February 2025 Guild Member Spotlight

Ann joined the Cheshire Quilters’ guild in 2022 when she and her husband and a couple of her kids moved up to Vermont from Massachusetts. She had never belonged to a guild before and had no idea what to expect. She enjoys going to meetings and learning new things. She has met a lot of nice ladies with all sorts of quilting experience and she quilts with a few of them once or twice a month. The ladies help to motivate her to finish her UFO’s when she is struggling. She got the quilting bug when she was a sophomore in High School and she has never looked back.

Answer: "I give a lot of my quilts away as donations to a battered women’s shelter down on the Cape. It makes me feel good to bring some sunshine into the life of a woman and her children that are victims of domestic violence. My mother was a battered woman for many years so it hits close to home for me. My immediate family all have a quilt or two made by me so they don’t need anymore.  I sometimes give quilts as gifts for birthdays, baby showers or wedding showers."

Answer: "I made a huge mistake one time by making a King size quilt for a friend and let’s just say that it will never happen again, what a nightmare that was. Now I only make lap and baby quilts. Otherwise, I get bored to easily and tend to have UFO’s because of it. Also, I just love fabric so if I make smaller quilts I get to buy more fabric because I am done much quicker." 

Answer: " I absolutely love quilting with my friends. We always have such a great time and are constantly laughing. Sometimes not a lot of quilting actually gets done. I go to two retreats a year, one on the Cape that is organized by a good friend of mine and one that I organize for my 4 close friends. Usually we go away for 3-4 days, we rent a VRBO in the New England area and we eat lots of junk food. I also really enjoy the Open sews at New England Fabrics, I have met some really nice friends there." 

Answer: "I took over the website and Facebook pages about 2 years ago and I love the challenge. I get to show my creative side on the website, and I think I may be a graphic designer in my next life 😊.  I revamped the website to help show off the many talents of our current members by showing off their quilts, photos from our meetings (did I mention, I’m the photographer as well). The change was also to attract new and younger members to the guild. I have found that by putting up the newer website design it has brought a lot more people to our website and hopefully potential new members will join when they see what we are all about and to carry on the art of quilting into the future."

Answer: "I would love to learn how to do other forms of paper piecing, I can do Hexagons but that is the extent of my paper piecing skills. I would like to learn how to do mitered corners as well. I am always up to learn any new techniques that would help me to become a better quilter."