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January 16th, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Guild Program Night--Magazine Exchange & Social Hour |
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Bring 2-3 quilting magazines that you've tired of, and exchange them for some "new" ones. Get to know your fellow guild members better. Bring projects to work on , and don't forget your "Show & Tell" items! Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. |
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February 6th, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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February 6th, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Regular business meeting, plus January Block of the Month "Colorado Block" is due. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima.
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February 20th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night -- Get the Kinks Out! |
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Get the Kinks Out! Don't let being hunched over your sewing machine put a kink in your projects along with your back and neck. Learn some techniques to keep you happy and sewing for hours. Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Charm exchange begins and more! Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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February 28th & 29th, March 1st & 2nd Sew Expo, Puyallup, WA |
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Attend the Sewing & Stichery Expo in Puyallup. Gates open at 8 a.m. 100+ Seminars Daily, 200+ Exhibitors, Shopping & more! www.sewexpo.com |
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February 29th, 2008 Leap Day! |
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Spend your whole day quilting! What a good use of an extra day once every four years! |
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March 5th, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Workshop with Debbie Caffrey, Jewett Center, Yakima Area Arboretum |
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1401 Arboretum Drive, Yakima. "Open A Can of Worms" with our special guest teacher, Debbie Caffrey! Debbie will teach us a variety of techniques based on her books, "Open A Can of Worms" and "Another Can of Worms". Open to YVQG members, cost for the workshop is $50, must be pre-registered and pre-paid as we need to have an accurate count of participants. We will have a "no-host" potluck for lunch!
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--Check out Debbie's website at:
www.debbiescreativemoments.com |
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--Download your workshop supply list here. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) |
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--Contact Jeanmarie Wheeler with any questions |
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March 5th, 7 p.m. Program Night, Debbie Caffrey, "How to Have it All" and Trunk Show! |
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Special evening program with guest Debbie Caffrey! "How to Have It All!" and Trunk Show, lots of Debbie's show and tell! Bring your quilting friends! Free for YVQG members, Non-YVQG members, $5. Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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Note: Normally scheduled board & business meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 19th to allow Debbie to have plenty of time. |
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No guild "Show & Tell" this meeting, Debbie will have lots to show us! Bring your items on March 19th! |
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March 9th, Daylight Savings Time Begins |
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"Spring forward, Fall back" means we lose an hour of valuable quilting time today. We'll have to wait until November to get it back!
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March 12th-16th, Guild Spring Retreat |
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Lost Creek Village Campground. Wednesday through Saturday! Contact Kathleen Smith or Michaela Hughes with questions and for details! |
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March 15th, National Quilt Day |
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The third Saturday in March is National Quilt Day, sometimes non-quilters get confused and call this "the third Saturday in March". Silly non-quilters! |
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March 19th, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Special night for Guild Board Meeting due to Debbie Caffrey meeting on March 5th! Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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March 19th, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Special night for business meeting due to Debbie Caffrey program on March 5th. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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March 28th-29th, Tri-cities Quilters Guild Quilt Show |
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Silver Threads...Lasting Memories, Saturday & Sunday, March 28th & 29th at the Three Rivers Convention Center, 7016 Grandridge Blve. in Kennewick. Celebrate their 25th anniversary quilt show and merchant mall. National Featured Artist is Evelyn Sloppy and their member featured artist is Nancy Knowlton. $5. www.tcquilters.com |
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April 2nd, 5:30 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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April 2nd, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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April 16th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night --Fabric on the Floor, Thread on the Walls! |
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Fabric on the Floor, Thread on the Walls! Sewing Rooms. Peek inside the sewing rooms of some of our guild members. Go behind the scenes where we dare to create! Our popular program from 2007 makes a return with a new set of sewing rooms! Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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May 7th, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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May 7th, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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May 21st, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night, "Try Something New, Polish Something Old! " |
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Try something new or learn a new way to do something you're a "master" at! It's "technique night" at the Harman Center! Specific "techniques" still under lock and key--well, actually we're just trying to figure out which ones we're doing! Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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June 4th, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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June 4th, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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June 18th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night, "Wow, Is that Ugly or What?!" |
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Ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and if you think it's ugly fabric, you should be-holdin' it in your hands when we host the "UGLY Fabric Showdown!" Well, it's actually an exchange, as someone else might be looking for that thing you can't wait to unload! Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Summer quilt challenge introduced! Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. Last regular meeting until September! |
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July 12th, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters, Oregon |
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Over 1200 quilts from around the world cover the 1880's style town of Sisters, Oregon for one day! www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org. |
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July 16th, Guild Summer Sew Night |
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August 8th, Bus Trip to Pacific Northwest Quiltfest in Seattle |
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August 8, 9 & 10th, Pacific Northwest Quiltfest in Seattle www.apnq.org |
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August 16th-December 23rd, Text and Textile: Quilts and the Construction of the Social Fabric exhibit. Yakima Valley Museum |
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Quilts from the collection of the Yakima Valley Museum will provide the focus for this investigation of textiles as text from the Civil War to the early 20th century. www.yakimavalleymuseum.org |
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August 20th, Guild Summer Sew Night |
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September 3rd, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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September 3rd, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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September 12th & 13th, Noon-6 p.m. Central WA State Fair, Quilts & Sewing exhibits receiving days. |
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Quilts and other fabric exhibits to be displayed at the Central WA State Fair are accepted on these days. State Fair Park, Yakima. For complete rules and guidelines read the exhibitors guidebook online. |
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September 15th-September 22nd Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival |
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"Lunar Madness" is the theme of this year's festival. New this year, quilts will be displayed at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds as well as downtown businesses. This year's featured quilter is Nancy Lee Chong, the "Queen of Needleturn". www.wallawallaquiltfestival.org. |
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September 16th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night |
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Summer challenge projects are due tonight! Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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September 21st, 1 p.m. Uncovering the Social Fabric: Stories from the Making of the Text and Textile Exhibit |
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Each quilt has a story, and discovering those stories can be an adventure of research, imagination and creativity. In this lecture, guest curator Lou Cabeen will share her point of inspiration in creating the Text and Textile exhibit, offer an introduction to the quilts on display and talk about the process of researching the stories the quilts reveal. Yakima Valley Museum, 2105 Tieton Drive, Yakima. Admission is FREE and open to the public. www.yakimavalleymuseum.org |
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September 26th-October 5th Central Washington State Fair |
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Quilts and other textiles are on display in the Modern Living Building at State Fair Park in Yakima. www.fairfun.com |
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October 1st, 5:45 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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October 1st, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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October 15th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. |
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October, 2008, Guild Fall Retreat |
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Lost Creek Village Campground. Contact Kathleen Smith and Michaela Hughes with questions and to get details! |
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November 5th, 5:30 p.m. Guild Board Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your own dinner and join us, all members welcome. |
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November 5th, 7 p.m. Guild Business Meeting |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects.
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November 19th, 7 p.m. Guild Program Night |
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Harman Center, 65th & Summitview, Yakima. Bring your "Show & Tell" projects. Last regular meeting of 2008! |
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December 5th, 7 p.m. Guild Christmas Party |
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Location and details to be announced. Watch the newsletter and this website for details. No regular guild meetings this month. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone! |
