March Meeting Reminder
Please join us this Thursday, March 21st at 7pm, for our March meeting and 10th anniversary celebration!
Where:
St Andrew Catholic Church, 806 NE Alberta St., Portland, OR 97211
The meeting will be in the community center, which is behind the main church building. There are two parking lots.
March Fat Quarter Lotto:
For this month's FQ lotto, please bring a fat quarter in a color inspired by our logo for our anniversary! Choose a print or solid in bright turquoise/blue, pink, lime green, or black. Everyone who enters an FQ will receive an entry into the drawing to win the entire pile (or split into 2 or 3 piles/winners if we have many entries!)
March Presentation:
This month we're excited to welcome our very own Sam Hunter of Hunter's Design Studio! Sam will be presenting her lecture and trunk show "The History of Word Quilts." Also on display will be Sam's QuiltCon winner for Third place in Handwork, "Why I'm a Feminist." She will have copies of her book, Quilt Talk, available for purchase along with over 60 of her patterns! Sam will accept cash, check, or credit/debit payments via Square and offer special discounts for PMQG members.
What else is in store:
Block of the month 2019
Door prizes!
Logo Colors Fat Quarter Lotto (bring one and join in!)
Show and Tell (sign up early online here)
Upcoming Events Still on Sale: Please follow the links for more info and to purchase.
Spring Retreat! We have two spaces available for our retreat April 11th-14th! If we still have space(s) available on Monday we will open to non-PMQG members for an additional fee of $35.
Bite Size Gems with MJ Kinman. 2 spaces available! Monday, March 18th, 9 am-4 pm.
Wedge Quilt Workshop with Christina Cameli. Saturday, April 6th, 10 am-4pm.
Log Cabin Block Party with Susan Beal. Saturday, April 27th, 10 am-2pm.
Barn Star Quilt Workship with Sheila Sinclair Snyder. Saturday, May 4th, 930 am-430pm.
Other Upcoming Events (Free to PMQG members):
Hand Sew Happy Hour--Sunday, March 24th, 2pm-4pm
East Side: Pix Patisserie, 2225 E Burnside St, Portland
West Side: Jim & Patty's Coffee People, 4130 SW 117th, Beaverton
March Charity Sew--Friday, March 22nd, 10 am-4pm, Modern Domestic, 422 NE Alberta St, Portland **Last month we donated 37 Charity Quilts!! Yay PMQG!**
Open Sew Day--Saturday, April 6th, 9:30 am-530pm at Mill End Store, 4955 SW Western Ave., Beaverton (park around the side closest to Uwajimaya and knock on the keypad door if it's not propped open so you don't have to carry your supplies all through the store!)
Don't forget to bring:
Fat Quarter Lotto fabric (see above!)
An appetite for dessert--we're celebrating 10 years as a guild, baby!
Mugs for hot tea
Show and Tell Quilts, we want to see what you've made! (1 per person, please)
Cash, check, or card to buy loot from Hunter's Design Studio!
Guests
Guests and non-members are welcome at guild meetings. Guests are free for the first visit; $5 for each visit after that.
Modern Domestic Discount
Modern Domestic will offer PMQG members 20% off their purchase on Thursday. They'll also be open until 7 p.m., so stop by before the meeting! 1408 NE Alberta St.
We hope to see you on Thursday!
"Why I'm a Feminist" QuiltCon 3rd Place Winner in Handwork by Sam Hunter, Hunter's Design Studio
