Are you interested in joining a quilt guild? If so, please consider joining the Ashe County Piecemakers Quilt Guild.
We are a group of fun ladies and gentlemen (yes, we do have men in our group) who meet to sew and socialize together. Our guild meetings are the second Thursday of the month and we meet at Jefferson United Methodist Church at 1:00 PM. Jefferson United Methodist Church is located at 115 West Main Street, Jefferson.There are several small groups that meet weekly (see bottom of page) and we have at least one workshop each month. We also go on day trips to quilt shops and shows. You are invited to attend any of our activities and we always welcome new members. Our quilters range from beginners to experts.
Weekly Community Service Quilt Workshops
The community service quilt workshops will be every Wednesday from 9AM - 12PM in classroom 1 at the Senior Center, unless there is a workshop going on. Beginners are welcome!
Wednesday workshops meet at Generation Ashe at 9 AM. Check below for more information.
Wednesday mornings at the Generations Ashe (Ashe County Center) in classroom 1. Come on by and learn something new!
If our scheduled monthly guild meeting falls on a snow day, where Ashe County School district is closed, the guild meeting will be cancelled.
Tree FestNovember 21st- December 30th
Ashe County Arts Council 303 Church Avenue West Jefferson |
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We will be decorating a Christmas tree at the Arts Council building November 19th. The theme is "Celebrating 20 years with our favorite quilt squares". If you would like to make an ornament, or two, you may use any of your favorite techniques, such as paper piecing, applique, string piecing, and crazy quilting. Feel free to decorate your ornament any way you like, just try to keep it 6 inches or smaller. If you would like your ornament returned to you, put your name on the back of it. If not, it will be sold as a boutique item at a later date. We will be collecting them at the November guild meeting.
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Christmas Community Service ProjectPlease bring completed items to the December guild meeting
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Our Christmas community service project is bibs and burp clothes that will go to the Ashe Pregnancy Center. The Ashe Pregnancy Center is a non-profit that offers free pregnancy tests, a support system for new moms of any economic level, 120 on-line classes that teach life skills, parenting skills and prenatal to early childhood development. For each class taken, participants earn points that are used in their Mommy Store. The store has car seats, cribs, strollers, maternity clothes and children's items up to age three. After December they will have bibs and burp clothes. :) Feel free to use your own pattern or click here For instructions, click here.
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December Guild MeetingThursday, December 8th
1 PM Jefferson United Methodist Church 115 West Main Street Jefferson, NC |
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Our annual Christmas celebration with games, goodies and giving. There will be hot cider, coffee and water. Please bring a dessert to share.
Please bring a Christmas fat quarter to play a Christmas fat quarter game. |
Goose Chase Block WorkshopWednesday, January 4th
Wednesday, January 11th Generations Ashe Senior Center 9-12PM Classroom 1 180 Chattyrob Lane West Jefferson |
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Come and join the Goose Chase fun. Susan will have a flying geese tool to make this block a snap. Bring along your machine and supplies.
Click here for pattern. |
January Guild MeetingThursday, January 12th
1 PM Jefferson United Methodist Church 115 West Main Street Jefferson, NC |
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The program will be gnomeclature. Jennifer will be showing her gnome collection.
The Block of the Month is Goose Chase. You can find the pattern here. |
February Guild MeetingThursday, February 9th
1 PM Jefferson United Methodist Church 115 West Main Street Jefferson, NC |
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Our program will be fabric directionality. Janet will be showing us the do's and don't's.
Bring in a 6-12" orphan block. We will each choose a block to create a placemat that will be given to Meals On Wheels. |
March Guild MeetingThursday, March 9th
1 PM Jefferson United Methodist Church 115 West Main Street Jefferson, NC |
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The program will be batting, with money saving tips from Gillian.
Our placemats for Meals on Wheels are due. |
Zippered Bag WorkshopWednesday, March 15th
Generations Ashe Senior Center 9-12PM Classroom 1 180 Chattyrob Lane West Jefferson |
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Sarah Ruth will be teaching us how to make a basic zippered bag with samples of ways we can embellish future projects.
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Small Quilt Groups
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You're invited to join any of our informal quilt groups. Sew Day is every Wednesday morning at the Generations Ashe Senior Center in Classroom 1, 9AM-12PM. You do not have to commit every week. It's a great way to work on personal projects or help with a community service quilt. Come to find inspiration for your own projects. The High Country Quilters meet on Tuesday mornings, twice a month, at the Ashe County library from 10-12. It’s an informal get-together of ladies who quilt, sew, knit & visit. Please contact the library to confirm which Tuesday they will be meeting. High-Country Figurative Artists: 2nd Saturday of the month, 10 AM at the Ashe County Arts Council. Do you enjoy creating dolls? Or would you like to learn how to create them? If so, you are invited to join the High-Country Doll Makers Club. They mainly work in cloth and mixed media and celebrate the doll as art. You are invited to visit, or contact Rebecca at rlherman@skybest.com (336)466-3574. Facebook: High Country Doll Artists |