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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) |   | | alicea Says: | | | May 21, 2008 at 09:15 pm | | | | My girlfriends and I get together every thursday evening for quilting! We go to Weight Watchers first, then out to dinner, then we rotate houses to quilt at. We have a great time! We call ourselves Jack's Girls (we all use Jack the ripper from time to time!) We also have quilt retreats for a weekend of quilting a couple times a year! Four of us are also taking a big trip to Sisters Oregon this year for the quilt show in July! We are driving out so that we can see all the sites. Quilting with your girlfiends is the best medicine- and cheaper than a psychiatrist! |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | QuilterLynn Says: | | | May 21, 2008 at 10:19 am | | | | Our quilt shop (Quilter's Emporium in Houston) has UFO (Unfinished Objects) day twice a month and anyone can bring whatever they want to work on or really just chat.....bring your machine or your knitting or hand work, whatever. Good times, good friends. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | qwilltr Says: | | | May 21, 2008 at 06:35 am | | | | I have a group of quilting buddies called Quilt Workers that meet at least a couple of times a year at the Kempsville Library in Virginia Beach to sew all day. There are 12 of us in our group that range from 40-80. We're all experienced quilters and help each other with everything. We rent a house at the beach once a year for a week where we hang out and quilt (and talk and sing and cry and drink and solve all the important issues in our worlds). We try to do some entertaining things at our retreat as well, such as this year's Friendship Quilt Challenge. We chose a focus fabric last summer. Each member made a 12" finished block in any style they wished (one for each member). Once we swapped blocks, we had until our retreat to make a top out of the blocks. It was amazing the different quilts we all came up with from the same blocks! At the retreat we had an unveiling and Show N Tell night. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | neen1 Says: | | | May 21, 2008 at 12:01 am | | | | Now, THERE are some familiar faces!!! (and is that Suji, with curly hair?) Glad you all have a chance to "re-connect" once in a while. It's great inspiration! neen--who was inspired by you several weeks ago, in NY! And inspired by Libby. And inspired by Ricky........ And, by Bob Purcell. (and by Justin and Jeff and Pat and that 101 year old quilter in the audience, who had JUST bought a new Bernina!!!!!! She ROCKED!!!!!) So did the Seminar. Woo-Hoo |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | SkiPill Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 10:18 pm | | | | You guys look like you're having too much fun. I bet you laughed all day long!! Miss y'all bunches. Sue |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | Pattiwatti Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 07:36 pm | | | | Hey !!!!!!!! Alex, Marlene, Deb, and you Susan (my sewing buddy), Alex, it's great to see my friends on the web, but I WANT TO BE THERE... MAKES ME SAD NOT TO BE WITH YOU. Love you all... see you in a few... Patti |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | stitchnstroke Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 07:03 pm | | | | I have quilt night every Tuesday with 2 ladies that started as my students in a beginning quilting class about 5 years ago. We consider it therapy night and we laugh and cry together and share ideas and teach each other now. They outgrew beginning quilting a long time ago! |
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| Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | MarilynSaint Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 05:30 pm | | | | We've got a group going - started out as a small group taking bear making classes then meeting at other's houses every month once the classes were over. As the years went by other interests expanded the group. Now we've got bear makers, quilters, (the majority), beaders, and just a group of women who get together for fun. At Christmas we meet for dinner and exchange handmade gifts (limiit of 5 dollars in supplies and 2 hours of work - riiiight!) Next week we're meeting at one of the women's "cottage" for a whole weekend. The home-ec teacher (retired) in the group organized the chore list around meals; we all bring something to eat, and some project to work on and sit and sew (or sit and knit, or sit and chat...whatever). There are three sets of sisters, good friends, neighbors, co-workers. What a way to demonstrate the power of creativity to bring people together. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | MontanaGramma Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 04:30 pm | | | | Looks like so much fun! My friends and I have a sew day every Wednesday. One of my friends owns a very small quilt shop out here in the middle of nowhere, so we meet there. There are anywhere from 3 to 6 of us, depending on what people have going on. And 2x a year we have a quilting retreat at my house for 3 or 4 days. I've been busy traveling so haven't made "sew day" since the end of March - can't wait until tomorrow to spend time with all my quilty friends! |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | ritzy Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 04:16 pm | | | | The weekend of the 8th of June, my sister will travel to my house and we will have our sewing time. We did this a couple of years ago and had a great weekend. Then we didn't get a chance to get together last year but we are on for this one--so I will let you know how it goes. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | quilter64 Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 03:36 pm | | | | OH my, that looks like sew much fun. Love the space too. Agnes in a very cool and rainy Warsaw NY |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | denise-nh Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 03:21 pm | | | | We have Bee 2x a month and we rotate houses so no one is host all the time. We provide sewing space, conversation, and the all important snack. Since we all work outside the home it's on Wednesday night. This group includes a 3 20-somethings and a few of us more experience quilters. A good mix. So nice to have good women friends in our lives who share their passion and experience both in quilting and lessons learned in life. denise |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | WandaM Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 03:17 pm | | | | Alex, I'm so glad you had a fun day! I love your sewing area and that super cutting mat. I'm planning to get one of these mats soon! Aren't new internet friends the best! WandaM |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | ladyquilter Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 02:25 pm | | | | I love your space that you have for sewing. Everyone looks comfy and happy. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | linmcquilter Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 01:32 pm | | | | Yes, it's wonderful to see you have a "normal" life, in spite of your hectic schedule! When I'm home in Wisconsin, I have 2 wonderful sew days a month; one with the ladies of a church that started a bi-yearly retreat (that's how I got hooked on quilting), and the other that started as a "mental health day" to help a dear friend who battles depression. |
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 | Blog Title: Sew Day (05/20/2008) | | | PattiSure Says: | | | May 20, 2008 at 01:02 pm | | | | Alex you live such a full and busy life. I love that you take time to have a sit and sew with friends! |
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