Don't miss the TMQG April 25rh Meeting

Don't miss  the opportunity to meet Emily Herrick.  She will be having a trunk show at our meeting on Tuesday, April 25, South Fork Recreation Center.  There will be a $5 fee for this meeting.  Workshops will be offered on April 26 at Village Fabric.  Classes will fill quickly so contact Amy at amy@villagefabric.com   (336) 779-6155 to reserve your spot.

Emily Herrick http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/
 is coming to Winston-Salem April 26, 2016 and teaching a couple of workshops at Village Fabric Shop.  A sneak peak preview, Emily is making her Big Game quilt into an exclusive Village Fabric Shop mini quilt!!  I'm so excited!  Amy

March Meeting R-cap
Liz opened the meeting by welcoming the members and visitors.  she reviewed our mission statement - To support and encourage the growth and development of modern quilting through art, education and community.  Members were reminded to fill out a survey if they had not had an opportunity to do so. Two mwmbers from the Forsyth Piecers and Quilters showed their raffle quilt and offered an opportunity to purchase tickets. 
Up coming meetings':

•      April 25, Speaker,  Emily Herrick,  Fat Quarter Swap-Floral
•      May 24, TMQG Garage Sale, Pincushion Swap, Fat Quarter Swap Strips
• GARAGE SALE-
• Set up at 6:00 PM
• Bring any craft item, have everything priced
• 50% of the proceeds go to the TMQG
• Only except money for YOUR sales
• June 28,  Christmas in June for Senior Services, Fat Quarter Swap Dots

Our guest speaker was Shannon Brinkley, Scrappy Bits Appliqué.   Shannon had a wonderful trunk show and went over her process of creating her scrappy applique.  We are looking forward to seeing the member creations born out of this technique. 

Emily Herrick Coming to our April Meeting

Don't miss  the opportunity to meet Emily Herrick.  She will be having a trunk show at our meeting on Tuesday, April 25, South fork Recreation Center.  There will be a $5 fee for this meeting.  Workshops will be offered on April 26 and 27 at Village Fabric.  Classes will fill quickly so contact Amy at amy@villagefabric.com   (336) 779-6155 to reserve your spot.

Emily Herrick http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/
 is coming to Winston-Salem April 26-27, 2016 and teaching a couple of workshops at Village Fabric Shop.  The details are still being finalized.  I'll update the website once I know more.  A sneak peak preview, Emily is making her Big Game quilt into an exclusive Village Fabric Shop mini quilt!!  I'm so excited!  Amy

February Meeting Re-cap

February Meeting Re-cap

Sherrie Aycock brought the meeting to order by welcoming visitors and members.

Treasurers report, current balance is available to any member by request

• Surveys were distributed to attending members asking for input for future programs. If you have not filled out a survey please request one at the next meeting. 
• Sherrie reminded us of the Second Spring  Art exhibit for seniors over 60 to be held May, 20.   She encouraged participation. Entries must be in by April 6. If interested contact secondspringarts.visualarts@gmail.com
• Changes to the by-laws were presented and discussed with the membership in attendance.  A motion was made and seconded to except the changes.  The by-laws are available to review onour blog.  ,  www.triadmodernquiltguild.blogspot.com
• The meeting featured speaker and member Laura Sailor.  She took us on her pillow making journey with some fantastic examples of her first efforts to her more recent pillow creations.   We were all inspired by her beautiful work.    Thank you Laura for sharing your talents. 
• March Meeting--Tuesday, March 22, 6:30 PM      $5 fee for members and guests
• Program Shannon Brinkley, Scrappy Bits Applique
• http://shannon-brinkley-studio.mysopify.com
• Shannon will be offering a workshop the following day at South Fork Recreation Center.  For details contact Sherrie Aycock  sherrieaycock@gmail.com

Fat Quarter Swap-Green

MARCH 22nd Meeting

Hello everyone, I am very excited to see you all next Tuesday March 22^nd!

We have a fantastic program/trunk show planned with Shannon Brinkley of http://www.thebottletree.net/author/shannon-brinkley/  from Austin, Texas. She will have a workshop Wednesday, March 23rd, 12:00-4:00, in the ballroom just a few steps from our meeting room.

Our (wonderful) North Carolina winter may have kept some of you away from our last two meetings, this is a reminder that there will be is a $5 fee for both members and non-members for this meeting. Our guild does have a scholarship so please talk with one of the board members if we can help.

If you are interested in participating in the  workshop, please contact Sherrie atsherrielyacock@gmail.com  Spaces are filling up fast so do nt miss out on this opportunity to learn Shannon's technique!

Liz