We are 1 week away from Annual Auction and Sale

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NORTH PARISH QUILTERS Annual AUCTION and Sale

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Doors Open: 6:15 for browsing and shopping at Grab N Go tables and Silent Auction Bidding. Live Auction Starts at 7:30

  • We have 20 amazing quilt/fabric assortments in a Silent Auction setting for you to bid on
  • Wide Assortment of finished goods; wait till you see the bags and table linens!  Shop for Mothers Day and graduations.
  • Some completed quilts, yardage and a great variety of misc. sewing goods such as trims, panels, rulers, patterns.
  • Twenty of the hottest items will be in the live auction beginning at 7:30
  • MANY smaller assortments of fabrics and UFO’s on the grab n go tables
  • Raffle quilt – still time to buy tickets…winner to be drawn that night
  • Two other amazing raffle baskets for you to take chances on

What do we need?

Someone to coordinate refreshment table

Two people to work with Carol Hayes on check n/check out

Two people to work the Grab N Go table

Two “runners” who can deliver an item to the person who has the winning bid on live auction

NEED EVERYONE TO Attend and bring a friend. The financial support from this Sale is necessary for us to have great speakers next year. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL with above info to everyone you know and help drive attendance.

Please email Karen King kjimking@yahoo.com and let me know what you can volunteer for the night of. We will be able to get in to Church at 3 PM so I plan to start set up at 3:30’ish.

Please Support our Fellow Quilters

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Hope you all had a Happy Easter. Bad weather about to move in so keep sewing! Then, get ready for 2 weeks with local quilt shows. Support our quilting friends.

Burlington Quilters Guild Quilt Show April 6 – 7, 2024
112 Middlesex Avenue
Wilmington, MA 01887
https://www.burlingtonquiltersguild.org/
Admission: $10; Children under 12 are free
Quilts after Covid Quilt Show
April 6 – 7, 2024
Tewksbury Senior Center
175 Chandler Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
http://www.tewksburypiecemakers.com/index.html
Admission: $8; Children under 12 are free
 
This is the Tewksbury Piecemakers Quilt Guild’s Show. Quilts, Raffles, Raffle Quilt, Members’ Boutique Table, Ongoing Demonstrations, Yard Sale and Display of Guild’s Charity Projects.
 

CrossRoads Quilters Auction – Tuesday, April 16th

Living Hope Church of the Nazarene, 556 Cabot St, Beverly

6:15 Preview and Doors Open

Silent Auction and items ready to purchase, fabric bundles, UFO’s, fat quarters, kits and supplies. Raffle quilt; winner to be drawn during the event.

Updates please for the Vets Quilts created at Woburn Elks

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Deborah is checking in on progress of the veterans quilts for the Elks.  The goal is to have them finished for our May 8 meeting, so we can present them to the Elks at their May 14 meeting.

If you have a quilt top that you are working on—either piecing or quilting– can you reach out to Debra with the status of your quilt.

If you are interested in quilting a top or just binding let us know!  Debra has 6 quilt tops in need of quilting, and two in need of binding.  We can provide you with the batting and backing finish the quilt.

And, the Board wishes each of you a Happy Easter with a prayer for some warmer weather!

Charity Drop Off this Wednesday

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3 – 3:30 in Quilters Common Pkg Lot

Please bring any kits you have completed and help out by taking more! If you have a specific want/need for one of Rosemary’s groups, please let her know in advance.

The Hole in the Wall Team is in need of backings for their twin size quilts if you have anything that is appropriate, Susan and Joanne would appreciate it

Karen King will be on hand to receive any Auction donations…..including items for the raffle baskets which will have a garden theme and a “C” theme…any items that start with a “C”. Many thanks to Noelia and Kristine for putting these together.

Busy Week Ahead for North Parish Quilters

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PLEASE join us in the fun (OK, and yes, some sewing work) as we partner with the Woburn Elks to make 10 quilts for local Veterans.

On March 2, the Woburn/Stoneham Lodge of Elks, through its Veterans Committee, is hosting the North Parish Quilt Guild of North Reading for a day of sewing and quilting small laptop quilts for local wheelchair bound veterans.   Guild members will partner with Elk’s members as well as the public, and work together as a team to stitch, press and stitch some more!  We will be stitching up a storm in Legacy Hall at the Woburn Elks, 295 Washington St, Woburn MA from 9 am to 4 pm, with fabric, thread and supplies donated by the Elks 908 Lodge and the North Parish Quilt Guild.

Bring your sewing machine and join the fun. Quilt kits of precut fabric will be supplied. If you are an experienced quilter and would like to participate in the sewing of the lap quilts, or if you are not a quilter, but would like to help out by pressing, cutting, and or organizing, we would love to see you! There is not cost, but the Elks is providing refreshments and lunch so please let Deborah know if you plan to join us for some part of the day. debra.gaw@verizon.net.  Beginning sewers might also want to join in for the chance to meet quilters and learn some tips and tricks!

ALSO – Charity Drop Off is next week, Wed., March 6th, 3-3:30 in Quilters Common parking lot. Please bring any/all completed projects for Hole in the Wall, Yawkey Way and/or Vets. Rosemary and Susan will be there to hand out kits for more quilts and pillowcases.

AUCTION donations – Karen King will be there as well to receive anything you can contribute to the May Auction and Sale…..still looking for UFO’s and fabrics. Also our Raffle Team is asking for donations of goods for their two raffle baskets…one with a gardening theme and the 2nd is a basket with items starting with “C”…what fun we can have with that!!!!

March 2nd Vets Sewing Day at Woburn Elks

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On March 2, the Woburn/Stoneham Lodge of Elks, through its Veterans Committee, is hosting the North Parish Quilt Guild of North Reading for a day of sewing and quilting small laptop quilts for local wheelchair bound veterans.   Guild members will partner with Elk’s members as well as the public, and work together as a team to stitch, press and stitch some more!  We hope to sew and quilt 10 lap sized quilts for wheelchair-bound veterans at the Chelsea Soldiers Home. We will be stitching up a storm in Legacy Hall at the Woburn Elks, 295 Washington St, Woburn MA from 9 am to 4 pm, with fabric, thread and supplies donated by the Elks 908 Lodge and the North Parish Quilt Guild.

Bring your sewing machine and join the fun. Quilt kits of precut fabric will be supplied. If you are an experienced quilter and would like to participate in the sewing of the lap quilts, or if you are not a quilter, but would like to help out by pressing, cutting, and or organizing, we would love to see you! There is not cost, but table reservations are required; please contact Debra Josephson, North Parish Guild President at 781-944-0021 or debra.gaw@verizon.net.  Beginning sewers might also want to join in for the chance to meet quilters and learn some tips and tricks!

This is the second pairing of the Woburn/Stoneham Elks and North Parish Quilt Guild. Two years ago, we partnered to create and donate 21 quilts to veterans.  North Parish Quilt Guild, a forty-year-old local guild, also has ongoing charity programs to donate quilts and clothing protectors to the VA Hospital in Bedford; comfort quilts to families staying at Yawkey Way House, and quilts for children attending Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang camp.  Their legacy of creating and distributing comfort quilts is an old and substantial one and people interested in knowing more about North Parish Guild are welcome to attend this one day sewing event.

This joint event is a great way to assist our veterans and a great opportunity to spend some time at your sewing machine.  North Parish Quilters welcome any sewers who have interest in joining our local Guild which meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill St., N Reading, Ma. https://northparishquilters.wordpress.com/   You can also find out more information about the Elks, its charitable activities and scholarship programs at https://www.elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?lodgenumber=908.