Community Service Sew In: Tuesday 5/30/23 5:30pm - 9:00pm

 

All Nimble Thimbles members: We need your help!

This coming Tuesday, May 30 2023, the 5th Tuesday, we are planning a Community Service sew night to piece backings and bindings to pair up with any remaining kits. By working together we can eliminate excess fabric and kits. Our goal is to eliminate as many kits and backing fabric as we can to reduce the need for storage. 

You also are welcome to bring any kits you pick up prior to May 30 to stitch and pair with backings and bindings. We will be starting at 5:30pm and can sew until 9:00pm.

Our current CS quilts are given to:

Gathering Humanity, which helps refugees settle in the Phoenix area;

Pregnancy Crisis Center, which assists young moms through their pregnancies;

Moms and Babies Veterans Program, which gives new veteran moms and babies supplies including quilts;

Two Hospice organizations in the Valley: Infinity Hospice and Hospice of the Valley.

Please reply to Penny at pboese@cox.net saying what you will be bringing; we need sewing machines, cutting mats and rotary cutters/rulers. Hope to see you all next Tuesday!

Zoom Meeting: Julia Graves presentation

 Nimble Thimbles Meeting via Zoom

May 16, 2023 7:00 - 9:00pm

Speaker: Julia Graves - My Quilting Journey

Julia Graves is an artist, quilt maker and owner of Special Occasion Quilts.   Julia will be presenting a Zoom lecture.   An email with the Zoom link will be sent out to the membership closer to the meeting.

Global Quilt Connection - All Star Sampler Platter

 Global Quilt Connection - All Star Sampler Platter

There will be an online presentation from 12pm - 3pm on Saturday May 6 and 12pm - 3pm on Sunday May 7 by the Global Quilt Connection.  This is an opportunity to view short presentations by quilt teachers from around the world.   An email was sent out to the membership with the link to the presentations that also contains a pdf with descriptions of the teaching staff and what they will be presenting on..

Pet Collage Workshop by Rochelle Rice

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chandler        

Sat, May 6, 10am – 2pm

DescriptionPet Portrait Collage Workshop by Rochelle Rice of the Inappropriate Quilters Podcast.  Supply list provided once you register and pay.  Fee is $45.00.  RSVP to Melissa Bickham by email scrappnmom@msn.com.  Workshop held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chandler.

In Person Meeting 5/2/23: Speaker - Rochelle Rice

Next Nimble Thimbles Meeting:  5/2/23 7:00 - 9:00pm

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Chandler 

Rochelle Rice, Inappropriate Quilter Podcaster will be presenting a lecture about her quilt journey, Art quilting and showing us her work.

Rochelle is also presenting an in person workshop on Pet Collage on May 6 to be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler.  There are still openings for the workshop, contact Melissa Bickham scrappnmom@msn.com to register for the class.  There is a $45.00 fee.

6:00 Meet to set up (Get an extra ticket for the drawing)  

6:30: Registration and chat 

         Renew your membership.  Form was sent out, Nimble Thimbles is $25 for the year.

         You also need to renew your AQG membership online for $20 

7:00 Meeting begins - presentation 

8:00 Snack and break 

8:15 Business Meeting including:

        Show & Tell

        Budget presentation and voting 

9:00 Take your inspiration with you  

Zoom Meeting: 4/18/23 from 7-9pm

 The next Nimble Thimbles meeting will be on Zoom Tuesday April 18, 2023.

David MacKay from the Chandler Public Library will be the guest speaker.   He will be doing a demonstration on how to navigate Canva to make labels.

Members should plan on joining on Zoom as we will also be voting on the next Board/Leaders group who will be serving from 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024.

An email will be sent out by our President Melissa closer to the meeting with the full agenda and the link to the Zoom meeting.

Meeting: Tuesday 4/4/23 7-9pm QUILTO

 QUILTO April 4, 2023 Meeting

Join Nimble Thimbles members at our next in person meeting on April 4 for our annual Quilto night.  Quilto is a quilting Bingo game that has wonderful prizes.   This is a fun evening for our membership so please plan on joining us.  Heather is the coordinator that will be leading our Quilto get together.