Patricia Knoechel informed and entertained us with a great program last night.  Patty is a nationally known quilter, author and speaker from California.  How fortunate we are to be able to have her at our Quilt Guild.  Our thanks to First United Methodist Church in Mocksville for allowing us to use their beautiful Family Life Center for this meeting. It was good to have so many of our members and many visitors. 

Our regular meetings are at the Davie County Senior Center 278 Meroney St, Mocksville, NC 27028 on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 PM with refreshments and fellowship beginning at 6:30.  Visitors are always welcome.

We have some really interesting programs coming up at our Guild meetings - 

May 19 - Ineke Thomas  came to the USA from the Netherlands in 1964.  She had never seen a quilt until her mother-in-law gave her one.   Thomas developed an instant desire to create quilts. She makes traditional quilts, abstract “wall quilts”.  She and her husband now live in Blowing Rock.

June 16 - Joanna White - silk painting artist .  Amazing hand painted silk fabric made into beautiful garments. Joanna offers classes at her Fiber Art Studio at Sugar Valley Airport - 247 Gilbert Road, Mocksville, NC.  

July 21 - Lorraine Covington - an NQA certified quilt judge who travels all around the country judging quilt shows.  She also makes beautiful quilts and teaches classes at several area quilt shops.   Lorraine and her husband live in Clemmons.

Mark your calendar  and join us.

March 17 Quilt Guild Meeting

March 17 meeting - 7:00 PM 

Davie Senior Center

278 Meroney St, Mocksville, NC 27028

     The Senior Center is a great place for our meetings - but  our guild meetings are open to all ages - Women and Men.  There are some great Men Quilters in our area. 

     Quilt Guilds are not only for "expert" quilters - even though we might have a few of those - our guild is a place for you to meet quilters of all skill levels - beginners to experienced.  We love to share our love of quilting with new quilters and those who want to learn to quilt.

     Join us at 6:30 for a social time of sharing refreshments and getting to know one another before our meetings begin.  If you can't get here at 6:30, come for our program at 7:00.

March 17 Program

Lorraine Covington

      A love of all quilting techniques led to Lorraine’s desire to become a certified judge, passing the tests for that NQA certification in 2001.Lorraine has been honored to judge quilt shows across the country.

      A native of Columbus, Ohio, Lorraine then lived in Florida for ten years, and now resides in Clemmons, North Carolina with her husband Calvin.

      A member of NQA, Lorraine served on the Board as the Certified Judge Coordinator and as the Education Chairperson.  Her latest venture is a column for the NQA magazine, the Quilting Quarterly, A Matter of Judgment.

Patti Knoechel

April 7 - Date Change 
for April Meeting

Patti Knoechel (Eleanor Burns' sister) 

will be coming back again for our April meeting. Many quilters and surrounding guilds look forward to her visit each year for new patterns and books from Eleanor Burns. Note that this month’s meeting is scheduled for April 7 - not our regular meeting date. Mark your calendar and invite your friends.  Patti always has a fun and interesting program.

Thimbles & Thimble Cases 

February Guild Meeting CANCELED

February 17 Guild Meeting
CANCELED 
due to the snow and ice.

Monday, February 17 - 7:00 pm. 

February Volunteers are listed below. 

Door Greeter— Vicki Groce 

Birthday Prize— Jean Shipley 

Refreshments— Nancy Freiheit, Barbara Hendricks,

 Jean Shipley  & Rose Steil 

The Quilt Show Committees will meet  

6:00 p.m. - Monday, February 17

From our President……. 

Hope you're all staying warm these cold winter days. 

I'm enjoying some hand quilting - since I quilt without a frame

 it feels good to have a quilt on my lap. 

Some of us enjoyed the The Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza 

in Statesville. Lots of beautiful things to tempt us. 

Hope you get to attend some of the area quilt shows this year. 

Two new shows this year - in Charlotte and Chattanooga. 

The Hampton, Virginia show is in March - I was there a couple 

of years ago and it was a great show. The Forsyth Piecers and Quilters 

Show is coming up in May - and of course our own quilt show is this fall -

 are you working on some quilts to enter? 

Our February program sounds really interesting - here is her website: www.fiber-visions.com. Invite your friends to come with you 

to see Joanna's beautiful silk creations. 

Thank you so much to all of you for all you do to support our quilt guild. 

If you have ideas or comments please let me know. You can call or 

email me anytime: 940-2812 or 414-8700 or bhanes@yadtel.net.

Brenda 

February 17 Program

We’re excited to have Joanna White as our guest for the February guild meeting. She has been working in a large studio in an airport hanger at Sugar Valley Airport and creating some absolutely stunning silk fabrics. The guild is interested in seeing the methods she uses to bring the silk to life. Joanna will be doing a demonstration of her silk painting techniques along with showing examples of her work. She commissions unique and beautiful garments from the silk she paints, but we are going to be looking at the application of quilting with silk. This will be a new idea to many of the quilters and quite a challenge to try the techniques necessary to make a quilted item using silk. 

Looking ahead……. 

Our March program will be presented by Lorraine Covington, a local quilt judge.            I’m sure she will have lots of great tips for preparing and showing our quilts. 

Patti Knoechel will be coming back again for our April meeting. Many quilters and surrounding guilds look forward to her visit each year for new patterns and books from Eleanor Burns. Note that this month’s meeting is scheduled for April 7 —not our regular meeting date.