Peaceable day quilters

06/23/2025

PDQ Spotlight: Sonya M.

Although my mother taught me how to thread her 40-pound Kenmore (I sewed tube dresses for my Barbie🙄), I didn’t really dabble into quilting until after college. Thinking that sewing straight lines would be “easy,” I optimistically tried to sew a wedding quilt for my friends. (They have loyally stored the unintentionally trapezoidal quilt for 29 years, understanding it was made with love but zero competence😜). However, it wasn’t until Covid that I decided to take quilting a little more seriously. I have been trying to push myself to get better - trying curves, paper piecing, English paper piecing, free motion quilting... The most difficult part for me is always choosing the colors! I can never make up my mind! My husband feels that he deserves credit for each finished quilt since his “yes, dear” therapy sessions help me to figure out which layout is best. My adopted prince, Pops - the shedder-in- chief, is also very “helpful” (see photo). My most unique creation is the map of the Boston subway system for my husband’s nephew, a public transportation fan! I am still in awe of the talent in this guild, and your support and inspiration are invaluable! Thanks for helping me on my quilting journey - though I still have a long way to go! (PS. My aunt, who lives in Germany, designed and sewed this quilt in her distinctive applique style).

06/21/2025

The program on the restoration of this quilt should be exciting for all of us. Please share with other guilds and quilters . Marilyn

06/05/2025

A few more photos

06/05/2025

06/05/2025

A video of the 2025 challenge

06/05/2025

The luncheon following the June meeting had abundant delicious food choices, and fellowship was enjoyed by all!

06/05/2025

Show & Tell at our June 2025 meeting, including many charity quilts!

06/05/2025

We had most of our PDQ guild participate in the 2025 Attic Window Challenge!

06/05/2025

From Beth:

Today, I delivered donations items and our check to the Schoharie Valley Animal Shelter. They were very appreciative, especially of our generous monetary donation.

05/23/2025

More photos from Lynn Wheatley’s class!

05/21/2025

Hopefully there will be lots of pictures posted here showing the fun, joy and hardwork we all did today at our collage workshop . Thank you to the guild program committee for organizing this event. Lynn Wheatley from Laura Heine designs is a great teacher. We all learned a lot .

05/13/2025

PDQ Spotlight: Ginny S.

According to Ginny, she’s “only” been quilting for twenty years, but her passion for sewing and design started as a girl. Following her dreams, went to the Fashion Institue of Technology in NYC, followed by a degree in textiles from the University of Tennessee. She’s had a business making bridal gowns, designed clothing for people with disabilities, taught at a community college, bought a bar and converted it into a day-care center!.... All the while being a mother of three daughters and grandmother of four. She made sure her kids wowed in each costume she designed for every school production, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and everything in between. The birth of her first granddaughter challenged her to get into quilts, and she approached quilting with the same enthusiasm, she tackles everything else. In 2011, she became one of the organizers of the Schoharie Quilt Barn Trail after the devastating floods of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Her next project will be the first ever Quilt Fashion Show at the Fox Creek Covered Bridge in Schoharie (the same bridge she was married on 25 years ago!🥰).PDQ