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Author: June
June 2023 Speaker
Lori Dickman’s Bio (click here to read her bio and follow the links to her outstanding achievements!)
Playing with fabric and color has been Lori’s passion for over 50 years. And teaching others to join in on this sewer’s/quilter’s love affair is near and dear to her heart! The art of “Making” has been a wonderful journey for her! Lori is an
2023 Mudsock Quilt Challenge
As is the tradition, every year the programs committee issues a challenge to the guild for something to make. It can be about a color, a theme, a particular block to be used. Past themes have included “10” for our 10th birthday, anything goes, a variation of your 1st quilt, …
Last year we were inspired, and everyone had a lot of fun with our Christmas in July program and seeing different items that had been made. This inspired this year’s challenge. This year’s challenge is …. “Patriotic
May 2023 Program
State Coordinator, Christine Hurley
Christine has been a volunteer with the Quilts of Valor Foundation | (qovf.org) since 2013. Since May 2015 she has been the Indiana State Coordinator (SC) and lives in Indianapolis with her husband Robert.
She served in the United States Air Force during the Cold War. She was stationed in Montgomery, Alabama (Gunter AFB); the Republic of South Korea (Kunsan AB); and in San Angelo, Texas (Goodfellow AFB). She later served with the Indiana Air National Guard at
May 2023 President’s Letter
Ladies, start your engines! Yes, the Month of May is upon us!
We do have a track full for the Jelly Roll Race on May 15th – there are spots available on the wait list or you could race along at home if you can’t be there in person.
I started my spring cleaning – going through one drawer in my sewing room each week. I found that I had purchased many ways to mark my quilts, most of which don’t work for me. I also found some cute fabric that I have no memory of how or
Hospitality Needs Help!
Help Wanted
Do you enjoy meeting people and making them feel welcome?
The Hospitality Committee is looking for a co-chair who will transition to next year’s chair.
The main activities of the Hospitality Committee are to arrange quarterly New Member Get-Togethers and Arrange the Holiday Lunch. There may be some surprise events thrown in for fun.
Will you do it alone? NOT at all! We have lots of helping hands and people willing to host the new member events.
If you are interested
April President’s Letter
President’s Letter
April 2023
Is Spring finally here? Flowers are blooming, trees are budding, birds are singing and the geese in our neighborhood conveniently (?) laid eggs near the bike path on Springmill Road.
Did you have a chance to be Wonky in March?
March Speaker and Show N’ Tell
Lisa Ruble of Quilty Zest
Challenge Quilt
Strippy Improv Hearts 
Wonk Around the Block
Wonky Log Cabin
Challenge Quilt
Strippy Improv Circles
Challenge Quilt
Wonk Around the Block
What a WONDERFUL program!!! Lisa Ruble of Quilty Zest joined us for an “Improv” session that was anything but comedic, although she definitely got some chuckles from us. Her “Improv”
March President’s Letter
Our guild members were busy in February! We had a welcome coffee for new members at the home of Julie Putnam – she has some beautiful antique quilts – and it was great to get to know people better and to answer questions about some of our guild activities.
We’ll be doing this three more times this year – anyone is welcome to attend.
I visited the store room to get a back and batting for a charity quilt I made from a mystery bag provided by the Candy
February Meeting and Show N’ Tell
The February Meeting was all about the love!! Our Hearts were full of it, for quilting and community, and our BOM wall was also full of the love, for Split Hearts! We had 56 hearts turned in and 6 winners were able to take home blocks.
Our speaker, Connie Lancaster from Quilts Plus, went first and shared her shop class on bindings. We had a real live demonstration projected on to a screen so we could watch her prep her quilt for binding, cut the binding, and attach the binding. We had a
Quilt Label Making
Lois found a great Tutorial to share. Karen’s Quilts Printed Quilt Label
For the purpose of Community Health Charity donations they ask that you not put the date on the labels.
You Shop, Amazon Gives
Are you an amazon online shopper? If you haven’t already selected a charity to support with your purchases, please consider making Mudsock Quilters Guild your charity of choice. Follow the link below to choose MQG.
Click here to tell amazon to give a percentage of your purchase to Mudsock
After you’re redirected to amazon, you’ll get a pop-up box that asks you if you want to choose Mudsock. Click on the yellow “yes” button. Thanks!
Thanks, Cornerstone Lutheran Church!
Every month Cornerstone Lutheran Church graciously hosts our Guild meetings at no charge. Please show your gratitude by bringing food pantry contributions, or make a small suggested $ 1.00 donation from your piggy bank.
Thanks so much!