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Thursday, July 24
7 – 9 p.m.

Champagne Reception and Show Preview

Be among the first to attend Maine Quilts 2008, view the quilt exhibits and shop in Merchants Mall – all merchants will be open for business–without the crowds of opening day!Enjoy a glass of champagne or punch in celebration of Maine Quilts’ thirty-first quilt show. A ticket to this event is included as part of the registration fee. Champagne Preview tickets ($10) can also be purchased separately, in advance using the WORKSHOP & EVENT REGISTRATION FORM or at the door on Thursday evening.

Friday, July 25
6:30 – 9 p.m.

Gala with Emilie Richards

Chaired by Susan Gerhardt and Marjorie Hallowell

We hope you’ll join us Friday evening for Emilie’s presentation, “Which Comes First, the Novel or the Quilt?” What's so special about quilts and quilting that quilters are brought together in such numbers to pursue their creativity and their human connections? What values bind us together? What do our quilts say about who we are and what we dream? As a long time quilter, Emilie Richards explores those questions in her Shenandoah Album novels, but who came first, the bestselling novelist, or the quilter? Emilie Richards is the author of more than sixty novels. Presently she writes the Shenandoah Album series about women in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley featuring quilts and quilters and using quilt block titles for each novel. She also writes the Ministry is Murder mysteries about a free-spirited minister's wife in a small Ohio town. Emilie, who has a master's degree in family development, lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, a Unitarian-Universalist minister. She is the mother of four and the grandmother of one, as well as a quilter whenever she has a free moment. Visit Emilie's web site, www.emilierichards.com,to learn more about her and the books she's written.

Before Emilie’s lecture, dinner will be served buffet style with top round of beef, boneless breast of chicken, vegetarian lasagna, red bliss potatoes, fancy vegetables, salads, rolls, cake and beverage; tickets are $26. If you prefer to attend just the lecture, 7:45 – 9 p.m., tickets are $10.

Advance tickets are required for this event – use the WORKSHOP & EVENT REGISTRATION FORM.

Saturday, July 26
5:15 - 7 p.m.

A Gaggle of Quilters

Chaired by Carolee Withee & Beth Maitland

Quilters love to share quilting tips, projects, meet new friends or just plain talk shop. The Gaggle will provide this opportunity. Bring and brag: share your projects from Maine Quilts workshops, any year not just 2008, finished or still in progress. This fun evening is ONLY for those who pay the registration fee. There will be a block drawing; directions will be in your confirmation packet. Light refreshments will be provided.

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