FUTURE SKILL BUILDER WORKSHOPS Jacobs Ladder-January 26, 2019 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Guild member Peggy Fierst will be teaching us her Easy Peazy way of doing the “Jacobs Ladder” Quilt Block. The workshop class fee of $15.00 is payable to Peggy Fierst. This class will be held at the Butterworth Edu-cation Center, 701 12th Ave., Moline IL. Lunch will be available at this class for a $5.00 donation. Sign-up sheets and class supply lists for this class will be […]
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The Winners of the 2018 Great River Quilt Show have been announced. To view the complete list Click Here
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This is a link to the River City Reader October edition about the MVQG’s 2018 Great River Quilt Show: Click Here to view the article
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By Donna & Garry Lanman Let me tell you a story. Our first granddaughter, Joy, moved jobs from a bank in Chicago to Samaritan’s Purse in Boone, NC. She works with the Children’s Heart Project. This project transports children needing heart surgery to participating hospitals that donate their services. During orientation, Joy was shown a cabinet of “blankets.” In reality, they were quilts. Her eyes brightened, and her thoughts turned to her Grandma and Grandpa. Needless to say, our eyes […]
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At the beginning of August, our Guild hosted Lisa Binkley, a nationally acclaimed beading artist from Madison, Wisconsin. Reflecting on her time in the Quad Cities, Lisa paid high compliments to our Guild saying: “I remember someone mentioning to me while I was with your guild that another teacher had described your guild as among her ‘three favorites.’ I completely agree. I’ve had the opportunity to teach for quite a few guilds over the past 11 years, and it’s always […]
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The Guild has received a donation of a large number of beautiful quilt tops. Seventeen of these tops will be offered to Guild members at silent auction at the September meeting. Tops that do not sell for the minimum bid will be offered for sale at the Quilt Show along with additional tops. No tops will be sold at the quilt show for less than the minimum bid. Please arrive at the guild meeting early in order to shop the […]
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