CALENDAR
The Uncommon Threads Quilt Guild year runs from June to May.
Click here for a general calendar of meeting dates and other monthly activities.
NEWSLETTERS
The Uncommon Threads Newsletter "Threadlines" is published approximately 8-9 days before the monthly meeting. It is emailed to all members.
Click below to see the last 12 issues of Threadlines
MEETINGS
The General Meeting is at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S. Germantown Rd. – Parking and Entrance are at the rear on West St.
The Guild meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month except in November and December. Please see our annual calendar above.
The set up and social time will begin about 6:00 pm and the meeting will start at 6:30 pm.
There is an optional snack table at the meeting, please bring something to share and your own drink (water will be provided).
The meeting is also available via Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to all members on the morning of the meeting and can also be found on the Members Only page of this website.
MEETING PROGRAMS
MAY 23, 2023 - Christmas in May: Make a Wool Ornament
Janice C. will lead us in a hands-on demonstration of making a cute ornament. Kits will be available for those attending in-person and an instruction sheet with a supply list and templates has been emailed to our usual Zoom participants.
June 26, 2023 - We will tie Hospice Quilts
July 24, 2023 - Dawn C. will present Pictorial Quilts: Creating Memory Quilts, Pillows, Wall Hangings, and More! Dawn will be showing how she prints photos or graphics directly from her computer onto a fabric sheet using her color printer.
If anyone has experience with printing photos and/or graphics on quilts, and you are willing to share during this program, please let us know.
ZOOM SEWING
Guild members are invited to join together on Zoom to Sew Together on the 2nd Saturday of each month.*
Join in and sew with your friends on Zoom!
9:00 AM until the last two sign off!
For the link, please contact a member or email the Guild email address below.
*Note that this is a change from 2022-2023.
RETREATS
Uncommon Threads Quilt Guild plans an annual retreat at St. Columba Retreat Center in Germantown, TN. It is the 2nd weekend in November and runs from Friday to Sunday with a pre-retreat day on Thursday and post-retreat day on Monday that are extra.
The retreat is open to all interested quilters with preference and cost advantages given to guild members.
CHARITY
UTQG has an ongoing community service project providing quilts for our local hospice centers. Making the quilts is a team effort shared by our members.
Community service provides kits from our donated fabric. Members sew quilt tops. Then tops, batting, and backing are assembled and other members quilt them. Then as the process continues, still other members add binding and a label.
The quilts are approximately 40" X 60" but can vary in size.
In the past two years we have provided between 100-150 quilts per year.