Our annual Christmas party |
Looks like Santa came and delivered... |
...an adorable set of snowmen |
...beautiful tablerunner |
...goodie basket |
...Thimbleberries quilt |
... and lots of other surprises! |
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Members of St. Croix and Down East
Quilters renew old and new friendships |
Santa (president Mary Ann O'Brien) delivered a Baby's First Christmas
ornament and gift of money
to past president, Mary Anne Spearin, who, along with her husband Ronny,
are expecting their first child soon.
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Kathy Stanley from Sewing by the Sea Quilt
Shop in Trenton, ME gets ready
for "Notions and Motions" at our November meeting. |
in October, the program for the evening was to stuff
Anti-Ouch Pouches for breast cancer patients
This batch makes almost 200 we have donated to area hospitals.
Click
here to pictures of our
February 09 Anti Ouch Pouch Workshop (plus a link to the pattern)
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October Quilt Pink Day
click here for pictures
Happy 10th Birthday—September, 2009
We celebrated our tenth anniversary (since the
reorganization) in September.
Current and past presidents are pictured above (l to r): Eva
Severance, Karen Hanson, Mary Ann O'Brien (our current president), Sandy
Hill, and Dana Bard. (Absent was Mary Anne Spearin.)
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Shop Hop—May 2, 2009
Official Shop Hop photographer, Christy
McIver (left) and her mother, Susan
who coordinated a fabulous bus tour of four GREAT Maine quilt shops.
Fifty-one quilters from 27 different towns
in eastern and northern Maine and Grand Manan, NB got together for a
visit to Sewing by the Sea in Trenton, NEW shop Pinwheels
Quilting in Skowhegan, The Fabric Garden in Madison, and
Stitches in Newport.
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Happy shoppers kept the girls busy at
Sewing by the Sea |
These gals found some fabulous sale prices |
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Friendly sales staff everywhere |
Irene is checking her shopping list |
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Nobody minded the long line at Pinwheels
Quilting |
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The "rowdies" on the back of the bus
It was fun to get to
know so many new people. We all enjoyed Sue's
games and activities and everyone went home with a prize. There
were four cash drawings (1 for each shop we visited) with 4 lucky
quilters each winning about $50 cash. There was also a drawing for
$18 to spend at Anglers Restaurant, and a grand prize drawing of a
gorgeous handmade basket made by Sue McIver, our shop hop coordinator. |
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A beautiful garden of tulips and daffodils
greeted us at The Fabric Garden |
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Anita and daughter Wendy check their
pattern |
JoAnna and cousin Paulyne peruse yellow fabrics
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All ready to board the bus and head to the
next shop |
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At Stitches we continued our quest for
fabric, patterns, books and more... |
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Fabric, fabric, and more fabric... |
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Happy and hungry shop hoppers enjoyed
dinner at Anglers Restaurant in Newport.
Everyone agreed the food was fabulous, especially the bread pudding! |
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Steve the bus driver and a few of his
adoring fans
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Christy waited all day to order a Brownie
Sundae then couldn't believe how big it was! |
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Thank you Susan—we all had a wonderful day!
Thanks also to
Anita for making pins and bags for everyone
and Mary Ann for her help in organizing the trip.
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