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NEXT MEETING

Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 PM at Lifelong - "Aafke Sings the Blues"  Members are invited to bring in quilts that celebrate the color blue. 
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Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 PM, Lifelong - Sue Rasmussen will be giving a talk entitled "A Desperate Housewife's Quilt Journey".  See her website for more information about this talented quilter from the West Coast.

RETREAT AT CASOWASCO

The Casowasco retreat will be October 27-30, 2016 at the Casowasco Retreat Center in Moravia NY.  
There are both three and four day options available. Prices are $148.00 for three days, $235.00 for four days.  
Five meals are included for those attending three days - Friday dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner; Sunday breakfast, all served in the dining hall.
Seven meals are included for those attending four days - Friday continental breakfast served in the Foster Center, Friday lunch and dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner; Sunday breakfast, all served in the dining hall.  
We will be housed in Bethany. In order to reserve the entire building, we need 25 participants. 

Your place is not secured until your payment is received. Contact Kathy Carman (details available in the membership list on the password-protected Members Only page). Please remember that awards are available for half the cost - the Members Only page for guidelines. You are responsible for the second half of the payment and it must be submitted to secure your space.
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WORKSHOPS IN OCTOBER

Sue Rasmussen will be giving two one-day workshops in October.  On Wednesday October 12th, the workshop will be on a pieced tree landscape.  Curved, paper-pieced Flying Geese will be the topic of the workshop on Thursday, October 13th.  Each workshop run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Ste Catherine of Siena's parish center and will cost $50 for Guild members.  Registration is now open.  More information is available on the Workshops page.

HAND QUILTING NEEDED

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The lawyer’s puzzle quilt that has already been worked on some by the Guild needs to be hand quilted.  It is on a frame on the main floor of the exhibit area at the History Center. TCQG members pieced the quilt based on one in the History Center collection some time ago.

The quilt is 74" x 87" with 238 5" blocks in rows 14 wide and 17 long, plus sawtooth border and binding. There is a stitch-in-the-ditch pattern on the original that is being reproduced on this quilt. The drawing is pinned to the quilt. The deadline to complete it is March 15, 2017; sooner is better.

Anyone who wants to help can access the quilt at The History Center, 401 E. State Street, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 11am - 5pm. Supplies are next to the quilt. Quilters are asked to log hours in the volunteer book and put everything back as found at the end of their session.

Vivien Rose is happy to meet anyone to introduce them to staff if needed, show them what she has done so far, where chairs are, and where the volunteer log book is. She can be reached at 387-3481 and 280-6328.

The finished quilt will be the official Bicentennial Quilt for Tompkins County, to be featured at the April 2017 celebrations and available for exhibit at venues county-wide through December 2017. It will become a part of the History Center collection at the end of 2017.  More information is available on the History Center website.