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Programs/member meetings are all scheduled to be held in the Brazos Center and begin at 7 p.m. Locations for the workshops will vary. Workshops are noted in green.
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2012 Schedule:
Jan. 10 Annual Business Meeting / Bring Show and Tell tonight
Feb. 9-13 Winter retreat at Camp Lone Star in La Grange, TX
Feb. 14 The Feb. meeting is on Valentine’s Day, and the speaker for this meeting is
Bill Neal from Hobbs Bonded Fibers in Waco. He will be talking about
and demonstrating different types of battings. Also, he has been in the
business for over 30 years and will talk about his industry.
March 13 Program: MEET OUR GUILD EXPERTS - guild members will demonstrate
their skills at tables throughout the room
April 10 Cynthia LeBlanc Regone from Katy
lecture : KICK IT UP A NOTCH- working with brights, black and white,
unusual settings
April 11 Workshop: Rainbow Stars with Brights - supplies sheet
Best Western Atrea - Booneville Road and Highway 6, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Bring a sack lunch and drink for yourself.
May 8 De LeClair lecture: Tips and Techniques in Applique
May 9 Workshop: Machine Applique - prepping, templates and starch,
perfect circles, fusibles, and buttonhole stitch or zigzag. Small kit fee.
June 12 Care Quilt workday 10-3
Evening program: "Getting to Know You---Pot Luck Social and fun evening,"
Some members will share how they use quilting beyond BBQG
June 22-24 - (Posted 12/8/11) - SUMMER RETREAT
The Summer Quilt Retreat will be held June 22 – 24, 2012, at Heartland Retreat Center near Brenham. Registration will begin at the February 14, 2012, Guild meeting. Cost this year is $190.00 . A $50.00 deposit, completion of a registration form, and Guild membership is required at registration. The balance will be due by the May 8, 2012, Guild meeting. Registration is limited to 24 people.
Sewing stations will be set up in Mt. Olive Chapel. Accommodations are in the Sunflower House and Annex. Meals include dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Meals are served in the dining room attached to the sewing area. The housing units have a kitchen area with a stove, refrigerator, coffeemaker , and microwave oven. A snack area will also be set up in the area off the sewing room.Please contact a member of the Summer Retreat Committee if you have questions: Deb D., Peggy M., Rowena R. or Sue S.