May PTQG Members’ Meeting
10:00 am May 2, 2026
Hope Church, Manchester, Maine
The May 2, 2026 PTQG Members’ Meeting will be held at Hope Church 728 Western Avenue in Manchester, Maine, beginning at 10:00 am. The agenda will include a business meeting, cookie swap, door prize drawing, and show and tell. After lunch (BYO), our speaker, Bettina Havig, will share a talk exploring the traditions of English, Welsh, and Irish quilts all of which are the predecessors of our American quilt traditions. This program is part travel log, part quilt show, and part personal exploration into the modern-day quilts of the UK and Ireland. No dust has settled on the vibrant quilt making there. Perhaps she can give you an appreciation of the roots of our quilt making along with a curiosity to delve deeper into what is happening across the pond.
Bettina Havig is a quiltmaker, teacher, lecturer, judge, and quilt historian. She is the author of eight books. Her work has been featured in American Patchwork and Quilting, Quilters’ Newsletter Magazine, Quilt, Lady’s Circle Patchwork, Traditional Quiltworks, Quilting Today, Sew Many Quilts, and Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting. She was featured in both the British Patchwork and Quilting and the French Quilt Mania magazines. You will not want to miss this opportunity to hear her speak!
Volume 12, Issue 8, April 2026
A newsletter for Maine Quilts
Rosemary Griffin, Coordinator
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Volunteer! Volunteer! Volunteer! We need YOUR HELP as a Volunteer to make Maine
Quilts 2026 a success. Signing up as a Volunteer brings perks, free admission for the day you volunteer, two fat quarters per 2-hour shift and also includes being entered in the drawing for the BERNINA 325 sewing machine, MSRP $1,499.00! Big thanks to “The Cotton Cupboard Quilt Shop” in Bangor for this generous donation exclusively for volunteers. There are 2 volunteer forms on is on the website under the Volunteers tab, choose which way to sign up by following the directions on the forms. Please also consider volunteering for Wednesday, July 22nd Set up and Saturday, July 25th for Take down.
Volunteer Opportunity – Looking for a volunteer who would be willing to just drive the U-Haul Truck, Monday, July 20, Tuesday, July 21, and Saturday, July 25, 2026. Please contact Coordinator at info@Mainequilts.org.
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.
Raffle Alley: If your chapter would like a table on Raffle Alley, you must apply before May 15th. Applications and guidelines are on the website under the Activities tab.
Workshop Monitor: Please contact Gail Robertshaw at gailrob2014@yahoo.comto sign up to monitor a workshop – hurry! Slots are filling fast!
Quilter’s Walk: Is your chapter donating a basket for Quilter’s Walk? Be sure to let Pam Soucy know so she can include it in the lineup – contact her at pam_soucy@yahoo.com with any questions.
The Cotton Cupboard Quilt Shop in Bangor is a Maine Quilts 2026 Platinum Sponsor
The Cotton Cupboard is providing Bernina sewing machines for all of Cindy Grisdela’s workshops AND is donating a Bernina 325 Sewing machine, MSRP $1,499.00 for the Volunteer Grand Prize drawing
BIG THANKS TO THE COTTON CUPBOARD