Response from Genesis-amended by MVQG. ATTN Sewers! We are in need of N95 mask covers AND basic face masks. Please see our preferred patterns below. If you have already made, don’t worry – we will accept ALL masks. Basic Face Mask Pattern https://www.genesishealth.com/…/23436/Basic-Mask-Pattern.pdf Guild members can drop off the completed masks to Sally Steward in the Riverdale, IA area, Faye Kunz in the Davenport area, OR Sancy Cockerill, in Illinois at their door. NO contact. Their addresses and phone numbers […]
Smile for Charitable Donations!
Have you heard of AmazonSmile? It’s a website operated by Amazon (smile.Amazon.com) that lets customers shop the same wide selection of products as Amazon.com. The difference is the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to a charitable/nonprofit organization of your choice. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing, the Mississippi Valley Quilt Guild qualifies to receive donations! It doesn’t cost us anything and there are no administrative fees for us toparticipate. So if you are shopping Amazon […]
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Doll Quilts
Need doll kits to work on? Contact Margaret to arrange. Another bonanza! Lots of fun kid prints for our project! Usual meeting, 3rd Tues, Deere Wiman, 8:30 am -2 pm…I bring the supplies….iron, fabric, cutting boards and scissors….and the chocolate. I made about 100 kits during January, February, March, and a lot are out there being finished…but there will be more at the May meeting. Iwill also have some that just need to be finished with quilting for those whose […]
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Quilts of Valor
Well the CDC has cancelled or postponed all events with attendance of 50 or more for 2 months. Well as you know we fall into that category. I am working on getting a new date set. I have a massive amount of calls to make. If you see someone that is normally involved with this and they haven’t heard, please tell them. Thank you! If you turned in a name to receive one of these quilts, please inform them that […]
Tags: ceremony, Quilts of Valor, sponsors, Terry Austin
2020 Programs and Classes
April 7th Program-Due to all of the “to-do” with the Corona Virus, Christa’s April visit is postponed until we can reschedule. We will leave the class sign ups as they exist. If anyone pre-purchased books from her (she would have brought them and they could have been picked up at the meetings), she will ship them later this week. If anyone else would like to place their book order they are $24.95 with free shipping when they use the code […]
Tags: April, June, June speaker, March, May
Doohickey Drawing
An Americanism dating from 1910-1915, a doohickey is a gadget; a dingus; a thingumabob; a nifty quilting tool that a quilter may want, has never heard of, or is too expensive to purchase. Each month a new Doohickey is offered to our membership. It may be a new “cool” tool or it may be something tried and true; expensive or not so much. Tickets are $1.00 and monthly prizes are determined by the number of tickets sold the previous month. […]
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Monthly Meeting Minutes
CLICK HERE to access the latest monthly meeting minutes. November 5th minutes December 10th minutes January 7th minutes February 4th minutes March 3rd minutes
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