
March 5, 2020 at 10 AM
at Conley’s UMC, Lewes's UMC
Newsletter to: Maureen Saufley,
Deadline: February 10, 2020, March 9, 2020
Hospitality - Maryann Genech and Kathi Snyder
February meeting Hospitality - bring pre-meeting snacks:
if your last name begins with U, V, W, X, Y, and Z
We need help with set up and clean up in - please lend a hand!
Link to PBS: Quilts (click on underline) episode with a segment on Victoria Findlay Wolfe
QUARTER AUCTION: The OWQG SHOW and the Millsboro Art League are having a quarter Auction: Friday March 6, 2020, at the Millsboro Fire Hall, located at 109 E. State Street Millsboro, DE 19966
Doors open at 5pm, Auction starts at 6pm. There will be food and many wonderful items to bid on. Paddles will be sold before hand at a discount and at the door. Get your friends together and reserve a table. Call the Millsboro Art League to reserve: 302.934.6440
WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH DONATIONS! Anything from household items, to quilts, to new Christmas gifts you did not want! Declutter your house and closets and see what you can live without. Contact Skip with any questions.
Feb 23, 2020, at Epworth for the Black History Month Extravaganza. This time profits will go to the Quilt Show budget. So, gather those quilts you’ve been wanting to sell. Decide how much you’d like to donate to the show for us selling your wares, and bring your items to the Guild meeting in February.
Magazine Fund Raiser
This year we are NOW selling 6 different quilting magazines:
Quilting Arts
QuiltmakerMcCalls
QuiltingEasy
QuiltsQuick Quilts
Love of Quilting
Subscribe to any of these 6 magazines through the guild for only $20/each!You can pay by cash, or write a check to “Ocean Waves Quilt Guild” or “OWQG”.If you already subscribe to one of these magazines, please consider renewing through the guild - Allison Milles and Connie Jo
Quilts of Valor Days at Serendipity Quilt Shop,
Saturday, March 28, July 25, Oct.24, 2020
Bring lunch everything else is supplied.
Marguerite welcomes donations of red, white, blue and patriotic fabric; backing yardage (2.5 yards wide back or 5 yards regular width fabric). Contact: Marguerite
More details can be found on the Serendipity website
Quilts of Valor National Sewing Day: Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the VFW in Ocean View. Contact Marguerite Niemoeller for information
Sit & Sew Camp was October 30– November 1, 2019:
Make a Christmas Quilt at SIT AND SEW CAMP
All money collected benefits SIFA Threads, a sewing school in Tanzania which teaches impoverished women the skills required to set up a business career in sewing. The money we collected and donated from past Sit and Sew Camps has helped to purchase new sewing machines for the school and its graduates.
Saturday, October 12, 2019 OWQG was at
the Apple Scrapple Festival featuring Our Quilts! We were invited to show and sell our quilts and other quilted items at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Bridgeville during the Festival which attracts over 20,000 attendees.
Patriotic Quilts 9 patch directions:
Quilt of Valor 9 Patch Block Challenge: (click on link for info)
WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH DONATIONS! Anything from household items, to quilts, to new Christmas gifts you did not want!
Declutter your house and closets and see what you can live without. Contact Skip with any questions.
Feb 23, 2020, at Epworth for the Black History Month Extravaganza. This time profits will go to the Quilt Show budget. So, gather those quilts you’ve been wanting to sell. Decide how much you’d like to donate to the show for us selling your wares, and bring your items to the Guild meeting in February.
ACTIVITIES:
Monthly Calendar:
Sharing a few Quilting Fun Quotes from our Facebook Page:
