Happy December! Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving, and that all your Christmas sewing projects are almost done! I have a Christmas quilt top finished and hope to get quilted and mailed out to a friend this week. Looking forward to getting my house decorated soon and pulling out all the old Christmas quilts [...]
Happy November! So many birthday's in the guild this month! I have seen some beautiful pics of the recent snow on the silver thread and it looks like perfect sewing weather. Hope everyone is getting their holiday projects planned and started! I was on vacation a few weeks ago in New England with some friends [...]
Hello all! October is probably my favorite month of the year! It finally starts to cool off here in Arizona and it brings my favorite holiday, Halloween! My very first memories are all about Halloween. Working and planning with my mom who would make me and my brother the most elaborate costumes ever! I also [...]
Hello all! Working on this and thinking of some of you sewing together at the retreat. I am sad that I won't be getting another trip to Creede this year to take in some of the fall color. But know next year in September we will all be together for the quilt show! So excited [...]
Hello all! I am excited to be taking over as editor of the STQG newsletter, as it gives me a way to stay in touch and participate from sunny, hot Arizona! I've been lucky to be able to spend about 2 weeks in Creede so far this summer, and did get to see a few [...]
Happy 4th of July! For many of us, that means the summer is half over. I hope you are enjoying the summer as much as I have. Still have many things on my list to do this summer. Please note that the guild meeting is the second Tuesday of July so that members can attend [...]
June is here. Many of our members who have not arrived in the Silver Thread area will be arriving during the month. It will be nice to see all of you and there will be many guild activities for you to participate in this month. There will be a sew day, a beginner’s class for [...]
May I apologize for being so late in getting a newsletter to all of you. Life has happened. Preparing to leave our KS home and arriving and settling in our summer home has kept me away from the computer. I did have a welcome visitor (Anne Strong) in KS the weekend before we left. May [...]
April Fool’s day is over and it is time that we are looking forward to Easter and spring making its way into our world. Snow is still falling occasionally but the weather is warming. It is always nice to see the plants returning to life. Green grass returning, leaves budding out in the woods. Though [...]
March is here and the weather can't decide if it is winter or spring. Some days are warm and yet on other days the snow is still flying. The pandemic seems to be winding down for now but world issues are now entering our thoughts and prayers. It is a perfect time to sit down [...]
