NEXT GUILD MEETING

Tuesday

April 13th

Virtual Zoom Meeting

6:30 p.m Socialize and Log In

7:00 Meeting Starts

Program details below.

Please join us!

OUR MISSION

The Guild's purpose is to further quilting excellence in Southwestern Montana, to promote friendship and a sense of community through the primary activity of needle arts, including but not limited to quilting, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, beading and tatting. The Guild shall be exclusively charitable and educational.

MEMBERS

Our members are from all parts of the Gallatin Valley, and beyond! Bozeman, Belgrade, Manhattan, Livingston, Three Forks, Gallatin Gateway, West Yellowstone as well as other areas/states make up our "guild family". We welcome you and encourage you to look at our calendar and the many activities we do!

April 7th 6:00 P.M.

Lilo Bowman - Love Where You Create; It's Not a Once Size Fits All Solution

A special Education event for members only.

We will be treated to a LIVE presentation by Lilo Bowman, author and national teacher, on the topics in her new book Love your Creative Space. Join us as we listen to Lilo share her ideas as you learn to build a creative place that works for you, your space, your budget and where you are right now. A special bonus: Lilo will have a question-and-answer session at the end of her lecture, and we will give away 2 of her books, autographed by Lilo.

YOU MUST BE PRESENT (ON ZOOM) TO WIN!

As a Guild member, renewed by March 31, you will receive a special zoom invitation by email a few days before Lilo's presentation.

April 13th Program

GQG 2021 Quilt Challenge - Inspired by Yellowstone

Carol Leasure will kick off the Guild’s 2021 Quilt Challenge by providing info and guidelines for getting started. Pat Hamlin will give further inspiration and provide guidance on her techniques for creating fiber art with her presentation titled “Oh, the Places I’ve Been – Stories in Fabric and Thread.”

April Birthdays

Bonnie Andes 4/2

Judy Petersen 4/7

Linda Fisher 4/22

Catherine Hogan 4/22

Carol Kimble 4/26

Margit O'Leary 4/29

Coming in May

Tangular Irby, author of the children’s book Pearl and her Gee’s Bend Quilt, will be our guest presenter.

The deadline to order your very own hardcover Pearl and Her Gee's Bend Quilt book by Tangular A. Irby is March 31st. Cost is $16.00

Contact Carol Leasure board-member-at-large-2@gallatinquiltguild.com

Payment information coming soon.

It's a Wrap!

PIP (Projects in Progress) Challenge

Rehearsals continue! Scripts (projects) are well-planned, with richly textured characters (materials)! It is not too late to get a lead role in the production. Auditions are not required--simply email our director,

Markie Nathan at khn@aggienetwork.com with your script--the number of projects you plan to produce by the August red carpet premiere. As you complete a production, please email Markie that you have announced "It's a Wrap", and plan to show your stunning creation at a guild meeting Show 'N Tell.

And...ACTION!

March Show-N-Tell

Remember to email your Show N Tell photos to website@gallatinquiltguild.com. Photos from smartphone are great! Didn't attend the meeting? That's okay, send us your photos. We know you've been sewing!

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