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

 Hi Nimble Thimbles,

Looking forward to our Zoom meeting Sept 21, 2021 7-9 p.m.

 

Now is your chance to learn the Secrets of the International Quilt Market. Presentation by Michelle Banton. 

Email NimbleThimbles@gmail.com for the zoom link.

During the meeting we will also have show and tell time. You can share your screen to share your pictures or show to the camera. 

 

 

Other Nimble Thimbles events

• Lifeline Block of the Month. Meetings are via zoom. Check it out to see all the exciting quilts people are planning and learn more about joining the project. 
• Small quilts are being collected for our Small Quilt Auction Oct 5. Please plan on attending and getting a head start on your holiday shopping.
• Our president has issued a challenge for Quilts of Valor.  40 quilt donations to celebrate our 40th anniversary of our guild.
• Next in-person camp is Saturday, October 2nd.  Cost $10.00.  Email NimbleThimbles@gmail.com for information.

 

 We are meeting in person tonight - September 7th - at the church.

• Signs are being posted outside to help direct new members to the location.
• The new air conditioning is still on order so it might be warm.  Bring your own cool drinks.
• The church has been notified about the lights on the outside of the building.

The topic for tonight is Quilts of Valor (https://www.qovf.org)

Our president has chosen this as her challenge this year and this will be the kick off.

 August 3rd Meeting

Guess what?  We are back in person at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on August 3rd from 7-9.

This is our annual PUP challenge.

PUP stands for Poor Unfinished Project.  Members bring 3 PUPs and the group votes on what project to challenge the member to finish in the next year.

Our members are very kind and tend to pick the easiest, almost done project.  NOPE - The members usually pick the project that has the most pieces, lost fabric, lost blocks, sewed incorrectly, and is the one project you don't want to finish.

Come and join in on the fun.  We will also be having show and tell and charity projects.

 Change in plans.  Our goal was to meet for our first in person meeting on July 6th.

Unfortunately, the church location was double booked and we had to revert back to Zoom.  

• We are meeting via Zoom on July 20th.  If you need the zoom link, email Debbie at quiltingwithbrights@gmail.com for the link.
• On August 3rd, we will have our first in person meeting (fingers crossed) at the church.

We are so sorry for anyone that did not get notified.