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Is there a quilting book you would like for the library to have available for you to check-out? Well, you can Suggest a Purchase! Log-in at www.KHCPL.org, select Suggest a Purchase and fill out the required information. The library also requires the book publication date to be no more than 1 (one) year old.

It is time for the Saturday, KPQG workshop that usually follows the KPQG membership meeting. You are welcome to come to the open-sew and enjoy quilting/sewing, have fun with others, and snack on goodies. Please note: there are no KPQG Saturday Workshops in November, December, or January.

Location:  KHCPL, South Branch, 1755 East Center Road, Kokomo, 46902

Time:  Come at anytime between 10:00 – 3:00.

Refreshments/Snacks:  Bring goodies to share.

Supplies available for your convenience, if desired:

• Bernina Bernette model sewing machines
• irons/ironing boards
• cutting mats/rotary cutters

 

 

Location:  Indiana University Kokomo, Hunt Hall, Room 116. Click here for the campus map.  Be sure to place your IUK Parking Pass on the vehicle’s dashboard. If you do not have a parking pass, please pick one up at the membership table when you sign in.

Time:  7:00 pm; doors open at 6:30 pm

PROGRAM & VENDING:

Speaker & Vendor — Connie Lancaster with Quilts Plus* will speak on the subject of  Better Borders – how to measure and attach borders, how to design borders appropriate to the quilt, and a visual display.  |  Shopping opportunity is available after the meeting.

*The Quilts Plus brick and mortar shop closes the end of October 2018. The business will continue through internet presence at the current website www.quiltsplus.com. The contact phone number is 317.844.2446.

OTHER ACTIVITY:  a short business meeting and the members’ Show ‘n’ Tell is always a treat.

 

We, in the Kokomo Piecemakers Quilt Guild, appreciate the vendors who were in our quilt show “Quilts Along the Wildcat” on October 5 & 6, 2018. We thank the shops and wish to acknowledge them through this post on our website.

When you visit these businesses, please express your appreciation, too.

Guarantee Vacuum & Sewing  |  Heart Creek Farm Creations  | Heirloom Quilt Appraisals  |  Nancy J’s  |  Presto Avenue Designs  |  Quilted Glo |  Quilts in Wood  |  Robin’s Nest Quilts  |  Sarah’s Machine Quilting  |  Scrapyard Quilting |  Sweet Stitches Quilt Shop  |  The Scarlet Thread Quilt Co.

 

Online registration closes on Monday, October 1, at 11:59 pm EDT for national teacher/speaker Susan K. Cleveland’s classes/events. Online registration is at guaranteevac.com.

After October 1, you may register on site at the quilt show for any classes provided there are any remaining spots available.

It is time for the Saturday,  KPQG workshop that follows the KPQG membership meeting. You are welcome to come and enjoy sewing, have fun with others, and snack on goodies. Open to both members and nonmembers. Come at anytime between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm.

For this Saturday workshop, the location is at  the Kokomo Howard County Public Library (KHCPL), Main, Downtown, 220 North Union Street, 46901.

Also, we are sorry that at the main library location, there will be no sewing machines, pressing stations or cutting mats available for you to use.  Please bring your own sewing machine, iron and pressing mat, and cutting mat and tools, if you need to use them.

Change in location and building for September meeting:

Indiana University Kokomo, Virgil & Elizabeth Hunt Hall, Room 116.  Click here for the campus map.

Please remember to put your IUK parking permit on your vehicle’s dashboard. If you do not have one, check into the meeting at the sign-in table to pick up a permit and put it on your vehicle’s dashboard.

PROGRAM:  This is a time to honor our previous presidents whose leadership helped keep the guild strong and vital for 25 years. We will hear their stories about their year in office. Some may share their president’s quilt made with the blocks the guild members gave them to show their appreciation for the outgoing president’s commitment and dedication to serving as president.

We will, also, celebrate our 25 years with cupcakes and punch from Rozzi’s Catering.

Time:  7:00 pm; early arrival is 6:30 pm

Saturday, September 15, 2018, KPQG members Evie Fell and Susan Burns present Fiber Arts Dyeing — Interactive Demonstrations outside at the KHCPL South Branch, 1755 East Center Road, Kokomo, 46902.

Drop in at any time between the hours of 11:00 – 3:00. No need to register.

Dress for a mess and learn how to do four dyeing techniques: 1) air brushing, 2) marbling, 3) direct painting, and 4) embellishments, such as stamping, resist dyeing, etc. A sample of PFD fabric, generously donated by Pam Dance, will be provided for your learning experience.

For questions about this event, please call 765.453.6677.

The Frankfort Quilt Guild presents their Quilt and Traditional Rug Hooking Exhibit on Friday & Saturday, September 14 & 15, 2018, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

The exhibit is in the Anna & Harlan Hubbard Gallery at the Frankfort Community Public Library on the 2nd floor; an elevator is available. The library is located at 208 W. Clinton Street, Frankfort 46041.

Demonstrations are throughout both days; there are door prizes and a Dresden Plate raffle quilt.

It is time for another KPQG workshop on the Saturday that follows the KPQG membership meeting to enjoy sewing, have fun with others, and, yes, snack on goodies. Open to both members and nonmembers!

Location:  Kokomo Howard County Public Library (KHCPL),  South at 1755 East Center Road, Kokomo, IN 46902

Time:  10:00 am – 3:00 pm

This is a good time to work on donation quilts, the KPQG BOM, your own project in progress, ask for help with a quilting/sewing problem, etc. You are welcome to stop by and check us out, too. Remember, there are Bernina Bernette model sewing machines available for you to use if you do not want to bring your machine.

See you very soon.  🙂