Next Regular Meeting is in January on Tuesday 1/3/23

 There will be no meetings in December 2022.   

Our next regular in person meeting will be January 3, 2023.  

 Happy Holidays to all our Nimble Thimbles membership!

Zoom meeting: 11/15/22 7:00 - 9:00pm "Artful Couching"

 ARTFUL COUCHING: RACHEL DERSTINE

Please join Nimble Thimbles for our November Zoom meeting.   This month's speaker arranged by our Program Coordinator Michelle will be on Artful Couching.  The Zoom speaker presentation will start at 7:00pm with the Business Meeting to follow.

Rachel Derstine is an art quilter living in Philadelphia, PA.  Her work has been featured in invitational and juried gallery shows and fine art/craft shows throughout the country.  She primarily uses hand dyed or painted cottons, silks and nonwovens but also has a love of Asian fabrics and kimono silks, incorporating these ancient traditional fabrics into her compositions.  Use of sheers, couching and fabric paints give a sense of depth and texture.  Slightly curving lines portray gracefulness and circles are often present representing wholeness and creativity.

Plan to join us - the Zoom link will be sent out via email closer to the meeting by our President Melissa.

Next Meeting: 40th Anniversary Party for Nimble Thimbles 11/1/22 7:00-9:00pm

 Congratulations on Nimble Thimbles Chapter turning 40!!!! 

You are cordially invited to our Birthday Party celebration. 

When: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 

Time: Between 7-9pm 

Where: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Address: 739 W Erie Street in Chandler 

Join us for prizes, food, and quilt related fun.  Current and former members of Nimble Thimbles are all invited to celebrate this special milestone for our chapter.

Upcoming Zoom Meeting: 10/18/22 (7:00-9:00pm) - Speaker Eleanor Levie

 ROCK YOUR QUILTING

Our Program Coordinator Michelle has another great program set up for the Zoom meeting 10/18/22 (7:00-9:00pm).  We will have our Business Meeting right after the program:

Though born and raised in Baltimore, MD, Eleanor Levie (rhymes with Chevy) has a personality that is less Baltimore Album and more Crazy Quilt. Home is Center City Philadelphia, where she and the husband take walks all over town and rarely get in the car—except to visit family in Baltimore. And once in a while, as Covid-regulations permit, they get on a plane to visit their son, daughter-in-law, and grandbaby who now live in Boulder, Colorado.

Elly is a prolific and innovative quilter of quilted gifts such as pillows, table runners, tote bags, and embellished jackets. And as an art quilter, she's as likely to use paint and dye and recycled packaging as she is to piece, machine-applique, and quilt. In fact, she dabbles in every technique she can find. That being said, she's got a respected professional persona, too: From 1978 until 2012, she authored, edited, and produced books such as: Quilt Blocks Go Wild!, Unforgettable TOTE BAGS, Skinny Quilts & Table Runners I and II. All feature Elly’s original designs but also those by famous quilters you know and love. Previously, Elly produced the Rodale’s Successful Quilting Library series, authored Great Little Quilts, Country Living's Country Quilts. American Quiltmaking: 1970-2000 is her history book, chock full of pictures of iconic quilts and the stories behind them. 

Nimble Thimbles members - look for the email from our President Melissa for the link to the Zoom meeting.  

REMINDER - Upcoming Event: Nimble Thimbles Small Quilt Auction 10/4/22

 Nimble Thimbles will be holding our October 2022 Small Quilt and Craft Auction 

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm with preview of auction items at 6:30 pm

Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Community Life Center

739 W. Erie St.  Chandler, AZ 85225

Items to be auctioned include wall hangings, art quilts, table toppers, tote bags, and other handcrafted items.  Proceeds to benefit charity quilt projects and educational programs.  Cash, Checks or PayPal accepted.

Everyone is welcome to attend - this is a wonderful opportunity to bid for items for yourself or for gifts for others.

Contact the Program Coordinator with questions: nimblethimbles@gmail.com

Zoom Meeting: September 20, 2022

 Program Speaker:

Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis

Our Nimble Thimbles Programs Coordinator has scheduled Tammy Silvers to present a lecture and a trunk show of her quilts to our membership during our regular meeting via Zoom on the third Tuesday 9/20/22.  The meeting starts at 7:00 pm - the agenda will be sent out by our Nimble Thimbles President closer to the meeting date.

Tammy's presentation is titled Interrogating Your Quilt (description below):

Don't be nice about - force that fabric to talk to you!  Get the real info on how it can work for you to help you achieve your "quilt" vision.  This humor-laden lecture focuses on getting the most from your fabric choices and how fabric can (and does) influence the finished quilt!  Supported by plenty of quilt examples from Tammy's retinue of quilts - good and bad!

Tammy Silver has taught at a variety of quilt shops as well as online.  She designs and self-publishes her own quilt patterns under the label Tamarinis.  Under the label Tamarinis, she has had her designs regularly published in a variety of quilt magazines.  She works with some of the major fabric manufacturers designing projects to showcase and promote their fabric lines including Northcott, Free Spirit, Maywood, Dear Stella and Timeless Treasures.  She has designed fabrics for Island Batik and has a thread line with Aurifil the coordinates with her current Island Batik line.

Upcoming Meeting September 6, 2022

 The next Regular in person meeting for Nimble Thimbles will be on Tuesday evening September 6, 2022 from 7:00 - 9:00pm.   The meeting will be held in our regular meeting place:

Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Community Life Center)

739 W. Erie St.  Chandler, AZ  85225

An email will be sent out to members closer to the meeting date from our Nimble Thimbles President with the agenda.  See everyone at the meeting!!

Program: Whole Kit and Caboodle!

A kit - is set of objects, as in a toolkit. A caboodle - is a term meaning group or collection, usually of people.

 Let's put the two together and see how many community service quilt kits we can complete in an evening. We’ll form teams of 3.

You can select your team members before the meeting and/or we can form teams Tuesday evening. We need members to bring sewing machines. We will have irons and ironing boards.

Community Service has ~40 kits all ready to sew. So start forming your teams and planning your strategies! Prizes will be awarded throughout the night!

Upcoming Event: Nimble Thimbles Small Quilt Auction - October 4, 2022

 Nimble Thimbles will be holding our 2022 Small Quilt and Craft Auction in October 2022

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm with preview of auction items at 6:30 pm

Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Community Life Center

739 W. Erie St.  Chandler, AZ 85225

Items to be auctioned include wall hangings, art quilts, table toppers, tote bags, and other handcrafted items.  Proceeds to benefit charity quilt projects and educational programs.  Cash, Checks or PayPal accepted.

Everyone is welcome to attend - this is a wonderful opportunity to bid for items for yourself or for gifts for others.

Contact the Program Coordinator with questions: nimblethimbles@gmail.com

Upcoming Event for Nimble Thimbles (Quilts of Valor Award Ceremony) - September 10, 2022

 September 10, 2022

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Community Life Center

739 W. Erie Street

Chandler, AZ  85115

The ceremony will be hosted by Nimble Thimbles, A Chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild.  Nimble Thimbles, in honor of their 40th year anniversary, has created and will be displaying 50 Quilts of Valor quilts.  Several Veterans will be awarded their quilt, an honor guard will be present, and snacks will be provided.

The Mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

For information contact the event coordinator: nimblethimbles@gmail.com