Activities

SABLE (Stash Above and Beyond Life Expectancy):
Each month participating members bring 1-3 Fat Quarters in the prescribed color or theme. Each different fat quarter earns the participant a ticket in the drawing to win the pool. Depending on the number of participants, the pool may be divided and awarded to several members

Colors or themes for 2013 are:
January - White on White
February - Red
March - Turquoise or Aqua
April - Spring Flowers
May - Pink
June - Lavender
July - Red, White and Blue
August - Batik
September - Stripes
October - Leaves
November - Rust
December - Christmas

Community Quilts:
Members of the Guild make quilts that are donated to those in need in Lincoln County. Work sessions are held usually on the 1st Thursday of the month at the fabric shop in Toledo and on most Tuesdays at Barb and Wilma's studio on 13th Street in Newport.

Pillow Project Particulars: Pillows for Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital patients being discharged should be square with finished size between 11-14" The most popular size is 13" finished. The Hospital Auxiliary provides the stuffing for the pillows; it is brought to each meeting and is located at the Community Quilt area. These pillows are best with light stuffing only--do not make them super firm. Our guild label needs to be sewn on the back of the pillow--the labels are obtained from Community Quilts.

We are now also making a different size pillow for the hospital dialysis center. These need to be 16-18" long by 10" wide. These
pillows need to be stuffed more heavily than our other pillows. Community Quilts plan to have kits made for these items--great idea!

All completed pillows are to be given to Community Quilts--they keep track of the number of our donations and deliver them to the hospital.

Documentation
Dorothea Schneider and other members of the guild have set dates to document quilts for Lincoln County and the museum project. Their sessions are from 9:30-3:30 and usually in Newport at the Carriage House. The schedule for 2013:

  • February 9 - Lincoln City
  • March 9 - Newport
  • May 11 - Toledo
  • June 2 - Newport
  • September 28 - Newport
  • October 26 - Newport

Projects Anonymous:
Are you feeling overwhelmed by all of those unfinished project in your quilting closet? Paulette Stenberg and Karen Oetgen will be on hand to help you on the road to finishing. Bring your sewing machine and project to the Carriage House at the Museum in Newport on the 4th Thursday every month except November and December from 10-4.

  • February 27
  • March 28
  • April 25
  • May 23
  • June 27
  • July 25
  • August 22
  • September 26
  • October 24

Bayshore Quilters:
Join fellow Guild members at Bayshore in Waldport from 10:00-4:00 on Fridays. Members support each other and work in 'quilting bee' style to hand quilt participating members projects.

Knotty Ladies:
This quilting group meets every Wednesday at 11:30 until 3:00 at the Carriage House in Newport. Bring your own projects and get help, advice, and good conversation. The group usually have lunch together on the first Wednesday of each month and then go to the Carriage House for the usual session.

Lighthouse Quilters:
Meets at Quilters Cove Quilt Shop in Newport 1st and 3rd Thursdays 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM and 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Leta's Legacy:
Meets at the Presbyterian Church in Yachats every Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Lincoln City Satellite Groups
Two satellite groups of the guild meet weekly in Lincoln City. Quilters with a View meet every Thursday at 10:00 at the Lincoln City Community Center. Lincoln City Sewers meet on Tuesdays at 10:00 also in the Lincoln City Community Center.

Challenge Quilts:
This year's Challenge Quilt is titled Name that Tune. Pick a song title and make a quilt to illustrate it.. Contact Tina McCann

Small Quilt Auction:
Each year at the Quilt Show we have an auction of small quilts donated by OCQG members. The designated charity will be selected in a drawing from participating members. Because we’re space-limited, we’d like quilts to be no more than 100 ” in perimeter. You may set a minimum price/starting bid price, or note an estimated value, or both. Let Jennifer Reinhart or Dolores Thomas know if you’ll participate, and turn in quilts no later than the June meeting.

Pot Luck/Christmas Tea:
We have two pot lucks a year - May and December. The potlucks become the program for the General Meeting during those months.

 

 
 
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