GUILD ACTIVITIES
We are a busy guild. Here are some of our guild activities...
Day of Sharing
We try to host a Day of Sharing every other year
in Rocky Mount. It is a grand day of Show and Tell shared
with friends from surrounding guilds. Your admission ticket
is at least one Show and Tell, which makes this day so
much fun. Lunch is served. The TRPQG members make a small
thank you, usually at a workshop in the summer, which is
yet another way to enjoy quilting with friends. Reservations
are taken, and space is limited. The next The Day of Sharing
will be held in October of 2012.
Bees
Tar River Piecemakers Quilting Guild has several
bees, many of which take on charity projects as a group,
in addition to enjoying each others' company and supporting
each other. The bees have very different goals: some are
challenge groups, some are machine quilters, and some are
social bees! While most bees are full, Carolyn Evans, our
Beekeeper will put you on a waiting list.
Challenges
The Guild Challenge is different every year with the Board
choosing the theme. Those members who wish to participate
are given a piece of fabric and are challenged to make
an item or a block, depending on the challenge. In the
past we have made and donated Christmas stockings and Christmas
place mats to the local Boys &
Girls Club and we have completed charity quilts with the
challenge blocks. A vote by the members names the top three
entries. Awards are presented to the winners. This
year we will have an ornament challenge!
Library
The Guild has a wonderful library of books that members
can check out for one month at a time. New books are purchased
as funding is available and donations of current books
in good condition are always welcome. For the good of all
members, every effort should be made to return books when
due. The Library will be open at each guild meeting. Click
here to see a list of our library books.
Workshops
The Guild holds periodic workshops led by nationally known
teachers, as well as our own talented members. The Guild
has a policy of keeping the cost as low as possible by
charging a nominal fee for the class and subsidizing the
remainder of the cost from annual dues. 20 to 25 slots
are usually available and a waiting list is often needed.
The workshop fee must be paid at the time of sign up.
If you find you cannot attend the workshop, you may call
and see if there is anyone on the waiting list to take
your place. You must then have them send you a check for
the workshop fee. Please understand the Guild will not
refund your money. We must pay for the teacher whether
or not the class is filled.
Suggestions for possible workshops are always welcome.
Please give any information you might have about a particular
program to the workshop committee. We are committed to
providing our Guild members the best speakers, workshops
and programs we can afford. |
