March Meeting Activity
Cathy Harvey's March meeting activity will be to make a quilted bookmark and insert it into a book. Any book. It can be a fiction book, children’s book, quilt book, cook book. We will exchange bookmarks from members who choose to participate at the March meeting using the “draw one out of the bag” method. Be creative and have fun!
Time & Place
Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Cheshire County Court House, 12 Court Street, 2nd Floor, Keene, NH. Doors open at 6:00 for visiting with each other! Members who want to gather beforehand to socialize and/or eat before our meetings are welcome to meet up with us at 5:00pm at Panera Bread's new location at 2B Ash Brook Road, Keene, NH.
Monthly Door Prizes
At the beginning of every meeting there is an opportunity for you to purchase raffle tickets for $1.00 each. At the end of the night names are pulled for that meeting's monthly door prizes.
Show & Tell
At every meeting there is an opportunity to show off your current finished projects. Bring a couple to share with the group, it's a fun way to see what others have been working on and to admire our guild members talents.
Community Giving Donation Collection
Monthly meetings are also a good place to bring your finished donation projects. See the Community Giving page for the descriptions, sizes, patterns, and information on the donation items that are to be collected and to whom they should be given too.
Weather Reminder
In case of inclement weather, meetings shall be cancelled if the public schools in Keene are cancelled or if you get an email from the guild. Safety comes first.
Join us on Zoom
Members who can't join us in person for our monthly meetings are encouraged to join us on Zoom!
Zoom log in information is listed in the monthly Quilt Lines Newsletter.
MAY AUCTION! IMPORTANT!
We are going to start collecting donations of auction items at the February Souper
Show 'n' Tell and every month after through April so that we can "stage" the auction
better. Please bring your sorted, wrapped and bagged donations to the meetings and
place them on Lou-Anne's cart.
2026 Monthly Meeting Schedule
January 14, 2026: Tips and Tricks by members
February 11, 2026: Soup & Supper, Guest Speaker is Christa Nee presenting
Joint Protection and Body Mechanics for the Quilter (*See Below)
March 11, 2026: Guest speaker will be Emily from NE Fabrics who will talk to us about thread.
April 8, 2026: Valerie Poitier- When Thought and Thread Collide
May 13, 2026: Annual Guild Auction (*See Below)
June 10, 2026: Barb Vedder
July 8, 2026: Donna Viau - Paper Piecing
August 12, 2026: Ice Cream Social (*See Below)
September 9, 2026: Karen Salemi- Intro to Improv
October 14, 2026: TBA
November 11, 2026: Annual Business Meeting (*See Below)
December 9, 2026: Holiday Party
*Five Special Meetings
Soup Supper
Our Soup Supper meeting is always a big hit. Members are asked to bring either a soup, salad, or bread and the Guild Officers will bring the desserts for the pot luck style meal. You should plan to bring your own plate, bowl, utensils, napkins and beverage.
This is a fun and tasty evening!
Annual Auction
This is a notable fundraiser for the guild usually held in May. Members donate packaged items from their stashes to be auctioned off. Fabric, notions, tools, unfinished quilt projects, buttons, etc. are accepted. An auctioneer leads the evening and members and their guests bid for items they want. Make sure to bring cash or a check, this is a really fun time.
Ice Cream Social
This is our August fest. The guild provides the ice-cream. More details to follow.
Annual Business Meeting
Our annual business meeting takes place in November. At this meeting we announce the upcoming years guild officers, go over the budget and discuss any important business for the upcoming year. Members are encouraged to attend.
Holiday Party
Holiday Party
Come and join the fun of the holiday season and enjoy good food, a game or craft, singing, and the company of your fellow quilters. The full details will be in the December newsletter!