2024 April Workshops and Speaker

PTQG April Members’ Meeting
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Business Meeting 10:00 a.m.; Speaker’s Presentation 12:30 p.m.
Hope Church, 728 Western Avenue, Manchester, Maine

Please join us the weekend of April 26-28, 2024 for an opportunity to listen and learn from a diverse set of teachers and our guest speaker.

Wendy Caton Reed will be our speaker on Saturday April 27 and will present a trunk show after lunch that involves a short bit of quilt history. She will follow with a spectacular showing of historic quilts that will show how techniques and fabrics have changed over time.  You won’t want to miss this informative talk!

PTQG Zoom Workshop will be held on April 26.

On Friday April 26, from 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Lyric Kinard will present her Zoom workshop ABSTRACT-A-LICIOUS.  You will have access to the recorded version for one week after the live workshop. 

From the President of Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc.—Callie Lavoie

This is my last year as your president of Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc. This is my third two-year term reaching our term limits. 

Have you thought about leading our wonderful, spirited, friendly quilt guild? We have a generous group of volunteers that support and lead our guild on the Executive Board as a core for our larger General Board. Our annual quilt show has an engaged and hard-working group of volunteers led by a show coordinator balancing it all.

Pine Tree Quilters Guild, Inc.’s mission is clearly stated in our Bylaws and Procedures Manual and Appendix. This document is an excellent working guideline for the operation of our guild. 

Nominations for this position will be considered starting in January 2024 with office starting October 1, 2024. Please contact Callie if you have questions or wish to be considered for nomination working with our nominating committee.

Callie  – president@mainequilts.org; 207-641-7966c.

Volume 10, Issue 7, March 2024

A newsletter for Maine Quilts

Barbara Duffy, Maine Quilts Coordinator
info@mainequilts.org | www.mainequilts.org | www.facebook.com/MaineQuilts.org | 207-216-7358

Workshop/Event Registration opens March 15th @ 9 am for PTQG, Inc. members.

Log on to our website – www.mainequilts.org– for Workshop descriptions, supply lists and event information.

Make your online workshop registration an efficient process: Prior to March 15, be sure you know your username and password. Not sure what your password is? Click on “Login” in the upper right-hand corner of the home page. Follow the prompts for “Lost Your Password?” Don’t have an account? Click on “Login” in the upper right-hand corner of the home page. Follow the prompts under “Register” to set up your account. You will receive a confirmation email when your account is created. Keep your account information handy: you’ll need it when you register for workshops on Workshop Registration Opening Day, March 15.

Volunteer! Volunteer! Volunteer! We need YOUR HELP as a Volunteer to make Maine Quilts 2024 a success. Signing up as a Volunteer brings perks, including being entered in the drawing for the BERNINA B435 sewing machine, MSRP $2,399! Big thanks to “The Cotton Cupboard Quilt Shop” in Bangor for this generous donation. The volunteer form on is on the website under Volunteer Opportunities.

White Glove: Calling all PTQG Chapters! Volunteer your chapter to commit to a half-day of white glove duty – 9am-1 pm/1 pm–4 pm – broken into 2-hour shifts. Need 12 per shift.  

Silent Auction Items: If you’d like to bring your Silent Auction items to the April Members’ meeting, Carol Reed and Lee Priest will be there to collect it from you. There is a donation form on the website under the Activities tab.

Quilters Walk: Chapters, this is your opportunity to assemble a terrific donation (new items only, please) and donate it for the Quilters Walk. Questions? Contact Pam Soucy, Quilters Walk Chair, pam_soucy@yahoo.com  Please let Pam know by July 15 what your chapter is donating. Filling a basket to donate? Suggested value of each basket is at least $150.

Raffle Alley: Find the Guidelines and Application on the website under the Activities tab – deadline is May 15th. Contact Lee Priest for more information at leepriest0@gmail.com