Meetings are held on the first Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m (except for our September and December meeting). There are no meetings in the months of July and August. We currently meet at the United Hill Methodist Church, 11 Church Street, Norwell, MA in the church hall. Information on upcoming meetings can be found farther down on this page.

MEETING SCHEDULE

July and August there are no meetings. Enjoy the summer and have fun quilting!

September 10, 2011

REMEMBER!! Our September meeting is the SECOND Saturday in September due to the Labor Day weekend. September 10th we welcome Marjorie Lydecker for a trunk show and workshop.  She will be giving a workshop on broderie perse.  In the workshop she will be teaching her various techniques while completing a pincushion. The cost of the workshop is $25 and the kit for the pincushion is $5.  She requests no more than 15 students. The class is going to be upstairs so if you'd like, you may want to bring your Ott light. This class still has three openings.  Marjorie will be presenting a lecture "Not Patience and Perseverance" including her phenomenal quilts. 

Marjorie is an expert in the art of appliqué, hand piecing and hand quilting.  If you have any desire to learn appliqué or sharpen your skills, Marjorie is the person to learn from.  Marjorie's quilts and her student’s quilts will be featured at the Vermont Quilt Festival this summer. Marjorie has taught and had quilts at the Lowell Quilt Museum.  She has also been the featured quilter at our own quilt show. September will be a real treat with Marge! 

Also, please bring your patriotic quilts for show & tell at the September meeting in honor of the anniversary of 9/11.

October 1, 2011

Beth Helfter from EvaPaige Quilt Designs will be our guest speaker and teacher. Her trunk show is “Perfection is Over Rated” and she will conduct a class on her Winter Whites. It’s a great way to start getting ready for the holiday season. The class fee is $45.00 and includes a pattern. We need at least ten people to sign up for the class, or it will have to be cancelled.  Please visit Beth’s website at http://www.evapaigequiltdesigns.com/.

November 5, 2011

Betsy Jackson, a long time quilt guild member, will give us a trunk show. There is no class that day because that is the weekend of The Gathering, and we know many people will be heading north after the meeting.

December 10, 2011

Remember our meeting is the SECOND Saturday in December due to the church needing the hall the first Saturday. Guild member, Susan Riley, will present a program on her apron collection. It will also be our annual holiday buffet so please bring your favorite dish.

Future Meetings

The new Program Committee is busy working on the details for the rest of our meetings for the 2011-2012 year. Future programs will be communicated as soon as particulars are confirmed.

Please mark your calendars for these remaining dates: January 7, 2012, February 4, 2012, March 3, 2012, April 7, 2012, May 5, 2012 and June 2, 2012.

REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR NAME BADGES!

When Herring Run Quilt Guild was first formed in February 1989 one of the conditions for membership was making and wearing name badges. The motivation behind the badge requirement was to make it easier for members to get to know one another. As our numbers have increased, it has become even more important than ever to honor the intent of our founding mothers. Please wear your badge. Your intricate identifiers help us to put names and faces together. Besides, it’s not like you’re working in the customer service department, we’re having fun! We look forward to the day when we no longer need to collect fines for badges not worn! We have two different versions of our name badge, one with the HR symbol and one of a paper pieced fish that was designed by Carol Doak. Click here for directions on how to make a Herring Run Quilt Guild name badge. 

Sunshine Information: Do you know of someone in the guild that has had a personal loss or is seriously ill? Please pass this information on to Mary Ann Karpinski at maktjk9@aol.com  or by phone at 508-747-0629 so we can send cards, flowers or donations from the guild. Please make sure you give her the full name, address and information on where to send a donation if one is requested.

Workshop registration: You will need to pre-register and pay at the same time to hold your space.

Hospitality: It is every HRQG member’s caloric duty to contribute to our communal sustenance for at least one meeting per year.  September’s goodies are provided by your board members.

WE'RE GOING GREEN!To help protect the environment, honor the requests of the Church, and cut down on our monthly bills, we would like guild members to bring their own coffee mugs to the meetings if at all possible.

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