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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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General Meetings: Information / Location
Workshops: Information / Registration / Location
Other Quilt Related Events: See below
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| JULY 2008 |
July 15, Tuesday: Meeting
 • Peggy Martin – Beyond Tradition Trunk Show,
Adventures in Color (Description)
WORKSHOP: Great Designs from Simple Lines
Date Wed., July 16, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Price: Members $35. Non-members: $40.
Location: 3235 Pope Avenue, Sac., CA (Map)
SIGN UP NOW>>> Registration
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| AUGUST 2008 |
August 19, Tuesday: Meeting
• Quilters’ Flea Market
No workshop this month
Six foot tables will be set up in a flea market configuration. Guild members will be able to purchase a 6 foot table for $15 to sell quilt and craft related items, notions, gift items, jewelry, and any thing else you think another guild member or friend may find of interest. We were asked if a table could be shared. Yes. And, based on availability, non-guild members may also purchase a table. You may reserve a table at the guild meetings (we started taking reservations at the April meeting), email or telephone.
For more information or to reserve a table contact Vickie Carter: (916) 632-8346 pandaluvr2002@yahoo.com (subject line: “Quilters’ Flea Market”)
or Diana Muenzler: (916) 359-3533 dcmquilts@surewest.net (subject line: “Quilters’ Flea
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| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
September 16, Tuesday: Meeting
Lindy Munday: What Happened to Quilt Making
in Post WWII America? (Description)
September 17, Wednesday: Workshop
Lindy Munday: Star Struck Geese
Date: July 16 and 17, 2008
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Cost: $35 guild members, $40 guests.
Registration
Special Location: Bearpaws and Hollyhocks Quilt Shop, 4128 El Camino Avenue, Suite 5, Sacramento, CA 95821 (Corner of Maryal and El Camino Ave.)
SPECIAL WEEKEND FOR MEMBERS
River City Quilt Guild Sewing Retreat
September 5-7, 2008
Friday 3 p.m. until Sunday 3 p.m.
Mercy Center Auburn
Only 40 spaces available.
Cost $167.00 each - make checks out to guild.
Mail to: Vickie Carter, 2620 Angeles Ct, Rocklin, CA 95677
Questions, please call Vickie: 916-632-8346
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| OCTOBER 2008 |
October 17-19 2008
River City Quilters Guild Quilt Show DETAILS>
Scottish Rite Temple, Sacramento, CA
Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
October 21, Tuesday: Meeting
• Ellen Edith - Storytelling Quilts Trunk Show (Description)
No workshop this month
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| NOVEMBER 2008 |
November 18, Tuesday: Meeting
• Cindy Needham: Thread Facts and Fiction (Description)
November 22, Saturday: Workshop
• Cindy Needham: Open Thread Bar
(Information/Supply List)
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| DECEMBER 2008 |
December 16: Meeting - Holiday Party
• Installation of New Officers
• Secret Pal Reveal
• Games, prizes
No workshop this month
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ADDITIONAL QUILT RELATED EVENTS
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Taking Textiles Seriously!
Art Gallery Show
Second Saturday Gallery Reception: April 12, 2008, 6-10 pm
Showing though May 8, 2008
Side Show Studios
Custom Tattoo Studio & Fine Art Gallery
www.sideshowstudios.net
Fabric Sale
April 26, Saturday, 8:30am – 3:30 p.m.
Fair Oaks United Methodist Church
9849 Fair Oaks Blvd. Details.
A benefit for the Sacramento Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
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October third weekend, 2008
River City Quilters Guild
Quilt Show
Scottish Rite Temple
Sacramento, CA
Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
DETAILS>
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MAY 3-4, 2008
Piecemakers Quilt Guild fo Sothern Alameda County
22292 Foothill Blvd., Hayward
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
JUNE 21-22, 2008
Patchwork in the Park Quilt Show
701 West Clear Creek Road
Carson City, Nevada
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Information: (775) 841-0315
Link to: Web Site
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Other websites to check for regional events:
- Quilt Guilds (Northern California)
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Fabric Sale
A huge fabric sale will be held on Saturday April 26th at the Fair Oaks United Methodist
Church, 9849 Fair Oaks Blvd, 8:30am – 3:30pm. High quality quilters-grade
cottons, flannels and other assorted fabrics. $2 per yard !! Quilt books, kits, holiday
panels, fat-quarters will be available as well. Great time for quilters, teachers and
other crafters to pick up quality fabric and unbelievably low prices! Proceed will
benefit the Sacramento Chapter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC).
Come one, come all … and bring a friend or two!
If you would like to donate fabric, notions, books, etc. for sale at our event, please
contact your guild president for more information and a list of local quilt stores
which are serving as the drop-off stations for donations.
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